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Ep144 – Pride Over Shame

  • June 20, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Pride, self-esteem, ego and confidence often get a bad rap in the traditional recovery community as leading to relapse. We believe the opposite is true, and that self-esteem is the single most important component to…

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Ep141 – Trauma of Summer Holidays and Vacations

  • May 30, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Nothing is more important to healthful, sustained recovery than staying in tune with the traumas of active alcoholism. It isn’t a good idea to wallow in misery, but as the seasons change and summer drinking…

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Ep123 – The “Hot Mess” of Intimacy in an Alcoholic Relationship

  • January 24, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Trust and alcoholism can’t coexist. Intimacy is impossible without trust and vulnerability. So, alcoholism and intimacy are mutually exclusive. If you are in an alcoholic relationship, something important is missing (but you already know that)….

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Ep121 – The Blame Game Keeps Us Stuck

  • January 10, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

As an active alcoholic, Matt put a lot of the blame for their dysfunctional marriage on Sheri. In early sobriety, he blamed himself for the overwhelming shame he felt. The whole time, Sheri was convinced…

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Ep118 – Risks of Making All the Decisions

  • December 20, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Sometimes, like in Matt’s case, high-functioning alcoholics are also control-freak assholes. Other times, people who abuse alcohol withdraw leaving all the decisions to the spouse or other loved ones. In both cases, there are serious…

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Ep113 – Prodependence with Dr. Robert Weiss

  • November 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Sheri and Matt welcome Dr. Robert Weiss, the author of Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency, to the Untoxicated Podcast. Dr. Rob has his PhD (he did his dissertation on codependency) and a masters in social work,…

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Ep108 – Sex with Sheri and Matt

  • October 11, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Never Enough, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

When Sheri and Matt were seeking expert advise on restoring intimacy and growing closer together in their post-alcoholic marriage, they turned to the Emily’s: Dr. Emily Morse of the Sex with Emily podcast, and Dr. Emily…

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Ep107 – The Weight of Unnecessary Decisions

  • October 4, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Have you, or has someone you love, ever been absolutely determined to be done with alcohol in the morning, only to be drinking that very same evening? One of the major contributing factors to that…

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Ep101 – Relationship Relapse Part 2

  • August 23, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

We received so much feedback about “Ep99 – Seven Fourteen Twenty-One: Relapse“, that Sheri and Matt felt compelled to address it in this unplanned follow-up episode. Some listeners were surprised to learn that challenges linger…

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Ep99 – Seven Fourteen Twenty-One: Replapse

  • August 9, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

No alcohol, nor any other drugs, were involved in the making of this episode. This is about a relationship relapse back into the pit of hell. It is said that when we see devastation, we…

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