How Your Thinking About Alcohol Is Keeping You Stuck
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Have you ever tried to control your drinking with rules like, only
How to Make Dating Apps Less Frustrating and More Fun
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Why do people flake? Why do they lie in their profiles? Why
The Best Dating & Relationship Lessons I Learned From My Sponsor
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You have more power in your dating life than you think. The
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Get Prepared For 2021 The Right Way
2020 has challenged the best of us. Pushed beyond our limits, fear of the future, financial insecurity, job loss, death- it's been a lot. As we enter this new year with some light at the end of the tunnel and
Cognitive Dissonance: Your Own Mixed Messages
You wonder why you can’t accomplish something or why it always feels like one step forward, two steps back, and it may be because you are sending yourself mixed messages. Let me start by giving you a definition of dissonance-
The Instant Gratification Trap
We so often screw up decisions because we are stuck in seeking instant gratification. You feel bad and you want it to go away right now. You feel a craving and you want to eliminate it this second. You feel
Expectations Are Premeditated Resentments
Expectations are premeditated resentments. When I started this journey of recovery, this is yet another piece of my puzzle that I didn’t understand or recognize. I had zero understanding that I put all these expectations on people and outcomes and
Protect Your Sobriety Through Holiday Stress
Holiday season comes the same time every year, there is no excuse for not being prepared. This season will probably be a little different because of corona virus but don't sit back and do nothing, and wait for the overwhelm to
Selfish & Self-Centered
Selfish. Excessively concerned with oneself with no regard for the needs or feelings of others. I’m sure we have heard this a thousand times, people telling us how selfish we are- all you think about is yourself, all you care
Living Sober FAQs
When you are transitioning from a drinking life to a sober life you have a lot of questions. Not only about what life will be like, but about a whole bunch of other random stuff that you don't think about
You Can’t Stay Clean If You’re Still Living Dirty
Lying, manipulating, being lazy, avoiding life... that's not a great recipe for clean living. When I think about the person I was in my active addiction, when I was still drinking, and I think about my personality traits and
6 Months Sober
When you are sitting at 1 week sober, or one month sober it can feel like an eternity to get to 6 months. You also have a ton of questions running through your mind about what it's going to be
Toxic Relationship With Alcohol
Alcohol is gaslighting you. It abuses you and humiliates you, it makes you feel terrible about yourself and makes your anxiety explode- then in the next breath it’s telling you how it can solve all your problems. You don’t drink
What’s Your Favorite Thing About Being A Sober Person?
We get caught up in the hard work of sobriety and forget to celebrate all the great things that come with the hard work. All the questions about how will people react, worrying about the future, feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable,
11 Reasons People Stay Drunk
It takes some energy and planning. But it's not impossible to stop the yo-yo sobriety. In this episode I'll tell you 11 reasons people continue to relapse, and some of them you've probably never heard before. A lot of people
Struggles of Quarantine With K. Preston Moore
You may know him from the High Cost of Anonymity podcast, and he is a great friend and confidant to me. In this episode, we talk about quarantine and how quickly it can take a turn for the worse. The
Powerless AND Powerful
You look at your life, your family, education, and many other things and wonder how anyone could ever call you powerless. You definitely don't want to refer to yourself as powerless. The truth is, we are all powerless in certain
Amy Dresner Rehab Confidential
Growing up in Beverly Hills, Amy Dresner had it all: a top-notch private school education, the most expensive summer camps, and even a weekly clothing allowance. But at 24, she started dabbling in meth in San Francisco and unleashed a
Are You Being Private About Your Recovery or Keeping It A Secret?
I don’t want to be living a double life in my recovery like I was in my addiction. I went out of my way to create this picture for the outside world, to hide what was really going on on
Looking Back On The First Year Sober
The first months of sobriety are a roller coaster. In the beginning, you feel motivated, strong and confident- then, somewhere along the way, you begin to question if you can really do it, the committee starts telling you it's okay
Don’t Mess Up Your Recovery
In the early days, getting sober feels like a full-time job. You have to think about it all the time, you have to do things to protect your sobriety, you have to have new boundaries with friends and family while
Sex & Love Addiction with Brianne Davis
We talk about sex addiction, we talk about porn addiction, but how often do we talk about the love part? And how about when we confuse love and lust? It may sound a little weird to talk about love 'addiction',
Grieving the Loss of Alcohol
Are you trying to get sober but feeling a sense of loss over losing alcohol? You are struggling to see your life without it, wondering what you will do and how you will spend your time- how will it effect
Jeff Simone of Reaction Recovery
Healing from addiction is a long journey and often a confusing one. You think when you put the substance down, you will feel better. And that is true. But it doesn’t always happen right away. You have a tendency to
The Difference Between High-Functioning & High Bottom
High Functioning Alcoholic In the beginning stages of realizing you’re drinking out of control you wonder how you are high functioning, and an alcoholic. In my day, we went out and bought all the self-help books and vowed to get
Tricia Lewis from Recovery Happy Hour Podcast
One of the most popular recovery podcasts out there, Recovery Happy Hour, and another badass woman behind the mic. I'm so excited to have Tricia Lewis on the show and I know you are loving it, too! On her podcast
Where’s Your Rock Bottom?
The biggest struggle is changing your thinking and loving yourself. And you don't know how to get there. It's a daily job to eliminate alcohol from your life and get out of your own way. The most difficult part of
These 3 Things Will Change Your Recovery
Here’s a truth bomb- alcohol and drugs are a SYMPTOM of the problem. The problem is you don’t understand or cope with feelings well, and you use substances to numb the feelings so we don’t have to feel them. You