Podcast Episodes

What if I Pass Out on This Stage?

Episode 328

Fear of public speaking commonly ranks among the world’s top phobias. 

 

And why shouldn’t it? Standing in front of room full of eager eyes waiting to …

4 hours ago

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Thursday Throwback: Eddie Pepitone Thinks We’re All Doomed

Episode 329

Before Recovery Rocks existed, Anna hosted Recover Girl, where comedians, writers and addicts told stories that were dark, hilarious and weirdly heal…

1 day, 4 hours ago

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Sober Women, Jealous and Petty Thoughts

Episode 327

Despite being so grateful for our sober lives, we still experience jealousy over big things (friends
with great adult kids) and little ones (another a…

1 week ago

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Thursday Throwback: Laura House and the Naked Houseboat Disaster

Episode 326

Before she became a successful TV writer and meditation teacher, Laura House was getting drunk on a barely floating houseboat filled with naked Texan…

1 week, 1 day ago

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He Shared a Cell with a Murderer. Now He Helps People Recover.

Episode 325

Before Brad McLeod became one of recovery’s most inspiring voices, he survived an almost unbelievable series of hardships—including childhood instabi…

2 weeks ago

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Alysse Bryson on Building a Sober Pop Culture Empire

Episode 324

The Sober Curator (thesobercurator.com) is the place to find all things sober pop culture and more. It has you covered on book, movie, music, and TV …

3 weeks ago

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Sober Firsts: Milestone Birthdays and Why Aging in Recovery is Just…Weird

Episode 323

You know the birthdays, the ones with a zero at the end? Hitting our first ones in sobriety added a new dimension to the milestones. Lisa couldn’t be…

4 weeks ago

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Sober Firsts: Making Amends (When “I’m Sorry” Gets Complicated)

Episode 322

It’s the dreaded 8th Step in 12-Step recovery - making amends to those we have harmed. Anna and Lisa talk about their first experiences with it, as w…

1 month ago

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Sober Firsts: Learning to Love a Boring Saturday Night

Episode 321

What does the first Saturday night you stay home sober look and feel like? Just the prospect of it can send shivers down a newly sober spine. Lisa re…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Ann Dowsett Johnston Wrote the Book on Women and Alcohol—Then Started Over

Episode 320

We catch up with Ann Dowsett Johnston (anndowsettjohnston.com), the author of the groundbreaking bestseller, DRINK: THE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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