A Meeting in Progress

Updating, Announcing, & Reformatting

Please welcome a favorite podcaster to our show, Emma Sunshaw, creator of System Speak = https://systemspeakpodcast.com/.

This is the author of Dissociation Made Simple as well as Trauma and the 12 Steps! We welcome Jamie+ (she/they) to our show. https://www.drjamiemarich.com

Please welcome Crystals of Multifaceted Journeys to our show. This episode features a speaker share as well as a conversation. We briefly mention painful topics such as suicide. Therapist Interrupted Substack: https://therapistinterrupted.substack.com/ Multifaceted Journeys: https://multifacetedjourneys.com/ Videos from 2023 Plural Positivity Conference: One of the keynotes “From Ashes We Rise” ht...

Please join me to extend a warm welcome for Sammy, a member of a multiple system.

Dialogue with friends from Artists in Recovery (AIR) supported by Selah https://www.selahbk.org

Celebrate with us 🎉 Play’s 2 years of sobriety & 🥳 Lev’s 37 in recovery. This recording is our podcast’s first live speaker meeting including an audience. And for those interested in the Jewish prayer I mentioned, here is a singalong version 🙏🏼 https://open.spotify.com/track/30wueBR2wkZPfp0c6sKZ3d?si=pKMaOGjiTzuuMPCRQD8NiA

Hear recovery coach panel members Marc, Mary, Tony, George, and Christopher. Find out more about PEER: www.peerseattle.org/about Learn more about Recovery Cafe: https://recoverycafenetwork.org

Find more information about Peer Seattle: https://www.peerseattle.org/services. And if you want to love Bruno like we love him, here’s the ear worm tune from Encanto: https://open.spotify.com/track/52xJxFP6TqMuO4Yt0eOkMz?si=zShWJEgyQL-9YdyZBEu-Dg

Here is my new connection with a miracle named Marc who serves as Program Manager for Peer Seattle. He shares some of his story, including a surprising twist featuring “Ibogaine”. https://time.com/5951772/ibogaine-drug-treatment-addiction/

Please join me in welcoming Mila, who offers a speaker share recording, followed with conversation. We met in multi-fellowship gender expansive meeting space, where I was moved by Mila’s eloquence.

Lev is 22. “The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.” https://www.aa.org/the-big-book Song for this episode: 22 (Taylor’s Version) https://open.spotify.com/track/3yII7UwgLF6K5zW3xad3MP?si=07L1_erMRlqMWUoL9mv4gw

After Miguel told me his story, we chatted a little bit before my wifi signal disconnected us. At the very end, we went old school & wrapped up with a phone call. ☎️

We connected in adoptee community before we ever went to a meeting together. Miguel’s service to the recovery community by & for adopted people has profoundly decreased our isolation. https://www.adopteesandaddiction.com

Welcome to our weekly gathering of Artists in Recovery (AiR). Sylvia shares with us a piece she wrote about her real name: Esther Sarah bat Or—purveyor of light. You may also enjoy hearing Sylvia’s sobriety story, as well as Ben’s. In the audio recording I mentioned links that are no longer what they were. The org where we met is no longer active. We are currently connected through Selah. https://...

Pamela challenged me to consider: what does it mean to be a recovering adoptee and what does it really take to heal? https://adopteesconnect.com

Listen in to our conversation about leaving abstinence-based recovery meetings in favor of following one’s own intuitive path. We reflect on Daisy’s milestone, today, marking when she detoxed 7 years ago. Also, thanks to Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, I discovered this quote by David Bohm: “Real dialogue is where two or more people become willing to suspend their certainty in each other's presence.” 🌼

When is it time to seek outside help? Gwen Ingram-Jones, LMFT, CEDS, shares suggestions for finding resources to assess and treat eating disorders. My deep respect for Gwen’s expertise is equal to my appreciation for our friendship.

We met in a gathering of adopted people, where we exchanged contact information and started a conversation about everything that matters. It was love at first meeting.

A comprehensive recoding primarily featuring her journey loving an alcoholic.

We exchange resources on mental health and recovery. I thank Sunny for being such a visible and vocal friend and family for LGBTQIA2+ folx, like me.

From Al-Anon to Nar-Anon Hope After Loss (HAL) & the journey in between, this is my new friend, Sunny. She shares healing with a dissociative disorder on her journey among other mental health challenges.

And in this episode we find out what Michelle does between meetings. There is plenty to do to educate, treat, heal, connect, & grieve with love.

Nar-Anon Hope After Loss (H.A.L.) is a centerpiece in my recovery community now that I lost a family member to a fentanyl overdose. This is my new friend, Michelle, who shares her grief from losing her young son. https://naranonhopeafterloss.org

Terry and I talk a little bit more about loss and connection, addiction and recovery.