Recovery Elevator

Today we have Barela. She is 43 years old, from Salt Lake City, UT and took her last drink 42 days ago. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     From Paul: "All emotions are created equal"   You need all emotions to give you the barometer for good and bad or to define what emotion even is. Being able to feel both sides of th...

Today we have Kevin. He's  53, from South Carolina and took his last drink on October 6, 2019.     Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Kevin's interview is with Kris. You guys are going to love Kris's style. He's a grounded, laid back guy from North Dakota who fully gets the importance of connection. Just like you all g...

Today we have Tamar. She is from Ontario, Canada and took her last drink on June 17, 2012.  Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     You might be an alcoholic if... you report your car stolen, only for it to be found at the house you were drinking at the night before. This is from Miguel Reyes, the host of the Staying Fit OD...

Today we have Brett. He's is 27 years old, lives in San Francisco, CA and took her last drink on January 2, 2020.  This is her journey of living alcohol free (AF).    Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     If you love our intro and outro music then check out the artist DJ NYE on Spotify, and that link is in the show notes....

Today we have Laura, who is from Austin, TX and took her last drink on September 16, 2019.  This is her journey of living live alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Headlines   Laura's Amazing Journey [16:04]– you will hear about Laura's story, and she has some great insights for all of us along this jour...

Today we have Tricia. She took her last drink on November 14, 2016.  She is from Dallas and is 40 years old.  This is her journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Today's episode will be a bit different.  Tricia chatted with Paul previously on episodes 100 and 212.  We will focus on life be...

Today we have Dane. He took his last drink on October 11, 2020.  He is from Washington State, and he is 32 years old.  This is his journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Season 3 of the Recovery Elevator podcast begins June 21st.  We are focused on having fun, staying authentic and helpin...

Today we have Adam. He took his last drink on December 13, 2019.  He is from Massachusetts, and he is 37 years old.  This is his journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Season 3 of the Recovery Elevator podcast begins June 21st.  We are focused on having fun, staying authentic and helping...

Today we have Chloe. She took her last drink on June 7, 2020.  She is from the UK and is 32 years old.  This is her journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Finding Your Better You – Odette's weekly message.   Odette spoke about growing up with her brother, Charlie and playing lots of vid...

Today we have Erik. He took his last drink on March 9, 2019.  He is from upstate New York.   This is his journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Finding Your Better You – Odette's weekly message.   Odette is training for a marathon.  She reached out to her fitness coach Paul from Recover...

Today we have Gillian. She took her last drink on November 9, 2019.  She is from Boston and loves playing video games.   This is her journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Finding Your Better You – Odette's weekly message.   Odette has been thinking about death.  She has anxiety about d...

Today we have Bobbie. She took her last drink on December 16, 2019.  She is from upstate New York.    This is her journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Finding Your Better You – Odette's weekly message.   Odette was inspired by Brian who hosted one of the Café RE chats.  Evolution of s...

Today we have Lauren. She took her last drink on December 19, 2018.  She lives in Canada and is 37 years old.    This is her journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Shout out to Jeni's ice cream who is one of the sponsors of our Bozeman retreat.   https://jenis.com/   Finding Your Better Y...

Today we have Marcella. She took her last drink on September 6, 2018.  She lives in San Diego.  Marcella lives in the arena and she shares her journey with the world on sobriety, parenting, and authentic Mexican food.  She leads from the front in a transparent way that is very inspiring.  This is her journey of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one f...

Today we hear from Aimee, who is the wife of one of our members.  Aimee will share from the perspective of what it's like to live with someone struggling with alcohol addiction. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Aimee is the wife of Kris, one of the members of Café RE.   Kris shared his message on episodes 175 and 278....

Today we have Cassie. She took her last drink on August 29, 2019. She is from Colorado and is 30 years old.  This is her story of being Alcohol-Free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Café RE Merch https://www.recoveryelevator.com/merch/ Discount code:  PANDA   Finding Your Better You – Odette's weekly message   Od...

Today we have Korie. She took her last drink on March 21, 2019. She is from Texas and is 32 years old.  This is her story of living alcohol-free (AF). Episode 319 - When I was stressed out at work or stressed by a social situation, alcohol would fix it temporarily, until it didn't.  Now I'm accepting moods, feelings and phases come and go and it's all okay. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo c...

Today we have Tony. He took his last drink on October 24, 2020.  He is a 42-year-old Canadian.  This is his story of living alcohol-free (AF) Episode 318 - No matter what comes your way, you are exactly where you are supposed to be.  So, live with it, don't try to change it and do the next right thing. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free commu...

Today we have Lunita. She took her last drink on October 10, 2020. She is from San Diego.  This is her story of living alcohol-free (AF) Episode 317   - Lean into the support from people who want to help you.  Dig into yourself.  There is an endless well of spirit, heart, and capacity that we all have. We just need to tap into it—everything you need you have. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo...

Today we have Paul. He took his last drink on February 29, 2020.  He is from Long Island and is 30 years old.  This is his story of living alcohol-free (AF). Episode 316 – When I get an urge or a craving, I'll be better next time this creeps up. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Finding Your Better You – Odette's week...

Today we have Kate. She took her last drink on August 11, 2018.   She is 42 and lives in New Jersey.  This is her story of living alcohol-free (AF). "I can't even imagine picking up a drink to solve something anymore.  It doesn't even cross my mind." - Kate Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Finding Your Better You – Ode...

Today we have Gregg. He took his last drink 26 years ago (November 6th, 1994). This is his story of living alcohol free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Odette's weekly installment of: Finding Your Better You   It's been a little bit of time since the 1st of the year. Those resolutions we all made might now be...

  Bonus Episode – Odette and Paul answer listeners questions   I still find it difficult that my husband drinks every day. I don't know why it makes me feel angry inside, but I do all the time when he drinks. How can I approach this?   Odette said, stay on your lane. The more you focus on him, the less you will focus on your healing and your journey. In learning about yourself and healing yourself...

Today we have Carolyn. She took her last drink on February 22, 2019.  This is her story of living alcohol-free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Finding Your Better You – Odette's weekly message.   Dehumanizing Others.    After listening to Brene Brown, Odette loved Brene's challenge of not engaging in dehumaniz...

Today we have Holly. She took her last drink on January 4, 2007.  This is her story of living alcohol-free (AF). Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Finding Your Better You – Odette's weekly message.   Odette and Holly met in treatment.  In 2013, they went to Montecatini together to work on their eating disorders.  Odet...