Alcohol-isms: Dad. Daughter. Sober.

The Myth of Moderation can be a long term deterrent to getting sober. In this episode, Dan and Tara discuss the myths of moderation versus the realities of their drinking. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversa...

We've all tried it -- getting sober for other people. In this episode, Dan and Tara discuss how getting sober for yourself leads to long lasting, healthy sobriety. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations th...

Living with the shame of your past alcoholic life can be paralyzing and debilitating. The shame can also be a hinderance to your sobriety. On this week's episode, Tara and Dan discuss their shame and how they moved past it. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under t...

The Blame Game: A game every alcoholic knows too well. We go through out drinking days blaming our circumstances and our drinking on the people, places, and things around us. But we all realize the truth eventually. It was never the people, places, and things. It was ourselves and the alcohol causing the problems all along. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this we...

Sometimes, after we get sober, we're faced with a new challenge: the people around us. From outgrowing relationships to placing boundaries, navigating changing relationships is Dan and Tara's topic choice of the week! Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their b...

We've all been sick and tired of talking about, dealing with, and engaging in our recovery at times. In this episode, Dan and Tara talk about an all too common facet of sobriety -- the burnout phase. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come to...

In this episode, Dan and Tara talk about their experiences in early sobriety and what helped to keep them sober. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the disease they...

In this episode, Dan and Tara talk all things rehab! From their experiences summoning up the courage to go, to their time in the facilities, they cover a broad range of topics centered around this step of their sobriety journey. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety un...

In this episode, Dan and Tara discuss their experiences with relapsing during the sobriety process. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the disease they share, and ab...

In this episode, Dan and Tara talk about all the subtle ways problematic drinking can be disguised as normal, socially acceptable drinking. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for ye...

In this listener-requested episode of Alcohol-Isms, Dan and Tara discuss the difficulties and heartache of trying to love someone through their alcoholism. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've be...

In this listener-requested topic episode of Alcohol-Isms, Dan and Tara discuss the difficulties of early sobriety. Specifically--when life doesn't start feeling better once you cut out the alcohol, and when you miss your old ways of coping. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and...

Dan and Tara discuss how they navigate living in a world where people criticize and stigmatize their alcoholism. It's not about willpower or self-control, as the general public would have you believe. They also touch on how stigmas keep people from getting the help they need. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcas...

In this week's episode, Dan and Tara discuss a period of time that happens with every alcoholic at one point or another: Romanticizing those old drinking days. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they'v...

On this episode, Dan and Tara discuss that period of time when your brain starts telling you it's okay if you drink again after you've found stability in sobriety. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations th...

In this week's episode, Tara and Dan discuss the whole gambit of lies and excuses they've told, and the lies and excuses they've heard others tell them about why they can keep alcohol in their lives. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come to...

Welcome back, fellow podcast friends! On today's episode, Tara and Dan talk about where they've been for the last two years, and why it took so long to start recording season 2. Trigger Warning: Pregnancy loss Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, th...

Tara and Dan discuss what it means to fantasize about drinking, and how it affects them.  Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the disease they share, and about h...

Tara and Dan discuss recent and past events in their lives surrounding car accidents while drunk. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the disease they share, and abou...

Tara and Dan talk about the current events in their lives and how it's impacting them.  Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the disease they share, and about how...

In a strange turn of events, both Tara and Dan, on two separate occasions over the span of a week, accidentally had alcohol. Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the d...

In this first ever solo episode, Dan talks about his experience being a parent to a child with alcoholism.  Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the disease they...

Tara and Dan talk about how they started going to events sober when they quit drinking, and how they manage sobriety at events to this day! Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for ye...

Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've been having for years about the disease they share, and about how they navigate life post-drink. Sober curious, alcoholics, non-alcoholic drinkers, and suppor...

When you've finally come to the realization that you don't want to drink anymore...this is what Dan and Tara did to kick start their sobriety journeys.  Both recovering alcoholics, Dad and Daughter duo Dan and Tara host this weekly sobriety and life-in-recovery focused podcast. With decades of alcohol abuse and sobriety under their belts, they come together to share the conversations they've...