Beyond Recovery™

Calling in from (near) Manchester, UK!! ...it is my pleasure to welcome FRASER FRANKS to the show. In his own words: Fraser Franks Trying to live, love and learn more every day ❤️🙏🏼 Alcohol-Free 🌅 Dad, husband, speaker, writer, athlete & former Professional footballer. www.asipofsobriety.com FRASER has an incredible story, I cannot wait to share this with you all. (He has agreed to come back fo...

John joins the show, tonight, calling in from the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania! (**apologies for the audio dropping out a few times during the interview - the mountain wifi gets a bit spotty haha) John is happily married and the proud father of 2 sons (ages 5 and 1). He is a pro trumpet player and a full-time SAH dad. A big part of John's trauma and patterns come from the fact his mother passe...

Adriane has quite the story from her triumph over alcohol addiction to her hypnosis practice that helps those in recovery! Topics include: Drinking heavily in high school, different homes growing up, low self-esteem, "drinking guys under the table", a few hospital visits for alcohol poisoning, her first AA visit at age 24, a co-dependent drinking buddy in college, "When did this stop being fun", b...

Ian joins the show from Darlington, England. He is 18+ months sober and is living his best, authentic life! If you follow Ian on IG (which I highly recommend @sober_fitness_living) you will know that Ian has had a massive body transformation over these past 2 years. That is just the cherry on the top for Ian, though, as you will hear - he champions the mental health side of physical activity more...

As it turns out, John is just down the road from me! He is in a suburb just south of Edmonton, Leduc. John was introduced to 2 things at an early age: beer and the trades! His dad got him into both. John has been sober since March 29, 2020 - his story is truly inspiring, and his life has completely turned around for the better. Topics include: His father dying from cirrhosis of the liver, getting...

Jojo has an amazing story of recovery. In fact he has TWO amazing stories of recovery. Jojo just passed his 1-Year this past April 7th, 2022... He was also hit by a car back in the mid-2010s, leading him to a long road of physical recovery (learning how to walk again, slowly redeveloping mobility and strength in his right arm and hand). Nowadays Jojo can be found at the local gym in his area of Ne...

My good friend & mentor, Heath A Babb, joins the show today! Heath and I met in the Strong Coach business mentoring program. As it turned out, we have quite a bit in common and have run fairly parallelled lives. Heath is approaching his 16 years of alcohol-free this September! Topics covered: Slamming his Dad's drink at age 6, the early idea that alcohol brought people together, use & abuse of his...

Calling in from Scotland!! I would like to introduce you to CHRIS NELLIST. Chris has an incredibly inspiring story of recovery. Topics include: Drinking at an early age, alcoholism at age of 12, having his first child at age 15, leaving home shortly after, joining the British Army, finding out he had dyslexia, overcoming that and getting a Law degree, sobriety in 2020, detox, Antabuse, recovery na...

Gary K has just released a documentary on his 25+ years of sobriety and recovery! I am honoured to have him on the show today to talk about this documentary (that was 10 years in the making!!) and many other topics. Topics include: AA, the 12 Step Program, how his sobriety was recently challenged in a BIG way, the science behind the addicted brain, what he in his 25+ years of experience has to say...

I am so happy to have had Dana on the show today! We had a great time discussing his story of recovery. I love his energy and insight, and he brought his Spirit Guide: Al the Owl 🦉. He has lived quite the life, to say the least. Dana has a wife and 3 boys at home, is a former military man and is a man of God. Key topics: Nostalgia and drinking, addiction as a coping tool, PTSD, using work to hide...

F*ck Up Friday || "I Got This" Welcome to the first-ever "F*ck Up Friday"! F*ck Up Friday: Fail forwards, I always say! You either win or you learn. There is no true failure unless it leads to you continuing to make the same mistakes…or outright quitting. “F*ck Up Nights” are gaining traction, worldwide. They are events where people share their failures in a safe and supportive space - in order to...

Third Act Thursday || My Trip Back Home In this edition of Third Act Thursday I recount the anchor for my latest sobriety streak (of over 1100 days!) What propelled me to this decision, and what helped anchor it. As well as the wonderful events that happened immediately after making this decision and how those have continued to affect my sobriety in a positive way.

What-If Wednesday || Solo Edition (Matt) (This is a favourite of mine. I want to do a What-If Wednesday with a sober group here very soon!!) Welcome to 'What-If Wednesday' where we What-If the positives, instead of What-Ifing the worst-case scenarios? Time for a positivity push-up!!

Toastmaster Tuesday || Converting Energy The usual Toastmaster rules, and I am flying solo today! A 5-minute impromptu speech on Converting Energy: How did I replace/reposition all of the negative energy I was using to hide, support and maintain my addictive behaviour?

Mindshift Monday || Collapsed Distinctions "A collapsed distinction occurs when a person is not distinguishing between two emotions/beliefs/concepts. The collapse of the two emotions/beliefs/concepts is often a barrier to moving the person forward". Today, I discuss my own collapsed distinctions around my addictions and the behaviours and emotions I so powerfully associated with them.

I am honoured to have Salim on the show as my debut guest here on 'Beyond Recovery'. Salim has an incredible journey from the depths of alcoholism to his current recovery, dating back to his early childhood. Salim also has a tremendous accent that is stuck in the middle of a British accent and an Australian accent. On a final note, Salim has an incredibly touching story involving one of his daught...

Hello everyone! I come to you on my 3 Year Alcohol-Free Bday! It has been quite the journey over the past 40 years of my life. I am here to share with you the highs and the lows of my recovery, and beyond! I am very excited to see where this podcast goes...I already have some great guests booked for the coming weeks. Find me 👀 https://linktr.ee/mattgardiner555