Recovery Elevator

Today we have Erin. She is 47 years old from Colorado and took her last drink on May 21 st , 2022.   Sponsors for this episode:   Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    [02:53] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul shares with us "pain is followed by pleasure and pleasure is followed by pain". Drinking to change the way you feel in order to feel better in the...

Today we have Allie. She is 31 and lives in Central, MA. She took her last drink on March 20 th , 2024.   There are still a few spots open on our next Alcohol-Free travel trip to Vietnam . This upcoming January 9 th -20 th , 2025, we're heading to this incredible Southeast Asia paradise for 10 days and 11 nights with 25 travelers who are done nursing hangovers.   Sponsors for this episode: Use the...

Today we have Kristi. She is 50 years old and lives in Rome, GA. She took her last drink on December 11 th , 2023.   We just opened a few more spots for our upcoming retreat this August 14 th through 18 th in beautiful Bozeman, MT .     Sponsors for this episode: Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    [02:19] Thoughts from Paul:   We think this is a...

Today we have Santino. He is 36 years old, lives in Taunton, MA, and took his last drink on May 24 th , 2022.   Sponsors for this episode:   Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    [02:55] Thoughts from Paul:   A question we all eventually ask ourselves during our lifetime is – who am I? Eckhart Tolle (the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth)...

Today we have Stephanie. She is 48 years old and lives in San Diego, CA. She took her last drink on January 11 th , 2020.   Sponsors for this episode: Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    [2:21] Thoughts from Kris:   Kris shares that he and his family have always enjoyed camping. Recently, he was looking forward to a week that the family could get...

Today we have Chris. He is 56 years old and lives in Beacon, NY and took his last drink on April 18 th , 2024.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    Registration for our next Alcohol-Free travel trip to Vietnam opens TODAY! This upcoming January 9 th -20 th , 2025, we're heading to this incredible Southeast Asia paradise...

Today we have Christine. She is 58 and lives in Ontario. She took her last drink on December 29 th , 2022.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.      Recovery Elevator is going to Vietnam January 9 th -20 th , 2025. Registration for our newest alcohol-free travel trip opens July 1 st . We have room for 25 passengers on this...

Today we have Sarah. She is 45 and lives in Indiana. She took her last drink on December 31 st , 2022. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.      Let's talk AF International travel with Recovery Elevator . We've got some incredible trips in the works. We're going to Vietnam for 12 days in January 2025. Then Back to Costa Rica...

Today we have Adam. He is 46 from Flowermound, TX and took his last drink on December 31 st , 2022.   Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.     [03:00] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul shares many things that are dangerous but concludes that the most dangerous thing on the planet is the Ego. The reason why it is so dangerous is because it is never fully sat...

Today we have Jennifer. She is 41 from Hamilton, OT Canada and took her last drink on January 18 th , 2024. Café RE:  Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    [02:09] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul shares some information from an article he saw on the Instagram page recoveryroadmap.me . It discusses how in Canada, despite bringing in $13 billion in tax re...

Today we have Brian. He is 59 from Eastern Iowa. He took his last drink on May 23 rd , 2023. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    Recovery Elevator is going to Vietnam January 9 th -20 th , 2025. Registration for our newest alcohol-free travel trip opens July 1 st and we've got room for 25 passengers. Who's up for seeing t...

Today we have Tyler. He is 37 and lives in Phoenix, AZ. He took his last drink on November 28 th , 2023.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.    Recovery Elevator welcomes Danielle Marr to the team! She now writes the bi-monthly newsletter for RE which always has journalling prompts at the end. She taught our DTB writing co...

Today we have Anna. She is 49 from North Georgia and took her last drink on December 22nd, 2017. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.  [02:09] Thoughts from Paul:   A few weeks ago, Paul made a post on the Recovery Elevator Instagram pages asking people what advice they would give to somebody who was about to quit drinking.  ...

Today we have Susie. She is 52 and lives in Lubbock, TX and took her last drink on February 10 th , 2024. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.     [02:18] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul's goal with the introductions each week is to find a topic that we can collectively resonate with. His goal is for as many of us as possible to s...

Today we have Emily. She is 31 and lives in Raleigh, NC. She has been sober since March 17 th , 2019. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     [02:26] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul shares with us a list of his favorite AF (Alcohol Free) legends.   Included in the list is a man named Barry he met on the Gold Coast of Australia w...

Today we have Destiny. She is 29 and lives in South Houston, TX. She took her last drink on December 30 th , 2023. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Café RE just submitted its application to become a 501c3 non-profit organization. The team has been working on the application for about 8 months and we have been told, in...

Today we have Cyndi. She is 54 and lives in Denver, Colorado. She took her last drink on December 10 th , 2023.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     [02:08] Thoughts from Kris:   Kris shares how recovery has ignited his curiosity. While drinking, he didn't step out of his comfort zone very much and feels he was perfect...

Today we have Jim. He is 44 and lives in Silicon Valley, CA. He took his last drink on February 20 th , 2024.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   [02:27] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul is coming up on ten years without a drink. He has attended many social situations without consuming any alcohol. When he told people he wasn...

Today we have Tonya. She is 50 and lives in St Paul, MN. She took his last drink on August 21 st , 2021.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Registration opens today for our annual retreat in the beautiful Rocky Mountains located outside of Bozeman, MT. This retreat is from Wednesday August 14 th through Sunday August...

Today we have Shari. She is 60 and lives in Santa Barbara, CA. She took his last drink on December 31 st , 2022. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Check out our RE merch . We have hats, sweatshirts, tank tops, t-shirts and more. [02:56] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul shares with us how the idea of Sober Travel first came...

Today we have Nick. He is 36 years old from Grand Rapids, MI. He took his last drink on January 19 th , 2021.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     [02:41] Thoughts from Paul:   Paul likes Instagram because it's a platform for artists, for teachers, for musicians, for dancers, and more to showcase their talents.   Paul...

Today we have Lee. He is 43 and lives in the United Kingdom. He took his last drink on August 17 th , 2020.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   If you have found the Recovery Elevator podcast helpful to you, please take a moment to leave a review in either iTunes or Spotify. This helps you shred the shame and helps our...

Today we have Erin. She is 45 and lives outside of Boston. She took her last drink on December 26 th , 2021. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     [01:52] Thoughts from Kris:   The transition out of winter is one of Kris' favorites. He sees it as an awakening. He took the cue from Mother Nature and paused this season. No...

Today we have Carl. He is 52 years old and lives in California. He took his last drink on August 22 nd , 2014. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     [03:08] Thoughts from Paul:   Arriving at a perfect balance with progress and perfection is ungodly hard, and we all struggle with it.   No one is perfect and if you're telli...

Today we have Lara. She is 40 years old and lives in Northwest Arkansas. She took her last drink on August 8 th , 2019. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   [04:12] Thoughts from Paul:   There was a great question during our Dry January class that asked "Why don't alcoholics get hangovers?" Paul did a YouTube video about t...