Recovery Elevator

Today we have Jim.   He is 50, from New York, and has been sober since June 19, 2022. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Paul   Paul and our listeners would like to hear from prior podcast guests. Please send us a note (approximately 200 words) to let us know how you are doing. We would love an update on...

Today we have Kristie.   She is 47, from Michigan, and has been sober since May 2020. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Kris   Return to school is here and is the catalyst for conversations about expectations. Growing up, the letter on the report card was the measure of success. Kris has begun to conside...

Today we have Alina.   She is 32, from Northern California, and has been sober since June 20, 2022.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   If you are in a cycle of continuous Day ones, keep showing up and listening to the podcast. We believe in you.   If you have quit drinking, don't forget incredi...

Today we have Megan.   She is 34, from Florida, and has been sober since June 22, 2021. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Paul   Stacking days, which is a day here, and a couple of days there, is fantastic, but your body and mind will respond faster to continuous sobriety, and I think a week is the most...

Today we have Polly.   She is 50, from Minnesota, and has been sober since December 23, 2021. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Paul shares that he created the podcast to create a new level of accountability for himself when he quit drinking.   He is grateful for his listeners and proud of how t...

Today we have Jess.   She is 37, from Ontario, and has been sober since May 7, 2022. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT! Anyone who doesn't quit quitting eventually creates distance from alcohol. "The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not fighting the old, but...

Today we have Christy.   She is 42, from Denmark, and has been sober since April 5, 2022. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Paul   Paul talks about "journal speak," an informal, off-the-cuff style of journaling. The point is to get unprocessed, uncomfortable emotions out of you. It makes you feel less al...

Episode 388  - Identity Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Kris   After returning from a trip to DC, Kris realized that connecting his identity to his accomplishments is something he left behind. Presenting his achievements as a "Who I Am" was typical for Kris when he was in active addiction. Kris hoped...

Today we have Becca.   She is 43, from Montana, and took her last drink on September 18, 2017. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Sober Travel Update – Costa Rica 2023. Stay tuned for dates. www.recoveryelevator.com/events   Highlights from Paul   Paul believes that taking responsibility for your drinking or choosing not...

Today we have Shad.   He is 46, from Indiana, and took his last drink on March 19, 2021.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Don't quit drinking without learning coping strategies, understanding why you drink in the first place, and get some tools for your recovery toolbox. Don't sell yourself s...

Today we have Steve. He is 34, from Boston, MA, and took his last drink on February 18, 2021. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Bozeman Retreat Upcoming Courses:  AF Photography and AF Mindfulness Service Project Courses: https://www.recoveryelevator.com/cafere/ Bozeman Retreat: https://www.recoveryelevator.com/bozema...

Today we have Matt. He is 40, from Edmonton, Canada, and took his last drink on April 8, 2019. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Sobriety is the path of least resistance. Moderation was miserable, and drinking is killing me. Paul describes his own experiences with moderation and points out that...

Today we have Phillip. He is 46 and took his last drink on February 28, 2019. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Paul   It's hard to visualize a sober life when you are still drinking because your body is using every drop of energy to get rid of the poison that is alcohol from your body. Paul suggests onc...

Today we have Ryan. He is 40, from Denver, and took his last drink on January 7, 2013.   Highlights from Paul   Paul shares Odette's wise words,  "we can't be hard on ourselves when we do hard things." He also examines those who abuse alcohol and the correlation with being hard on ourselves. Could the pace you are setting for yourself be driving you to drink?   Not drinking isn't an activity. I qu...

Today we have Amy. She is 39, from Canada, and took her last drink on August 21, 2016   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Paul talks about a book he is reading called, The Urge. It's about an Indian in the Seneca Tribe named Handsome Lake. He developed a program similar to AA about 150 years bef...

Today we have Shrene. She is 46, from Arizona, and took her last drink on September 10, 2019 Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Paul talks about the word sober.  For this podcast, sober refers to alcohol, because alcohol is what got Paul behind the microphone to launch Recovery Elevator.   Paul s...

Today we have Aaron. He is 40, from South Carolina, and took his last drink on September 15, 2021. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Jeff was interviewed for the podcast on episodes 104 and 377, has a book out, and is now leading sober travel trips. See links below. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT fo...

Today we have Susan. She is 46, from Ohio, and took her last drink on June 14, 2019.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Odette   "Whatever courage got you here is going to take you far." You are brave, and you have courage. Learn to trust yourself. Define far for yourself. The unfolding of healing tak...

Today we have Jeff. He is 47, from the Dominican Republic, and took his last drink on December 4, 2016. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Paul   Listeners provided highlights of some of their favorite episodes of the Recovery Elevator podcast.   330 – Learn to love yourself as your dog (or cat) loves you...

Today we have Ronda. She is 56, from New Orleans, and sober for 2.5 years. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   We are all human, with faulty machines in the dome. It's okay to be right or want to be right, especially in the moment. Sobriety teaches us that we must choose peace. We don't have to ch...

Today we have Amanda. She is 40, from Florida, and took her last drink on March 25, 2019.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Paul discusses anxiety and decoupling. Paul's tipping point was in 2017 when his anxiety or hangxiety was so bad that he thought he was having a heart attack. As he sober...

Today we have Meegan. She is 37, from Georgia, and took her last drink on April 21, 2019. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Paul   Addiction has the propensity to crack you open. We fight and dig our heels in, but eventually, the Addiction wins. This doesn't mean you are destined to drink forever, but th...

Today we have Chris. She is 46, from Baltimore, and took her last drink on August 28, 2016.   Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Paul thanks all the guests who have shared their stories to help us on the path toward sobriety. Paul wants to hear about your favorite episode or the value bombs that...

Today we have Sherrie. She is 58, from Oregon, and she took her last drink on January 21, 2019. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.   Highlights from Paul   Paul explains the stages of healing have less to do with how much time you were drinking and more to do with how you view your problems.  "The Energy Codes": https://am...

Today we have Cyndi. She is 52, from California, and she took her last drink on  July 1, 2021. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community  Café RE.     Highlights from Paul   Recovery is recovering the person you were meant to be or is the most authentic version of yourself. This isn't a practice you want to end. It's not a checkbox or to-d...