Rooting for You Podcast

We WILL be back soon! Promise. In the meantime, as always, we're Rooting for You. 🖤

Recovery gets a reputation for being all hard work, heavy emotions, and endless processing. But here’s the truth: recovery also makes life more fun. In this episode, we’re flipping the script and sharing the joy, laughter, and freedom that we’ve found on the other side of the work. From inside jokes and everyday adventures to the peace of finally being fully present — life after recovery isn’t jus...

We’ve been to too many funerals we never wanted to attend. We’ve said goodbye to friends and loved ones far too soon — not because they didn’t matter, but because addiction took them before they could see the fullness of who they were meant to be. In this episode, we’re talking about one of the hardest realities of recovery and community: losing someone to addiction. We’ll share some of our own ex...

When you’ve been stuck for a long time, hope can feel impossible. Maybe you’ve told yourself: “It’s too late.” “I’m too far gone.” “This is just how life is now.” In this episode, we’re talking about hope — why it matters, how it’s shown up in our own recovery journeys, and how you can hold onto it (even if it feels like it’s slipped through your hands). Jay shares phrases and concepts he learned...

We’ve talked about anxiety, addiction, boundaries, and emotional breakdowns… So this week? We’re keeping it light. In this episode, we’re answering rapid-fire questions about marriage, recovery, and real life — no prep, no script, just honest (and sometimes ridiculous) answers from both of us. We cover things like: • Who’s more dramatic (spoiler: we both have thoughts) • What recovery has helped u...

In this episode, we talk about our personal experiences with anxiety — and how it’s shown up in recovery, relationships, and the pressure to hold it all together. Jay shares about how and where his anxiety started, being diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder after getting sober, the surprising ways it impacted his healing, and how medication and support changed the game. Jennifer opens up ab...

What if the thing that’s actually keeping you stuck… is trying to hold everything together? In this episode, we talk about powerlessness — not as weakness, but as the beginning of real peace. Because whether it’s addiction, anxiety, control, or just trying to keep everyone else happy… eventually we all hit a point where white-knuckling life doesn’t work anymore. We get real about: • What powerless...

What do you do when someone you love is in active addiction? Do you leave? Do you stay? How do you love them without losing yourself? In this episode, we flip the mic a little. Jay asks Jennifer real, unfiltered questions about what it was like to be the spouse of someone in active alcoholism — before the recovery, before the healing, in the thick of it. This isn’t a formula. It’s a conversation....

When people hear “step study,” they often think it’s just homework and hard questions. But for us — and for our friend Will — it became something way deeper: A safe place to tell the truth. A space to sit with God and your story. A process that changed everything. In this episode, we talk with Will — who went through a full Celebrate Recovery step study with Jay — about what the experience was rea...

We didn’t start recovery at the same time… or for the same reasons. One of us was mandated. One of us was just curious. But we both ended up in the same room — and it changed everything. In this episode, we talk about what it looked like (and still looks like) to recover together. Not perfectly. Not all at once. But side-by-side — with a lot of honesty, laughter, and grace in the process. 🔗 Resou...

We’re getting honest in this one. Denial isn’t just the dramatic stuff — it can look like being overly busy, brushing off pain, or telling yourself “it’s not that bad.” In this episode, we unpack what denial actually looks like in everyday life, why it’s often the first barrier to healing, and how we both experienced it in our own recovery journeys. If you’ve ever said “I’m fine” when you weren’t…...

Before the symptoms… there’s a story. Before the behavior… there’s a root. In this episode, we talk about how recovery really begins — not with behavior management, but with honest reflection. We unpack how survival patterns like addiction, codependency, control, and burnout usually start long before we notice them. This isn’t about blame. It’s about freedom. You can’t heal what you’re afraid to l...

Welcome to the very first episode of Rooting for You — a podcast about recovery, marriage, faith, and the messy middle of life. In this episode, we talk about: •Why we started this podcast (hint: we’ve been through it) •What “recovery” really means (and why it’s not just for addiction) •The real reason we all develop symptoms like burnout, people-pleasing, control, and isolation •Why recovery is n...

Welcome to Rooting for You — real talk on recovery, marriage, faith, and everything in between. We’re Jay and Jennifer, and we’ve walked through the fire together. This isn’t about perfection. It’s about healing. And we’re rooting for you. 🖤