What the fxxk is wrong with you?!

Since Right Now

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Saying the quiet parts out loud: mental health, trauma, autism, work, relationships, life, and whatever's left after that. A podcast for everyone who thinks they're the only one falling apart. Hosted by Chris Aguirre, one of the Indie Darlings of Recovery Podcasting™ and a Founding Member of the OG Recovery Posse.

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What the fxxk is wrong with you?!

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Episode 9: You Can't Unring A Bell 05.09.2014 1:00:01

After a brief "celebration" of Chris' Sober Birthday (9.1.97) Chris and Jeff talk about the challenge of a family get together when there's an alcoholic elephant in the room wearing the addict Emperor's new clothes. Then Jeff explains Step 7 to Chris and tries to get him to admit to a P H'er than himself. Referenced International Overdose Awareness Day / August 31 / http://overdoseday.com Recovery...

Episode 8: Defining An Addict: Language, Creativity, Depression, Addiction 30.08.2014 45:59

We briefly consider how we, as addicts, feel about the terms used to describe us. By others? By ourselves? Then we consider—at length!—what's up with addicts so often being plagued by depression and creativity. Referenced in this episode How Language Can Undermine Addiction Recovery / Melissa Dahl, New York Magazine http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/08/how-language-can-undermine-addiction-recovery...

Episode 7: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Truth, Shame and Ego 23.08.2014 53:00

Jeff and Chris chat—and laugh—about getting to the truth in recovery (both in general and in the context of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous,) the shame we accumulate during our active addiction, and how it all sort of ties into our big, messy addicts' egos. REFERENCED Thirteen Truths and A Lie — An Annotated List / Chris, 2008 https://SinceRightNow.com/insights/2014/8/13/thirteen-truths-and-a...

Episode 6: Past, Tense: I Will Recover! I Am Recovering. I Have Recovered? 14.08.2014 59:34

What a week. Referenced in this episode: Robin Williams Norm Macdonald's Twitter tribute http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/norm-macdonald-robin-williams-twitter-tribute_n_5672465.html Rob Delaney: On Depression & Getting Help http://robdelaney.tumblr.com/post/414007899/on-depression-getting-help The Fix: Can an AA Critic and a 12-Step Advocate Get Along? http://www.thefix.com/content/can-aa...

Episode 2: Uncomfortably Numb 06.07.2014 48:39

Longtime-friends, Chris and Jeff, have over 30 years in relapse-free recovery between them. In this episode they continute to each learn a bit more about the other's recovery. The emotional and sensory numbness of early-sobriety and the "you" that you have to deal with once the alcohol and/or drugs are gone are two topics explored. Notes: •I need to take notes. I apologize to Peter Litton and Tom...

Episode 1: Hello, Our Name Is Since Right Now And We Are Alcoholics. 28.06.2014 45:30

Meet your co-hosts, long-time friends, Chris and Jeff, as they discuss how they got to right now. Jeff, the one who just celebrated 14 years of sobriety, has been goint to AA since before he was in recovery. Chris, who'll soon celebrate 17 years, has never been to a meeting. This is the beginning of what we hope will be an insightful, inspirational, challenging and hopeful exploration of recovery...

Episode 0000 14.06.2014 19:27

It began not with a bang, but with a whimper. I have exhumed the very first expression of Since Right Now and have recommitted it to the record for posterity and the completists. Recorded on an iPhone using the white Apple earbuds. Originally released June 15, 2014. CREDITS Image: "Lil' Dirty Blue Eyes" based on a photo of unknown provenance. Intro/outro: A lot of other people's © stuff.