Since Right Now

Brian's recovery journey took him through clinical depression, twenty-seven years of eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, alcohol and drug addiction. He went from an 18-year-old anorexia/bulimic to the brink of suicide at 45 years old to then finally turn it around, walk away from a successful legal career, restoring himself, his family relationships, and finding his true passion in life. B...

"As it progresses it's like an animal that you have to take care of all the time…and you really can't do anything else." —SPM on SRN Sean has been a writer, humorist and storyteller since he learned how to speak. He didn't actually start getting paid for these things,however, until he got sober in 2009. Since then Mahoney's two original comedies, Casual Encounters/Missed Connections and The Singin...

"On the fourth we're going to stand next to each other and be like, 'Do you believe this?'"—Donald on SRN Donald (Ep.1523) joins us this time in his official role as a representative of Facing Addiction and the organization's upcoming UNITE to Face Addiction rally in Washington, DC The Day the Silence Ends / #RecoverOutLoud The time has come to UNITE to Face Addiction and stand up for recovery. On...

"I think I was drinking suicidally from day one where I need to drink myself into oblivion and not feel or remember anything." —Jill on SRN Jillian Bauer is a Philadelphia-based multimedia entrepreneur and educator specializing in audiovisual storytelling. She was recently profiled by the Philadelphia City Paper, WHYY and The Philadelphia Inquirer for her work on The Rooms Project, a photo and aud...

"I spent all the kids’ Christmas money. I got drunk. I took all the money that my wife and I had saved. I was supposed to be picking up some big gifts a couple days before Christmas but instead I went to the bar…" —Robert on SRN Robert McClellan is a writer, producer and new media expert. He wrote, produced and appears in the award-winning documentary “Real Sobriety” and has recently released his...

"(The counselor) had me go through the "Are You and Alcoholic?" checklist…and I said 'yes' to just about everything and I think I said, 'But I don't know if I have a problem.' And she was like, why did you come here?" —Laura on SRN Laura Silverman is the founder of The Sobriety Collective, a resource and blog created to celebrate recovery in all its forms. In 2007, at age 24, Laura pulled a 180 an...

"There's no reason to wait until you're in a public park with your pants around your ankles to be like, Wait! I should quit drinking!" —Sacha on SRN Sacha Zimmerman Scoblic is a writer and editor. She is the author of Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety, which is based on her popular essays for The New York Times‘s “Proof: Alcohol and American Life.” Currently, Sacha is an MFA candidate at NYU’s low-reside...

"I would quit for a few weeks or a month and congratulate myself on not being a cocaine addict and then I'd go back to doing it." —Anna on SRN Anna, founder of the AfterParty Empire joined us for a super fantastic addiction recovery podcast mashup episode. It was kind of like having Robert Plant sit in with your Led Zeppelin tribute band. Select References: The Mental Illness Happy Hour Podcast /...

"I became addicted to heroin when I had just wrapped up a White House internship."—Ivana on SRN Select References: Stacie Mathewson / http://staciemathewsonfoundation.org Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act 2015 / https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/953 Ivana on the Web: Transforming Youth Recovery / http://www.transformingyouthrecovery.org Twitter / https://twitter.com/Iv...

"I collapsed on the floor and the last thing I remember is the taste…it was a bitter, gritty taste." — Jason on SRN Jason on the Web: http://authorjasonsmith.com http://therealedition.com @mrjazone on Twitter

"You get sober and you realize that person you were pretending to be you actually are." —Sarah on SRN If you've read Sarah's beautifully-crafted memoir of active alcoholism and recovery you're going to want to listen. Sarah's candor and good-humor made for a terrifically insightful and enjoyable episode. If you haven't read it…WTF? Get it. Read it. Then come back and listen. Sarah on the Web: Site...

"No one was watching me anymore. Which was what I wanted…but it was terrifying also." — Laura of IFlyatNight.com Select References: Earl Hightower "tapes" / Recovery Audio Speaker Series / http://bit.ly/1RUdTba Why AA Works for Me / Laura @ Hip Sobriety / http://bit.ly/1CdNDH4 #ichooseclean / Instagram / http://bit.ly/1UdgQaG E.L. Doctorow on writing / @ Brainy Quote / http://bit.ly/1Nzz6G2 Clip:...

Men & Gentleladies! The man with the most-read piece to date on KLĒN + SŌBR! Shane Watson! Shane's Recovery Story: http://www.sincerightnow.com/stories/2015/5/22/shane-since-november-2014 Let's All Go to the Lobby [Trad.] David After Dentist [SRN Edit] Image: From the "Oilette" Series [crop/color by K+S] / Raphael Tuck & Sons / 1907 / CC via Roomnoir / Flickr

Donald has over three decades of experience in politics. His work has combined communications, field, electoral, and advocacy experience. He's also in long-term recovery. Donald is now applying his formidable talents to a deeply personal cause as the Communications Director for UNITE to Face Addiction. This will be one of two appearances by Donald before October 4, 2015. This first appearance will...

SPECIAL EPISODE Three dudes in a car on the way back to STL from Akron talking about their experience at Founders' Day on the 80th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. Cover: Henrietta Buckler Sieberling / Akron Women's History / https://blogs.uakron.edu/womenshistory/2013/09/11/henrietta-buckler-seiberling-1888-1979/

WIN A COPY OF SOBRIETY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL Leave a comment or review on SoundCloud or iTunes between June 11 and June 29, 2015 for a chance to win 1 of 2 copies we're giving away. Drawing on June 29th, 2015. ____________________________________________ It's been a long time coming but it was well-worth the wait. We chat with the ebullient author of our favorite graphic novel about sobriety, Dan "The...

Los Caballeros de Recovery tuvieron una conversación encantadora con la Sober Señorita. ¡Escucha ahora! Referenced: Anonymity in AA and the Age of the Internet / http://sobersenorita.com/2015/05/21/anonymity-in-aa-and-the-age-of-the-internet/ 5 Reasons You Should Go to That AA Meeting You’ve Been Thinking About / http://www.ihavewill.com/5-reasons-you-should-go-to-that-aa-meeting-youve-been-thinki...

Whence the AA hate? Recovery is a spectrum with highly-personal stories along it's length. Why must one person's experience necessarily be another's. Even as a #nonAnon Chris doesn't get the AA haters. Referenced: @DrunkenNeuron / The Alcoholic's Guide to Alcoholism / http://alcoholicsguidetoalcoholism.com @Rebellion_Dogs / Rebellion Dogs Publishing / http://rebelliondogspublishing.com @mylaststan...

Shot Out of A (Water) Cannon. Wes is quite literally a man on a mission. Just 10 months sober, he's working with a fervor to carry the message while he carries (his) water to the recovery community and beyond. "It's not because we're so f*cking cool. It's because this epidemic is so f*cking huge." —Wes Hurt CLEAN Cause Water / http://cleancause.com

Sobriety does not inoculate us against the trials and tribulations of life. We use the idea of "Maintaining long-term sobriety through life-altering challenges & changes" as our guide through this episode. Referenced: The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling & the Search for Meaning / Kurtz & Ketcham / 1992 / http://www.amazon.com/The-Spirituality-Imperfection-Storytelling-Meaning/dp/0553371...

"Paul" is a recovering alcoholic, currently following a PhD into the neuromechanisms of addictive behaviours. His own experience of recovery, coupled with his research over several years, led him to question why the way addicts and alcoholics talk about their condition as an “emotional disease” is rarely addressed in theories of addiction. Chris jacked into the Trans-Atlantic Interweb to chat with...

Jeff, Matt and Chris have all spent rather lengthy segments of their respective careers creating advertising and promotions for alcohol. We've worked on beers and spirits major and minor. We've done it together, separately and in pairs at a variety of agencies. We finally sit down together and talk about how, as three sober dudes, we feel about it. Then and since right now.

Flatulence, Opioids & Abraham Lincoln. One of these things is not like the other. 100Pedals.com / Dave Cooke Opioid Misuse In Chronic Pain Patients Is Around 25% / Forbes / http://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2015/04/01/opioid-misuse-in-chronic-pain-patients-is-around-25-new-study-shows/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=social Kids allowed sips of alcohol are more likely to drin...

We had an absolutely terrific chat with Magz, Chris shares the bit of familial closure he got this past week and we tease Episode 1515. A Very Special Episode. Be sure to visit Magz @ SoberCourage.com

Dave's back! With the A to last episodes Q. AND! Audio from first SRN LIVE! on Periscope / http://periscope.tv We're going to start live-streaming video of the podcast recording beginning with next episode. Referenced: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Our Children and Drugs / Bob Meehan / http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Yellow-Brick-Road-Children/dp/0970232705 #addictionchat / Twitter / Wednesdays @ 8:0...