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No Shots, Just Thoughts is our quick-hit segment where we answer questions submitted by our listeners and followers. Nothing is scripted, nothing is rehearsed—just honest conversations, personal experiences, and our unfiltered thoughts on recovery, sobriety, relationships, and life. In 15 minutes or less, we tackle the questions you're asking and give you our real answers.

This week, we sit down with Kaela, who has 15 years sober and a story that challenges the idea that recovery is always a straight line. Before we begin, we want to acknowledge that this episode was filmed in a new location, and we appreciate your patience with some of the technical issues and delays we've experienced recently. Kaela began trying to get sober when she was just 15 years old. Wh...

This week, we sit down with Jaden, who has a year and a half sober and a story rooted in resilience, identity, and discovering who she truly is without substances. Jaden shares that this is her first real attempt at sobriety. Before finding recovery, she tried to do it on her own — with her longest stretch lasting only a few weeks. Without knowledge of recovery or support, the cycle always pulled...

This week, we sit down with Jacob, who has two and a half years sober and a story that captures the quiet shift from doing recovery for others… to finally choosing it for yourself. Jacob opens up about a thought he carried with him early on — an “out” he had already planned. In his mind, he would stay sober for two years, and then most likely go back home, because deep down, he didn’t feel like he...

This week, we sit down with Mauricio, who has two years of sobriety and a story that speaks to identity, resilience, and finding belonging in a world where he often felt like he didn’t fit. Originally Colombian, Mauricio grew up in South Central Los Angeles, navigating life between cultures — feeling “too white” for the Hispanic community and “too Hispanic” for everyone else. As a gay man, that se...

This week, we sit down with Cody, who has six and a half years sober and is navigating one of the most challenging seasons of his recovery — going through a divorce from his husband. Cody’s story begins long before sobriety stuck. He knew he had a problem as early as high school, and at 19, he attended his first AA meeting after a friend invited him. It was in a garage, filled with smoke, and when...

This week, we sit down with Courtney, who has two and a half years sober and a story that speaks to the exhausting cycle of trying, relapsing, and believing you might never actually make it out. Originally from Texas, Courtney moved to California 13 years ago in search of sobriety — a journey that took her through treatment an estimated 26 times . Courtney had managed to reach one year sober twice...

This week, we sit down with Maggy, who celebrated 12 years sober on November 9th. Originally from Illinois and now rooted in recovery after getting sober in New York City, Maggy’s story is one of radical honesty, humility, and learning how to rebuild herself again and again — even with years of sobriety behind her. Maggy shares about her early attempts at sobriety, including a period where she bel...

This week, we sit down with Vinny — a man coming up on three years sober whose story cuts straight to the core of what addiction really is: self-centered fear, emotional avoidance, and the slow erosion of everything that matters. Vinny is brutally honest about the fact that he didn’t become selfish after he started using — he was already that way. Long before meth entered the picture, he was chasi...

This week, we sit down with Charlene — a woman whose story proves that staying sober isn’t the same as living sober. With over 7½ years of recovery today, Charlene opens up about the two very different versions of sobriety she’s experienced — one driven by fear, and the other rooted in freedom, connection, and purpose. Before this chapter of her life, Charlene had 22 months sober — and it was noth...

This week, we sit down with Sarah — who will celebrate five years sober this March — and whose story is a powerful reminder that sometimes it’s not the hundredth attempt that saves us… it’s the first honest one. Sarah had collected plenty of 30-, 60-, and 90-day chips over the years — but none of them were real. She wasn’t staying sober, she was just resetting the clock. Then, something changed. W...

In this episode, we sit down with Amanda — whose recovery journey began not in a meeting room, but under the brightest spotlight imaginable. After leaving her hometown in New Jersey in the depths of addiction, Amanda found herself on Dr. Phil alongside her two sisters. What followed was an experience few people can even imagine: being flown out with her family, walking onto a stage, and seeing her...

This week, we sit down with Kelly — whose story is raw, honest, and deeply relatable for anyone who’s ever tried to get sober before they were truly ready. With a sobriety date of 2/16/21, Kelly shares what changed between her first attempt at recovery at 26 and the version of sobriety she’s living today. Kelly’s early substance use leaned more toward drugs than alcohol. Growing up in a family mar...

In this episode, we sit down with Paul — a member of Jimmy’s home group who is approaching seven years sober and living proof that real change often begins with a single boundary you can’t talk your way around. Just two weeks before Paul got sober, his brother passed away from complications related to HIV. While he didn’t die directly from drugs or alcohol, he was in active addiction and not takin...

We open Season 2 with Courtney — a woman whose story reminds us that sobriety doesn’t click because we try harder… it clicks because we finally become willing. Approaching two years sober on February 24, Courtney shares what changed between her first attempt at recovery and the one that finally transformed her life. Courtney was first introduced to the rooms after a DUI in 2015, but for years, she...

This week, it’s just Jimmy and Breezy — and we’re introducing a brand-new recurring feature we’re calling No Shots, Just Thoughts . These episodes are exactly what they sound like: honest conversations, no guest, no filter, and no agenda other than answering the questions you keep asking. And as long as you keep sending them in, we’ll keep showing up. For our very first No Shots, Just Thoughts epi...

This week, we sit down with Hunter — a military kid who grew up learning how to blend in anywhere, yet spent years feeling like he didn’t belong anywhere at all. Now approaching two years sober, Hunter’s story is one of ego, honesty, spiritual awakening, and the powerful shift that happens when you stop performing recovery… and actually start living it. Growing up constantly on the move, Hunter pe...

This week, we sit down with Miss Erica — our first trans guest on the podcast — whose story is one of courage, survival, and the relentless pursuit of a life worth living. She has 11 years sober, relapsed, and now celebrates 9 years sober , and her journey shows that even after a decade in recovery, the disease of addiction can still strike — and still be overcome. Erica’s first stint in sobriety...

This week, we sit down with Brett — a man whose story shows that sobriety isn’t built on self-knowledge or “doing recovery perfectly,” but on brutal honesty, spiritual awakening, and the willingness to try again after the fall. Brett will celebrate 8 years sober this January , but his journey wasn’t a straight line. Before this chapter of long-term recovery, he had 22 months sober , doing all the...

In this week’s episode, we sit down with Marcus — who recently celebrated eight years clean and sober  on October 29th. Standing 6'7" with a quiet strength and deep insight, Marcus shares how his path from chaos and paranoia to inner peace has reshaped how he sees sobriety, self-compassion, and spirituality. Before recovery, Marcus was driving a beat-up van with expired tags, working hos...

In this week’s episode, we dive deep with Christian , whose story takes us from military discipline to total chaos — and finally, into recovery and grace. Christian once did so much ecstasy that he was literally kicked out of the Air Force. What followed was two decades of chaos — cocaine, crack, meth, heroin, and a long list of failed attempts to get clean through everything except AA. College co...

This week, we sit down with Emily — whose journey shows that sometimes the turning point isn't a dramatic bottom, but simply reaching a place where you can’t run from yourself anymore. Emily came to California from Virginia wrecked by heroin addiction and years of toxic relationships. With nowhere left to turn, she took a desperate flight west with her ex-husband — and by sheer grace, crossed...

In Part 2 of Sloan’s story—the first guest we’ve ever needed two full episodes for—we dive into the messy, hilarious, and deeply human side of growing up sober. Sloan got sober at just 16 years old, and in this episode, she opens up about what it was really like to navigate relationships, recovery, and self-worth while learning who she was without drugs or alcohol. She shares stories about dating...

Sloan is our very first guest whose story couldn’t fit into just one episode—because it’s that powerful. She got sober at only 16 years old and will celebrate 14 years on November 1st, 2025. Growing up in Wisconsin, there weren’t any adolescent treatment programs, so her parents did what they could—putting her in hospitals to detox. But even there, something sparked. She picked up the Big Book and...

Robert just celebrated 11 years sober—and this was his first time ever getting sober. Before that, he had lost absolutely everything he had worked for. When he finally surrendered, he was scholarshipped into a program, and on his very first morning, they took him to a 7 a.m. meeting. He walked in and saw people smiling—truly happy—and in that moment, he was struck sober. He knew deep down that thi...