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Join Carl as he steps out on the ledge of a solo episode (again). You can tell that he can't stand doing these episodes all alone. Abandoned! Wah!!!

This week, we talk about pain and the average addict/alcoholic and what we do with it. How we handle pain is really about the individual, but we all have something in common… Listen more to find out.

Today is Chelsea’s Soberversary! Wahoo! And we will also be talking a little bit about grief. Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz!

This could be controversial, or it could be just another lame episode. Tune in as we talk about prayer, worship, and that “G” word.

This episode we read from 366 F***ing Days Sober book for February 5, 2023. This episode is about taking advice or not taking advice from other people in and out of recovery. Join us! Won't you?

Do you love your family? Oh really? Well, what are you going to do about it? Carl and Chelsea talk about repairing family ties in recovery.

On this episode we talk about pigs and why you should never wrestle with a pig. Listen. Read. Contemplate. Enjoy! Stay active. Stay sober. - We are offering a subscription-based model for a lot of our existing and sometimes, new content. Some of our shows will be available by subscription only. Sign up for just $0.99/mo, and don't miss a single episode! 

"Father, I Can Not Tell a Lie: I Cut the Tree" - Here we go again as we read through our book "366 Days F***ing Sober” for this day, January 15th, 2023. If you want to buy a copy of the book or get a copy of the book, you will have to wait. It’s not out yet! Stay tuned! It’s coming soon!

Happy New Year! We hope you all have had a great start to your year and are well on your way to achieving your wildest dreams. We are all pumped and jazzed to launch into the year with our new “theme” of 366 F***ing Days Sober book! 366 Daily meditations about living a life in recovery. Now! With 25% more cusswords added! Join us for our first episode using the 366 F***ing Days Sober Book!

Happy New Year! As we move into the new year, we need to finish up this series of the #LivingSober book with our last chapter! - Chapter 31 - Finding Your Own Way. We hope you have enjoyed listening to all the chapters and our discussions. Have a safe and happy new year! Be well and do well out there!

Try the 12 Steps! No really. Where else can you find such a supported system that has been studied with a proven track record? Really. There are many programs and systems out there for you to try, but none of them are as widely supported or imitated as much as the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. They will even refund your misery if you are not completely satisfied! What a deal!

As we creep closer to the end of the year, Carl is left alone yet again while Chelsea goes out into the world and tries to adult some more. BUT! The show must go on. If even for some shameless promotion and begging for likes and subscribers!  #happyholidays #sober #recovery

We go to meetings because it works. For some of us, this is our connection to a “higher power” (Group of Drunks), and for others, they consider this “Group Therapy”. But as we have discovered, addiction and alcoholism are probably the only “diseases” WE can “TALK TO DEATH."

Well, this had to happen eventually. We had to listen to this chapter about the literature on AA. It's okay; not our best episode, but we did it! Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving in the U.S. and we look forward to better chapters ahead.

Getting a new perspective on your problem is always a good thing, but it does take time for the alcoholic. We live in a state of thinking that has been caked with layers of denial. Not an easy process to knock down those walls. Listen to Chelsea and Carl as they discuss OLD IDEAS.

Are you planning on attending parties this holiday season? How about a wedding? Funeral? Birthday? Just about anything can turn into a drinking occasion. It is best to be prepared and walk softly and carry a big drink (non-alcoholic of course). So, listen in as Carl and Chelsea discuss their strategies for attending drinking occasions.

If you had my life, you’d drink too. If you had my husband, you’d drink too. If you had anywhere near the issues I did today, you’d be shit-faced! Right? Not really, but let’s discuss what makes the “If” word so dangerous to the average addict/alcoholic.

Okay, you’ve heard it before, don’t get into a relationship within the first year of recovery. In matters of the heart, sobriety, and especially early sobriety, can be devastating. Carl and Chelsea talk about early recovery, marriage, relationships, etc. It’s not always pretty…

You need help! No really! We think we all do! What kind of help is entirely up to you. Or is it? What we do know is that 12-steps or other groups can only serve at a limited capacity for what is needed in our lives. We must be willing to look beyond our “program” for professional and sometimes, necessary help.

We all know that one person who literally can’t stop feeling sorry for themselves and the funny part is, that it’s probably you. Have you looked in the mirror lately? Are you newly sober and thinking “Why me?” why am “I” the alcoholic?” Well, that’s self-pity. Let Carl and Chelsea tell you just how shitty it is. :)

Wow! Co-founding member Ryan Dusick from Maroon 5 joins us to talk about his book " Harder to Breathe - A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery " - Which is available for preorder, which comes out on November 15, 2022! Ryan had a hard road despite what you think comes with a "glamorous life" some "real life shit" happens, and Ryan is forced into circumstances that conflict...

Join Carl and Dr. by Dr. Peg O’Connor as they discuss Dr. O’Connor’s new book “ Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering ” Written over the course of a 10+ year period, the book details some of the background and experience around William James, philosopher, psychologist, and intellectual giant of the early 20th century. By acting as our personal field guide through the wor...

In this episode we discuss Chapter 21 out of the living sober book from aa.org - Avoiding Dangerous Drugs And Medications - It's a sensitive topic in recovery, and we do our best not to step on all those wonderful toes out there, but you can't please everyone, now can you!

Chapter 20 of the Living Sober BOOK -Remembering Your Last Drunk - This week, we dive into the Living Sober Book again! We look at the impact that just one drink can have on our lives, not just today, but in the bigger picture. We talk about thinking the drink all the way through, playing the tape forward, and all those other concepts. Don’t forget to check out Season 2, Step 1! And Rate and REVIE...

Chapter 19 of the Living Sober BOOK - Being Grateful - Well, here we are again! One of those dang gratitude episodes that Carl always complains about. It’s like going to a meeting in a really shitty mood only to hear everyone talk about how damn grateful they are! Ugh! Nothing worse than that! Oh well… ho-hum. ;) Don’t forget to like, subscribe, etc. Yadda-yadda.