Sober.Coffee Podcast

Ninety days is a habit driver - learning and practicing new coping, living skills and tools. So what does that look like? Join Mike & Glenn in the coffee shop as they talk about the most important things to know and what to expect in the first 90 days. In this episode: Previous podcast episode: Boiling The Frog: https://www.sober.coffee/podcast/episode/2b4dd42e/boiling-the-frog-what-does-anti-...

In Julianna’s story of experience, strength and hope, she shares with Mike & Glenn the cracks and things she is repairing in her life - and she’s repairing them with beauty, much like the art of kintsugi. An ancient Japanese art for restoring ceramics, kintsugi highlights broken cracks with streams of gold and lacquer. Once repaired, it becomes a unique piece of beauty outshining the original....

If you’re 10% listening and 90% thinking about what to say next, you’re not living in the moment. Join Mike & Glenn as they discuss what it means to live in the moment. It’s amazing the library of tools and references you can go back to if you stay present in the moment - focused, paying attention, listening, absorbing and inputting things into your mental library. For more about this podcast:...

Dr. John is back! Talking about ISM in the coffee shop. What is ISM? Dr. John says it’s the Human Condition - we are the only creatures on the planet that have the capacity to introspect, to torment ourselves with regret for the past, fear for the future. How do you get out of that ISM? Dr. John proposes the key to sobriety is finding a way out without alcohol. In this episode: Dr John Previous Gu...

Table for three! Dr. John joins Mike & Glenn at the coffee shop to talk about honesty, expectations, reality, and what it means to work the program. Listen in as Dr. John shares about pivotal moments in his recovery journey, including what was said to him early in sobriety as he contemplated not continuing with AA that made him stick around and stay sober. In this episode: Dr John Previous Gue...

Glenn rang the bell recently at 8 years sober! In the coffee shop with Mike he shares how his life is totally different today than it was 8 years ago, and it’s magnificent how life changed. Who was Glenn 8 years ago? Who is Glenn today? What led him to sobriety? Join us at the coffee shop to hear Glenn’s story of reflection, loss and triumph. In this episode: Book: Never Go Back by Henry Cloud: ht...

Kyle & Josh are in the coffee shop today talking Silly Sips Coffee! Friends since 7th grade, both Kyle and Josh are on their own journey to recovery. What does that have to do with coffee? When Kyle quit drinking, coffee became his go-to beverage of choice. With an opportunity to start a business with Josh, they chose coffee - and giving back. Silly Sips Coffee donates 10% of profits to Child...

What is the 13th step of AA? It’s not a positive next step after #12, in fact it’s a bad rep for AA. Mike & Glenn discuss the 13th step, bad behavior in AA, and steps to avoid it starting with building a wall or a healthy boundary around your sober zone. For more about this podcast: Visit Sober. Coffee website: https://www.sober.coffee Sober. Coffee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sobe...

Glenn B joins Mike & Glenn in the coffee shop sharing his story of experience, strength and hope. Glenn B relates that for him it was easy to put down the bottle - it’s easier to deal with life sober. Unfortunately, his sobriety came through legal action and the judge chose for him. His life changed completely in 10 days: got a dui, got out of jail, got a restraining order and wife filed for d...

You can call it a slip…but that’s bullshit. It’s relapse. Mike and Glenn are in the coffee shop talking about relapse. While Mike has stayed on the recovery path, Glenn was known as the relapse king before he found AA. Listen in for real talk about a serious threat to recovery. For more about this podcast: Visit Sober. Coffee website: https://www.sober.coffee Sober. Coffee on Instagram: https://ww...

In the coffee shop with Sonia talking about connection.  The need for connection during her sober journey led Sonia to EverBlume. As the founder, Sonia created a sobriety group and new way to get support by connecting in small online meetings with people matched to you. Listen in to learn more about Sonia and EverBlume - and find out what’s in Sonia’s sober toolkit. Hint… #1 is Connection. In this...

What do running marathons and sobriety have in common? Both are extremely difficult and both have no shortcuts. Mike & Glenn are in the coffee shop with Coach Luc talking about recovery, fitness, shortcuts, being open to change and more. Listen in as Coach Luc shares how he found sobriety and how someone who always hated running now trains and runs marathons. In this episode: Marathon2Sobriety...

The only way to the top of Mt Everest is the same as the path to recovery - one step at a time. Mike and Glenn are in the coffee shop talking about the similarities and differences of climbing Mt Everest and following the path to recovery. From the necessary preparation, the path, who you are traveling with and challenges along the way, listen in to two guys on the sober road to recovery. For more...

“I didn’t care about anything - except Vodka.” That’s the opening line of Lisa Avellyra’s book, and she joins Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop to talk about her story of experience, hope and strength. Lisa was a lifelong drinker - drinking in college, drinking after college. After 40 years of drinking it caught up with her. Lisa didn’t want to live without drinking, but she knew she couldn’t sust...

Big scientific studies and addiction centers tout the results of AA or their programs. But is it all bulls&^%? How do they measure the data? Mike and Glenn talk about data surrounding the success of AA, their experiences, and challenge others: the success on the path of recovery in  AA is directly correlated with the amount and level that you have surrendered and placed priority on working the...

Claudia is at the coffee shop today discussing recovery and specific challenges it presents for women. Recovery is a hard road to navigate and it takes intense focus. It’s a selfish program. For women who have been taught their whole life to give - to families, to children, to spouses - it’s hard to shut down that part and focus on themselves.  Not only are there challenges to giving up the obsess...

Friend in the house! It’s a table for 3 today with Claudia joining Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop sharing her story of experience, strength and hope. Claudia shares that you are never too old to get sober - she started her recovery journey at 50. Claudia didn’t have alcoholic parents, she came from a comfortable family and always had good grades, was thoughtful of others and sometimes a shy gir...

At a table for 3, Karen joins Mike & Glenn to talk about sponsors in the 12 steps. What is a sponsor? How do you pick a sponsor? How do you fire a sponsor? What about paid sober coaches? What benefits have you received from being a sponsor? Join Karen, Mike & Glenn as they get real in their discussion of sponsors, the value of sponsorship, and talk about their own journey along the 12 step...

Karen joins Sober. Coffee at a table for three, talking about owning your own shit. In her words, “It’s your fault, asshole”. How does owning your own shit affect sobriety? Human nature is to find fault. Instead of looking inward, we look outward for whose fault it is. Karen talks about her own recovery journey and tells us when she can own her shit, blame herself for her own problems, then she ca...

Darren joins Mike & Glenn in the coffee shop to talk about Celebrate Recovery. Darren has dealt with alcohol addiction in his own life for 30 years, off again and on again. He went to hundreds of AA meetings but never really connected with it - then found Celebrate Recovery. Celebrate Recovery is about hurts, habits and hangups. While Celebrate Recovery is still a 12 step program with very sim...

Listen in as Mike & Glenn intoduce a “sister” podcast - As We Understand HIM - We often get asked about OUR spiritual journey. Well, we share it….  

When things are off and you’re left feeling restless, irritable, and discontented - it might signal an emotional relapse. But how do you identify these feelings? Can you trust yourself to know them? What do you do if you’re restless, irritable and discontent? Explore these questions and listen in with Mike & Glenn as they walk through their own experiences and recovery journey. If you know som...

Is there 100% proof that sobriety can work for you?  Recovery Research Institute says, “AA has helped countless tens of millions of individuals recover from addiction” and Stanford University tells us, “AA is the most effective path to alcohol abstinence…the fellowships help more people achieve sobriety than any therapy does.” Listen in as Glenn and Mike talk about AA, introduce a real life case s...

Claire joins Mike & Glenn at a table for three in the coffee shop with a message: Drug use and overuse of alcohol has been glamorized in the media for a long time - but drinking is not sexy. It’s chaos and vomit.  Claire’s mission is to glamorize recovery and she’s going big! Claire launched her apparel brand earlier this year: Rehab Studios. Inspired by Claire’s personal recovery from addicti...

Talking about challenges in sobriety, Mike & Glenn are in the coffee shop and the conversation isn’t all unicorns and rainbows. From challenges like emotions, habits, relationships, money issues, loneliness, boredom, mental health issues and the fear or relapse - the biggest challenge for Glenn? Change. “If I wasn’t open and willing to change, then I wouldn’t have been able to take even 5 step...