Sobertown Podcast

Sober Baddies - Two Years Sober   Sobertown Podcast guest hosts Sara Malloy and Elaine Skylar Neal reflect on two years of sobriety and being self-described sober toddlers. Want to achieve sustained sobriety? The path to two years sober might not be what you think.    ELAINE SKYLAR NEAL Photographer | Content Creator | Squarespace Website Designer  elaineskylar.neal@gmail.com   PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK ...

Clarity and Reframing our Thoughts Positive Recovery with Corinna  Today Corinna talks about clarity and reframing our thoughts by being more aware of our thoughts, ego and mind. She reads about ACT, Ego and Affirmations from her book and discusses how we can use this in every day life. For more on this and over 400 other headings  check out ‘The A-Z of Alcohol and Sobriety: Everything you need to...

Carolyn, NamasteAF, born and raised in Orange County, California. Married over 20 years with her partner of over 22 years. Whom she has two teenage sons with, who are the light of her life. On the side, she has been a salesperson for over 30 years, and currently holds a sales Director position. Her last drink was on Saturday, June 4th, at the Wine Bar in Newport Beach, California.   Other Sober Re...

Facing our Fears  Positive Recovery with Corinna  Today Corinna explores what fear is, where it comes from and ways to manage it. For more on this and over 400 other headings  check out ‘The A-Z of Alcohol and Sobriety: Everything you need to know’ by Corinna Alderton  - available worldwide on Amazon.  Keep focusing  on controlling the things you can and not resisting the things you cannot Www.sob...

Polly sits with Claire Comai who developed a wonderful sober resource,   Rehabbarbie.com where she takes her passion for fashion in a direction that makes her proud of her sobriety and celebrates recovery. Removing the stigma surrounding mental health and addiction and helping show how proud we are of our recovery. Who We Are Rehab Barbie is a brand born from REAL people and their REAL journeys of...

TheBigWin is a single, full-time working mama who has struggled with depression, anxiety, and loneliness for as long as she can remember. In college, she began using alcohol as a means of escape and continued to do so until discovering the IAS community in late 2021. Follow her on her journey from a turbulent childhood through two failed marriages, trauma, motherhood, and beyond as she finds her r...

The A - Z of Alcohol and Sobriety  Positive Recovery with Corinna  Corinna reads some more excerpts from her book: Acceptance, Choice, Drinking , Ego, Id, Suicide and Super Ego. For these and over 400 other headings  check out ‘The A-Z of Alcohol and Sobriety: Everything you need to know’ by Corinna Alderton  - available worldwide on Amazon.  Keep focussing  on controlling the things you can and n...

“The Big Thaw” In this podcast Ashlee, Shickey, GrowinginGrace&Gratitude and Viv aka "Sober_I_Thrive"  will address and debunk some misconceptions, as well as questions about how “healing your brain” may affect feeling, “the feelings” after years of muting it all with alcohol aka sadness, grief, happiness and joy dealing with all THE FEELS of it now that we are sober. What is the big thaw? How...

Experience, muscle memory and habits Positive Recovery with Corinna Everything happens for a reason and our experiences make us who we are today. Our coping strategies from these experiences become part of out muscle memory and we form habits which can be like a default switch. Some are helpful, others not so. We may think alcohol is wonderful and helps us through life, but eventually  we come to...

Polly and Corinna climb back aboard the Sobertrain with their endless cuppa and sit and talk about Corinna's wonderful book "The A-Z of Alcohol and Sobriety." This book has come from Corinna's many years as a mental Health nurse and also her journey to sobriety. Thank You Polly and Corinna!! It's great to hear you two chatting away again!! BOOOOM!!   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting S...

Corinna sits with Nigel Jones to talk about his book and sobriety and have an absolutely amazing conversation!! "Aimed at millions of drinkers around the world who are interested in taking a break from alcohol, WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS reveals the secret of how drinkers can free themselves from alcohol's control. Where the standard willpower method fails, this unique and easy-to-follow approach i...

First and foremost Alex is a mother of 4. After that she is a sober warrior wanting to spread the love and foundation she has found within this community. After dealing with a progressive addiction for nearly 2 decades and multiple legal issues because of it, she finally hit rock-bottom. Finding IAS and the Sobertown community was so deeply life-changing for her. She never looked back! In her sobr...

My name is Doug, aka saddle_tramp on the IAS app.  Not my first rodeo, got exposed to AA and the concepts of recovery as a child of 21 in the USAF overseas.  Stayed clean and sober 3 weeks that time.  Many moons later, crawled back into AA, and discovered the concept of online recovery in the form of sober24.com, a most magical and wonderful place and time.  At this writing, I haven't had a drink...

Rai, Raul and Viv Sober_I_Thrive As we discuss “getting sober” in a Multi Cultural Diverse Community and how breaking our limiting beliefs within our cultural barriers of Addiction ❤️‍🩹 Recovery, could have stopped us from getting sober.  The making of “Sobersquad” as told by Raulito, who is one of the founding fathers and the Terrible 😢 Anxiety that plagued Rai to join the one and only Zoom at...

Morning. Just done this weeks The A - Z of Alcohol and Sobriety Positive Recovery with Corinna  Today I read some excerpts from my book and look at the brain, neurons, neural pathways, gut instinct, vagus nerve, units, delirium tremens, communities, tool box and information on how to gradually reduce your drinking. You can read more under all of these and many more headings in my book The A-Z of A...

Sober Socials  Corinna sits with Michael Sargood aka happywithoutthehooch to talk about the growing trend of alcohol free venues, drinks and activities and his great website www.sobersocials.co.uk.   Thank you Michael and Corinna!! It must have taken unmeasurable restraint to podcast in a library! I love this!! Boooom!! Sobriety takes us everywhere!! :)   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Gett...

Host: Viv aka Sober_iThrive Guest: Ashlee aka AshlsHere   About our Guest: Ashlee aka AshIsHere Ashlee's childhood and early twenties were an overall happy time that set a solid foundation for adulthood. She had a small taste of life's unpredictability in those formative years but was able to persevere with the support of her loved ones. Once she graduated college and began working full-time as a...

Friendships and Boundaries Positive Recovery with Corinna  When we quit drinking our frIendships can change - some will end, but if you find your sober  community you will make many more. We also become more assertive and re-establish boundaries. In this podcast I talk about communities, support, friendship, boundaries and areas of control.  You can read more under all of these headings in my book...

Stephanie is a 53 year old college student. Studies in a art & music & psychology are her aspirations. She has been happily married for 33 years & has a 28 year old son who is an Opera singer. Being a Mom has been the best thing that ever happened to her. She finds her higher power in the ocean as a surfer. Sobriety, Recovery & Discovery have brought many blessings to her life. She's working her t...

Alternatives to drinking Positive Recovery with Corinna  When we think about quitting drinking we often worry about what we are going to do with “all that time”. When we get sober, we wonder how we ever had time to drink! We pick up lost activities, connect with others and find new hobbies that we didn’t even know we would enjoy. I’m this podcast I talk about exercise, meditation, journaling, craf...

Mary AKA HummingbirdsAppetite tells her Story to Viv AKA "Sober I Thrive" Mary AKA HummingbirdsAppetite tells the story of her journey from addiction to recovery. Suffering from childhood panic attacks and mental compulsions due to OCD led Mary to discovering self harm, alcohol, and drugs as coping mechanisms at a young age. She learned to put on a high functioning mask by earning good grades and...

In less than 2 years Viv aka Sober I Thrive has gone from detoxing in a hotel in Tijuana, Mexico to becoming a Certified Addiction Life Coach. Join Viv as she shares her amazing journey from death to life! Thank you Viv!!   Viv, aka Sober_iThrive , is a Certified Addictions Recovery Coach My Sober Recovery Story #252  If you have any questions or You would like to book a FREE 30-minute consultatio...

Sara Malloy and Elaine Skylar Neal bring back beloved Sobertown favorite, Shickey, to talk favorite sobriety quotes. Inspirational quotes can be essential tools in preventing relapse and staying motivated in both short and long-term sobriety. Do you have any great sobriety quotes you want to share with us? Email us at  soberbaddies@gmail.com   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober .....

Gratitude  Positive Recovery with Corinna  There are so many things to be grateful for no matter our state or status in life. List them, write them down if you can’t remember them all and keep on adding to the list.  Gratitude is your attitude to everything and everyone’.  I had a great baseline for today’s suggested topic 🙏 Keep focusing  on controlling the things you can and not resisting the t...

Rewired Viv on Healthy Relationships Rewired is Hosted by Julie and Steve   In the eleventh episode of Sobertown's Rewired podcast, Julie and Steve talk with Viv - Sober I Thrive - about Healthy Relationships. Discussion includes developing a relationship with yourself first, letting go of unhealthy and toxic relationships, building necessary relationships, finding a mate and more. Viv is the host...