Sobertown Podcast

Clayton C. (Coach) has been clean from drugs since 2007 and alcohol since early 2013.  He works professionally as a soon to be Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist with Hornbuckle Foundation (501c3 nonprofit) as well as SAFERShelter and Mental Health Colorado as a transitional program Peer supervisor, Peer support Specialist, and administrative supervisor.  Riding with Sober Souls...

Finding your balance again-  Polly and Corinna ride the train with a cuppa and talk about Corinna's recent meditation retreat and what she learned about herself to help bring her back in balance and refocus.   Sobertown is a growing community of like-minded people in recovery helping others start or maintain their sobriety. We refer to ourselves as “Sober Warriors” because the fight against addict...

Sober Baddies - Fresh out of F#ck$   Looking for some fun recovery insight to elevate your mood? Join us as we pull apart everyday stresses such as shame, boundaries, codependence, and vulnerabilities and turn them into powerful energies that help shift weakness into strength.    What even is shame? What about shame tolerance? Is the pink cloud even a real thing? Note, dear listener, yes it is, an...

Meditation Tips  Positive Recovery with Corinna  If, like me, you find meditation tricky then hopefully today’s podcast, will help you.  I’ve just been away to the wonderful Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre in Thornby, UK and got some great medication tips that I wanted to share with you 🙏 Focus on controlling the things you can and not resisting the things you cannot Www.sobertownpodcast.com ...

Polly sat with Julie aka DryMntnMama as she bravely told of her journey into sobriety.  At her 6 month sober milestone she shared her feelings of low self esteem and trying to be perfect enough.  She has had to gain her sober superpower - Vulnerability.  "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”- Brené Brown   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Aga...

Erin Eileen’s Story King 13 has is always impressed by these young men and women who join the IAS community, bravely turn up at zooms and contribute to the community.  They have become aware and taken responsibility for their sobriety.  We may think that having grown up with  'no alcohol' in the home would influence children not to drink.  Not the case, Erin tells how she got involved with drinkin...

Boom Rethink the Drink, Yesterday I had a chance to talk with my friend Drifter for his Sober Town Podcast. It was International Women's Day so we had planned to talk about the toxicity of alcohol marketing directed at women, but after a couple of days of multiple postings in our communities on the deadly result of alcohol addiction, we decided instead to focus on the questions of "how do you stop...

BURNOUT with King 13 and Squirrel Monkey  The definition of 'Burnout'  is a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Our very own IAS member Squirrel Monkey, an Imaging Technician for 28 years, who in conjunction with the demands of Covid being and multiple recent personal losses suffered just this.  She shares notes and tips of her therapy treat...

Scott Mounce is the owner of Transitions Sober Living located in Aurora, CO. Transitions open its first house April 1st, 2017. Today we have 6 male houses and provide a safe place to recover for 65 men. I surround myself with people in recovery and I have an amazing life today free from drugs and alcohol.  “I got drunk in a lot of bars, so I get my recovery in a lot of different places”.  Thank Yo...

Sobriety - A lifestyle not Death Sentence. Ft. Rags, No More Wining & Lilo11 When I first decided to quit alcohol the mere thought was an impossible one. I wondered 'how' could I possibly give up alcohol, my constant companion, that went practically everywhere with me. How eliminating poison from our mind & bodies opens up a rebirth to live a content, high anxiety free life. So King invited some O...

In this episode Sobertown's Rewired Podcast, Peanut chats with Julie and Steve K about the subject of Hope. Early sobriety tends to be wrought with hopelessness and of fear of the future. At the end of Rewired, author Erica Spiegelman writes about how we find hope as we move along the path of recovery. Join us as we discuss finding hope, sharing hope, and how we use hope to refute fear in order to...

Forgiveness can be really difficult but instrumental in our recovery. It is hard to just forgive and forget. We have to work through lots of emotions first. Hopefully, today’s podcast, will help you do some of that.  Focus on controlling the things you can and not resisting the things you cannot Www.sobertownpodcast.com  🍵🫖☕️💦 Chin Chin💖🙋🏻‍♀️ My communities are:  www. Sobertownpodcast.com ...

Cross Addiction. Quote:"Charlotte Davis Kasl Ph.d, author of Many Roads One Journey.  Moving Beyond the 12 steps. "If a person gives up one addiction or dependency without 'healing the wounds' they will switch to another." King is joined by Armen who openly discusses his own personal experiences with cross addictions'.  We stop one and then another appears or is it an 'old habit'.  The beauty of s...

Men and Sobriety. A-Rod and DadLife join King13 and they agree that sobriety is not gender specific and a lot of alcohol use disorder comes from childhood and trauma. We hide our emotions, why when our bodies are naturally reacting to our emotions.  We are told to resist expressing emotions. Stored emotions reveal themselves in sobriety and whilst painful to work through it should not kill you. We...

Peanut5280 had a chance this week to sit down with Tami Canaday the Founder/Owner of Wagon Coffee Roasters, LLC https://wagoncoffeeroasters.com/ .  They specialize in COFFEE FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY *Support Women In Recovery from Addiction *Support Farmer's Livelihood Through Our Ethically Sourced Beans *Support Clean Energy Through Our Zero-Emissions Roaster. Tami with Wagon Coffee Roasters LLC al...

Join Wingy and Drifter as they talk: Neuroplasticity and the Discovery in Recovery - Open Your Mind to the Possibilities Neuroplasticity has fascinated me since I read Marc Lewis’ book The Biology of Desire when I was 8 months sober. It was the last of many books that I read that year on the topic of addiction and recovery. One of the interesting things about Marc’s book was that unlike the other...

In this episode of Sobertown's Rewired podcast, Ben-G joins Julie and Steve K to talk about honesty for a second time. The importance of honesty shows up in our lives in so many different ways. Recently for Ben, it's been about sharing openly and honestly with the people in his life about his alcoholism. Sharing with others can be extremely beneficial on this journey, but can also come with a heav...

As we have learnt  Sobriety provides so many benefits, so what about Sober dating?  King13 invited sober single sister's  Namaste and Squirrel Monkey to shake this subject up.   How is dating different?  No Dating first year.  (It is not in the AA Big Book). Where do you meet potential partners? What attracts you now? What to do on dates? Boundaries, your choices, how much alcohol effects  relatio...

Depression  Positive Recovery with Corinna What is the difference between a low mood and depression? What causes us to become depressed? Do antidepressants help?  How can we help ourselves? Have a listen to find out more.  Focus on controlling the things you can and not resisting the things you cannot Www.sobertownpodcast.com  🍵🫖☕️💦 Chin Chin💖🙋🏻‍♀️ My communities are:  Sobertownpodcast.com...

Alcohol Marketing Women: King13, Polly and Corinna discuss the feminization of alcohol marketing  women. Selling the idea that alcohol will bring friendship, relaxation and empowerment.  How women will pay up to 13% more for the same goods as men. The alcohol industry is trying to drown out the recovery/sober voice.   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Dr...

In this episode of the Rewired Podcast, Julie and Steve talk with Viv - Sober_I_Thrive - about the Rewired topic of Love. Join us as we talk with Viv about how she learned to love herself and how to love others, even when they didn't make it easy for her. Viv is the host of the Monday night Rewired Zoom meetings that can be found at bit.ly/rewiredzooms at 8:30 pm EST.   Viv, aka Sober_iThrive , is...

Support Networks Positive Recovery with Corinna People in our here and now do not fully understand the journey we are on. Everyone needs support. Even the most stubborn and independent of us (that was me 🙋🏻‍♀️) Nobody. Expectations of others will lead to disappointment and upset. Today I look at how we can build a support network.  Focus on controlling the things you can and not resisting the th...

Wingy from "Boom Rethink the Drink" and Drifter sit down to chat about the marketing of alcohol before Super Bowl Sunday.   Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest challenges of the year for people who have recently stopped drinking. Alcohol will likely be a big feature of any Super Bowl party and if your friends don’t know you’ve gone sober you may find yourself in an uncomfortable spot, deciding...

Peanut and Drifter sit down to talk about their journey's through IAS and the zooms as they struggled with hypomania and riding those emotional waves. This is fact, we are changing as we pursue our Recovery! It isn't always pretty, but it's priceless!   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop N...

Peanut and her daughter Bug sit down with Drifter and his granddaughter Bear Cub to talk about addiction.  How much do your kids know about addiction? Peanut and Drifter were not expecting the knowledge and wisdom of these 2 young girls! As an out of touch gramps, I'm kind of stunned how these companies have this access to our kids.      Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again...