The Way Out | A Sobriety and Recovery Podcast

Nico Morales, founder of No Halo, a personal and professional development services company, believes in the potential for self-improvement. He is the author of "5 Things You Need To Know Before You Get Sober" and shares his journey of resilience and personal growth to inspire others. Nico's mission is to help individuals discover their purpose, overcome challenges, and embrace imperfections. His s...

Retired Judge and author of From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph over Trauma and Addiction Mary Beth O'Connor shares her nothing short of spectacular journey to and through #Recovery to this point and how secular Recovery Pathways like Rational Recovery, She Recovers, and Life Ring provided the blue prints for her Personal Recovery Plan which in turn has enabled her to achieve an enduring and...

Host of the award winning TV show Wake Up with Marci & Hillary and Author of Chaos to Clarity: Seeing The Signs and Breaking The Cycles Marci Hopkins shares her journey to and through #Recovery with us and how she's breaking the harmful generational cycles of addiction and trauma through the power of healing in Recovery #ListenUp. Learn more about Marci Hopkins: Wake with Marci on WLNY-TV in New Y...

Food can be an issue for those of us in Recovery. Maybe it was always an issue, maybe it's become one. Ali Shapiro is a Holistic Nutritionist, host of the wildly popular Podcast insatiable and Founder and Creator of Truce with Food. Ali shares her journey to a healthy relationship with food with us and how you too can make a truce with food by starting with one simple and powerful question: Why do...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Founder of Bellwhether Executive Development Firm, author, podcaster, and person in long term Recovery Jim Frawley. Jim shares with us his journey to and through recovery to this point and his individual pathway which on the surface may appear to be unconventional in that Jim didn’t follow any particular pathway per se nor...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m beyond honored to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and host of the Hopeaholics podcast, Chad Carlsen. Chad shares his truly incredible and made for TV journey to and through Recovery with us and all about what motivated him to create and host the Hopaholics Podcast, where Chad found his true calling: Helping people suffering from addiction...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m honored to bring you my interview with certified personal trainer, model, real estate investor, and Person in long term recovery Jonathan Niziol. An additional word of caution, this episode contains subject matter that may be disturbing, including discussion of sexual assault. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call or text 988 24 hours a day 7 days...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Sober Coach, Podcaster, Researcher, Author, and person in long term sobriety Duncan Bhaskaran Brown. Duncan shares a bit about his journey to and through sobriety with us and a whole lot about how he helps folks reckon with their relationship with alcohol and other substances and behaviors and ultimately move through them to...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with husband, father, person in long term recovery and Author of the book Finding Myself Sober, Dean Anderson. Dean shares his journey to and through Recovery to this point with us with genuine humor, humility and an unmistakable wisdom that can only come from doing the work and practicing certain recovery principles on a daily b...

In this rendition of The Way out Co-host Jason sits down with person in long term Recovery, Greg Greene. An additional word of caution, this episode contains subject matter that may be disturbing, including graphic discussion of drug use and suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call or text 988 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Greg shares his story with us from a very open and vul...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with actor, producer and author of the new Memoir The Brink, Jaime Andrews. The Brink is a tale so compelling, immersive, and captivating that it couldn’t be anything other than 100% true. This extraordinary coming of age story of one Jaime Andrews is at once hilarious and harrowing, and it will have you racing to reach the stunn...

In this edition of The Way Out, Cohost extraordinaire Jason has a tremendous interview with an amazing new podcaster, and all around great human being, Kristine Koehn from the Purpose Driven Sobriety Podcast. Kristine is hilarious and charming in her heartfelt delivery sharing her story with us. This episode oozes with recovery wisdom and spiritual truths, and the connection and chemistry Jason an...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Sober Living Coach and person in long term recovery, Halima Anderson. Halima shares her journey to and through recovery to this point with us with an infectious humor and frankness that is both relatable and inspiring. A case in point is Halima’s willingness to share that she identifies as a Highly Sensitive Person, which ba...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m ecstatic to bring you my interview with Recovery Advocate and Author of the soon to be released book entitled Slow Dancing with the Devil: A Son's Substance Use Disorder, A Mother's Anguish, Susan Bartz Herrick. I’ve learned that often in life less is more, and this is one of those times. Susan’s message that Substance Use Disorder is not a moral failin...

In this edition of The Way Out, Co-host extraordinaire Jason brings us a tremendous interview with person in long term recovery Tim Lodgen. Tim works with a number of great recovery organizations and has a story that reminds us that the disease of addiction does not discriminate! By all accounts he should have never ended up with substance use disorder. But it took him into his own personal hell a...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m honored and humbled to bring you my interview with Certified peer recovery specialist, Certified Peer specialist, forensic peer support specialist, Host of the Rise up Hour at WFNU Frogtown Radio, WRAP One facilitator, person in long term recovery, and my friend and brother in Recovery Muhannah Kakish. Muhannah sincerely, openly, and unflinchingly delivers us his...

In this rendition of The Way Out, I’m ecstatic to bring you my interview with two persons in long term recovery and the co-founders of Recess Games, Alex Peacock and Nolan Wright. The mission of Recess Games is to pair those in the community with people in recovery who are seeking healthy avenues to have good clean fun while building a meaningful and purposeful life. The mission of Recess Games is...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, person in long term recovery and author of several books on addiction and recovery including his newest offering, Mommy's Getting Sober: A children's picture book that also includes a caregiver's guide to talking to kids about addiction Case...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Podcast Host, Sober Coach and Author of Sober Vibes: A Guide to Thriving in Your First Three Months Without Alcohol, Courtney Andersen. Courtney shares her journey to and through Recovery to this point with us in inspiring fashion, which makes sense for a woman who hosts a recovery podcast, wrote a recovery book and started...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with engineer, husband, brother, son, Person in long term recovery, and Author of the book Clean: the (mis)adventures of an alcoholic drug addict, Michael Rebellino. Michael shares his journey to and through Recovery to this point with us in humble and honest fashion and about the aforementioned book he authored which offers re...

In this edition of The Way Out returning contributor NickWarnke, myself and cohost Jason bring you an illuminating and instructive discussion on Shadow Work in Recovery. A quick note about the subject matter and content of this episode. Specifically, some specific memories about childhood sexual trauma were discussed. I edited out some of the most graphic content, for everyone’s protection as one...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m ecstatic to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and loyal listener of this podcast, CC. CC shares his journey to and through Recovery to this point with us with an enthusiasm and candor that’s as relatable as it is inspiring. As most of you well know by now, we here at The Way Out Podcast are tireless advocates that all pathways to Recovery...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Person in long term recovery, Sober Mom Advocate, writer, and Certified Recovery Coach Celeste Yvonne. As a certified recovery coach, Celeste works with women around the world who want to connect the dots between motherhood and self-fulfillment; exploring all that awaits when we seek a better way. Celeste shares her journe...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m beyond excited to bring you my interview with Person in long term Recovery and Chief Operating Officer of Wellness in the Woods, Dan L. Dan shares his on his journey to and through recovery to this point, about the great work Wellness in the Woods and Recovery in the Woods is doing in the Recovery Community in Minnesota, including but not limited to a peer supp...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m honored to bring you my interview person in long term recovery, yoga teacher, and Author of the soon to be released book "Recovery with Yoga: Supportive Practices to Transcend Addiction" Brian Hyman. Brian shares his journey to and through Recovery to this point with us in an extremely instructive and relatable way with an emphasis on the pathways and p...