The Way Out | A Sobriety and Recovery Podcast

In this edition of The Way Out I’m delighted to bring you a tremendous interview I had with mindset and nutrition coach, fellow podcaster, and person in long term recovery Glenn Dougherty. Glenn shares his journey to and through recovery to this point in super refreshing, positive often entertaining and always inspirational fashion and I do believe you all will be nodding along and indeed laughing...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Caroline Beidler who is a person in long term recovery and the author of the new book “Downstairs Church: Finding Hope in the Grit of Addiction and Trauma Recovery”. Caroline shares her journey to and through recovery to this point in a way that is heavy on the solution and what got her and keeps her well and that is firmly...

In this rendition of The Way Out co-host extraordinaire Jason returns and shares a marvelous interview where he reconnects with a very old friend who just celebrated 1 year of sobriety! Jason and Jeff Rogers hadn't seen each other in 25 years until Jason recognized him at a recovery event. Jeff is doing some amazing service work here in Minnesota, where he lives with his beautiful family, and toge...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m beyond honored to bring you my interview with Author of the new book entitled “Get Me to The Abbey” and person in long term recovery, Lisa Avelleyra. Lisa shares her ultra-relatable journey to and through recovery to this point with us only in the way a true story teller can and with a distinctly wry humor and an unmistakable authenticity that will no doubt have...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m overjoyed to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and life coach Hayley Scherders. Hayley shares her journey to and through recovery to this point with us with remarkable authenticity and in extremely relatable fashion, and all along the way she sprinkles practical recovery and spiritual wisdom that we can all apply to our own recovery. One...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m overjoyed to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and founder of the creative coaching agency Liberty Empowerment and the new community Speak Toast, Keelin Conant. In accordance with the Truth in Podcasting Act of 2023, which I 100% just made up and is absolutely not a real thing, this is the last of a handful of interviews I inadvertently rec...

In this rendition of The Way Out I am absolutely ecstatic to bring you what turned out to be a marvelous interview with Joi Andreoli, Author of the new book The Recovery Cycle: A Practical Guide to Loving Your Sober Life . Joi is also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Transactional Analysis Practitioner, Certified WANT® Communication Educator, and person in long term recovery. Many of us w...

In this rendition of The Way Out, recovery cohost extraordinaire Jason has a tremendous interview with person in long term recovery and author, Joe Booth. Joe is absolutely phenomenal in what turned out to be an extraordinary conversation between he and Jason. We find out about Joe's life, addiction and of course, his Recovery. Joe goes deep with us on the recovery program he created with the help...

In this edition of The Way Out, I’m at once extremely humbled and grateful to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and bonified poet, Melissa DeJesus. Melissa shares her journey to and through recovery to this point with us, a journey in which Melissa endures enough Capitol T Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACES, and loss for multiple lifetimes. Carl Jung once said “No...

In this edition of The Way Out, I’m beyond excited to bring you my interview with award winning director and producer and founder of Emmy-nominated People People Media, Jared Callahan. A quick note before we proceed: Much to my chagrin and surprise I discovered after this interview that inexplicably my default recording microphone on my podcasting rig reverted to – insert gasp here – the microphon...

In this edition of The Way Out, our intrepid and indeed tremendous cohost Jason had the amazing opportunity to share space with the creator of the Recovery Soulfood Podcast, Reverend Lona Currie, or LC as those who know him are fond of calling him. LC is a transgender mentor and a seemingly bottomless well of recovery wisdom and spiritual truth. Learning about LC's life will no doubt at once inspi...

A long overdue and spectacular interview Jason and Charlie had with person in long term recovery, Faith, Recovery & Music Podcast cohost and founder and CEO of Spirits at Rest, Jeremy Gerres. Jeremy shares his amazing journey to & through #Recovery to this point with both Charlie & Jason in our first in studio interview in over 2 years! Jeremy is a true powerhouse in his local Recovery...

In this edition of The Way Out, I’m absolutely thrilled to bring you a tremendous interview I had the pleasure of having with person in long term recovery and author of the new book Addicted in Film: Movies We Love About the Habits We Hate, Ted Perkins. Ted shares his journey to and through recovery to this point and how both smart recovery and how watching films about addiction and recovery in hi...

In this edition of The Way Out Jason - the best recovery podcast cohost in all the land had the pleasure of interviewing the founder of "Against The Odds", a thriving Facebook page and now a non-profit ministry, Phil Tyler! Phil's passion for his Higher Power embodied in his Christian Faith and for others is quite powerful. We hear about his journey to and through recovery as well as his passion f...

In this rendition of The Way Out I am beyond excited to bring you a highly entertaining and enlightening interview I had with person in long term recovery, author, speaker, educator, and all-around sobriety and mental health advocate Daniel Patterson. Daniel shares his journey to and through recovery to this point with an unmistakable candor along with a refreshing dose of levity that helps to und...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m absolutely ecstatic and honored to bring you my interview with person in long term Recovery and all-around amazing human being, Carrie Wessling from Costa Rica Recovery. Carrie shares her journey to and through Recovery to this point with unmitigated candor and her story pardon the pun, carries an undeniable truth, which is no matter how many times we’ve tried to...

In this installment of The Way Out our intrepid recovery podcast cohost extraordinaire Jason brings us an outstanding interview where we get the privilege to get to know person in long term recovery, Sherry Gibson. By all rights Sherry should be dead a couple times over. Her journey to and through Recovery to this point and to God has been long and her message of hope is incredibly powerful. As th...

In this edition of The Way Out, our intrepid recovery co-host extraordinaire Jason had the distinct honor of sitting down with one of the founders of the McShin Foundation, John Shinholser! John recently celebrated 40 years of continuous Recovery and McShin was one of the first Recovery Community Organizations in the U.S. We get to hear John's story and learn how you can build your own Recovery Co...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m absolutely ecstatic that I am able to bring to you a phenomenal interview with person in long term recovery, clinical social worker, chemical dependency counselor, recover podcaster, and Author of two recovery books including his latest - Spirituality for People Who Hate Spirituality: A Primer – Casey Arrillaga. Casey shares his journey to and through Recovery...

In this edition of The Way Out our tremendous recovery podcast co-host Jason catches up with an old friend who’s had a remarkable journey to and through recovery to this point, Tony Byrne! Tony shares his emotional story and the great work that he’s currently doing in the criminal justice system, working to fill the current gaps in our criminal justice system and to be a pioneer in the peer suppor...

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m beyond thrilled to bring you my interview with Licensed Clinical Social Worker, person in long term recovery and Author of the book “The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward, Britt Frank. Britt shares her journey to and through recovery this point with at once an uncommon and refreshing forthrightness, and a truly remarkable insi...

In this edition of The Way Out, our favorite recovery podcast co-host with the most, Jason has a marvelous interview with original drummer and one of the founding members of the band Maroon 5, Ryan Dusick. Ryan, who is now a person in long term recovery and a marriage and family therapist, shares his amazing journey of starting the band Maroon 5 and what it was like as the band blew up into intern...

In this edition of The Way Out, the Recovery Podcast Co-host with the most has a tremendous interview with Ohio recovery advocate and person in long term recovery, Daniel Ritchie. Daniel's journey to and through recovery to this point has been, in a word, intense. A journey that includes athleticism, abuse, MMA fighting, criminal behavior, addiction, and incarceration. Today Daniel is a single fat...

In this installment of The Way Out, recovery co-host extraordinaire Jason brings us a tremendous interview with peer recovery specialist, fellow recovery podcaster and person in long term recovery, Nathan Mitchell. Nathan shares his journey to and through recovery to this point with us and the path that led to an outstanding sense of purpose that may surprise you! Our Higher Power can often work i...

In this edition of The Way Out I’m ecstatic to bring you my interview with Recovery Coach, Recovery Podcaster, and person in long term Recovery Matt Gardiner. Matt hosts the Beyond Recovery Podcast and it was a true honor to share my journey to and through recovery to this point on his podcast recently, so check that out if you are so inclined and to that end, I’ve included a handy link to that ep...