Trudge Report

Welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. After a brief around the horn segment we take a moment to remember how cunning, baffling, and powerful the disease of addiction is. Reminding ourselves that we must always stay vigilant and that while we have fun on this podcast talking about recovery, our brothers and sisters are out there sick and suffering. It puts into perspective and makes the...

Join us this week on another great episode of Trudge Report. The boys have a full recap of our friend's wedding that three out of four us attended in Pennsylvania over the weekend. There were some wild stories and antics that get discussed. Corey, still upset he didn't attend the wedding, dives into his concert going experience that took place this weekend and a new and first time experi...

The Crew is back in full swing with all four of us on the pod. Tonight we welcome Bill back from gallivanting around Italy with family. He shares some of the sights, food, and experiences from his trip. Janine pops on and shares one of her most embarrassing but hilarious personal stories from her honeymoon in Florence, Italy.  The main portion of the episode deals in part 2 of the Karen Read case,...

Join us this week on a very special episode of Trudge Report. We dive into the complex and intriguing case of Boston police officer John O'Keefe's January 2022 death, exploring the investigation, strange details, and the highly publicized trial of his girlfriend, Karen Read. From the night of the incident, all the strange details, to the courtroom drama, we'll examine the evidence,...

Join the Trudge Report duo this week as Shawn and Greg bring you a wonderful guest speaker to the show. TRP welcomes Timmy Mac. Timmy has been a long time friend of all of us since each of us got sober, spanning over 15 years. Timmy brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, faith, and good vibes as the three of us discuss a variety of topics surrounding life and recovery. From topics such as being...

Join the boys this week for another episode of Trudge Report. We go quickly around the horn and talk about our Father's Day and what each of us did. We jump right into the main event topic and have a lively discussion about “triggers" in recovery. Are they real? Are they fake? Are they a made up notion by the treatment industry or do they have any validity in our lives as people in recov...

On this week's episode we pay homage to all of the fathers in recovery and outside of recovery. To the stepfather's, soon to be stepfather's, father figures, and our own fathers. It is our annual Father's Day episode. Each of us go around the horn and talk about the plans we may have for this year's Father's day as well as what the ideal Father's Day looks like t...

Take a trip back in time this week with the boys of Trudge Report. We go back to March of 2020 when the covid pandemic hit. Each of us talk about what we were doing in our lives, our families, where we were living, and working etc. We discuss the impact that covid had on our families, ourselves, as well as the recovery community around us. How the presence of online recovery group meetings was bot...

The Trudge Report welcomes a very special guest this week. Friend of the program, Maggie York. Maggie comes to us with 17 plus years of experience, strength, and hope in recovery. Starting out in the accounting world, she makes the jump to the fashion industry, first in Chicago then to the Big Apple, before making the move to South Florida where she has a flourishing company. Maggie shares some of...

The crew is back this week with another episode. Join TRP as we kick things off with our usual around the horn segment. Next, Corey, Shawn, and Bill briefly discuss some local politics that directly affect our children's schools and safety.  Then, the four of us go around and discuss our top five bucket list ideas. From extreme sports to destination vacations and everything in between. Each o...

Welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. We want to first congratulate Greg on 9 continuous years of sobriety. We also want to wish all the mothers a belated happy Mother's Day and thank you for all you do and who you are. The boys go around the horn and give a recap on their weekends and any notable events. There is some quick discussion on the NBA playoffs, who we like, and who see...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. The four of us are back in action. We do a quick check in on how everyone is doing and latest updates. Bill celebrates the big 40, Greg might have to get his toe cut off, and Corey discovers that he might be Disney royalty. We touch on a couple of trending news topics including DT superimposing his image as a pope, real life...

Hello friends welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. This is our monthly guest podcast. This episode we welcome good friend of the guys, music and tattoo enthusiast, sober member of the community, and all around good guy, Tyler Foss. Tyler talks about his early life in addiction and a previous stint in recovery before getting sober for good this time. He talks about being heavy in the music...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. This episode is our monthly deep dive research topic. We are bringing you The incredible story of the Dire Wolf de extinction. This topic is multifaceted and we touch on many of them. From science, to evolution, the moral and philosophical implications, and what this means for nature and other animals being brought out of extinction....

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. On this week's episode we explore non-professionalism in recovery and the recovery groups. Why it is important for some to keep the altruism of recovery separate from their professional life, especially if they work in the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation or counseling. Can you work in the treatment industry and stay spir...

Join us this week as the Trudge Trio is here to bring you a new episode. We begin the show with a quick around the horn segment where Shawn makes a brief but very spirited argument on why NCAA March Madness may be the best of all playoffs and championships, college or professional. Corey and Greg wholeheartedly disagree and a short but good discussion arises. We introduce a new segment, where each...

Join us this week on Trudge Report for an all-new episode. We are doing a deep dive research topic on Biohacking. Biohacking is a do-it-yourself (DIY) form of personal improvement in which people attempt to change aspects of their biology to improve their health, performance, or well-being. Each of us took a different subtopic. We explore the elements of wearable technology, diet, fasting, and sup...

Greetings Trudge Report report fans. Welcome to a very special episode. We are happy to have Scott H on the show this week as a guest. Scott is a good friend of Bill and part of his recovery group. Scott shares his experience, strength, and hope. He has been sober a long time and has lived an absolutely full and abundant life, doing everything from being an NCAA division 1 swimmer, a firefighter i...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of your favorite Trudgers. This week is all about guidelines and safeguards in keeping recovery groups free of any other spiritual or physical affiliation, real or implied. The boys discuss the necessity in having the recovery group’s focus on carrying the message with the least amount of outside influences from other organizations or agendas. How...

Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for joining us again this week. We kick off the show with a bit of sad news about Corey's childhood friend that he has mentioned on the pod before. And, because we love and awkward transition, we go right into some very joyous news from Shawn's side of things hence, the circle of life in the title. The...

Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. We are reshaping the format a bit on weekly episodes. Going forward, we will be focusing primarily on recovery topics, with some other content briefly in the beginning and on the back end of the show. We have listened to the feedback from our listeners, and we want to focus on the subject we four know best, recovery from alcoho...

What do belly shirts, knee high socks, high-stakes March Madness picks, and a near-death DUI crash have in common? One man: Danny P. On this week's episode we have a very special guest, Danny P, who is a long time listener and even longer time good friend of all four members of Trudge Report. Corey and Dan got sober together in the same halfway house almost 10 years ago and the rest of us bec...

Hello listeners and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. We have a little bit of a different style show this week as Bill was a last-minute scratch off the starting lineup. He is practicing load management. Shawn had a top secret prior commitment in a far away land and was not able to join until about halfway through. Greg steers the ship and Corey does his best to sabotage the whole thing...

Listen and watch along with us this week on Trudge Report as we break down the super bowl victory by the Eagles and the Kendrick Lamar halftime show. All four of us are together and we give Corey and his Philadelphia Eagles their props for an absolute dominating performance over the Kansas City Chiefs in the 59th edition of the super bowl. Surprise voicemail recording from a long time listener in...

Welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Less than a week away from the super bowl, Cory is in full Eagles garb and emotionally holding it together. We touch on the upcoming matchup between the Chiefs and the Eagles, and even a few comments about the anticipated (by some but not all) halftime show. Bill is boycotting the entire event.  For the first half of the show, it is a grab bag...