This week we have Katie! She is Bill's son's girlfriend, a young person, a normie and she is a Mental Health Technician. We had a great conversation with her and she walked us through what she does, how she got there and what she enjoys about it. She works with…
This week we have Gary! He has listened to us for a while and approached us a couple of months ago. It took a little bit to fit him into the schedule, but we are glad that we did. He walked us through his childhood, the trauma that he dealt…
Just Mike and I this week, but we did have a lot to talk about. We had a whole sheet full of notes, but really only talked about a few things. Mike's reading had to do with the concept of "progress not perfection," and we know about that all too…
Holy cow, it's Season 4! And to start it off, we have Mike from Sober Press. @soberpress First of all, with 2 "Mike's," I tried to set up a nickname for the resident Mike, but I couldn't seem to keep that straight. I tried though... Mike from Sober Press has…
This week it's Mike and I and we are recording late! Listen and find out why, but it did make us a little punchy, but in a fun way. Mike had a great reading this week and then we jumped into Step 8 for a little bit. It turned into…
This week it's our good friend Gretchen (G). We had her on before (Episode 31) and she's back to talk about her knee surgery and how she dealt with the procedure, the pain, the meds and the overall recovery. And she did it all sober. Then we talked about the…
This week we have Alysse, founder of The Sober Curator. @thesobercurator You may have read some of our posts as far as how we became acquainted and if not, we do talk about it briefly. Alysse is truly one of us and she has 17 years sober. She has had…
This week we have Alex "King Roach" Montañez @ImKingRoach Alex approached us a few months ago to be on and after a few adjustments and date changes, we were able to have a great conversation with him. He gave us a brief background about what happened and why he got…
Yep, it's Mike and Bill again. Fresh off a weekend of bikers, Jetts, Foos and a bad "hotel" experience. But, it was a great weekend. We started off with Mike's weekly reading and it was a good one. All about service and we got into a conversation about what we…
Just us two knuckleheads this week, both in Indiana and we are going to the 120th Harley Reunion in Milwaukee! Bikers, Joan Jett and the Foo Fighters! First of all, the reading from Mike and it was about not regretting the past, facing people that we hurt and we had…
This week we talked with Dr. Sarah Michaud (Author "Co - Crazy") Website www.DrSarahmichaud.com (http://www.drsarahmichaud.com/) YouTube - Leaving CrazyTown "Co - Crazy begins with a chronicle of growing up in a family with alcoholism that eventually led to a harrowing journey and downward spiral into drug and alcohol addiction. Her…
Well... we had some challenges with this episode, but we made it through. As always, you will hear the challenges! Mike had a great reading this week and it talked about building character through good habits. It also talked about values, morals and ethics, which are all things that we…
Well... we had a couple of technical issues, but it's our "rule" not to edit out the failures (haha), so you get to hear them. Mike started out with a reading and it talked about "acting as if," which we have talked about before. It also talked about hurting people…
This week it's Coach David! He's a business coach and has been a sober member of this thing we do, for over 14 years. Instagram - @coachdjgreer Website - coachdjgreer.com He started off with the fact that he's adopted (and that becomes part of his story later) but had a…
Founders Day Weekend! We started off with the reading for the week and it was about doing the next right thing, the "we" of the program and positive thinking. Then on to Step 6, which also played into the reading, and we had a nice discussion around that. And a…
This week, Matt From Sober Friends Podcast joined us. ( Instagram - @soberfriendspod ) Matt has a fairly normal back story, where his family drank, he never wanted to be like that and he actually had a plan on how NOT to be an alcoholic. But we know how that…
Mike and I again this week! We started out with Mike's reading and it had to do with the "we" of the program and the fact that we can't do this alone. That led into a conversation about a funeral that Mike went to this week. It was a fairly…
Just Mike and I this week and at about the 51 minute mark, we had a technical difficulty... but we started up a new session and powered through! We started off with Mike's reading and it was about new ideas and how our brains tend to reject those ideas. Change.…
This week it's all Shay! (Follow her on Instagram @shaysnotdrinking) Born and raised in Utah, she talked a little bit about her childhood and some of the challenges that she faced. She also shared that she didn't even touch alcohol until she was 19 and married. When alcohol entered her…
This week it's all Angel! One of our close friends from Cleveland, with over 10 years of sobriety, and we had a lot of fun with her. She talked about her childhood, about being spoiled and said words that many of us are familiar with... "It was all about me."…
This week we have one of our good friends returning for a second run at this thing. Ashley from Healing With A Sober Girl Podcast. @healingwithasobergirlpodcast The focus was on grief and gratitude, but we also got into a few other topics and had some laughs. We talked about why…
Our Anniversary Spectacular! Or... just the same old stuff, on a different day? Mike did his reading for the week and it talked about "acting as if," and "faking it, til you make it." We agree with both of those sayings, and we had a good conversation about it. Listener…
This week it's all Melissa! Well... and Hercules too. As we have mentioned, she is a friend of ours from Cleveland, she's been sober for over 10 years and she has a hell of a story. She took us through her normal childhood, talked about her normal friends and her…
I think we set a new record with the "F" word. It was said 113 times in this episode. We started out with Mike's reading and it talked about not being the center of attention, the fact that we can't have everything, and doing the next right thing. Then an…