The SoberBuddy Podcast
Sober motivation, tips, challenges, and talk from the SoberBuddy Team
Episodes
In this episode of the Sober Buddy Podcast, hosts Megan and Brad discuss the theme of gratitude in sobriety, particularly in the context of the upcoming holiday season. They share personal experiences and insights illustrating how gratitude can improve mood and mental health. They talk about the challenges and struggles faced during the holidays - dealing with invitations to events, coping with sobriety in the face of temptations, ...
Building Confidence in Sobriety: A Deep Dive with the Sober Buddy CommunityIn this episode of the Sober Buddy podcast, hosts Megan, Brad and Paul join a conversation about building confidence in sobriety. We explore the correlation between self-worth, self-love, and addiction, and how the journey to sobriety requires us to face and overcome these deeply rooted issues. Megan highlights the concept of sobriety as a power move rather ...
The SoberBuddy Podcast is back. Brad and Megan join forces to deliver insight on how to become willing to make the changes required to get or stay sober. In this episode, we discuss the concept of willingness and how it is crucial in someone's journey to recovery. They emphasize the importance of asking for help, taking action, doing things that are uncomfortable, and joining a supporting community. The hosts also challenge their ...
Laura Cathcart Robbins offers insight into the world of an affluent Black woman who seemed to have it all – a Hollywood exec husband, a home in Malibu, president of the PTA, and sons who adored her. But at the same time, she was numbing the pain of internalized racism and childhood traumas with increasing amounts of pills and alcohol. Her journey to sobriety is raw, transparent, and humbling.
David Wilson, AKA Sober Dave, Host of the Podcast "One for The Road" struggled with severe alcohol addiction before getting sober and creating radical change in his life. He shares his story and advice for those looking to give sobriety a go.
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Author of "From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction", Mary Beth O'Connor tells her story of how she had to find her own way back to herself using a mix of methods for her recovery. You're gonna love her spunk!
Here's where to find her book full of practical advice and exercises you can do, intertwined with her personal story:
Pop Buchanan tells the story about how he got on his knees and begged God to help him. And how step by step he worked his way to sobriety. What he learned about life, the way the brain works, and using creativity as a survival tool.
Check him out on Instagram here.
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He started as a pro hockey player, then became the largest marijuana exporter in Canada. When the threat to his life from other drug lords became too dangerous, he quit the game, got sober, and ended up a heart forward humanitarian and mental health advocate.
You can also watch the National Geographic Episode on Locked up Abroad about Ryan's journey "King of Weed"
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From living in a porta potty in Connecticut, to working his dream job in LA on the show, “Your Pranks Our Show” w/ cohost Zackass, Skinny Vinny's comeback story is entertaining and inspired.
Check him out on Instagram @skinnyvinny
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Rebecca West Hensinger talks about how teaching kids to say no to drugs and alcohol as a platform for her pageantry, opened her eyes to her own alcohol addiction and prompted her get sober.
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Erin Khar, author of the powerful memoir "Strung Out" and the advice column "Ask Erin", started taking pills at 8 and shooting heroin at 13.
Now as a successful writer and advocate, she talks about the powerful tools she's learned to help her get and stay sober.
Check her out on IG @erinkhar
The completely vulnerable and real account of how Lauren became the recovery meme queen as she worked through her sobriety in real time.
Check out her instagram @brutalrecovery
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Getting sober is scary and Tara talks to Dave from the Dopey Podcast about how to work through that fear and get out of the loop inside your head.
Check out the Dopey Podcast: https://dopeypodcast.com/
Download the SoberBuddy App: https://yoursoberbuddy.com/
Luc shares about how his sobriety gave him the personal belief to become a marathon runner, and how this shift is impacting his life in powerful ways.
Follow him on Instagram @marathon2sobriety
Untapped Keg host, RJ Zimmerman, talks about using his ADHD to help him get sober, discovering a love for cooking, and why he started a podcast about sobriety.
Links to check out:
YouTube.com/UntappedKeg
@UntappedKeg on all Social Media platforms
Whoa. I'm shook. Paul tells the story of where we got the idea behind triggers and how the research about healing through struggle is INCREDIBLY inspirational. Just whoa.
Hilary Phelps story of addiction, recovery, and learning to let go of perfection and embrace being human.
To support Hilary's New York City Marathon initiative to raise money for scholarships to send people to treatment go here!
When you are in recovery and have to deal with an injury or chronic pain, what do you do? Is it a relapse if a doctor gives you opioids? SoberBuddy co-founders talk about how to handle this situation and what alternatives are available.
Link to study about alternate medication Oliceridine: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40122-021-00313-5
Plans are a HUGE help on your sober journey. Paul and Tara explain why.
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