Recovering Out Loud

ROL Productions
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  • Mental Health
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Welcome to recovering out loud. Most recovery podcasts tell stories. I help you build skills. This is sobriety you can actually use — from someone who lived it, studied it, and coaches it every day. Recovering out loud explores current struggles in sobriety and gets current with the unmanageability in recovery. I started this podcast to stay sober and hopefully help one person. Each episode dives into powerful comeback journeys—from rock bottom to resilience—alongside expert insights on addiction recovery, sobriety strategies, mental health, trauma healing, and personal growth. My own experience from getting sober in 2015 to relapsing after over 7 years clean in sobriety fuels my mission to share voices that inspire, educate, and empower. I left my corporate management job to become an addiction counsellor and carry the message of recovery to others. Whether you’re on your own recovery path or supporting someone you love, this podcast offers hope, tools, and motivation to live free and fully For all of my social links and If you or someone you love is struggling please Reach out to me here👇 https://linktr.ee/Recoveringoutloudpod

  1. Unexpected Benefits of Sobriety: The Small Wins That Actually Keep You Sober

    2d ago

    Unexpected Benefits of Sobriety: The Small Wins That Actually Keep You Sober

    Everyone talks about what you lose when you get sober. Nobody talks about what you get back. Not the big stuff — career, family, health. Those are real, but they're slow. They're not what keeps you sober at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday. In this episode, Anthony breaks down the unexpected, small, sometimes weird gifts that sobriety actually delivers — the ones that sneak up on you, that nobody puts in their inspirational reels, and that are quietly building the proof your brain needs to stay sober long-term. What's covered: Real sleep vs. passed-out sleep (and why they're completely different)Cognitive recovery: when memory and word recall actually come backWhy boredom stops feeling like a five-alarm fireEye contact, shame, and what happens when shame unhooks from your identityPeople not flinching when you walk in the room — and what that actually feels likeTime you didn't know you hadBeing trusted again (and why that weight is a gift)The weird ones: knowing where your phone is, being able to sit in a quiet roomAnthony also covers the honest caveats — PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome), the gifts that require active work, and the ones that don't show up on schedule. And for the person who can't feel anything yet: your timeline is real, even if it's slower than the posts. Recovering Out Loud is peer-led recovery media — real stories of addiction and sobriety, no clinical voice, no guru energy.

    22 min
  2. "I Miss It Sometimes" — Euphoric Recall & What Recovery Doesn't Let You Say Out Loud

    4d ago

    "I Miss It Sometimes" — Euphoric Recall & What Recovery Doesn't Let You Say Out Loud

    You're allowed to miss it. Nobody tells you that. Most recovery content tells you your using days were all bad. But if that were true, you wouldn't have kept going back. In this episode, Anthony gets honest about the parts of his drinking and using days he actually misses — the escape, the ritual, the identity, the connection — and why admitting that out loud might be the most important thing you do in your recovery. In this episode: What euphoric recall actually is, and why it's not a character flaw — it's brain wiringThe fading effect bias: why month 18 can be harder than month 35 things people in recovery are allowed to miss (but usually don't say)The two-bucket framework: needs you can meet differently vs. needs you have to grieveWhy the people in trouble aren't the ones talking about missing itThe one practical tool: playing the tape all the way throughKey takeaway: The thoughts you can talk about are the thoughts you control. The ones you can't are the ones that control you. This episode is a permission slip. Recovering Out Loud is peer-led recovery media built on lived experience — real stories of addiction and sobriety, no clinical voice, no guru energy. If you found this helpful, please leave a rating and review — it helps more people find the show.

    21 min
  3. You Can Get Addicted to Weed. It Almost Killed Him | "I Was Smoking Lint Off the Carpet to Get High"

    6d ago

    You Can Get Addicted to Weed. It Almost Killed Him | "I Was Smoking Lint Off the Carpet to Get High"

    Everyone says weed isn't addictive. Alex is eight years sober and almost didn't make it out. This is the first time he's told the whole thing start to finish. We get into the last 30 days of his using — when he was so deep he couldn't even get high anymore, just chasing a feeling that was already gone. He takes us to his last day: an ice storm, a long drive for weed that wasn't there, and waking up passed out half in a toilet bowl, ribs smashed, realizing how close it got. The part that stuck with me is what came after the drugs stopped: "The war on drugs is over. Now it's the war on self." We talk about the stuff nobody warns you about in long sobriety — isolation that feels safe, cross-addiction (food, work, gaming), men white-knuckling their mental health, and why "it's just weed" is the sentence he trusts the least. If you've ever wondered whether weed can really be a problem — or you're years in and still fighting yourself — this one's for you. What we get into: Why he couldn't get high no matter how much he usedThe one question his uncle asked that he couldn't lie his way out ofIsolation as a "safe place" — and what it costsGetting sober before legalization, and why he thinks that saved himThe difference between quitting the drug and quitting the war on yourselfRecovering Out Loud is peer-led recovery media built on lived experience — real stories of addiction and sobriety. No clinical voice, no guru energy.

    45 min
  4. Old Ideas: How to Uncover, Discover & Discard What's Keeping You Stuck

    May 28

    Old Ideas: How to Uncover, Discover & Discard What's Keeping You Stuck

    Nobody told me that getting sober wasn't the hard part. The hard part was realizing the version of myself I'd been dragging around for years — the beliefs, the patterns, the way I saw the world — most of it wasn't even mine. In this episode, I'm breaking down one of the most important phrases in my recovery: Uncover, Discover, Discard. This isn't a clinical framework — it's how I actually learned to stop being run by ideas I picked up before I ever touched a substance. We're talking about the subconscious operating systems that keep us sick, where they came from, and how to actually let them go — not just white-knuckle through them. I get into the old ideas that still show up in my own life: tying my self-worth to money, earning love through making people laugh, needing everything to be okay on the outside before I can feel okay on the inside. I also talk honestly about how stopping those patterns is exactly what I wasn't doing before I relapsed — and how "Anthony 3.0" is something I'm actively building, not looking back from. In this episode: What old ideas actually are (hint: they're not opinions, they're operating systems)The three-phase process: Uncover → Discover → DiscardWhy the gap between letting go of the old and finding the new is where most people relapseSchema theory, ACT therapy, and neuroplasticity — what the research saysHow to "borrow" someone else's beliefs until you build your ownListener reflection prompts: What's one belief you carried into recovery that you picked up long before you ever touched a substance?When did you first realize a belief you had about yourself wasn't actually yours?Have you ever discovered where one of your survival strategies originally came from?Recovery is simple. Not easy.

    25 min
  5. A Mother’s Story of Grief, Faith, and Recovery : I Lost My 1-Year Old In Recovery

    May 26

    A Mother’s Story of Grief, Faith, and Recovery : I Lost My 1-Year Old In Recovery

    Jesse stayed sober after losing her 1-year-old son. A mother's story of recovery, grief, and faith. In December 2022, Jesse hit her rock bottom — a night of drinking and cocaine that ended in an ER waiting room, where she prayed for the first time and asked for help. Four months later, she found out she was pregnant. Her son Jacob — what she calls her miracle baby — became the reason she stayed clean. Last September, Jacob was rushed to the Emergency room. He didn't come home from the hospital. Against every odd, Jesse stayed sober through it. In this conversation, she opens up about what nobody warns you about — the brutal month and a half of Suboxone withdrawal, finding leftover drugs in her home days after the funeral, the moment anger (not strength) saved her from relapsing, and why she now believes recovery was training for grief. In this episode of Recovering Out Loud, Jesse opens up about: – The last 30 days of her addiction and the night she prayed in an ER waiting room – Coming off Suboxone (a month and a half of withdrawal she calls worse than cocaine) – Why pregnancy became her head start in recovery – Losing Jacob, and the moment she found leftover drugs in her home days after the funeral – How recovery turned out to be training for grief — both are one day at a time – Faith, anger at the funeral, and praying for "just a little relief" – What real support looks like (the neighbour who didn't ask, she just showed up) – Her honest answer to "worst day sober vs best day drinking" — and why it's not the one you expect FOLLOW JESSIES JOURNEY HERE ON INSTAGRAM 📸 INSTAGRAM: @recoveringoutloudpod 🌐 WEBSITE: https://linktr.ee/Recoveringoutloudpod — ABOUT RECOVERING OUT LOUD Recovering Out Loud is a peer-led recovery podcast hosted by Anthony — a social work student and person in long-term recovery sharing real stories of addiction and sobriety. No clinical voice. No guru energy. Just lived experience. — If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction or grief, please reach out to a local support resource. This podcast is for peer support and storytelling — not a substitute for clinical care. #RecoveryPodcast #SoberStories #AddictionRecovery

    1 hr
  6. Self-Forgiveness in Recovery: Why You Can't Afford to Hate Yourself Sober

    May 21

    Self-Forgiveness in Recovery: Why You Can't Afford to Hate Yourself Sober

    Self-forgiveness in addiction recovery is the work nobody markets — because nobody wants to buy it. In this solo episode, Anthony shares why shame is a stronger predictor of relapse than a deterrent, why guilt and shame are not the same emotion, and the 5-step practice he uses to forgive himself one day at a time. After 7.5 years sober, Anthony relapsed in 2024. He came back January 12, 2025. This episode is about what kept him stuck on the way back — and what finally got him off the hook. In this episode: - Why "I'll just feel bad enough to never do it again" doesn't work - Brené Brown's guilt vs. shame distinction — and why it matters for relapse risk - June Tangney's research on shame-proneness and substance misuse - Kristin Neff's three pillars of self-compassion, adapted for recovery - A 5-step self-forgiveness practice you can start today - The "cookie jar" — using your own hardest experiences as proof you can do this Chapter markers: 00:00 Cold Open: The Day I Stopped Trying to Forgive Myself 02:55 Resentment Is Poison: Forgiving Others First 04:55 Welcome to Recovering Out Loud 06:30 Real Check-In: My Struggle With Patience This Week 09:55 Why Self-Forgiveness Is the Hardest Step 12:44 Story 1: Blowing the Money & Relapsing After 7.5 Years 17:47 Guilt vs. Shame — The Distinction That Changes Everything 20:32 The Relapse Reckoning 22:00 What Self-Forgiveness Actually Is (and Isn't) 24:21 The 5-Step Self-Forgiveness Practice 29:17 You Are Not the Worst Thing You Did 31:16 The Cookie Jar: Drawing on Past Wins If you got something out of this, please follow, rate, and share with one person who needs it. — Anthony Host of Recovering Out Loud · Real stories of addiction and recovery, no clinical voice, no guru energy. #RecoveringOutLoud #SoberPodcast #Recovery #SelfForgiveness #Shame

    26 min
  7. I Used Daily in a Motel For 5 Months: How Two Cops Ended His 32-Year Addiction

    May 19

    I Used Daily in a Motel For 5 Months: How Two Cops Ended His 32-Year Addiction

    Steven spent five months in a hotel room smoking crack, accepting he'd die there. Then his mother asked a judge if he had children — and two cops knocked. The story of one last day. Six and a half years ago, Steven was sitting in a hotel room he hadn't left in five months, smoking crack cocaine in the same clothes he'd been wearing since July. He'd accepted he was going to die there. Two weeks before the end, in a sober moment, he whispered, "Please make this stop." He didn't know who he was talking to. Then his mother sat down with a Justice of the Peace and asked the judge one question: "Do you have children?" Twelve hours after the cops knocked, Steven was in rehab. He's been sober since December 14, 2019. In this episode, Steven walks Anthony through the last day, the Form 2, the divine intervention timeline, and the turning points inside treatment — including the two women who walked in taking responsibility while everyone else played victim, and the counselor who put his hand on Steven's shoulder and said, "I believe you kid, because I tried to quit too." Anthony shares his own relapse map after seven and a half years sober — how it started with body image, became ADHD pills, then cocaine, then benzos. The slow drip. The line: "I emotionally relapsed long before I picked up." They close on current unmanageability — financial insecurity, body image at 52 — and a closing line that does the work of the whole episode. No clinical voice. No experts. Two guys in recovery telling the truth about what it actually took. 🎙️ Recovering Out Loud — peer-led recovery media built on lived experience.

    1h 3m
  8. Chasing Pleasure, Finding Meaning: What I Got Wrong in 7.5 Years of Sobriety

    May 16

    Chasing Pleasure, Finding Meaning: What I Got Wrong in 7.5 Years of Sobriety

    Most people don't relapse because they wanted to drink. They relapse because they were still chasing pleasure — just in a legal package. Anthony had 7.5 years of sober time before he picked up. In this episode, he breaks down the real reason long-term sobriety unravels: the war between pleasure and meaning, and why the recovery world is full of people white-knuckling a life they were never trained to actually want. Covered in this episode: – The hedonic treadmill and why every "high" eventually feels like baseline – Anna Lembke's pleasure-pain balance (from Dopamine Nation) – Bruce Alexander's Rat Park study and why connection beats the lever – Cross-addiction: gym, golf, Instagram, work, achievement — the "ism swap" – Viktor Frankl, Dr. Joseph Lee, and the iPhone-vs-house metaphor that changed how Anthony sees addiction – Why "I don't need to feel good. I need to do good." is the line he comes back to If you're newly sober and bored, or years in and quietly restless — this one's for you. New episodes Tuesdays. Recovering Out Loud — real stories of addiction and recovery, no clinical voice, no guru energy.

    24 min
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Welcome to recovering out loud. Most recovery podcasts tell stories. I help you build skills. This is sobriety you can actually use — from someone who lived it, studied it, and coaches it every day. Recovering out loud explores current struggles in sobriety and gets current with the unmanageability in recovery. I started this podcast to stay sober and hopefully help one person. Each episode dives into powerful comeback journeys—from rock bottom to resilience—alongside expert insights on addiction recovery, sobriety strategies, mental health, trauma healing, and personal growth. My own experience from getting sober in 2015 to relapsing after over 7 years clean in sobriety fuels my mission to share voices that inspire, educate, and empower. I left my corporate management job to become an addiction counsellor and carry the message of recovery to others. Whether you’re on your own recovery path or supporting someone you love, this podcast offers hope, tools, and motivation to live free and fully For all of my social links and If you or someone you love is struggling please Reach out to me here👇 https://linktr.ee/Recoveringoutloudpod

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  • Creator
    ROL Productions
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    111
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © ROL Productions
  • Show Website
    Recovering Out Loud

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