Terrific Tuesdays: Getting Better at Being Human!

Gregg Collison
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You're not broken. You're just figuring it out in real time. 42+ years sober. Still dealing with anxious attachment, abandonment wounds, and panic that won't quit. This isn't about having it all figured out—it's about surviving your own head while you work on it. If one more person tells you to "think positive" while your nervous system is screaming, come here instead. Real talk. No b******t. No guru promises. Just someone further down the road, sharing what actually works. New episodes every Tuesday. Because you deserve consistency.

  1. 4d ago

    Episode 56: Surrender vs Avoidance; Tribute to Keverne

    This episode is dedicated to Gregg's sister Keverne. Recorded during one of the hardest weeks of his life, it explores one of the most misused words in recovery: surrender. A meeting story about a child possibly at risk, met with "I've given it to God, there's nothing I can do" — versus a diagnosis with truly nothing left to control. Same words, opposite functions. Gregg unpacks the test for telling the difference, how anxiety runs the identical con in everyday life, and what happens when a family carries anxiety severe enough to cost real treatment, real goodbyes. The way out, in the end, isn't a phrase — it's complete surrender, actually lived, not just spoken. For Keverne, with more love than words can hold. HASHTAGS #Recovery #Sobriety #Surrender #Anxiety #MentalHealthAwareness #CopingStrategies #Faith #Grief #FamilyAnxiety #12StepRecovery #GetBetterAtBeingHuman #TerrificTuesdays #SoberLife #FaithOverFear #LetGo #RecoveryCommunity #KeepShowingUp

  2. Jul 28

    Episode 55: How Did It Slip Under The Control Wire? Internal Title: Thy Will, Not Mine

    How does something slip under the control wire? That's the question Gregg opens with this week — because it happened to him, mid-job-search, 42 years sober and still caught white-knuckling an outcome that was never his to control. Turns out control isn't the cure for anxiety. Control IS the anxiety. This episode digs into why — including a look at whether "control" is even a real character defect, and what the Big Book actually says is underneath it. Whether you've got 30 days or 30 years, the same self-will finds new things to grip once the drinking stops: jobs, relationships, money, outcomes. The question this week: where has your will quietly taken the wheel — and what did it cost you once you noticed? HASHTAGS #Anxiety #Recovery #Sobriety #Control #CopingStrategies #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #Sober #RecoveryJourney #Podcast #SelfWill #Surrender #GetBetterAtBeingHuman #TerrificTuesdays #SoberLife #12StepRecovery #FaithAndRecovery #BigBook #LetGo #KeepShowingUp #RecoveryCommunity

  3. Jul 21

    Episode 54- Why Won't I let You Love ME

    Late one night, half-joking, Gregg asked an AI: "Why can't I let you love me?" But he already knew the answer — he'd quit doing the work, and that's when the old voice shows up: not enough, not worthy. This week's a shorter one, but it goes deep — why real love feels like a flood instead of a slow drip, the pattern of jumping in too fast in every relationship, and the moment he realized he'd lost someone who loved him well simply because he couldn't stop doubting it. The answer, same as always: tell the truth. Not just to them — to yourself first. Anxiety, anxious attachment, and one honest look at what happens when the practices that keep you steady quietly drop off. HASHTAGS #MentalHealthAwareness #Recovery #Sobriety #AnxiousAttachment #Relationships #CopingStrategies #MentalHealthMatters #Sober #RecoveryJourney #Podcast #ServiceWork #GetBetterAtBeingHuman #TerrificTuesdays #SoberLife #SelfWorth #MentalHealthSupport #12StepRecovery #FaithAndRecovery #TraumaRecovery #Vulnerability #TellTheTruth #KeepShowingUp #RecoveryCommunity

  4. Jul 14

    Episode 53-It's Just A Season (And Other Lies That Sound Nice)

    It's just a season." You've heard it. You've probably said it. But nobody ever tells you how long a season actually lasts — three months like spring, a full year like a TV show, or a 52-episode slog you're checked out of by episode 30. This week Gregg unpacks why that phrase — comforting, spiritual, tough-love, whatever flavor you've heard it in — never actually stops the anxiety loop, it just gives it a new lap to run. But in the middle of a real shit storm (a stalled job search, his dog Tucker's heart condition, an upcoming move), Gregg found the one thing that actually interrupts the spiral before it goes too deep: being needed by somebody else. Two real stories — one from inside the rooms, one from a friend outside the program entirely — show how staying "tied to the rim" through service keeps the real tools (the call, the meeting, the sponsor) within reach, even when the anxiety doesn't quit. And by the end, even "it's just a season" gets a second look — maybe the vagueness isn't the problem. Maybe it's grace. Coping strategies for anxiety, recovery tools, and one honest conversation about what actually helps when the tools stop reaching you. #Anxiety #MentalHealthAwareness #Recovery #Sobriety #AnxietyRelief #CopingStrategies #MentalHealthMatters #Sober #RecoveryJourney #Podcast #GriefAndAnxiety #ServiceWork #PanicAttacks #GetBetterAtBeingHuman #TerrificTuesdays #SoberLife #AnxietyManagement #MentalHealthSupport #12StepRecovery #FaithAndRecovery #AnxietyAndDepression #TraumaRecovery #SupportSystem #KeepShowingUp #RecoveryCommunity HASHTAGS

  5. Jul 7

    Episode 52_ Rocketed Into The Fourth Dimension-Love One Another

    One year. 52 Tuesdays. Never missed one. Episode 52 is the one year milestone — what the Big Book calls being Rocketed Into The Fourth Dimension. Gregg finally understands what that promise actually means from the inside. Goosebumps. Weight lifted. Purpose found. And it all comes down to three words: Love one another. #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #RIFD #RocketedIntoTheFourthDimension #LoveOneAnother #OnYear #MilestoneEpisode #AnxietyRelief #MentalHealth #SoberLife #HealingJourney #Purpose #ShinyPenny #Faith #Surrender #AA #BigBook #YouWereNeverBroken

  6. Jun 30

    Episode 51: MindfulnessIsn't Enough. Here's How The Penny Really Gets Uncovered

    I lost my ring. The one that started all of this — the anxiety spinner with the Serenity Prayer engraved on it. And instead of spiraling, I got an instant answer from God. Maybe you don't need the ring anymore. Maybe your faith is finally taking its place. Episode 51 is about the journey. Not the destination. The traveling IS the point. And mindfulness alone isn't enough to keep you on the road. #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #Mindfulness #MindfulnessIsntEnough #TheJourney #AnxietyRelief #MentalHealth #SoberLife #Faith #Surrender #HealingJourney #KeepingTheRockOff #ShinyPenny #RecoveryTools #DontGiveIn

  7. Jun 23

    Episode 50: Nobody Sees The Penny: Pocket Full of Truth

    Follow and like for weekly podcast notification! In 1983 a sign on a church basement wall said "Let Go and Let God." I read it. I moved on. And spent the next 30 years trying to figure out what it meant. Turns out the answer was on my finger the whole time. The Serenity Prayer. The penny. The rock. All the same truth — hiding in plain sight. Episode 50 is out now. Nobody Sees The Penny. #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #LetGoLetGod #SerenityPrayer #MentalHealth #AnxietyRelief #SoberLife #Surrender #ShinyPenny #NobodySeesThePenny #HealingJourney #RecoveryTools #SelfHelp #YouWereNeverBroken #MentalHealthAwareness

  8. Jun 16

    Episode 49: Who Am I Now: The Shiny Penny

    Internal Title: You Were Never Anything Else After 48 episodes of digging up the past, naming the committee, and finding real tools — there's one question left. Who am I now? And the honest answer might be — f**k if I know. This week Gregg explores what happens when you stop reaching for labels. The old ones like broken, alcoholic, anxious. And even the new ones like healed or healthy. What's left when you strip all of it away? Turns out — nothing needed fixing in the first place. You were never the bug under the rock. You were always the shiny penny. Always have been. And then comes the part nobody warns you about. You find the penny — and you have no idea what to do with it. Next stop — what do I do with the penny? #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #WhoAmINow #ShinyPenny #AnxietyRelief #MentalHealth #SoberLife #YouWereNeverBroken #IdentityInRecovery #HealingJourney #RecoveryTools #NotBroken #AA #CopingStrategies

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You're not broken. You're just figuring it out in real time. 42+ years sober. Still dealing with anxious attachment, abandonment wounds, and panic that won't quit. This isn't about having it all figured out—it's about surviving your own head while you work on it. If one more person tells you to "think positive" while your nervous system is screaming, come here instead. Real talk. No b******t. No guru promises. Just someone further down the road, sharing what actually works. New episodes every Tuesday. Because you deserve consistency.

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