Trudge Report

Shawn, Greg, Corey, Danny P

Four friends, all in recovery and living in South Florida, come together to discuss a variety of topics aimed at enriching their lives and those of their listeners. With a focus on sports, recovery, trending cultural phenomena, and daily life tips, they hope to inspire their audience to live better lives. Drawing on their own experiences and camaraderie, they aim to be informative, inspiring, vulnerable, genuine, and humorous. They encourage listeners to join them in exploring new interests and perspectives, while also fostering stronger connections with their friends, families, and communities. Their shared journey through recovery bonds them together and forms the foundation of their friendship and the podcast's message of growth and improvement.

  1. 4H AGO

    Ep. 117 - Time To Man Up: An Exploration Of Character And Leadership

    Hello and welcome back to the Trudge Report Podcast. Thank you for your listenership and support of the show. This week the four of us are back in action as we go around the horn. Greg is sweating out a game 7 for the Cavs in the 1st round of the NBA playoffs while Corey is very pleased with his Philadelphia Flyers series victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the Stanley Cup Finals. Dan has a very hot take and quick rant about soccer being the inferior youth sport (listeners make sure you let us know what you think in the comment section). Shawn tells a cool story of a kids t-ball team party at an ex major league baseball player's home. The main topic in this episode surrounds the subject of what it actually means to be a man. Who taught us? What we were taught and what we got wrong. The lessons we learned growing up and especially once we got sober and evolved in this phase of our lives. We discuss how we feel we are perceived by others, mainly our families and friends. The role of being a provider versus a nurturer and the balance therein. We closed the show with what we would tell our former younger selves, the best piece of guidance we could give and what to watch out for. The great thing about this journey is that no one can take it for us or spare us of it. "The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." — Bob Marley Don't forget to like, share, rate, and download the podcast on all of your listening platforms. Check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, @trudgrereportpod, for other content surrounding sports and trending topics. Trudge on good people.  Contact the Guys: Instagram: @trudgereportpod Facebook: Trudge Report TikTok: trudgereportpod YouTube: @trudgereportpod

    1h 6m
  2. APR 23

    Ep. 115 - Is Religion Enough? Where Religion & Spirituality Diverge In Our Recovery

    Hello and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for listening and supporting the show. We begin this week with some quick life updates. Greg's week took a turn for the not so good but he's keeping a positive attitude and looking at it as an opportunity rather than a negative. Dan continues to be baffled by the hot and cold weather swings in his neck of the woods and also taking his daughter and her softball team to go watch Ohio State v Penn State softball. Corey power washes his mom's driveway and admits that it is mediocre at best. Followed by some late night Taco Bell runs.  The recovery portion of the show this week surrounds the necessity or choice of whether we in recovery practice any type of religion or belong to religious bodies. We make it clear that religion or religious membership is not mandatory for happy and lasting sobriety. However, there is some overlap for many of us and there are many people in recovery that choose to take up membership in religious organizations. We discuss what we feel works and does not work in religion, keeping it plain in sight that we are not telling anyone how they must or must not believe. We discuss each of our childhood religious upbringings and where we are now with these beliefs and practices. "When you pray, take time to thank God for the blessings you already have.” -Anonymous-  Don't forget to like, share, rate, and download the podcast on all of your listening platforms. Check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, @trudgrereportpod, for other content surrounding sports and trending topics. Trudge on good people.  Contact the Guys: Instagram: @trudgereportpod Facebook: Trudge Report TikTok: trudgereportpod YouTube: @trudgereportpod

    1h 2m
  3. APR 16

    Ep. 114 - Don’t Be THAT Guy: Navigating Humility And Happiness In Sobriety

    Hello and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. We go around the horn starting with Greg who is turning into the red-headed John wick and also knee deep in 37 different colors of off-white paint swatches. Danny trying to get through the post NCAA March Madness lull before NBA playoffs start. Corey getting ragged on by the group for ordering a Caesar salad as his entree.  Danny brings the recovery topic idea for this episode. We talk about what our newfound sobriety is like to friends and family and people close around us when we go from being scumbags and active addicts to fully sober and filled with the spirit. How we have to tow the line and not let our newfound spirituality come off as egotistical or holier than thou. How it sometimes takes longer to truly repair the Damage done in the past and how our feet and our actions must exceed our mouths. We don't try and fix others now that we have found a different way of life, we lead by example, and try to be the change we want to see. “Change is the essence of betterment.” -Emmet Fox- Don't forget to like, share, rate, and download the podcast on all of your listening platforms. Check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, @trudgrereportpod, for other content surrounding sports and trending topics. Trudge on good people.  Contact the Guys: Instagram: @trudgereportpod Facebook: Trudge Report TikTok: trudgereportpod YouTube: @trudgereportpod

    1h 4m
  4. APR 9

    Ep. 113 - The Great Resurrection: Life Takes On New Meaning & Helping Others At Their Lowest

    Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. First and foremost a very happy Easter to anyone who celebrates. We kick things off going around the horn with some talk about this very particular holiday, food comas, church services, and kids figuring out some things about the Easter Bunny. We touch quickly on the NCAA men's basketball tournament and Danny's UConn Huskies playing for a chance at the title game (note; by the time this comes out the championship has already been decided).  Corey then asks a great question about religion and faith. Making deeper connections and what these beliefs mean to us. It sparks a quick but in depth conversation and what it means to each of us. We then shift into the recovery segment which is a continuation of service to others, mentorship, and carrying this life-saving message into all of our activities. What it means to show up for people no matter the circumstances or personal sacrifice. “The greatest jail break in all of history occurred on Easter morning. Therefore, we must remember that whatever our prisons might be and however impenetrable they might appear, your jail break is just a prayer away.” - Craig D. Lounsbrough Don't forget to like, share, rate, and download the podcast on all of your listening platforms. Check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, @trudgrereportpod, for other content surrounding sports and trending topics. Trudge on good people.  Contact the Guys: Instagram: @trudgereportpod Facebook: Trudge Report TikTok: trudgereportpod YouTube: @trudgereportpod

    1h 2m
  5. APR 2

    Ep. 112 - Giving It Away In Order To Keep It: Awareness Rants & Danny's UConn Huskies

    Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. We kick things off going around the horn. Danny is elated because his UConn Huskies just pulled off a thrilling comeback victory to propel them to the Final Four. We also get some flag football updates from Greg and then a quick but enticing soliloquy about grocery store etiquette.  The recovery topic surrounds spiritual awakenings and transformations as the result of the recovery work we do. We work the program not only to stay clean and sober but to have an experience that gives us a shift in our thoughts, ideas, and attitudes. This is what can give us lasting and fulfilling sobriety, not merely the physical act of staying off the drugs and alcohol. We also talk about being mentored and how we mentor others. We go through some of the mistakes we all made when we first began mentoring newer people, the pitfalls, lessons we have learned, but also the great joy we gain in giving this message to others.  “Service to others is the rent we pay for our room here on earth." — Muhammad Ali  Don't forget to like, share, rate, and download the podcast on all of your listening platforms. Check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, @trudgrereportpod, for other content surrounding sports and trending topics. Trudge on good people.  Contact the Guys: Instagram: @trudgereportpod Facebook: Trudge Report TikTok: trudgereportpod YouTube: @trudgereportpod

    1h 2m
  6. MAR 26

    Ep. 111 - Peace In The Pause: Plus Ohio's Big Bang

    Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. We kick things off going around the horn. Greg shares a harrowing experience feeling the Earth shake due to a 6 ft wide, 45 ton meteor that broke up 30 miles above land and scattered bits and pieces all around Ohio and other parts of the Midwest and Northeast. We have some airplane travel talk as Corey is gearing up for a quick trip to Jersey, flying up and driving back. We have a few more housekeeping and current life updates before we dive into the recovery topic.  This week is all about prayer. Types of prayer, wrote prayers from our childhood, and the everyday functionality of prayer. We talk about the principle and practice of “pause when agitated or doubtful.” We discuss the difference between spiritual and religious prayer. We talk about how easy it is to let up on this spiritual way of life and what to do to get back on the beam. "The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays." — Søren Kierkegaard Don't forget to like, share, rate, and download the podcast on all of your listening platforms. Check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, @trudgrereportpod, for other content surrounding sports and trending topics. Trudge on good people.  Contact the Guys: Instagram: @trudgereportpod Facebook: Trudge Report TikTok: trudgereportpod YouTube: @trudgereportpod

    1h 3m
  7. MAR 19

    Ep. 110 - The Way Of The Jedi: How Meditation Helps Us Reach New Spiritual Heights

    Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. We kick things off going around the horn. Work trips from Marco Island, FL to Dallas, Tx. Strange weather swings to low budget horror films to that time in Florida when the grass grows tall seemingly overnight. We do have a brief but important conversation about the role of leadership in the workplace and therefore, other places in life. The challenges and benefits of managing people but not being the “Director."  The recovery segment is all about meditation and quiet time. The importance of just making sure we set that time aside during the day to spend quiet quality time with our Higher Powers. What conscious contact really means and how quickly things can begin to go wrong if we get "off the beam.” Each of us discuss the different formats and methods we have used over the years, the struggles and challenges incorporating this practice in early sobriety, and how it has evolved for us in time. The main lesson is simple, JUST DO IT.  “In the silence of the heart, God speaks." — Unknown Don't forget to like, share, rate, and download the podcast on all of your listening platforms. Check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, @trudgrereportpod, for other content surrounding sports and trending topics. Trudge on good people.  Contact the Guys: Instagram: @trudgereportpod Facebook: Trudge Report TikTok: trudgereportpod YouTube: @trudgereportpod

    1 hr
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Four friends, all in recovery and living in South Florida, come together to discuss a variety of topics aimed at enriching their lives and those of their listeners. With a focus on sports, recovery, trending cultural phenomena, and daily life tips, they hope to inspire their audience to live better lives. Drawing on their own experiences and camaraderie, they aim to be informative, inspiring, vulnerable, genuine, and humorous. They encourage listeners to join them in exploring new interests and perspectives, while also fostering stronger connections with their friends, families, and communities. Their shared journey through recovery bonds them together and forms the foundation of their friendship and the podcast's message of growth and improvement.