Episodes

  • 286: Pain Management and Sobriety

    286: Pain Management and Sobriety
    Oct 2 2024
    Veronica and Chip discuss the serious issue of pain management and sobriety. How does someone in recovery navigate pain management if they need to take opioids for pain relief? What are the pitfalls? How does someone in recovery navigate pain management? They share their experience and advice. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • 285: Sex Addiction, Shame and Betrayal with Duane Osterlind

    285: Sex Addiction, Shame and Betrayal with Duane Osterlind
    Sep 25 2024
    Duane Osterlind is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specialises in helping people overcome sex addiction. He explains that sex addiction is a way to get connection and intimacy but remains unfulfilling and compulsive. Duane explains that it's essential to understand how shame factors into sex addiction and that dealing with shame is crucial to recovery. He also talks about how it affects partners and the trauma of betrayal. But that a marriage can survive, and someone can recover from sex addiction. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • 284: The Process of Early Sobriety

    284: The Process of Early Sobriety
    Sep 18 2024
    Early sobriety is a unique experience, not to be judged or assumed as a reflection of the long term. Veronica shared her insights into the processes that unfold in the first year. The physical changes, the brain's self-repair, and the emotional processes are all part of this unique journey. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • 283: The Call of the Self with Sarah Gillespie

    283: The Call of the Self with Sarah Gillespie
    Sep 11 2024
    Artist and director of the Create Now Academy Sarah Gillespie joins Veronica to discuss The Call of the Self. How addiction prevents us being who we really are. And that the calling of an artist is the same as the calling to stop drinking. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • Bonus - Breaking the Cycle

    Bonus - Breaking the Cycle
    Sep 6 2024
    Breaking the cycle of drinking - Bonus episode Sign up here: https://go.soberful.com/break-the-cycle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • 282: Sobriety Is 10% Not Drinking Alcohol and 90% Emotional Sobriety

    282: Sobriety Is 10% Not Drinking Alcohol and 90% Emotional Sobriety
    Sep 5 2024
    Veronica breaks down why emotional sobriety is essential if you want to stay sober, what it is and how it works. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • 281: Out of the Shadows With Lunden Roberts

    281: Out of the Shadows With Lunden Roberts
    Aug 28 2024
    In this episode, we are going to learn what it's like to be in a relationship with someone who is deep into addiction. Imagine being a young woman who gets involved with an older man who dazzles her. Imagine that you get pregnant by that man, and despite promising that he would stand by you, he, in fact, abandons you and denies paternity. Imagine that man gets sober and remarries, and his whole family pretends that you and your child don't exist. Imagine that man is the son of the most powerful man on earth. Today, we are going to hear Lunden Roberts's story. Lunden is the mother of a little girl named Navy, whose father is Hunter Biden and whose grandfather is President Joe Biden. Lunden Roberts has written a book called Out of the Shadows, which details her dysfunctional relationship with Hunter, his constant fear of being the family black sheep, and Lunden's fight to have the Biden family recognise her daughter. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • 280: What is a functioning alcoholic?

    280: What is a functioning alcoholic?
    Aug 21 2024
    How do you know if you are one? Chip takes Veronica through the criteria you need to meet to find out how serious your alcohol problem is. The outcome will shock you. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins