The Consequences of My Addiction — 10 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
Money, cars, a house — all recoverable. Your health and your life aren't. That's one of ten lessons I pulled from the consequences of my addiction.Before I get into them: if you hear one of these and ...
30 Jul 19min
7 Unpopular Recovery Opinions I'll Probably Get Hate For
Sober and bitter isn't recovery — it's the same disease in a suit. That's opinion #1, and there are six more.After 11 years in and around recovery — including a relapse at seven and a half years and a...
28 Jul 13min
Your Feelings Are Real — But They're Not Reality | Emotional Sobriety
Your feelings are real — but they're not reality. That's the line that reframed how I do recovery, and it's the heart of today's Borrowed Wisdom.I'm reading the highlight quotes from one of my favouri...
23 Jul 22min
When Someone in Your Circle Relapses: Fear, Grief, and How to Actually Help
What do you do when someone close to you goes back out? In this solo episode I talk through what it's actually like when someone in your circle relapses — the fear, the grief, the guilt, and the relie...
21 Jul 16min
He Flipped His Car 10 Feet From a Family's Bedroom | Getting Sober After a DUI
Joe got laid off in July, ended up in a trap house by the weekend, and figured he had the summer off. By September he had a DUI, a car that had flipped twice and landed ten feet from a family's bedroo...
16 Jul 1h 2min
10 Warning Signs of Relapse (Before It's Too Late) | My Relapse Started Months Before I Picked Up
I didn't wake up one day and decide to use after seven and a half years. The relapse started weeks — months — before the first drink or drug. I just called it a rough patch and looked away.This one li...
14 Jul 22min
Sober But Still Miserable? The Dry Drunk | Borrowed Wisdom Pt. 3 Bob D
Another Borrowed Wisdom episode — I read the highlight clips from a Bob talk that shifted something in me, and reflect on them one at a time.This one lands hard on the stuff nobody tells you when you ...
9 Jul 19min
Gratitude in Recovery: How to Actually Practice It Without Lying to Yourself
Everyone in recovery preaches gratitude. Almost nobody tells you it can feel completely fake when you're hurting.In this solo episode I get into what gratitude actually is in recovery — the difference...
7 Jul 28min
