Recovery in the Middle Ages - Two Middle-Aged Suburban Dads Talk About Recovering From Addiction to Drugs & Alcohol.

What is Smart Recovery? Happy Birthday to Mike!

RMA-Episode 21 Show Notes:
 
Greetings fellow travelers on the road to recovery. We start the second week of 2021 with an in-depth dive into the world of SMART recovery and self-directed sobriety. If you’re hunting around for something other than an AA or 12-step experience to kick things off in the new year, then this one may be of interest to you. 
 
Plus, the weekly round-up, Recovery in the News and the Week in Weird on a seditious, revolutionary, too-smart-for-its-own-good episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
 
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You can reach us by email at:
 
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
 
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
 
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
 
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
 
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
 
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! 
 
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
 
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
 
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
 
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
 
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
 
My Appetite for Destruction:
 
(Insert Link)
 
SMART Recovery:
 
https://Smartrecovery.org
 
Recovery In the News:
 
https://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/falmouth-police-increasingly-fight-drug-and-alcohol-addiction-with-involuntary-treatment/article_1ec92594-e6d1-541f-8e8e-dddc69797e55.html
 
The Week in Weird:
http://click1.em.iheart.com/icvtgcmzgkrwcbrtwbbnnwzngnwmgfffrdkgqrbhgbmcghb_uwcnyymycpgshfhyywmmyy.html

New Year's Resolutions! Gabor Mate: 4 Step Process

RMA-Episode 19 Show Notes:
 
Happy New Year everyone! It’s out with the old and in with the new on the first episode of RMA for 2021. This week Mike and Nat get caught up on their holidays and talk about renewal and new beginnings. Recovery in January is on a lot of resolution lists and the boys break it all down. The guys also continue their analysis of Gabor Mate’s realm of Hungry Ghosts.
 
Plus, Recovery in the News and the Week in Weird on a resolute, forward-thinking, dry January edition of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
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APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
 
You can reach us by email at:
 
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
 
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
 
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
 
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
 
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
 
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! 
 
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
 
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
 
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
 
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
 
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
 
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155643880X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=155643880X&linkCode=as2&tag=recoveryinthe-20&linkId=cf6091cd1942b4158ddefda6b7d623de&fbclid=IwAR0LDtv3qiuH9rxXXXiPT_NC-MGuPfoT1bw0F82dATUwH77Tw0TQIy43Uq4
 
Shia LeBeouf
 
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/11/fka-twigs-sues-shia-labeouf-for-physical-mental-and-emotional-abuse
 
Fairy Armadillos
 
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/sighting-of-super-rare-chacoan-fairy-armadillo-in-bolivia-a-dream-come-true/

The 1st Annual RMA Holiday Special! Joined by Jed from C&OD - And More!

RMA-Episode 19 Show Notes:
Happy holidays kids!! This week on our special Christmas edition of RMA we present our interview with Jed from the Church & Other Drugs podcast. Jed is an ex-addict/alcoholic Christian who tells the stories of the beatdown, up and coming, hard-knocked, and healed up. It’s a redemption tale writ large, and our discussion gets into the season-appropriate question of where God fits into a recovery plan, and whether there’s a difference between spirituality and religion. It’s a deep-dive into universal questions about, Christianity and dark nights of the soul. I think you’re going to love it.
Church and Other Drugs
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/church-other-drugs/id1191035186
 
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APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
You can reach us by email at:
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! 
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
 
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery. 
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Unified Field Theory of Addiction - Gabor Mate Hungry Ghosts Pt. 2

RMA-Episode 18 Show Notes:
Greetings fellow travellers! This week on RMA we continue our deep dive into Dr. Gabor Mate’s In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts and deconstruct his theory of addiction in excruciating detail. Plus, Mike and Nat get debate an issue of grave importance to our times-real or artificial Christmas tree?
Plus, the weekly wrap-up,  a new 5 star review, Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird on a snowy, theoretical, inimical episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages
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APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
You can reach us by email at:
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! 
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
The Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Get it on Amazon and support your favorite show~ use this link https://amzn.to/34tGTqi
https://drgabormate.com/book/in-the-realm-of-hungry-ghosts/
Gabor Mate’s TED Talk
https://youtu.be/-mpbBAQvrKM
Recovery in the News:
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2020/12/16/editorial-punishing-addiction-not-answer-treating/3920663001/
Zodiac Cypher Solved
https://www.wired.com/story/zodiac-killers-cipher-finally-cracked-after-51-years/

The Bipolar Addict & Gabor Maté's "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts"

RMA-Episode 17 Show Notes:
Hey Folks! This week on RMA we look at Dr. Gabor Mate’s In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts and discuss what we think about his view of addiction and compulsive behavior. We deconstruct Nat’s early childhood musical trauma, and also shares a difficult start he had to the week.  We also read some comments from the Facebook Page.
Plus, the weekly wrap-up, Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird on a trauma-focused, chocolate-covered, circumlocutory episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages
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APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
You can reach us by email at:
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! WE COMMAND IT!
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
Church and Other Drugs
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/church-other-drugs/id1191035186
The Crunchie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crunchie
The Realm of Hungry Ghosts
https://drgabormate.com/book/in-the-realm-of-hungry-ghosts/
Gabor Mate’s TED Talk
https://youtu.be/-mpbBAQvrKM
New Focus on Ibogaine
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/09/944572325/progress-toward-a-safer-psychedelic-drug-to-treat-depression-and-addiction
Aliens Exist!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weird-news/former-israeli-space-security-chief-says-extraterrestrials-exist-trump-knows-n1250333

Staying Clean Under Murphy's Law & The Ambien Walrus

RMA-Episode 16 Show Notes:
Hey Folks! Christmas is right around the bend, can you believe it?  What better way to kick off the holiday season than by listening to the jolly banter of Nat and Mike as they talk about recovery and addiction? This week on the 16th episode of RMA, your intrepid hosts discuss Nat’s terrible, no good, very bad week, Mike’s shotgun hijinks,  how they dealt with some recent cravings, and talk about how to talk about sex with your kids. Also, how much interaction with the recovery community is good and how much is too much?
Plus, the weekly wrap-up, Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird on a stressful, overwrought, banging episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages
PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 
APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
You can reach us by email at:
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! WE COMMAND IT!
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
The Ambien Walrus:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ambienwalrus/
Recovery in the News:
https://www.benefitnews.com/news/drunk-and-high-at-work-employers-confront-a-new-addiction-crisis
The Week in Weird:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9001331/Utah-monolith-hauled-away-pick-truck-Bye-b-scrawled-place.html

Thanksgiving Hangover Special! Did You Make It Through?

Recovery in the Middle Ages-Episode 15 Show Notes:
Hey Folks! It’s the day after Thanksgiving and time for Recovery in the Middle Ages’ first annual Thanksgiving Hangover Special. Mike and Nat catch up on their respective holidays, talk about dealing with negative people and emotions, and drop some of that tart cranberry-flavored recovery wisdom. Whether you hung on through the holiday with your sobriety intact, or caught a case of the f**kits and joined Uncle Cubby in draining the self-service bar, there’s something here for you.
Plus, the weekly wrap-up, Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird on a leftover, re-heated, gravy-soaked episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 
APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
You can reach us by email at:
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! WE COMMAND IT!
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
Snow Miser/Heat Miser
https://youtu.be/_SGlPnA_iCk
Dog Meme-This is Fine!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/450852612694461063/
Miley Cyrus Back on the Wagon
https://www.self.com/story/miley-cyrus-is-now-2-weeks-sober-after-falling-off-during-the-pandemic
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8986163/Mysterious-monolith-Utah-desert-2016-Google-satellite-images-show.html

Biggest Party Night of the Year? Send Your Turkey To Rehab!

RMA-Episode 14 Show Notes:
Greetings fellow travelers. It’s time for the long slow slog through the holidays to begin, but don’t worry, Mike and Nat are here to help you through it. This week we talk about why Thanksgiving is such a party holiday, and how you can navigate through the minefields of family dysfunction and drunken festivities with your sanity and sobriety intact. What is it about that Wednesday night before Thanksgiving anyway?
Plus, the weekly wrap-up, Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird on an overstuffed, gravy-soaked, pie-eating episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 
APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
You can reach us by email at:
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
VISIT US AT MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! WE COMMAND IT!
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
Shadow Creatures in Maine:
https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/watch-shadow-creature-filmed-in-maine/
William Poole Jr.:
https://www.wwltv.com/mobile/article/life/addiction-matters-how-a-heroin-user-turned-hero-saved-so-many-others-but-not-himself/289-9892ced0-e282-40e8-84c6-b03046b76962
Earthquake in NY 1987
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/26/nyregion/strong-quake-shakes-northeast.html

You Down With M.A.T.? Interview With Cathi Wilder, LCSW

RMA-Episode Lucky 13 Show Notes:
Hi folks! This week Mike and Nat sit down with Cathi Wilder, LCSW, to talk about recovery from a different perspective. A psychiatric social worker, Cathi spent the bulk of her career in the working with patients who were dually diagnosed with addiction and concommit mental health issues. She also worked for 15 years in the methadone maintenance program for the Department of Health. In the course of her employment Cathi worked with a huge number of patients who had all kinds of issues, and we are lucky to have her to offer her insights into addiction and recovery. She also has a couple of good stories about the length some people will go through to pass a urine test. We think you’re going to really enjoy this conversation.
 
Plus, the weekly wrap-up, Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird on a medically treated, therapized, thoroughly inane episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages
 
PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 
 
APPLE LINK https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-in-middle-ages-two-middle-aged-suburban-dads/id1528859864
 
You can reach us by email at:
 
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
 
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
 
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
 
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
 
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
 
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! WE COMMAND IT!
 
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
 
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are finally happening there!
 
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there.
 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/365987294509662/
 
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
 
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
 
Nothing Compares to You (Sinead O’Connor)
 
https://youtu.be/0-EF60neguk
 
Nothing Compares to You  (Prince)
 
https://youtu.be/1NarDEEhOsM
 
GWAR-Let Us Slay!
 
https://youtu.be/2NzA4XLjRaM
 
Sinead Off to Rehab
 
https://www.nme.com/news/music/sinead-oconnor-says-shes-entering-a-one-year-rehab-program-for-trauma-and-addiction-2814884
 
Entity With Weird Hands 
 
https://news.iheart.com/featured/coast-to-coast-am/content/2020-11-10-watch-security-camera-films-odd-entity/

DMT Shadow Goblins, Halloween Alcoholics & CBD Accidental Relapse?

Recovery in the Middle Ages -Episode 12 Show Notes:
Have we got a show for you! Mike accidentally gets high on a new form of CBD(!), the guys talk about piercing the veil between the dimensions with DMT, and there’s an entertaining back and forth about psychedelics and where (if anywhere) they fit in with addiction treatment. Because this is America and it’s the first week of November,  they also take a look at the election through a recovery lens, and Mike shares a ghost story from back in the day. 
 
All that and more on a day-glo colored, trippy, mighty-high episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.  
 
PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 
 
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You can reach us by email at:
 
MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
Natx@middleagesrecovery.com
 
Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
 
WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Drop by and check it out:
 
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
 
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com where we have a new feature for an upcoming segment on the show, “This is YOUR life!” On the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read them on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
 
WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! WE COMMAND IT!
 
https://twitter.com/RecoveryAges?s=20
 
Join the Facebook Group! Exciting things are finally happening there!
 
https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthemiddleages
If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.  
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
Bill W. and LSD:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/23/lsd-help-alcoholics-theory
Teetotaler Presidential Candidates:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/us/trump-biden-alcohol.html
DMT and the Little Entities:
https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/dmt-beings?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
Oregon Decriminalized Drugs:
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-first-decriminalizing-hard-drugs-01edca37c776c9ea8bfd4afdd7a7a33e
Almost Edible Fruitcake:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/14/543389016/photos-almost-edible-106-year-old-fruitcake-found-in-antarctica#:~:text=Live%20Sessions-,PHOTOS%3A%20'Almost%20Edible'%20106%2DYear%2DOld%20Fruitcake,%22looked%20and%20smelled%20edible.%22
Haunted Fordham:
https://fordham.libguides.com/c.php?g=279582&p=1863714