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

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.
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WE ARE NOW ON TWITTER! FOLLOW US! WE COMMAND IT!
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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
 
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MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
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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.  
 
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MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com
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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!
 
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Join the Facebook Group! Exciting things are finally happening there!
 
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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

Is Taking CBD a Relapse? Imposter Syndrome: Am I Good Enough For Me?

Recovery in the Middle Ages-Episode 11 Show Notes:
Happy Halloween folks. Mike and Nat are back in the studio and fired up! This week the boys talk about imposter syndrome, and debate whether Nat or Mike need to re-set their sobriety counters due to their extracurricular activities over the last few days.  Plus, Nat’s voyage into the world of steroid abuse and the efficacy of using alcohol to combat anxiety. Recovery in the News is all about the treatment method known as Contingency Management, and the Week in Weird asks, is there anybody out there?
All that and more on a pumped up, anxious, slightly stoned edition of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
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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/
The Long Way Home (Cameron Douglas)
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Way-Home-Cameron-Douglas/dp/052552083X
3Chi
https://www.3chi.com/
Contingency Management
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/health/meth-addiction-treatment.html
Aliens
https://transsnetmore.com/article/20201027181854NEWS100005301?

Recovery on the Road! Staying Clean on Work Trips

Recovery in the Middle Ages-Episode 10 Show Notes:
Mike is on the road this week, so we had to negotiate some technical issues but hopefully you enjoy the show. We read a couple of reviews, talk about how to stay sober while traveling, share some stories about how drinking during holidays isn’t conducive to great family relations, and talk about why Nat uses October as a barometer for his success in sobriety.
All that, plus Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird, on a socially distanced, travelling salesman, hotel bar visiting, scary October 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 WEB SITE! Drop by and check it out:
Www.middleagesrecovery.com
 
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/
Addictionary Podcast:
https://www.theaddictionarypodcast.com/
 
Nazca Lines:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/18/huge-cat-found-etched-desert-nazca-lines-peru
Recovery in the News-Biden
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/16/923647389/experts-say-attack-on-hunter-bidens-addiction-deepens-stigma-for-millions
Jeff Toobin Story
https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/10/20/the-best-reactions-to-the-jeff-toobin-zoom-dick-incident/

Kratom, Harm-Reduction & How Not to Buy Weed: Mike in da Bronx '86

Recovery in the Middle Ages-Episode 9 Show Notes:
This week Mike and Nat talk harm reduction, kratom, shame, legalized weed and buying drugs in places you shouldn’t.  
All that, plus Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird, on a reduced harm, microdosed, Kratom drinking, arresting 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 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/
Kratom:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/13/789145948/the-kratom-debate-helpful-herb-or-dangerous-drug
The Pink Cloud:
https://www.thetemper.com/pink-cloud-early-sobriety/
Harm Reduction:
https://harmreduction.org/about-us/principles-of-harm-reduction/
Oregon Measure 110
https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/oregon-could-decriminalize-drugs-in-november/
Mike’s Old Stomping Grounds
https://forgotten-ny.com/2017/07/fordham-belmont-bronx-part-2/

Resentments, Relapse, and Mike Loses His Pants Buying Crack

Recovery in the Middle Ages-Episode 8 Show Notes:
This week the boys tackle the thorny issue of resentment; what it is, and how to deal with it. Mike and Nat share their own resentments and explore how court-mandated treatment can make the addict even MORE resentful. 
The lads also cast a critical eye on the predominant addiction paradigm and how it might exclude the problem drinkers who don't identify as alcoholics. Plus, Mike shares a story about a crack-deal that turned into a walk of shame through the streets of the South Bronx back in the year of our Lord 1988..
All that, plus Recovery in the News and The Week in Weird, on a philosophical, cracked-up, moderate drinking episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 
Correction: In his story this week, Mike incorrectly identified the location of his drug buy as Briggs Ave. While Briggs was indeed an anxiety-provoking second choice for buying drugs, the incident in question actually took place on Bathgate Avenue 
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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/
Brandon Novak (The Indiana Jones of Recovery)
https://brandonnovak.com/product/signed-dreamseller-book/
Mother’s Little Helper
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/style/am-i-drinking-too-much.html
Loch Ness Monster
http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2020/10/06/scientist-records-eighth-official-sighting-of-nessie-this-year-scottish-news/
Article & Photojournalism Highlighting the Bronx Street Where Mike Lost his Pants
https://slate.com/culture/2014/09/stephen-shames-photographs-the-bronx-in-his-book-bronx-boys.html

Free-lapsing, Drug Dreams and Seamus Checks In.

Recovery in the Middle Ages -Episode 7 Show Notes:
This week on Episode 7 of RMA we welcome Mike’s old friend Seamus to the podcast. Seamus shares his experience of  getting sober in the middle ages, shares a few stories from the good old days, and a couple from the bad new days. Also, Mike gets a freelapse, and was Nat really sleeping when Mike’s wife caught him snoozing at work a couple years back? Tune in to find out!
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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!
Join the Facebook Group! Exciting things are finally happening there!
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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/
Drug Dreams. What do They Mean?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/199801/the-nightmare-drug-dreams
Dax Shepard’s Relapse
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-25/dax-shepard-podast-armchair-expert-relapse
Lakes Beneath the Surface of Mars
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02751-1
 
The Bronx in the 1980s-Imagine being a sheltered suburban kid dropped into the middle of this. So much fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cpn9G9SN4A
 
Jerry Garcia on Broadway 1987
 
https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/jerry-garcia-1987-broadway-residency/
 
10/27/87-JGB Lunt Fontanne-The Harder They Come (Bootleg Video)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO0Fql6zP7Q

Discussing Trauma, Addiction, Recovery and Misphonia with Erin Moore!

RMA-Episode 6 Show Notes:
This week we welcome Erin Moore to the Podcast! Erin is a recovering alcoholic and pill aficionado who lives in North Carolina and has seven-plus years of sobriety. There’s a lot to identify with here. Erin’s experience mirrors what a lot of us in the suburbs go through when we struggle with substance abuse while simultaneously raising our kids and trying to hold our shit together. Mike and Nat talk to Erin about recovery, cult-like rehabs, trauma, and Brass Monkey. It’s a freewheeling discussion that could only take place here, in The Middle Ages. 
As if THAT wasn’t enough entertainment, Mark and Nat also comment on some listener mail, give an update on John the Can Man, and Nat tells a story about his failing memory.  All that, plus Recovery in the News and Weird & Wacky on a looong but compelling 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!
Join the Facebook Group! Exciting things are 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/
The Message of AA Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-message-of-aa/id1519027264
Church and Other Drugs Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/church-other-drugs/id1191035186
Dopey
https://www.dopeypodcast.com/
Brass Monkey
https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/where-did-brass-monkey-come-from
Gabor Mate on Trauma
https://www.thefix.com/dr-gabor-mate-trauma-underlying-stigma-addiction-interview
Synanon
https://www.revealnews.org/american-rehab/
Misophonia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia

WTF is Kombucha? Mike's 9/11 Story & John the "Can Man" Is Homeless

RMA-Episode 5 Show Notes:
It’s a mixed bag this week. Nat goes long with a superbowl party story for the ages. Mike talks about 9/11 and its impact on his drinking. There’s a story of a local fellow down on his luck, and a Kombucha tasting that leaves Nat wanting more. Put that together with a discussion on MAT and people leaving their brains on a beach and it’s a late summer episode with something for everyone.
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Join the Facebook Group! Exciting things are happening there!
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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/
Kombucha
https://greatist.com/health/why-is-kombucha-good-for-you
Link to the Pictures of the Plane Engine (UA 175) that Almost took Mike’s Head off on 9/11.
https://sites.google.com/site/wtc7lies/aircraftpartsnyc911
Philadelphia Inquirer Article on Buprenorphine
https://cumberlink.com/live_well_in_the_cumberland_valley/some-doctors-avoid-prescribing-popular-addiction-treatment/article_7673ac6e-e378-51b3-a08f-ff0ffe0b483a.html