Recovery in the Middle Ages - Two Middle-Aged Suburban Dads Talk About Recovering From Addiction to Drugs & Alcohol.
Mike and Nat are two middle-aged suburban dads wrestling with addiction and recovery while trying to juggle home life, work, and staying sober. Listen as they discuss current topics in the recovery community including 12 Step, alternative addiction recovery and the newest medical research . Listen to the guys talk about their daily struggle to maintain their recovery and anonymity in the world of soccer moms and PTA meetings. If the neighbors only knew...
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Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
RMA-Episode 76 Show Notes:
AND, we’re back! After a week of darkness, RMA returns with an episode for the ages. Mike and Nat dive into a review of David Poses groundbreaking 2021 work, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery. In The Weight of Air, Poses chronicles his struggle to overcome mental illness and addiction. By age nineteen, he'd been through medical detox, inpatient rehab, twelve-step programs, and a halfway house. He saw his drug use as a symptom of depression, but the experts insisted that addiction was the problem. Over the next thirteen years, he went from one relapse to the next, drowning in guilt, shame, and secrets, until he finally found an evidence-based treatment that not only saved his life, but helped him thrive.
Tragically, Poses passed away at the end of February. The cause of death has not been announced. Mike and Nat utilize the review of his book as a launching-off point for a discussion about depression and anxiety and how recovery from substance abuse doesn’t make other pre-existing mental illnesses magically disappear.
PLUS, Grant drops a Big Three segment into this week’s show, The Monksters speak about their experiences with depression and anxiety, Recovery in the News looks some quasi-scientific claims being made by the weed industry, and the week in weird asks, “is that a mermaid in your museum or are you just happy to see me” on a medically assisted, not overly anxious, slightly under the weather episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
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LINKS:
Please consider donating to the GoFundMe set up for the family of David Poses, who tragically passed away a couple of weeks ago. David helped many people with his book and with his public advocacy for alternative treatment for addiction and he left a wife and two children who could use some economic support:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/we-love-you-david-posesand-love-your-family
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Recovery in the News
The Week in Weird
Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:
www.soberliningsplaybook.com
The Big Three With SLP
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https://www.aa.org/
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Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
RMA-Episode 75 Show Notes:
What is self care, and why is it important? Building off this week’s Monksters Speak, Mike and Nat do a deep dive into the concept of self care and talk about how getting your life in balance is important to a healthy and successful recovery. Making sure you set aside the time for self-care is an important tool for attaining and maintaining that balance. But what is it really? Sometimes self-care looks like going out for a run and eating a salad, but other times it’s sitting on the sofa eating ice-cream and binging Netflix. The only way you can discover which one you really need is to develop some self-awareness. How do we do that? They guys have some ideas…
PLUS, Nat regals us with his classic superbowl relapse story, Recovery in the News looks at deep brain stimulation, and bigfoot returns to the Week in Weird, on an alkaline water soaked, alpha wave generating, essential oil infused episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
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LINKS:
Recovery in the News
The Week in Weird
Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:
www.soberliningsplaybook.com
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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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
RMA-Episode 74 Show Notes:
Mishka Shubaly wears many hats; writer, musician, ultrarunner, podcaster. His Kindle Singles for Amazon have all been bestsellers. He writes true stories about drink, drugs, disasters, desire, deception and their aftermath. His work has been praised for its grit, humor, fearlessness and heart.
His first hardcover memoir, "I Swear I'll Make It Up to You" is a compelling and important book that describes in detail Mishka’s journey from alcoholic drug abuser to sober ultrarunner.
In April 2020 Mishka published the NY Times Best-Selling audible book Cold Turkey, a step by step roadmap for approaching the first month of sobriety. With the benefit and experience of twelve years of sobriety, Mishka addresses the slippery nature of alcoholism, and the messy, anxiety-ridden process of making the decision to stop drinking once and for all.
Much like your intrepid RMA hosts, Shubaly believes that there is no one-size-fits-all plan for recovery. He refutes the notion that the one and only solution for those struggling are 12-step programs and provides a guide for those who want a different approach to getting sober.
On this week’s episode, Mike and Nat engage in a free-ranging conversation with Mishka on topics ranging from harm reduction and the use of cannabis in recovery, to the nature of addiction, running, and the most effective ways to quit drinking and ensure a lasting recovery. It’s a great conversation with a fascinating guest who holds a controversial opinion or two. Hope you enjoy it!
LINKS:
You can find Mishka at:
http://www.mishkashubaly.com/
You can listen to Mishka’s new podcast at:
https://mishkashubaly.podbean.com/
You can find Mishka’s audiobooks at:
https://www.audible.com/author/Mishka-Shubaly/B004WTG90A
You can find Mishka’s Music at:
https://mishkashubaly.bandcamp.com/
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Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
RMA-Episode 73 Show Notes:
This week on RMA it’s the Recovery in the News Roundup, coming to you from the new studio at Castle Greyskull! Mike and Nat combed through SoberliningsPlaybook’s Wednesday Weekly, and picked out some stories that bear further investigation. We do a deep dive on Dry January’s effect on small business, why women aren’t seeking SUD treatment at the same rate as men despite an uptick in use and overdoses, whether long-term support in recovery is a desirable avenue given the current state of the rehab industry, and why fentanyl test strips are still illegal in Wisconsin. Phew!
As if that wasn’t enough, we also managed to get in a week in weird, Monksters Speak, an analysis of the movie Groundhog Day as a Buddhist allegory, and do an extended week in review, on an exhaustive, encyclopedic, free-range episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
LINKS:
Recovery News:
https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/
Recovery in the News:
Does Dry January Really Hurt Small Businesses
Fewer Women are Seeking Addiction Treatment as Use and Overdoses Increase
Long Term Support for Treatment in Ohio
Bill to Decriminalize Fentanyl Test Strips in WI Goes to Governor
Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services
The Week in Weird:
Fisherman Chased by Monstrous Creature with Glowing Eyes
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Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
RMA-Episode 72 Show Notes:
Are You Talkin’ to Me? Negative self-talk and a poor self-image are recurring issues for people in recovery. Thoughts are powerful, and they can shape a person’s life and impact the way they experience the world. This week, on a special Get Smart with Erin, the gang does a deep dive into the world of negative self-talk and discusses strategies to quiet that voice in your head that keeps whispering those pesky negative thoughts.
Plus, this week RMA, in association with Sober Linings Playbook, we bring you a new segment, The Big 3 with SLP, where Grant Boyken picks his top three stories of the month that relate to recovery and discusses why they are important. Tune in, turn on and bliss-out.
Plus, the week in review, Recovery in the News and the Week in Weird on a life affirming, critically though-out, mindfully positive episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
LINKS:
Erin
www.fallingphoenix.com
Recovery News:
https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/
Recovery in the News:
Treating Addiction as a Crime Doesn’t Work. What Oregon is Doing Just Might
Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services
The Week in Weird:
Face of Jesus Spotted in Antarctica
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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
RMA-Episode 71 Show Notes:
Is anonymity in recovery a good thing, or does it stand in the way of the effort to de-stigmatize addiction? The movie Anonymous People purports to answer that question, and it is the topic of discussion on today’s episode. According to the filmmakers of this groundbreaking 2013 documentary, deeply entrenched social stigma and mass participation in widely successful anonymous 12-step groups have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum created by this silence has been filled by sensational mass media depictions of addiction that continue to perpetuate a lurid public fascination with the dysfunctional side of what is a preventable and treatable health condition.
Mike and Nat discuss the movie and debate with the Monksters whether the disease model of addiction is helpful or hurtful to people in recovery.
Plus, the week in review, Recovery in the News and the Week in Weird on a semi-anonymous, bat outta hell, sober-curious episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
LINKS:
Anonymous People
Recovery News:
https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/
Recovery in the News:
I’m Tired of Explaining Why I Don’t Drink
Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services
The Week in Weird:
World’s Largest Potato
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Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
RMA-Episode 70 Show Notes:
We spend a lot of time here at RMA talking about the mental health aspects of addiction and recovery. This week we are going to shift gears and get physical. What are the roles of diet and exercise in recovery and how do they fit into the maintenance of sobriety over the long term? What are the benefits of starting and maintaining some kind of exercise program? How do years of drinking or drug use impact the body’s ability to process nutrition? For the answer to these questions and for advice on how to leverage diet and exercise to bolster your recovery, tune into this week’s episode of RMA.
Plus, the week in review (it’s a doozy), Recovery in the News and the Week in Weird on a pumped up, aerobic, nutritious episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
LINKS:
Recovery News:
https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/
Recovery in the News:
Seeing Obesity as an Addiction Crisis
Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services
The Week in Weird:
Creepy Clown Spotted on Google Maps
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Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com and tell us your story of your struggles with alcohol and drugs. Fill out the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read it on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
RMA-Episode 69 Show Notes:
Imagine being a documentary filmmaker and following your subjects around for 36 years. That’s what Jon Alpert did when he documented the lives of three petty criminals and drug addicts in Newark NJ, from 1984 to 2021. The resulting movie, Life of Crime, is an achingly candid and at times brutal documentary for HBO spanning a lifetime of crime, incarceration and the compounding ravages of addiction. Mike and Nat discuss the film and what lessons it teaches about the way society deals with the related issues of poverty, intergenerational crime and drug abuse.
Plus, the week in review, Recovery in the News and the Week in Weird on a snowbound, icy cold and delicious episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
LINKS:
Life of Crime-Official Trailer
Recovery News:
https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/
Recovery in the News:
Sobriety is Not a Trend or a Monthly Challenge
Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services
The Week in Weird:
Scientists Teach Goldfish to Drive Tiny Cars
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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
RMA-Episode 68 Show Notes:
Happy New Year! It’s the RMA New Year’s special! This week Mike and Nat are joined by Grant Boyken, editor-at-large of the RMA newsroom, moderator of the RMA Facebook Group and the mastermind behind the preeminent recovery news website SoberliningsPlaybook.com. Grant, Mike and Nat break down the year in recovery, highlighting the stories that made news in the recovery universe and getting caught up on recent developments. There are book and movie recommendations and lively debate on topical issues. You don’t want to miss it!
Plus, the Monksters share their New Year’s resolutions and Mike and Nat talk about what’s ahead for the RMA universe in 2022. All this and more on a committed, goal-oriented, resolute episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.
LINKS:
Grant’s Website:
https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/
Recovery in the News:
Powerless over….Diet Coke?
Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services
The Week in Weird:
Exorcist Boy Identified as Former NASA Engineer
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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
RMA-Episode 67 Show Notes:
Merry NatXmas! It’s the RMA holiday special! This week we play listener voice-mails, share some holiday cheer and get in tune with the spirit of the season. There’s music, laughter and poetry coming your way. Happy holidays to all.
Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird and Monksters Speak on a fully boosted, aggressively festive, live from the North Pole episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages
LINKS:
Recovery in the News:
How to Spot a Functional Alcoholic in the Wild
Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services
The Week in Weird:
No link for this one, you’ll have to listen to the show to the end!
Recovery News You Can Use
https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/
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Check out the website:
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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.
Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com and tell us your story of your struggles with alcohol and drugs. Fill out the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read it on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!
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.
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/
Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):
This Naked Mind
Addiction Recovery Podcast