Since Right Now
232 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsThe Podcast Your Sponsor Warned You About™
The addiction recovery podcast that's been called entertaining, thoughtful, insightful, welcoming, authentic, disappointing, dismissive, ignorant, and a bunch of wasted time.
Hosted by The Indie Darlings of Recovery Podcasting™
Jeff & Matt & Chris
Rx-Strength Recovery™
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Episodes
4.01 Noah Levine / Refuge Recovery
July 05, 2017 00:00 - 51 minutes - 41.7 MBHey, look! It's the first episode of Season 4! With Refuge Recovery founder, Noah Levine! Exclamation point!
3.38 Jeff & Matt & Chris
June 22, 2017 00:00 - 54 minutes - 44 MBAbout an hour after the show ended I got an email from Alice apologizing for getting her days mixed up. D'oh! With HP as my witness, she will be on the show. Someday. In her absence we talked about a wide range of issues not the least of which was the passing of Carrie Fisher.
3.37 Refuge Recovery
June 15, 2017 15:10 - 46 minutes - 37.6 MBThe boys went to a Refuge Recovery meeting and found it refreshingly light on the dogma and heavy on the karma.
3.36 Content.
June 08, 2017 19:15 - 46 minutes - 37.4 MBContentment. A great feeling? Or, the best feeling? Also, alcohol causes cancer.
3.35 Ad. Diction. Addiction.
June 01, 2017 14:20 - 49 minutes - 39.7 MBMatt & Chris cover a wide range of topics. Did Matt ever score on Silk Road? Can shrooms cure alcoholism? Are we cynical assholes? Find out the answers and more in this episode.
3.34 Scott Stevens / The Alcohologist
May 25, 2017 16:20 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBScott Steven of TheAlcohologist.com joins us to discuss the health risks of alcohol and it's impact on healthcare and society.
3.33 Non-Alconolic
May 16, 2017 00:00 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MBAre non-alcoholic beverages only for non-alcoholics? Burning question? Or burning desire? Just the boys again, talking the Trump administration's dismantling of all the addiction and recovery progress made by the previous administration, N.A. beer, Refuge Recovery, and more.
3.32 It Could Have Been Worse
May 11, 2017 00:00 - 55 minutes - 44.5 MB"I need to remember how bad it was and how bad it could have been.”—Chris as his 20th year of sobriety nears. Jeff & Chris discuss long-term sobriety, meeting others of our kind in the wild and how others' stories can help remind us of what we've gained in sobriety.
3.31 The Boys Are Back
May 03, 2017 00:00 - 53 minutes - 42.7 MB"Fuck, I'm Ben Affleck."—Chris on our sobro casting in our Since Right Now biopic. Chris is back from Europe and the gang's back together! Topics: N.A. beer, Brad Pitt, anonymity, and more!
3.30 Swole with Sobriety
April 05, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB“Please listen responsibly." Some old favorites are back again: depression, anxiety, resentments, to go to meetings or not, what we drank—or didn't, getting out of our own heads and more! Last episode before a 3 week! hiatus. Yikes.
3.29 We're Not as Think as You Recovered We Are
March 29, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB“You have to put a wall around Purdue Pharma."—Jeff on preventative wall placement. The boys discuss Buddhism and psyche themselves up to go to a Refuge Recovery meeting, they express skepticism that "He" will do anything of note to support prevention and recovery efforts (unless you count wasting a tremendous amount of money on building a wall,) they discuss whether or not Chris has relapsed (!,) smoking crack the wrong way, and more!
3.28 Wilson Horrell / Lift Heavy, Run Strong
March 23, 2017 15:34 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MB"My dad asked me if you could go anywhere and do anything, what would you do? And I said, I'd go back to bed."—Wilson on depression in early recovery. Lift Heavy, Run Long: https://www.liftheavyrunlong.com/ _________ Themes by @djfmdotcom
3.27 Jennifer O
March 09, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MB"I couldn't just run two miles, I had to run a marathon." —Jennifer on her 'all or nothing' nature Jennifer O of The First 500 on The Recovery Revolution joins us in studio.
3.26 The Personal Is Political
March 02, 2017 00:00 - 55 minutes - 44.7 MB"The personal is political." Jeff, Matt, & Chris break one of the taboo topics on the show and discuss recovery in context of the current political atmosphere.
3.25 Ryan & Garrett / AddictionXAmerica
February 16, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBRyan Hampton & Garrett Hade of http://AddictionXAmerica.com ____________ Themes by @djfmdotcom
3.24 Liv Pennelle
February 09, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MB"I just want to be well in recovery." Liv Pennelle of http://LivsRecoveryKitchen.com Themes by @djfmdotcom
3.23 Don't Panic.
February 02, 2017 00:00 - 51 minutes - 40.9 MBDepression! Anxiety! Panic Attacks! It's all here folks. Themes by @djfmdotcom!
3.21 Andy Haynes / Comedian
January 09, 2017 00:00 - 57 minutes - 46.1 MB"(I was) having these moments where things were going really well and then things weren't going well and I didn't know why they were not going well.…'cause I thought I was trying." — Andy on the mysteries of the unsober Stand-up comedian and writer, Andy Haynes! http://ImAndyHaynes.com (Yes, the Outro accidentally recorded—wihout my knowing—over the beginning of the show. FML?) _____ Themes: @djfmdotcom
3.20 Chris & Jeff & Matt / Triot
January 03, 2017 00:00 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBDo I really have to spell it out for you?
3.19 No Evil On Live
December 14, 2016 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.5 MB“You can’t fight your way out.” Chris on the fight-or-flight response to situations that trigger his social anxiety Get a pen and paper and make your own liner notes. Fun for you!
3.18: We've Got Spirit
December 08, 2016 16:36 - 52 minutes - 96.9 MB“It keeps a lot of people out.”—Jeff on the dogmatic requirement of a higher power in AA Jeff, Matt & Chris try to figure out what the difference is between religion and spirituality; if they're either; if they want either and they laugh at Jesus…the jacked, Korean Jesus that is.
3.17 Tammi & Sondra / Recover. Create. Repeat.
December 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 131 MB“I literally woke up on morning and just wanted to stop everything and make them all.”—Sondra on the insistence of creative inspiration. Tammi Salas of http://TammiSalas.com and Sondra Primeaux of http://TheUnruffled.com talk sobriety, recovery, and creativity.
3.16 Claire & Kristi II: Manning the Ramparts
November 20, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 147 MB”I'm a woman, I'm good with that.”—Claire ”Not everything has to be a perfect experience.”—Kristi Claire Rudy Foster & Kristi Coulter back again. Claire: http://honestopinionreviews.com/ Kristi: http://www.kristicoulter.com/ _______________ Themes by @djfmdotcom
3.15: Jennifer Matesa / Sex in Recovery
November 03, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBJennifer is author of four nonfiction books about body, mind, and human well-being, including the just-published Sex in Recovery: A Meeting between the Covers, as well as The Recovering Body: Physical and Spiritual Fitness for Living Clean and Sober. She speaks and writes widely, and she teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her long-running site about addiction and recovery, Guinevere Gets Sober, was one of the first blogs of its kind and is dedicated to giving the public reliabl...
3.14 Tess Sweet / Writer & Director
October 26, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 111 MB”I have not been relieved of the desire…I've been relieved of the obsession.” Find out more about Tess and her upcoming Web series, Cleaner Daze @ http://CleanerDaze.com and on the show's Facebook page, @CleanerDazeSeries
3.13: Annie McCullough / Advocate
October 13, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 112 MB“I grew up in an alcoholic home so I knew what alcoholism was but I didn't ever talk about it. So I lived in denial for 23 years." Advocate Annie McCullough is a maven of reinvention with a serious social conscience. Drawing on her previous roles at Dell, Orchard Recovery Centre and Edgewood Health Network, Annie combines her background in project and event management with her passion for recovery. She was instrumental in developing Recovery Day in Canada, which continues its reach - growin...
3.12: DJFM / Jon. G. / DJFM
October 06, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 110 MBREEEEEEEEEEEE-MIIIIIIIX!!!! “When you're not partying anymore, all the problems that the drugs were masking, that the alcohol was masking, they just fly to the surface.“ It's been a long time—too long—but past guest and the man behind our amazing Intro an Outro themes, DJFM himself, joins us once again!
3.11: Jeff+Chris+Matt / The 3 Amigos
September 28, 2016 00:00 - 52 minutes - 96.8 MB“I don't even know what’s wrong. Career? Love? Money? Who the fuck knows?…I want to do something dangerous.” —Real talk from Jeff
3.10: The Claire + Kristi Takeover
September 22, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBClaire “Amy” Foster + Kristi ”Tina” Coulter Guest-Co-Host This Very Special Episode of Since Right Now LIVE! ______________ Claire: http://theRecoveryRevolution.online/claire-rudy-foster Kristi: http://offdry.com ______________ Thanks to @djfmdotcom for our themes!
3.09: A Tale of Three Cities
September 15, 2016 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBIt was the best of episodes; it was the worst of episodes. _________ We had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, this podcast was so far like other podcasts, that some of its noisiest critics insisted on its being received, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
3.08: Chris & Matt / State of the Revolution
September 08, 2016 00:00 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MB“It was the loneliest, saddest little episode." —Matt on the last time we recorded without Jeff Chris and Matt concur that neither is depressed or particularly anxious. That we know of!
3.07: Kera Yonker / Writer
September 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 115 MB“I could just drive over (to the liquor store) and nobody would know.” —Kera on alcohols long reach Kera Yonker is a Californian and quasi-New Yorker who lives in North Carolina where she is writing a book. Kera has been sober for almost three years. Read Kera's piece, The Soberest Drunk Girl at the Party @ TheRecoveryRevolution.Online/insights and No One to Rescue Me from My Drinking in the NYT.
3.06: Jeff + Matt + Chris / Meditations
August 24, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBAfter two false starts Jeff, Matt and Chris spit hot fire over a sick beat. Well, we ramble semi-coherently for about an hour on a variety of topics—not the least of which being Chris’ meds. And we talk about the Strawberry-Gooden Beef (delicious, btw) and when/how/if to address another's destructive addiction in public. ALSO! Listener calls! ————————————— Now go follow @djfmdotcom
3.05a: Chris / See You Next Wednesday
August 17, 2016 00:00 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBYo! Chris is taking his show and going on vacation. For a week. Back next Wed with an all new show LIVE on Mixlr.com/sincerightnow @ 8p Central. Call 507-556-7271 to leave us a VM and your call could make in into the show. OR! Chat with us live via Mixlr during the show. OR! Wait for us to ask for callers and you can Skype (voice) live with us on air.
3.04: Tammi Salas / Artist + Writer
August 11, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MB"I'm not 21, so I can't (drink.)" —Tammi on following the rules ________________ Tammi hasn’t had a drink since February 3, 2015. She is a former wine bar owner, lifelong seeker and recovering perfectionist. She makes art every day and credits this practice as the path to her spiritual overhaul. She documents her creative forays and monthly sobriety milestones at TammiSalas.com and now on TheRecoveryRevolution.Online ________________ Image: Tammi Salas Themes: @djfmdotcom
3.03: Claire Rudy Foster / Author
August 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 123 MB“To walk around in an altered state and have that other eye…it made me feel safe and it made me feel very powerful. And I dove right-the-fuck in.” —————————— We’re absolutely thrilled to finally be hosting the phenomenally gifted writer CRF on SRN. Claire's critically recognized short fiction appears in various respected journals, including McSweeney's, Vestal Review, and SmokeLong Quarterly. She has been honored by several small presses, including a nomination for the Pushcart Prize. She ...
3.02: Charlotte Rose Coyle / Artist
July 20, 2016 00:00 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MB“I woke up in the hospital…my stomach was…bleeding. My heart had shut off. But a few days later I drank again.” —Charlotte on the tenacity of denial in addiction. On day one of her sobriety—originally a planned 90-day detox challenge—Charlotte had the foresight to document the clarity and anxiety of that momentous occasion. Now, just over 2 years later, she has a dedicated following of what have become infectiously exuberant recovery updates. Charlotte is a professional makeup artist and be...
3.01: Lisa Smith / Girl Walks Out of a Bar
July 07, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 95.8 MB“There were mornings waking up (with) no clue what happened last night but it was never something at that point where I would think I should stop…or slow down.” Lisa Smith is a writer and a lawyer. Clean and sober for more than 10 years, she is passionate about breaking the stigma of drug and alcohol addiction, particularly for professional women. Girl Walks Out of a Bar is her story. http://www.lisasmithauthor.com/ _____________ Themes courtesy of @djfmdotcom
16.25: Jeff, Matt & Chris / Long Time, First Time
June 30, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 127 MB"I was high when we talked if I recall correctly." —A live caller to the BIGGER, BADDER, BOLDER, LIVER Since Right Now. Tune in to find out who…
16.24: Jeff, Matt & Chris / Recovery LIVE!
June 22, 2016 00:00 - 51 minutes - 95.2 MB"It as always more about the destination than the route."—Matt on "getting lost." Part 1 of our two-part 2 Year Anniversary LIVEstravaganza. Beginning with this episode the show will be broadcast LIVE! on Wednesday nights at 8:00pm Central. You can catch LIVE! episodes via http://SinceRightNow.com/on-air or http://mixlr.com/sincerightnow . Using Mixlr’s built-in chat you can interact with us in real-time and we’ll also be opening up the “phone lines.” _____________ Themes: @djfmdotcom
16.23: Carly Benson / Miracles Are Brewing
June 16, 2016 00:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MB"I need help. I need a miracle." —Carly on coming to believe that a power greater than herself could restore her to sanity. As an avid traveler, yogi & confessed self-help junkie, Carly writes about her adventures in life & sobriety on http://MiraclesAreBrewing.com/ where she offers inspirational concepts for enlightenment, spirituality & embracing epicness. She’s been sober from cocaine and alcohol since August 17, 2008 and has found her passion working as an ambassador for sobriety by sha...
16.22: Erin Bahadur / Erin’s Inside Job
June 09, 2016 00:00 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB“I decided to start taking random pills from the pharmacy where I worked.”—Erin on adapting to her circumstances. Erin is a recovering addict, personal trainer, freelance writer, and blogger living in Chicago. Her blog, http://erinsinsidejob.com/, is a journey through her continued recovery and a reminder to others that true wellness comes from within. Active in the mental health and fitness communities, Erin has multiple years of experience in sharing her story with the public, growing her...
16.21: Helaina Hovitz / After 9/11
June 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 88.6 MB“I remember waking up the next morning, there was blue paint all over my nurse’s costume, there were chicken nuggets on the terrace…” —Helaina on the makings of a memorable rock bottom. Helaina Hovitz was 12-years-old and in middle school three blocks from the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Her memoir encapsulates the journey of a girl growing up with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after living through the events of 9/11 firsthand, chronicling its effects on a young girl at the ...
16.20: Jeff & Chris / Keep Coming Back (To The Podcast)
May 26, 2016 00:00 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MB"…and then I realize I sound like a tremendous dick.“—Chris, in the rooms. In which Chris goes to listen to Jeff speak, doesn't know what the fuck is going on and ends up speaking himself. Jeff's talk was terrific. And it was his birthday.
16.19: Mishka Shubaly / I Swear I'll Make It Up to You
May 18, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 104 MB"Everyone knew what they were going to be; I had no idea. Then as soon as I drank I was like THIS is what I'm going to be."—Mishka on career choices. A misfit kid at the best of times, Mishka had his world shattered when, in a twenty-four-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school’s campus, then learned that his parents were getting divorced. His father, a prominent rocket scientist, abandoned the family and their home was lost to foreclosure. Shubaly swore to avenge the wr...
16.18: Garrett Braukman / Alta Centers
May 12, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MB“I just had a doctor's appointment and he asked (about my family history.) I said as long as mental health isn’t involved we’re pretty healthy.” Garrett, himself in recovery and an ACOA, is the Director of Operations for Alta Centers. Alta Centers is on out-patient program with a focus on creativity that works with evidence-based practices to sustain an individuals sobriety while keeping them involved in day-to-day life. We believe in a model that is contained but also gives an individual t...
16.17: Kristi Coulter / Off-Dry
May 04, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 96.1 MB“I was hungover for many years and I just thought I was tired.”—Kristi on the self-delusions of the active alcoholic. Kristi is an essayist and fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Mississippi Review, Salon's Virgin Fiction anthology, AddictionUnscripted.com (formerly TheRealEdition.com), and elsewhere. She's currently at work on a collection of personal essays about living sober in a tipsy world, and on a novel about all kinds of things. She blogs about recovery at http://offdry.w...
16.16: Nancy Carr / Last Call
April 27, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MB“I didn't come crawling into an AA meeting thinking, ‘Oh, I've got to quit drinking.’”—Nancy on denials last gasp. Inspired by writers she admired for their honesty and grit—Joyce Maynard, Augusten Burroughs, Anne Lamott and Kelly Corrigan—Nancy started writing more and more and by early 2005 had compiled a 250 page manuscript for her own memoir, Last Call: A Memoir. On her blog, also Last Call, she blogs about recovery, alcoholism, addiction, family, love and her four-legged child, Lucy. ...
16.15: Kelly Aguirre Berkey / Chris’ Sister
April 21, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 96.1 MB“I didn't start dealing until my dealer went to jail.“—Kelly on rising to the occasion. From Kelly: Now, after a relapse and fresh out of out-patient, this time feels different. I feel this a major game-changer for me. I feel like it’s re-birth of sorts. I feel PRESENT and enthusiastic about this new me. I like the person I am becoming and am hopeful for what ever the future brings. I was ambivalent about the 12 Steps and AA in general but I joined a women's group and I have something to sha...
16.14: Veronica Valli / Recovery Rocks!
April 13, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 94.6 MB“I hit another rock bottom about two and a half years into sobriety that was probably worse than before I got sober.” As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict, she has personal experience of what it takes to recover from an addiction. Veronica has worked as a therapist and life coach specialising in addiction for over fifteen years; her experience includes working with young people in the criminal justice system, primary care adult treatment and private practice. + The Gang Takes Your Qs In...