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Sober Company (aka Sober Co)

79 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 46 ratings

The best company is Sober Company. We are a podcast about modern sobriety. Sober Company hosts conversations centered in personal empowerment and addiction recovery outside of the 12-step model (and with a Buddhist bent).

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Episodes

Sober Nutrition with Bianca Rivera, RD

March 08, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

Please support Sober Company via patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episide: Find Bianca at biancariveraRD(at) gmail.com Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp Recovery Dharma Harvard School of Public Health Plate Planner NY Times Mental Health/Nutrition  story Brain Gut Connection What to Eat to Help with Anxiety

Music About Addiction

March 01, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

Please support Sober Company via Patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: Sober Company playlist Aerosmith Amazing music video Aerosmith Amazing lyrics Steven Tyler interview Story behind Gin Blossoms "Hey Jealousy" Hem "When I Was Drinking" Thirteenth Step album A Perfect Circle "The Outsider" Julia Jacklin "Pool Party" System of a Down "Prison Song" Iran-Contra Affair Sia "Chandelier" Radiohead "How to Disappear Complete...

Murphy Jensen: Tennis Champ and Recovery Tech

February 22, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

Please support Sober Company through Patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: WeConnect Murphy Jensen Jensen Brothers in Rolling Stone Contingency Management    

Sober Dad and Antabuse

February 15, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB

Support Sober Company via Patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Antabuse Antabuse reaction to alcohol Naltrexone Antabuse shortage

Sober Joy with Amani Sampson

February 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MB

Please support Sober Company via patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: Amani Abundance Residency IG Abundance Residency  The Recovery Legacies of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery  Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker Chrissy Teigen Men in Black Aliens Public Assistants mutual aid Sober Black Girls Club Office Hrs mutual aid The Artist's Way  

Self Improvement Overload

February 01, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

Please support Sober Company via patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by: Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: Many Roads, One Journey Recovery Dharma Dunning Kruger Effect Recovery Dharma/Refuge Recovery backstory Morning Pages Bullet Journaling Nathaniel Drew Matt D'Avella Pomodoro method Pomodoro app      

Toxic and Intoxicated Friends

January 25, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

Please support Sober Company via patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon  Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Gaslighting Gaslight, the movie (with Ingrid Bergman!) Nik's Bro Journal Sober Company's Friends episode Instructions for how to remove alcohol ads from Facebook and Instagram (scroll down) How to remove alcohol and gambling ads from Youtube  

Toxic and Intoxicated Friends with Jen

January 25, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

Please support Sober Company via patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon  Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Gaslighting Gaslight, the movie (with Ingrid Bergman!) Nik's Bro Journal Sober Company's Friends episode Instructions for how to remove alcohol ads from Facebook and Instagram (scroll down) How to remove alcohol and gambling ads from Youtube  

Why Alcohol Sucks So Much with Carson Benowitz-Fredericks

January 18, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

Please Support Sober Company at patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: NYTimes story about NIH/ Liquor Industry scandal  Alcohol and Breast Cancer French Alcohol Awareness Campaign  Pinkwashing Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker

Meditation 101 for Addiction Recovery

January 11, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

Please support Sober Company!: patreon.com/sobercompany Theme song by Jon Tessier, Courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: RecoveryDharma.org Vipassana meditation Headspace app How I Built This: Headspace Meditation bench The Craving Mind by Judson Brewer Buddha's Brain by Rich Hanson         Insight Timer app

Benefits of Being Booze-Free

January 04, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

Support Sober Company! Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound Dry January Veganuary Alcohol and sugar Alcohol and the brain Kinsey Scale CDC Alcohol Consumption Guidelines Why We Sleep book Alcohol and Sleep REM sleep and trauma processing Kim Kardashian vegan Lost Weekend Alcohol and anxiety

2020 Year in Review

December 28, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

Please support Sober Company! Via: patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Psychedelic Recovery episode Psilocybin and the Default Mode Network How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan Recovery Dharma Meetings The Small Bow Sober Bachelorette contestant Sound of Metal Morning Pages  

Harm Reduction with Meghan Hetfield

December 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

Please support Sober Company! via: Patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: We Connect Health Management Harm Reduction Works Addiction as a learning disorder NY Harm Reduction Educators Narcotica podcast episode with Harm Reduction Works founders Portugal Oregon and Washington new drug laws Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari Switzerland Rx Heroin Canada Rx Heroin Recovery Community Organizations (Google this with your state...

Holiday Survival with Nik and Jen

December 14, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MB

If you're enjoying Sober Company, we'd be super grateful if you supported us via Patreon, you can find our profile here: patreon.com/sobercompany Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Sam Harris Meditation App Recovery Dharma Dax Shepard relapse Chris from Dopey Tommy Rivers Zappos CEO New Thought Venus of Willendorf Insight Timer

Zero Proof Drinks w/ Spirited Away

December 07, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound Support Sober Company via: Patreon In this ep: https://www.spiritedaway.us/ https://www.instagram.com/spiritedawayny/ Seedlip commercial Curious Elixirs commercial Subaru Lesbian marketing Many of these beverages have other types/flavors available so make sure to check out the site for all the available options: Hella Bitters & Soda Ritual Zero Proof  Kin Euphorics Proteau Proposition Cocktail Co. Curious Elixirs  Sacre No...

Recovery Dharma w/ Kris Roehling

November 30, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound Support Sober Company through Patreon Recovery Dharma info: Recovery Dharma Recovery Dharma meetings Recovery Dharma Facebook Group Recovery Dharma book Insight Meditation Society Kris references: Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach Debtors Anonymous Al-Anon Nonviolent Communication Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Castro Clones Buddhist teachers: Anam Thubten Jonathan Foust La Sarmiento La Sarmiento Dharma talks Lama Rod ...

Check In: Depression and Gambling with Nik

November 23, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound Support Sober Company via Patreon <3 Resources: Suicide Prevention Lifeline or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741) More resources can be found at  the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline: 1-866-488-7386. Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 if you live in the U.S. Call 877-330-6366 if you live in Canada. Head here for a list of crisis cen...

golden collier: radical recovery advocate

November 16, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MB

theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound golden's IG: https://www.instagram.com/blackqueertransrecovery/ https://www.instagram.com/d.s.press/ Etsy shop for golden's zines: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DiasporanSavantPress Support golden's work: venmo @golden-collier ca$h app $goldenbrowne SMART Recovery Many Roads One Journey by Dr. Charlotte Kasl East Bay Meditation Center East Bay People of Color Sangha Scribe Video Center Louis Massiah  Soapbox Community Print Shop and...

Ben Flint: Election Sobriety and Staying Sober While Touring with Blue Man Group

November 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

Said So Sound! and Jon Tessier 418 Coffee Company

Nikki Myers, Yoga of 12-Step Recovery

October 26, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. Y12SR meetings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Samskara  Somatic Experiencing  Waking the Tiger: Healing the Tiger by Peter Levine  Gabor Mate: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts "Calgon, Take Me Away" Bessel van der Kolk On Being podcast The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem  Resmaa Menakem On Being podcast Ayurveda  Ama Self Compassion by Kristin Neff  

The Sober Lush with Jardine Libaire

October 19, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MB

The Sober Lush https://www.instagram.com/thesoberlush/ Blackout by Sarah Hepola A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill Joan Didion "On Keeping a Notebook"  

The Kinswomen

October 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound https://www.kinswomenpodcast.com/ Kinswomen podcast Allyship Course Yseult's clothing line Sober Company episode with Nora Kinswomen episode with Jodie Patterson Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker Sober Black Girls Club On Being podcast with Resmaa Menakem My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem

Irina Gonzalez from The Temper

October 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. Irinagonzalez.com Pandemic Mama podcast Cuba's Special Period "Florida Shuffle" from the New Yorker Stories written by Irina: https://www.thetemper.com/why-its-difficult-to-talk-about-recovery-as-a-latina/ https://www.thetemper.com/he-gave-up-alcohol-for-me-i-gave-up-meat-for-him/ https://www.thetemper.com/recovery-prepared-me-for-baby-pandemic/ https://www.glamour.com/contributor/irina-gonzalez  

Sober Black Girls Club

September 28, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound Help Fund Sober Black Girls Club Sober Black Girls Club: on Instagram on Facebook email: [email protected] Sisters of the Yam by Bell Hooks Audre Lorde This Naked Mind Recovery Dharma Reprieve Dance Party Somatic Therapy Getting your Shit Together podcast Four Agreements by Don Miguel A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson  A Course in Love        

Nik's Soberversary

September 21, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound  

Rehab with Arden O'Connor

September 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: https://oconnorpg.com/ Dopey podcast Dave from Dopey on Sober Company ATLAS treatment finder Werecover (not clinically vetted) drugfree.org: https://drugfree.org/article/navigating-the-treatment-system/ Questions to ask treatment facilities SAMHSA Treatment locator   Sober Living Home Associations: https://narronline.org/ http://nationalsoberliving.org/ https://mashsoberhousing.org/standards-ethics/ Journalism ...

Dancing Sober with DJ Hanzi

September 07, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: https://www.reprieveparty.com/ https://www.instagram.com/reprieveparty/ http://www.djhanzi.com/ Before I Knew, short film by Hanzi Kanye Ultralight Beam  Aerosmith Amazing Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge Sober Company Spotify playlist

Dancing Sober

September 07, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: https://www.reprieveparty.com/ https://www.instagram.com/reprieveparty/ http://www.djhanzi.com/ Before I Knew, short film by Hanzi Kanye Ultralight Beam  Aerosmith Amazing Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge Sober Company Spotify playlist

Self Recovery

August 31, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound Marianne Williamson quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us." Tempest  (We're not sponsored in any by them- but if they'd like to we're def up for it!) futureme.org The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert      

Relationship Recovery with Brian and Nick

August 24, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 77.4 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound https://www.nickrobideau.com/ Pump Up the Volume Brian's own description of Eerie, Indiana: Eerie, Indiana, a one-season gem of a strange show: https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380, starring Omri Katz who would go on to be arguably best know for the Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus. The episode in question was the first episode of the series, "Forever Ware," in which a set of twins are di...

Sober Friends

August 17, 2020 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound Recovery Dharma Recovery Dharma Facebook Group Body Keeps the Score book Dopey podcast Dopey Nation FB Group Dave from Dopey Sober Co episode The Small Bow episode Small Bow AJ Sober Co episode SMART Recovery Women for Sobriety Some sober community Instagram profiles: @disabethany @dopeypodcast @gettingyourishtogether @holly @laura_mckowen @seltzersquadpod @servedupsober @soberblackgirlsclub @soberbrowngirls  

Sober Friends with Jen

August 17, 2020 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound Recovery Dharma Recovery Dharma Facebook Group Body Keeps the Score book Dopey podcast Dopey Nation FB Group Dave from Dopey Sober Co episode The Small Bow episode Small Bow AJ Sober Co episode SMART Recovery Women for Sobriety Some sober community Instagram profiles: @disabethany @dopeypodcast @gettingyourishtogether @holly @laura_mckowen @seltzersquadpod @servedupsober @soberblackgirlsclub @soberbrowngirls  

COVID Depression

August 10, 2020 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound Our episode with Seltzer Squad Kristen Neff Self Compassion book Cynthia from Getting Your Shit Together NY Lottery "Future You"

Bethany Stevens: Sober Sexpert and Disability Activist

July 27, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 61 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: Bethany's Instagram Disabled & Sober FB group and meeting Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker  The Globalization of Addiction Bethany's coat Recovery Elevator podcast @Teedoodler @ShakennotSlurred Konmari method Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Maree Brown @soberblackgirls @recoveryfortherevolution Alcoholism and the ADA Coronavirus and Addiction: The Struggle of Sobriety in Isolation Madeleine's year soberver...

Valentine Darling, Recovery Discovery and Tempest

July 20, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: The Globalization of Addiction 13 Essential Books to Build a Holistic Recovery from Addiction Emergent Strategy Eight Step Recovery Unbroken Brain At the Root of This Longing Holly Whitaker Quit Like a Woman Tempest Holly NYTimes Op-Ed Holotropic Breathwork Kundalini Buddhist Recovery Network podcast Seltzer Squad Dopey    

First 90 Days

July 13, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound Finding a Therapist Antabuse Naltrexone SMART Recovery Recovery Dharma Some sober community Instagram profiles: @dopeypodcast @gettingyourishtogether @holly @laura_mckowen @seltzersquadpod @servedupsober @soberblackgirlsclub @soberbrowngirls  

Psychedelic Recovery with Danielle Negrin

July 06, 2020 17:05 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So sound San Francisco Psychedelic Society  SFPS on Meetup SFPS on Facebook Being True to You  recovery Psychedelics in Recovery (12 step) Recovery Dharma Bill W and LSD Psilocybin and Depression Ketamine and Depression MDMA and Alcoholism Decriminalize Nature  

Sober Dating War Stories with Jay

June 29, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. Women's emotional labor Do Women Do More Housework? MeetMindful app Cincinnati brunch protest Racial bias in dating  

Cynthia Wright from Getting Your Sh*t Together

June 22, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. IG account soberbrowngirls Transgenerational trauma Cynthia's interview with Kristen Feemster The Patriarchy of AA Bill Wilson Recovery Dharma Therapy for Black Girls podcast Kristin Neff Self Compassion book Black Podcasting Awards

Lacey's Soberversary

June 15, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. This class Lacey is taking is with White Awake Virtue signalling Served Up Sober on IG Antabuse Frederick Douglas and Malcolm X  sober  "How Union Pool Became the Horny Utopia of 2000s Williamsburg" NYT Weddings Recovery Dharma Harm reduction Consiglieri Tara Brach The Craving Mind by Jud Brewer

with Astrologer Colin Bedell of QueerCosmos

June 01, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: DOCTOR Brene Brown Myers Briggs Untamed by Glennon Doyle Esther Perel Vedic Astrology Sun Signs by Linda Goodman New Thought Movement A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson Joanne Davila  Relational Competence  Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl A Course in Miracles  

Quarantine Check-In

May 25, 2020 04:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: "Life is Suffering" A Course in Miracles A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson High Magick by Damian Echols Paradise Lost documentaries Radical Compassion by Tara Brach RAIN method Radiohead 2006 Bonnaroo Kunal's meditations Morning Pages  

Madeleine Aggeler

May 18, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. Madeleine's essay for The Cut Madeleine on Twitter The Recovering by Leslie Jamison  Home Podcast Drinking:  A Love Story by Caroline Knapp Edith Zimmerman 1st Year Sober Comic Aqua Bells Ask a Swol Woman column Lovingkindness meditation Jake's tweet      

Dave from Dopey

May 11, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Dopey podcast Dopey merch "The Opposite of Addiction is Connection" Johann Hari Beastie Boys documentary Rambling with Gambling Beatles Astrid  Kirchherr John Lennon heroin use William Burroughs' Junky Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe Pull My Daisy The Small Bow Dr. Drew first Dopey episode

Sober Entrepreneurship with Stephanie Loewenstern

May 04, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode, some definitions: "VC"  Series A, B, C, funding    

Mindful Drinking with Nora

April 27, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Eckhart Tolle Michael Singer Supersoul Sundays Myfitnesspal app RAIN technique Estrogen Causing Cancer Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker WC Fields Cognitive Dissonance This Naked Mind by Annie Grace Molly Sims Instagram Tell Better Stories The Pink Cloud  

Meditation with Kunal Gupta

April 20, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier, courtesy of Said So Sound. Kunal Gupta (newsletter) Year Zero podcast Kunal's recorded meditations Guided Meditation apps we recommend: Insight Timer Headspace In this episode: Matrix red pill Kunal's list: 1. Pranayama (breathwork) 2. Asana/Yoga 3. Strength training 4. Walking 5. Journaling 6. Reading 7. Dance 8. Kirtan Bhakti Center Kirtan Livestream (Krishna Das) 9. Crying 10. Sleeping  

Books with Jake!

April 13, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

Theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound. In this episode: Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp A Million Little Pieces by James Frey Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs James Frey on Oprah South Park: A Million Little Fibers Lit by Mary Karr The Recovering by Leslie Jamison Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Night of the Gun  by David Carr Erin Lee Carr's How to Fix a Drug Scandal on Netflix Erin Lee Carr Fresh Air Interview  One Breath at a Time by Kevin...

with sober writer Sarah Levy

April 06, 2020 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: Sarah L. Levy  Sarah's recent R29 article The Wing Also, RIP The Wing Buffy: "I'm cookie dough" Sarah's first published article Sarah's story for Cup of Jo  

with Sarah Levy

April 06, 2020 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

theme music by Jon Tessier courtesy of Said So Sound In this episode: Sarah L. Levy  Sarah's recent R29 article The Wing Also, RIP The Wing Buffy: "I'm cookie dough" Sarah's first published article Sarah's story for Cup of Jo  

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