Recovery in the Middle Ages - Two Middle-Aged Suburban Dads Talk About Recovering From Addiction to Drugs & Alcohol. https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com 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... Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:13:11 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. Health & Fitness:Mental Health 1440 episodic 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... Recovery in the Middle Ages Recovery in the Middle Ages No true https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9386936/monk-micPODBEAN_q87pmw.jpg Recovery in the Middle Ages - Two Middle-Aged Suburban Dads Talk About Recovering From Addiction to Drugs & Alcohol. https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com 144 144 RFK Snorts Ibogaine off of a Toilet Seat?! AND- Kratom-Born into the Blues RFK Snorts Ibogaine off of a Toilet Seat?! AND- Kratom-Born into the Blues https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rfk-snorts-ibogaine-off-of-a-toilet-seat-and-kratom-born-into-the-blues/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rfk-snorts-ibogaine-off-of-a-toilet-seat-and-kratom-born-into-the-blues/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:13:11 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e97bde89-70ce-3e32-8f5f-9150d1217065 Episode 151: Ibogaine and Kratom-Born into the Blues

In this week’s show, we tackle two of the most debated botanicals in the addiction space from completely different angles. First, things get personal (and combative) as we dissect a Facebook argument Mike recently had with hardcore kratom proponents, diving into the fiercely protective and often wild online culture surrounding the Southeast Asian leaf. We then pivot from internet drama to clinical science to unpack ibogaine. We explore the profound pharmacology behind this powerful West African root bark and its intense potential to essentially "reset" the brain's opioid receptors and abruptly interrupt severe withdrawal. Join us as we contrast the volatile community politics of kratom with the raw therapeutic realities of ibogaine.

Also, new music from Nat to close out the show! Check out the world premier of Born into the Blues.

RITN: Kash Patel, get your rear end to a meeting.

WIW: More Bigfeet on the move.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 151: Ibogaine and Kratom-Born into the Blues

In this week’s show, we tackle two of the most debated botanicals in the addiction space from completely different angles. First, things get personal (and combative) as we dissect a Facebook argument Mike recently had with hardcore kratom proponents, diving into the fiercely protective and often wild online culture surrounding the Southeast Asian leaf. We then pivot from internet drama to clinical science to unpack ibogaine. We explore the profound pharmacology behind this powerful West African root bark and its intense potential to essentially "reset" the brain's opioid receptors and abruptly interrupt severe withdrawal. Join us as we contrast the volatile community politics of kratom with the raw therapeutic realities of ibogaine.

Also, new music from Nat to close out the show! Check out the world premier of Born into the Blues.

RITN: Kash Patel, get your rear end to a meeting.

WIW: More Bigfeet on the move.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4532 5 151 full The Addictaholic Deconstructed- by Dr Labor - Is Addiction a DISEASE?? The Addictaholic Deconstructed- by Dr Labor - Is Addiction a DISEASE?? https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-addictaholic-deconstructed-by-dr-labor-is-addiction-a-disease/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-addictaholic-deconstructed-by-dr-labor-is-addiction-a-disease/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:11:14 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/29f6c520-90df-3a23-a911-199381828739 Episode 150: The Disease Model of Addiction

We hear it everywhere-addiction is a disease. It’s the foundation of rehab, recovery culture, and even how people talk about themselves. But what if that idea isn’t as settled as it sounds?

In this episode, we take a look at The Addictaholic Deconstructed by Doctor Nicole Labor and her persuasive case for the disease model. There’s real truth in it; brain changes, genetics, the feeling of compulsion; but we dig into where the argument starts to stretch. Does neuroscience actually prove addiction is a disease, or does it just show that behavior and learning leave a mark on the brain?

We also get into the uncomfortable stuff most people don’t question: why the model seems impossible to disprove, why so many people recover without treatment, and why addiction, if it’s a biological disease, is so often “treated” with prayer and surrender in 12-step programs.

There’s  a different way of looking at it: addiction as a learned, reinforced coping strategy that works… until it doesn’t. And what that shift means for how people recover, especially those who don’t fit the classic “rock bottom” story.

If you’ve ever felt like the disease label helped you… or held you back… this one’s for you.

RITN: Pity the poor restaurants who are closing because people aren’t drinking enough.

WIW: Bigfoot spring migration in Ohio.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 150: The Disease Model of Addiction

We hear it everywhere-addiction is a disease. It’s the foundation of rehab, recovery culture, and even how people talk about themselves. But what if that idea isn’t as settled as it sounds?

In this episode, we take a look at The Addictaholic Deconstructed by Doctor Nicole Labor and her persuasive case for the disease model. There’s real truth in it; brain changes, genetics, the feeling of compulsion; but we dig into where the argument starts to stretch. Does neuroscience actually prove addiction is a disease, or does it just show that behavior and learning leave a mark on the brain?

We also get into the uncomfortable stuff most people don’t question: why the model seems impossible to disprove, why so many people recover without treatment, and why addiction, if it’s a biological disease, is so often “treated” with prayer and surrender in 12-step programs.

There’s  a different way of looking at it: addiction as a learned, reinforced coping strategy that works… until it doesn’t. And what that shift means for how people recover, especially those who don’t fit the classic “rock bottom” story.

If you’ve ever felt like the disease label helped you… or held you back… this one’s for you.

RITN: Pity the poor restaurants who are closing because people aren’t drinking enough.

WIW: Bigfoot spring migration in Ohio.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4732 5 150 full Can AI Actually Help People Stay Sober? The DMT Reality Laser! Can AI Actually Help People Stay Sober? The DMT Reality Laser! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/can-ai-actually-help-people-stay-sober-the-dmt-reality-laser/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/can-ai-actually-help-people-stay-sober-the-dmt-reality-laser/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:21:59 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/246edf1f-6e22-3051-a016-131c7dd277f7 Episode 149: Recovery 101-AI Sponsors, Real Life Problems

We discuss AI, sober apps, mental health,  and navigating the vicissitudes of life. We basically shoot the shit for an hour and a half. Also, Nat shares some bad news, we have three RITN articles, and we engage in our usual hijinks.

RITN: Nassau County bans 7OH

WIW: Does DMT open a portal to the source-code of life?

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 149: Recovery 101-AI Sponsors, Real Life Problems

We discuss AI, sober apps, mental health,  and navigating the vicissitudes of life. We basically shoot the shit for an hour and a half. Also, Nat shares some bad news, we have three RITN articles, and we engage in our usual hijinks.

RITN: Nassau County bans 7OH

WIW: Does DMT open a portal to the source-code of life?

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5213 5 149 full Recovery 101: Take it From the Top! Getting Back to Basics Recovery 101: Take it From the Top! Getting Back to Basics https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/recovery-101-take-it-from-the-top-getting-back-to-basics/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/recovery-101-take-it-from-the-top-getting-back-to-basics/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:20:43 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/fd09b8f2-6127-3f22-827b-9d9fab445e39 Episode 148: Recovery 101-Back to Basics

In this episode we explore the foundational and advanced tools needed to build a lasting, fulfilling sober life. We start by dismantling the outdated stereotypes of the "bridge drunk" to embrace the nuance of the Alcohol Spectrum, while explaining why quitting in middle age offers unique advantages like a strong work ethic and immunity to peer pressure. 

Also, Nat shares some good news, we read some reviews, and engage in our usual jijinks.

RITN: Don’t feed convenience store booze to Cooper’s Hawks. 

Is Zebra-striping even a real thing? 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 148: Recovery 101-Back to Basics

In this episode we explore the foundational and advanced tools needed to build a lasting, fulfilling sober life. We start by dismantling the outdated stereotypes of the "bridge drunk" to embrace the nuance of the Alcohol Spectrum, while explaining why quitting in middle age offers unique advantages like a strong work ethic and immunity to peer pressure. 

Also, Nat shares some good news, we read some reviews, and engage in our usual jijinks.

RITN: Don’t feed convenience store booze to Cooper’s Hawks. 

Is Zebra-striping even a real thing? 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4374 5 148 full ♥♥The Problem with Social Media Addiction and Platform En$h¡tification♥♥ ♥♥The Problem with Social Media Addiction and Platform En$h¡tification♥♥ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/%e2%99%a5%e2%99%a5the-problem-with-social-media-addiction-and-platform-enh%c2%a1tification%e2%99%a5%e2%99%a5/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/%e2%99%a5%e2%99%a5the-problem-with-social-media-addiction-and-platform-enh%c2%a1tification%e2%99%a5%e2%99%a5/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:22:09 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/013981ff-e6bc-353c-a5a8-7b995be3c58e Episode 147: Social Media Addiction and En$h¡tification

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we dig into social media and the subtle ways it can take over our time, attention, and emotional life. Many of us have noticed that after putting down the drink, we picked up the phone, reaching for it when we’re bored, stressed, lonely, or just trying to take the edge off. We talk about how scrolling taps into the same reward loops that drive other compulsive behaviors, why it can be so hard to stop, and what it may be quietly taking from us in sleep, focus, and real-world connection. Can it be regulated? What does Joe Camel have in common with Mark Zuckerberg? Tune in to find out.

Plus, other stuff. Why is everything falling apart?

RITN: Phone are illegal in schools in New York

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 147: Social Media Addiction and En$h¡tification

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we dig into social media and the subtle ways it can take over our time, attention, and emotional life. Many of us have noticed that after putting down the drink, we picked up the phone, reaching for it when we’re bored, stressed, lonely, or just trying to take the edge off. We talk about how scrolling taps into the same reward loops that drive other compulsive behaviors, why it can be so hard to stop, and what it may be quietly taking from us in sleep, focus, and real-world connection. Can it be regulated? What does Joe Camel have in common with Mark Zuckerberg? Tune in to find out.

Plus, other stuff. Why is everything falling apart?

RITN: Phone are illegal in schools in New York

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4776 5 147 full Nat X- Days Without Incident: 001-The Journey of a Thousand Miles Nat X- Days Without Incident: 001-The Journey of a Thousand Miles https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/nat-x-days-without-incident-01-the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/nat-x-days-without-incident-01-the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:40:12 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/fa00cbe9-5779-3a2b-aa48-d40964031447 Episode 146: The Journey of a Thousand Miles

New beginnings. Time marches ever onwards and so do Mike and Nat. What have they been up to? Let's take a peek. Recovery is not linear and sometimes you stumble, but you pick up where you left off and forge ahead. What the heck am I talking about? Tune in to find out.

RITN: Does drinking give you ass cancer? Does it make your guts leak? Yes, and yes.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 146: The Journey of a Thousand Miles

New beginnings. Time marches ever onwards and so do Mike and Nat. What have they been up to? Let's take a peek. Recovery is not linear and sometimes you stumble, but you pick up where you left off and forge ahead. What the heck am I talking about? Tune in to find out.

RITN: Does drinking give you ass cancer? Does it make your guts leak? Yes, and yes.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4412 5 146 full The Dog Days of Summer Recovery - Nat X quits Kratom in time to travel to London - Mike R has a wild ride to Rehab The Dog Days of Summer Recovery - Nat X quits Kratom in time to travel to London - Mike R has a wild ride to Rehab https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-dog-days-of-summer-recovery-nat-x-quits-kratom-in-time-to-travel-to-london-mike-r-has-a-wild-ride-to-rehab/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-dog-days-of-summer-recovery-nat-x-quits-kratom-in-time-to-travel-to-london-mike-r-has-a-wild-ride-to-rehab/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:11:52 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/561797c2-1ce3-3be1-b924-f6ef995df3e3 Episode 145: The Dog Days of Summer Recovery

While the calendar insists August is just 31 days, for Mike and Nat it felt more like 31 years. From seizures on vacation to shoplifting Kratom from a Connecticut gas station—while en route to bring a family member to detox—the guys have been through the wringer. How did they keep their sobriety and their sanity intact? Tune in to find out.

Plus, we dig into the latest news, stories, and assorted chaos—on a very special edition of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 145: The Dog Days of Summer Recovery

While the calendar insists August is just 31 days, for Mike and Nat it felt more like 31 years. From seizures on vacation to shoplifting Kratom from a Connecticut gas station—while en route to bring a family member to detox—the guys have been through the wringer. How did they keep their sobriety and their sanity intact? Tune in to find out.

Plus, we dig into the latest news, stories, and assorted chaos—on a very special edition of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5511 4 145 full 7-OH No: What the Hell Is Happening in Recovery Right Now 7-OH No: What the Hell Is Happening in Recovery Right Now https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/7-oh-no-what-the-hell-is-happening-in-recovery-right-now/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/7-oh-no-what-the-hell-is-happening-in-recovery-right-now/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:25:12 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/99cce3c5-2176-3416-95a3-23ba1e4b7a94 In this midyear news roundup episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat discuss the most significant addiction and recovery stories of 2025. From the federal crackdown on kratom’s potent opioid-like compound to San Francisco’s hard pivot away from harm reduction, we’re breaking down what these changes mean for people in and around recovery. We’ll also explore why New York’s overdose death rate just dropped like a rock, how Scotland’s first legal injection site is making waves, and why India’s rehab clinics are overflowing. 

It’s our first episode since February so buckle up. We’ve got some personal updates and reflections on the last five months that will be of interest to one and all.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> In this midyear news roundup episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat discuss the most significant addiction and recovery stories of 2025. From the federal crackdown on kratom’s potent opioid-like compound to San Francisco’s hard pivot away from harm reduction, we’re breaking down what these changes mean for people in and around recovery. We’ll also explore why New York’s overdose death rate just dropped like a rock, how Scotland’s first legal injection site is making waves, and why India’s rehab clinics are overflowing. 

It’s our first episode since February so buckle up. We’ve got some personal updates and reflections on the last five months that will be of interest to one and all.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4626 144 full NYT Admits Red Wine Causes Cancer & The Tragic Passing of Melissa Trachtenberg** NYT Admits Red Wine Causes Cancer & The Tragic Passing of Melissa Trachtenberg** https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/nyt-admits-red-wine-causes-cancer-the-tragic-passing-of-melissa-trachtenberg/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/nyt-admits-red-wine-causes-cancer-the-tragic-passing-of-melissa-trachtenberg/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:16:56 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/c95ac7fa-7090-305a-a7bc-3005c9cf0a46 Episode 143: Recovery in the News

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we run down the latest news from the world of recovery, giving our take on the headlines that matter to those on the sober path. We discuss the tragic passing of Melissa Trachtenberg, which may have been related to alcoholic liver disease. Then, we discuss The New York Times' long-overdue admission that red wine is not, in fact, the health elixir it was once hyped up to be—turns out, the “glass of wine a day” myth doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. Finally, we highlight a success story worth celebrating: Blac Chyna marks two years of sobriety, proving that transformation is possible and that the journey to recovery is as much about growth and self-discovery as it is about abstaining from booze. 

Recovery in the News:

Has Red Wine lost its Health Halo? 

Michelle Trachtenberg, known for her roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Harriet the Spy," passed away at the age of 39. 

Angela White, formerly known as Blac Chyna, recently marked two years of sobriety. She has been open about her struggles with alcohol and the positive changes sobriety has brought to her life

The Week in Weird:

Assemblyman Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa) puts forth bill number 666, in hopes of making Bigfoot the state cryptid of California.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

ONE IN THE GOOSE TWO IN THE POOSE!

]]> Episode 143: Recovery in the News

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we run down the latest news from the world of recovery, giving our take on the headlines that matter to those on the sober path. We discuss the tragic passing of Melissa Trachtenberg, which may have been related to alcoholic liver disease. Then, we discuss The New York Times' long-overdue admission that red wine is not, in fact, the health elixir it was once hyped up to be—turns out, the “glass of wine a day” myth doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. Finally, we highlight a success story worth celebrating: Blac Chyna marks two years of sobriety, proving that transformation is possible and that the journey to recovery is as much about growth and self-discovery as it is about abstaining from booze. 

Recovery in the News:

Has Red Wine lost its Health Halo? 

Michelle Trachtenberg, known for her roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Harriet the Spy," passed away at the age of 39. 

Angela White, formerly known as Blac Chyna, recently marked two years of sobriety. She has been open about her struggles with alcohol and the positive changes sobriety has brought to her life

The Week in Weird:

Assemblyman Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa) puts forth bill number 666, in hopes of making Bigfoot the state cryptid of California.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

ONE IN THE GOOSE TWO IN THE POOSE!


]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4401 5 143 full RMA, RFK and the San Patrignano Experiment RMA, RFK and the San Patrignano Experiment https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-rfk-and-the-san-patrignano-experiment/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-rfk-and-the-san-patrignano-experiment/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:50:04 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/a3f50c6b-a81a-361c-87e3-6ce1b7729157 Episode 142: RMA, RFK and the San Patrignano Experiment

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we take a look at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to address addiction in America, which leans heavily on his personal recovery experience and the model of Italy’s San Patrignano rehab center. Kennedy’s proposal centers around creating “wellness farms” across rural America, where people struggling with addiction can live and work in therapeutic communities, focusing on organic farming and communal living as an alternative to incarceration. This approach is inspired by San Patrignano’s long-term, work-based rehab program, which has seen success for those who stick with it. But there’s a lot of pushback, as critics point out the lack of medically assisted treatment and the potential for coercive practices, which have plagued San Patrignano in the past. Kennedy’s skepticism toward pharmaceutical treatments like methadone and his promotion of alternative therapies like cannabis and psychedelics are also raising eyebrows, with many worried that his approach could undermine evidence-based practices that have proven effective in addiction treatment.

Recovery in the News:

A study on fruit flies has identified that acetylcholine, a brain signal integral to memory and motivation, plays a crucial role in alcohol-induced sleep disturbances. 

A recent survey indicates that nearly half of Americans, particularly younger generations, plan to reduce their alcohol consumption in 2025, driven by health concerns and the rising popularity of non-alcoholic alternatives. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 142: RMA, RFK and the San Patrignano Experiment

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we take a look at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to address addiction in America, which leans heavily on his personal recovery experience and the model of Italy’s San Patrignano rehab center. Kennedy’s proposal centers around creating “wellness farms” across rural America, where people struggling with addiction can live and work in therapeutic communities, focusing on organic farming and communal living as an alternative to incarceration. This approach is inspired by San Patrignano’s long-term, work-based rehab program, which has seen success for those who stick with it. But there’s a lot of pushback, as critics point out the lack of medically assisted treatment and the potential for coercive practices, which have plagued San Patrignano in the past. Kennedy’s skepticism toward pharmaceutical treatments like methadone and his promotion of alternative therapies like cannabis and psychedelics are also raising eyebrows, with many worried that his approach could undermine evidence-based practices that have proven effective in addiction treatment.

Recovery in the News:

A study on fruit flies has identified that acetylcholine, a brain signal integral to memory and motivation, plays a crucial role in alcohol-induced sleep disturbances. 

A recent survey indicates that nearly half of Americans, particularly younger generations, plan to reduce their alcohol consumption in 2025, driven by health concerns and the rising popularity of non-alcoholic alternatives. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 3233 4 142 full The Return of RMA-Recovery in the News Edition The Return of RMA-Recovery in the News Edition https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-return-of-rma-recovery-in-the-news-edition/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-return-of-rma-recovery-in-the-news-edition/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:58:51 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/ca7d52b9-1ed5-3af8-9df7-740a2a82ee3f Episode 141: The Return of RMA-Recovery in the News Edition

It’s been a minute, we know — but Mike and Nat are BACK, rested, refreshed and ready to serve up a new episode packed with recovery bon mots, musings, and thought-provoking insights. This week we’re diving into the latest conversations around sobriety, cultural norms, and health, giving our take on three recent articles from The New York Times that challenge the narrative that drinking is normal and safe.

First up: I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture by Charles Blow. Blow reflects on his journey to sobriety, unpacking the emotional and cultural challenges faced when stepping away from alcohol. Why does society romanticize drinking while casting suspicion on those who abstain?

Next: Alcohol Carries New Risks in Middle Age by Cari Blum. There are clearly heightened health risks associated with alcohol consumption in middle age, and new research reveals just how impactful booze in any quantity is on our health as we age.

Finally: When It Comes to Drinking, There Are No Good Answers by Rachael Bedard. This article takes a hard look at the conflicting messages around alcohol consumption, from moderate drinking myths to the growing body of research linking alcohol with serious health concerns, including cancer and liver disease.

After a long break, we’re back with sharper perspectives, plenty of laughs, and the same witty repartee that RMA is known for throughout the universe.

Before I forget, this week’s Week in Weird is all about Drones and Orbs, and anal probing! Nat is an expert!

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 141: The Return of RMA-Recovery in the News Edition

It’s been a minute, we know — but Mike and Nat are BACK, rested, refreshed and ready to serve up a new episode packed with recovery bon mots, musings, and thought-provoking insights. This week we’re diving into the latest conversations around sobriety, cultural norms, and health, giving our take on three recent articles from The New York Times that challenge the narrative that drinking is normal and safe.

First up: I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture by Charles Blow. Blow reflects on his journey to sobriety, unpacking the emotional and cultural challenges faced when stepping away from alcohol. Why does society romanticize drinking while casting suspicion on those who abstain?

Next: Alcohol Carries New Risks in Middle Age by Cari Blum. There are clearly heightened health risks associated with alcohol consumption in middle age, and new research reveals just how impactful booze in any quantity is on our health as we age.

Finally: When It Comes to Drinking, There Are No Good Answers by Rachael Bedard. This article takes a hard look at the conflicting messages around alcohol consumption, from moderate drinking myths to the growing body of research linking alcohol with serious health concerns, including cancer and liver disease.

After a long break, we’re back with sharper perspectives, plenty of laughs, and the same witty repartee that RMA is known for throughout the universe.

Before I forget, this week’s Week in Weird is all about Drones and Orbs, and anal probing! Nat is an expert!

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4435 141 full Reviewing "The US of AA" & Rethinking Addiction One STEP at a Time Reviewing "The US of AA" & Rethinking Addiction One STEP at a Time https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/reviewing-the-us-of-aa-rethinking-addiction-one-step-at-a-time/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/reviewing-the-us-of-aa-rethinking-addiction-one-step-at-a-time/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:00:32 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/d43014e0-4019-3593-bba9-ff32318d6606 Episode 140: The US of AA, Rethinking Addiction One Step at a Time

In this long-awaited episode of RMA, we give our take on Joe Miller's 2017 book, US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism. We discuss AA’s influence on addiction treatment and its implications for health policy, exploring the complex interplay between science, policy, and substance use treatment in America. Plus, we take a closer look at why drug deaths are on the decline. And finally—would a bigger calorie label make you cut back on beer? Let’s talk!

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

 

Calorie Labels on Beer

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 140: The US of AA, Rethinking Addiction One Step at a Time

In this long-awaited episode of RMA, we give our take on Joe Miller's 2017 book, US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism. We discuss AA’s influence on addiction treatment and its implications for health policy, exploring the complex interplay between science, policy, and substance use treatment in America. Plus, we take a closer look at why drug deaths are on the decline. And finally—would a bigger calorie label make you cut back on beer? Let’s talk!

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

 

Calorie Labels on Beer

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4565 5 140 full Hillbilly Elegy-Rust Belt Realities and the Opioid Odyssey Hillbilly Elegy-Rust Belt Realities and the Opioid Odyssey https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/episode-139-hillbilly-elegy-rust-belt-realities-and-the-opioid-odyssey/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/episode-139-hillbilly-elegy-rust-belt-realities-and-the-opioid-odyssey/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:57:40 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/f97d3b74-1df9-3d1a-b4bb-596c32fbccb5 Episode 139: Hillbilly Elegy-Rust Belt Realities and the Opioid Odyssey

Hey everyone! Remember us? Our last episode may have dropped on May 21st, but we promise we haven't been lost in the Middle Ages. We've been busy jesters, juggling our balls and brewing up some epic content! We're thrilled to be back. Thanks for sticking with us.

In this first episode of season 5, we take a wild ride through J.D. Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," exploring the ups and downs of life in Appalachian Ohio during the opioid crisis. We'll chat about Vance's rollercoaster family saga, the unexpected fame of his book, and the tug-of-war between blaming the system and taking personal responsibility. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 139: Hillbilly Elegy-Rust Belt Realities and the Opioid Odyssey

Hey everyone! Remember us? Our last episode may have dropped on May 21st, but we promise we haven't been lost in the Middle Ages. We've been busy jesters, juggling our balls and brewing up some epic content! We're thrilled to be back. Thanks for sticking with us.

In this first episode of season 5, we take a wild ride through J.D. Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," exploring the ups and downs of life in Appalachian Ohio during the opioid crisis. We'll chat about Vance's rollercoaster family saga, the unexpected fame of his book, and the tug-of-war between blaming the system and taking personal responsibility. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4987 5 139 full Peeling Back Labels: Redefining Identity and Stigma in Recovery and Mental Health & The Dog Silencer's Revenge Peeling Back Labels: Redefining Identity and Stigma in Recovery and Mental Health & The Dog Silencer's Revenge https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/peeling-back-labels-redefining-identity-and-stigma-in-recovery-and-mental-health-the-dog-silencers-revenge/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/peeling-back-labels-redefining-identity-and-stigma-in-recovery-and-mental-health-the-dog-silencers-revenge/#comments Tue, 21 May 2024 21:19:51 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/23a8693b-51e6-3948-88d1-4129236156b5 Peeling Back Labels: Redefining Identity and Stigma in Recovery and Mental Health

On this week’s show we take a look at the complex interplay between labeling, identity, and stigma in addiction recovery. This episode, inspired by a critical look at mental health interventions for teenagers, examines similar issues within substance abuse treatment. We discuss how stigma and the labeling of individuals as "addicts" can hinder recovery efforts, drawing parallels to broader mental health strategies that may unintentionally exacerbate the problems they aim to solve. Tune in to uncover how moving beyond simplistic labels can lead to more effective and compassionate approaches to recovery.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

 

This is Not The Way To Help Depressed Teenagers

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Peeling Back Labels: Redefining Identity and Stigma in Recovery and Mental Health

On this week’s show we take a look at the complex interplay between labeling, identity, and stigma in addiction recovery. This episode, inspired by a critical look at mental health interventions for teenagers, examines similar issues within substance abuse treatment. We discuss how stigma and the labeling of individuals as "addicts" can hinder recovery efforts, drawing parallels to broader mental health strategies that may unintentionally exacerbate the problems they aim to solve. Tune in to uncover how moving beyond simplistic labels can lead to more effective and compassionate approaches to recovery.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

 

This is Not The Way To Help Depressed Teenagers

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4008 4 138 full High Time for Change: Cannabis Rescheduling and Its Impact on Recovery High Time for Change: Cannabis Rescheduling and Its Impact on Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/high-time-for-change-cannabis-rescheduling-and-its-impact-on-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/high-time-for-change-cannabis-rescheduling-and-its-impact-on-recovery/#comments Tue, 07 May 2024 18:56:16 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/08a72f45-000f-30e4-9f0d-80d0a36043cf High Time for Change: Cannabis Rescheduling and Its Impact on Recovery

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we explore a significant shift in cannabis legislation, focusing on the historical journey of cannabis from a Schedule I to a proposed  Schedule III substance. We explore the reasons behind this reclassification, the evolving perceptions of cannabis in society, and the science that influenced these legal changes. Additionally, we examine the implications of this rescheduling for individuals in recovery, discussing how it affects treatment options and public attitudes towards addiction and recovery. 

 

We also look at some quirks in New York law that pertain to the selling of non-alcoholic beverages, and talk about obesity, stress and managing boredom.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

McSorley’s Urinals

DEA Moves to Reschedule Pot

 

Won’t Somebody Think of the Liquor Stores?

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> High Time for Change: Cannabis Rescheduling and Its Impact on Recovery

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we explore a significant shift in cannabis legislation, focusing on the historical journey of cannabis from a Schedule I to a proposed  Schedule III substance. We explore the reasons behind this reclassification, the evolving perceptions of cannabis in society, and the science that influenced these legal changes. Additionally, we examine the implications of this rescheduling for individuals in recovery, discussing how it affects treatment options and public attitudes towards addiction and recovery. 

 

We also look at some quirks in New York law that pertain to the selling of non-alcoholic beverages, and talk about obesity, stress and managing boredom.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

McSorley’s Urinals

DEA Moves to Reschedule Pot

 

Won’t Somebody Think of the Liquor Stores?

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

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Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4201 4 137 full Intervention Season 25 Discussion & Exploring the Genetic Component of Addiction Intervention Season 25 Discussion & Exploring the Genetic Component of Addiction https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/intervention-season-25-discussion-exploring-the-genetic-component-of-addiction/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/intervention-season-25-discussion-exploring-the-genetic-component-of-addiction/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:15:09 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/63578e6c-1216-3731-a564-a738b595212b RMA 136: Reel Recovery: Critiquing 'Intervention' and Exploring Addiction Genetics"

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we delve into the widely popular TV show 'Intervention.' We'll discuss both the praise and criticism it has received over the years, exploring how it portrays addiction and the recovery process. Does the show offer a realistic view of addiction, or does it sensationalize personal tragedies for entertainment? Then we shift gears to a discussion about the genetic basis of addiction. What role do genes play in addictive behaviors, and how can this knowledge empower individuals in their recovery journey? 

Plus: What the heck have Mike and Nat been up to lately? 

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Florida GOP Rep Trashes Hotel Room

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

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Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA 136: Reel Recovery: Critiquing 'Intervention' and Exploring Addiction Genetics"

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we delve into the widely popular TV show 'Intervention.' We'll discuss both the praise and criticism it has received over the years, exploring how it portrays addiction and the recovery process. Does the show offer a realistic view of addiction, or does it sensationalize personal tragedies for entertainment? Then we shift gears to a discussion about the genetic basis of addiction. What role do genes play in addictive behaviors, and how can this knowledge empower individuals in their recovery journey? 



Plus: What the heck have Mike and Nat been up to lately? 

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Florida GOP Rep Trashes Hotel Room

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4631 4 136 full Dropping Acid at Drivers Ed & Staying Calm and Connected: Navigating Sobriety in Turbulent Times Dropping Acid at Drivers Ed & Staying Calm and Connected: Navigating Sobriety in Turbulent Times https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/dropping-acid-at-drivers-ed-staying-calm-and-connected-navigating-sobriety-in-turbulent-times/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/dropping-acid-at-drivers-ed-staying-calm-and-connected-navigating-sobriety-in-turbulent-times/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:04:32 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/ab47c7f0-c24f-36a6-b273-48d92785fb4d Episode 135: Calm and Connected: Navigating Sobriety in Turbulent Times

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we wrestle with the critical topics of stress management and the dangers of isolation in sobriety. We explore practical strategies for maintaining emotional and mental balance through stress-busting techniques tailored for those in recovery. We also discuss the often overlooked risk of isolation—even when surrounded by others—and how shrinking your social world can jeopardize sobriety. 

 

Plus: What the heck have Mike and Nat been up to lately? 

 

ALSO: What is Contingency Management and how can it be incorporated into addiction treatment?

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Contingency Management

 

House of Marley Turntables

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 135: Calm and Connected: Navigating Sobriety in Turbulent Times

In this episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we wrestle with the critical topics of stress management and the dangers of isolation in sobriety. We explore practical strategies for maintaining emotional and mental balance through stress-busting techniques tailored for those in recovery. We also discuss the often overlooked risk of isolation—even when surrounded by others—and how shrinking your social world can jeopardize sobriety. 

 

Plus: What the heck have Mike and Nat been up to lately? 

 

ALSO: What is Contingency Management and how can it be incorporated into addiction treatment?

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Contingency Management

 

House of Marley Turntables

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5531 4 135 full Oh-Oh-Oh Ozempic for Addiction Recovery? Naltrexone-Like Craving Suppressant is Sweeping the Recovery Community Oh-Oh-Oh Ozempic for Addiction Recovery? Naltrexone-Like Craving Suppressant is Sweeping the Recovery Community https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/oh-oh-oh-ozempic-for-addiction-recovery-naltrexone-like-craving-suppressant-is-sweeping-the-recovery-community/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/oh-oh-oh-ozempic-for-addiction-recovery-naltrexone-like-craving-suppressant-is-sweeping-the-recovery-community/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:57:15 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e714bf92-1595-3381-a37d-b7c3f6a00bf9 Semiglutides in Sobriety: A New Frontier in Addiction Recovery?

 

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we delve into the groundbreaking realm of semiglutide medications, such as Ozempic, and their emerging role in addiction treatment. As science advances, so does our understanding of how these drugs not only aid in weight loss, but also show promise in the realm of addiction recovery. We'll explore the current scientific insights on semiglutides' effects on the brain and body, specifically their potential to alter the brain's reward pathways and reduce the dopamine-driven pleasure associated with addictive behaviors.

 

We also discuss Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) more broadly, navigating the complexities and controversies surrounding MAT in the recovery community, touching on the balance between medication use and traditional recovery methods. 

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Fostering Pets in Recovery

 

Fostering For Recovery Facebook

 

Ozempic and Addiction

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Semiglutides in Sobriety: A New Frontier in Addiction Recovery?

 

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we delve into the groundbreaking realm of semiglutide medications, such as Ozempic, and their emerging role in addiction treatment. As science advances, so does our understanding of how these drugs not only aid in weight loss, but also show promise in the realm of addiction recovery. We'll explore the current scientific insights on semiglutides' effects on the brain and body, specifically their potential to alter the brain's reward pathways and reduce the dopamine-driven pleasure associated with addictive behaviors.

 

We also discuss Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) more broadly, navigating the complexities and controversies surrounding MAT in the recovery community, touching on the balance between medication use and traditional recovery methods. 

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Fostering Pets in Recovery

 

Fostering For Recovery Facebook

 

Ozempic and Addiction

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4969 4 134 full Prop 110 Collapses Under the Weight of Its Absurdity: Oregon's Legalization Experiment and the Nationwide Impact on Recovery Prop 110 Collapses Under the Weight of Its Absurdity: Oregon's Legalization Experiment and the Nationwide Impact on Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/prop-110-collapses-under-the-weight-of-its-absurdity-oregons-legalization-experiment-and-the-nationwide-impact-on-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/prop-110-collapses-under-the-weight-of-its-absurdity-oregons-legalization-experiment-and-the-nationwide-impact-on-recovery/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:35:34 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/26f53efe-1c01-3b0d-bd8e-dcd1b818a4ba RMA 133: The Prop 110 Debacle: A Deep Dive into Oregon's Legalization Experiment and the Nationwide Impact on Recovery

We are BACK! This week, we delve into the recent repeal of Proposition 110 in Oregon—a pivotal move that has sparked extensive debate and concern within the recovery community. We’ll explore how Oregon's challenges with drug legalization have not only affected local recovery efforts but also cast a long shadow across the nation, influencing perceptions, policies, and the recovery movement at large. Join us as we unpack the complexities of this issue, share insights, and discuss the broader implications for the recovery movement across the United States. Whether you're directly affected by these changes or deeply invested in the recovery community, this episode promises a comprehensive analysis of the current landscape and what it means for us all. Tune in, turn on, and drop by Castle Greyskull for some recovery talk with your favorite hosts.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Oregon Live Editorial

 

SF Testing Welfare Recipients for Drugs

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA 133: The Prop 110 Debacle: A Deep Dive into Oregon's Legalization Experiment and the Nationwide Impact on Recovery

We are BACK! This week, we delve into the recent repeal of Proposition 110 in Oregon—a pivotal move that has sparked extensive debate and concern within the recovery community. We’ll explore how Oregon's challenges with drug legalization have not only affected local recovery efforts but also cast a long shadow across the nation, influencing perceptions, policies, and the recovery movement at large. Join us as we unpack the complexities of this issue, share insights, and discuss the broader implications for the recovery movement across the United States. Whether you're directly affected by these changes or deeply invested in the recovery community, this episode promises a comprehensive analysis of the current landscape and what it means for us all. Tune in, turn on, and drop by Castle Greyskull for some recovery talk with your favorite hosts.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Oregon Live Editorial

 

SF Testing Welfare Recipients for Drugs

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

John The Can Man GoFundMe

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4801 4 133 full Suki Jones Joins us to discuss her book "Sea, Swallow Me," and Her Journey Through Abuse, Addiction, Pain and Redemption Suki Jones Joins us to discuss her book "Sea, Swallow Me," and Her Journey Through Abuse, Addiction, Pain and Redemption https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/suki-jones-joins-us-to-discuss-her-book-sea-swallow-me-and-her-journey-through-abuse-addiction-pain-and-redemption/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/suki-jones-joins-us-to-discuss-her-book-sea-swallow-me-and-her-journey-through-abuse-addiction-pain-and-redemption/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:47:08 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/af5fb451-789c-3b92-bd38-3fcae117d493 RMA 132: The Suki Jones Interview

Join us this week on RMA, where we engage in a candid conversation with Suki Jones, author of the addiction and recovery memoir "Sea, Swallow Me." Suki takes us through her personal journey, detailing her experiences with drug addiction while juggling the responsibilities of motherhood and a career in modeling during the early '90s in the Bay Area. She shares the challenges of maintaining a façade of normalcy while struggling privately, providing a balanced perspective on the often-hidden battles many folks in recovery face on a daily basis

 

A ferocious memoir about broken family history, sexual abuse, and debilitating addiction, Sea, Swallow Me vividly wanders through the 90s with a fiery resolve which ultimately reveals how Jones survived when she shouldn't have. The book is a powerful and redemptive tale of resilience and redemption.

 

In the RMA interview, Suki reflects on the impact of her past, including the influences of a turbulent family history and the ways in which she confronted and overcame her addiction. This episode isn't just about the struggle; it's also about the steps toward recovery and the strength found in vulnerability. Hear how Suki transformed her darkest moments into a message of hope and resilience, offering insights that resonate with anyone facing their own challenges. Tune in for a story of real-life change, personal growth, and the journey from darkness to daylight with Suki Jones.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

Suki on Instagram

Sea Swallow Me

Are Edibles Safer Than Smoking?

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA 132: The Suki Jones Interview

Join us this week on RMA, where we engage in a candid conversation with Suki Jones, author of the addiction and recovery memoir "Sea, Swallow Me." Suki takes us through her personal journey, detailing her experiences with drug addiction while juggling the responsibilities of motherhood and a career in modeling during the early '90s in the Bay Area. She shares the challenges of maintaining a façade of normalcy while struggling privately, providing a balanced perspective on the often-hidden battles many folks in recovery face on a daily basis

 

A ferocious memoir about broken family history, sexual abuse, and debilitating addiction, Sea, Swallow Me vividly wanders through the 90s with a fiery resolve which ultimately reveals how Jones survived when she shouldn't have. The book is a powerful and redemptive tale of resilience and redemption.

 

In the RMA interview, Suki reflects on the impact of her past, including the influences of a turbulent family history and the ways in which she confronted and overcame her addiction. This episode isn't just about the struggle; it's also about the steps toward recovery and the strength found in vulnerability. Hear how Suki transformed her darkest moments into a message of hope and resilience, offering insights that resonate with anyone facing their own challenges. Tune in for a story of real-life change, personal growth, and the journey from darkness to daylight with Suki Jones.



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Sea Swallow Me

Are Edibles Safer Than Smoking?

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7683 4 132 full NatX Turns Six! Long Term Sobriety and Getting Your Marbles Back NatX Turns Six! Long Term Sobriety and Getting Your Marbles Back https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/natx-turns-six-long-term-sobriety-and-getting-your-marbles-back/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/natx-turns-six-long-term-sobriety-and-getting-your-marbles-back/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:31:14 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/2ee12561-afab-3648-822d-dc6dd0428850 Nat Turns Six! Long Term Sobriety and Getting Your Marbles Back

As we celebrate Nat’s  remarkable milestone of six years of sobriety, we explore the personal journey of rebuilding one's identity and maintaining relationships in long-term recovery.  We also discuss the challenges and triumphs of redefining oneself post-addiction, from the metaphorical regaining of one's 'marbles' after five years, to the practicalities and emotional aspects of reconstructing a life free from substances. 

 

Join us as we navigate the nuanced paths of staying sober, the pros and cons of counting days in recovery, and the transformative power of persistence and resilience in this continuous journey of personal growth and healing. 

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Elon Musk on Drugs?

Janwillem Van De Wetering Wikipedia

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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Nat Turns Six! Long Term Sobriety and Getting Your Marbles Back

As we celebrate Nat’s  remarkable milestone of six years of sobriety, we explore the personal journey of rebuilding one's identity and maintaining relationships in long-term recovery.  We also discuss the challenges and triumphs of redefining oneself post-addiction, from the metaphorical regaining of one's 'marbles' after five years, to the practicalities and emotional aspects of reconstructing a life free from substances. 

 

Join us as we navigate the nuanced paths of staying sober, the pros and cons of counting days in recovery, and the transformative power of persistence and resilience in this continuous journey of personal growth and healing. 

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Elon Musk on Drugs?

Janwillem Van De Wetering Wikipedia

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4552 4 131 full Beyond the Surface: Scuba Danny’s Dive into Dry January, and Rethinking Your Own Relationship With Alcohol Beyond the Surface: Scuba Danny’s Dive into Dry January, and Rethinking Your Own Relationship With Alcohol https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/beyond-the-surface-scuba-danny-s-dive-into-dry-january-and-rethinking-your-own-relationship-with-alcohol/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/beyond-the-surface-scuba-danny-s-dive-into-dry-january-and-rethinking-your-own-relationship-with-alcohol/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:26:54 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/a502d0bb-8785-3560-bda8-534553cd1a50 Beyond the Surface: Scuba Danny's Dive into Dry January, and Rethinking Your Own Relationship With Alcohol

In our first episode of 2024 Mike sits down with his old pal Scuba Danny.  Danny, currently navigating the waters of Dry January, shares his candid experiences and reflections on this temporary voyage of abstinence, despite having no plans to give up drinking long-term.

In this far-ranging conversation we delve into the complexities of society's relationship with alcohol, the varied personal connections we have with it, and the often undiscussed spectrum of alcohol use. Scuba Danny opens up about the challenges and unexpected benefits he's encountered during his Dry January commitment, offering a fresh perspective on what it means to re-evaluate one’s relationship with alcohol.

Through our conversation, we explore the broader implications of taking a break like this, the societal norms surrounding drinking, and the personal introspection it can ignite. Whether you're in recovery, contemplating your own relationship with alcohol, or just curious about the diverse experiences of others, this episode offers a thoughtful discussion about the world of alcohol use and the personal journeys it shapes.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

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Wacky Walmart Adventures

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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Beyond the Surface: Scuba Danny's Dive into Dry January, and Rethinking Your Own Relationship With Alcohol

In our first episode of 2024 Mike sits down with his old pal Scuba Danny.  Danny, currently navigating the waters of Dry January, shares his candid experiences and reflections on this temporary voyage of abstinence, despite having no plans to give up drinking long-term.

In this far-ranging conversation we delve into the complexities of society's relationship with alcohol, the varied personal connections we have with it, and the often undiscussed spectrum of alcohol use. Scuba Danny opens up about the challenges and unexpected benefits he's encountered during his Dry January commitment, offering a fresh perspective on what it means to re-evaluate one’s relationship with alcohol.

Through our conversation, we explore the broader implications of taking a break like this, the societal norms surrounding drinking, and the personal introspection it can ignite. Whether you're in recovery, contemplating your own relationship with alcohol, or just curious about the diverse experiences of others, this episode offers a thoughtful discussion about the world of alcohol use and the personal journeys it shapes.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Wacky Walmart Adventures

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 8051 4 130 full Deck the Halls with Hope and Healing: The RMA Holiday Recovery Special Deck the Halls with Hope and Healing: The RMA Holiday Recovery Special https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/deck-the-halls-with-hope-and-healing-the-rma-holiday-recovery-special/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/deck-the-halls-with-hope-and-healing-the-rma-holiday-recovery-special/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:36:39 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/bf1d4b59-12af-3241-bf83-2f7f0f637186 Deck the Halls with Hope and Healing: The RMA Christmas Recovery Special

Welcome to the RMA Christmas Special! Join us as we dive into the spirit of the season while continuing to plumb the outer limits of the recovery universe for content and laughs. 

We play some listener voice-mails, tell a few bad jokes, and reflect on the ghosts of Christmases past and present. Are you setting any intentions for the new year? So are we!

Next we dive into the therapeutic world of Albert Ellis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Learn how this approach can be a gift in the recovery process, especially during the holidays.

A short reflection on the complexities of narcissism and its impact on personal growth and recovery follow. This topic reminds us of the importance of self-awareness and empathy during this festive time.

On 'Recovery in the News, we're analyzing the New York Times opinion piece 'Help and Hope for People With Addiction.' Join us as we discuss this comprehensive view on addressing America's addiction crisis.

If you’re seeking a dose of Christmas warmth and wisdom, this episode is your stocking stuffer, filled with hope, advice, and holiday spirit. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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The New York Times Tackles the Addiction Crisis

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Deck the Halls with Hope and Healing: The RMA Christmas Recovery Special

Welcome to the RMA Christmas Special! Join us as we dive into the spirit of the season while continuing to plumb the outer limits of the recovery universe for content and laughs. 

We play some listener voice-mails, tell a few bad jokes, and reflect on the ghosts of Christmases past and present. Are you setting any intentions for the new year? So are we!

Next we dive into the therapeutic world of Albert Ellis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Learn how this approach can be a gift in the recovery process, especially during the holidays.

A short reflection on the complexities of narcissism and its impact on personal growth and recovery follow. This topic reminds us of the importance of self-awareness and empathy during this festive time.

On 'Recovery in the News, we're analyzing the New York Times opinion piece 'Help and Hope for People With Addiction.' Join us as we discuss this comprehensive view on addressing America's addiction crisis.

If you’re seeking a dose of Christmas warmth and wisdom, this episode is your stocking stuffer, filled with hope, advice, and holiday spirit. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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The New York Times Tackles the Addiction Crisis

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E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5229 4 129 full Breaking Balls and Beliefs: Unpacking Dock Ellis’ LSD No-Hitter and Discussing the Outer Limits of Harm Reduction Breaking Balls and Beliefs: Unpacking Dock Ellis’ LSD No-Hitter and Discussing the Outer Limits of Harm Reduction https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/breaking-balls-and-beliefs-unpacking-dock-ellis-lsd-no-hitter-and-discussing-the-outer-limits-of-harm-reduction/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/breaking-balls-and-beliefs-unpacking-dock-ellis-lsd-no-hitter-and-discussing-the-outer-limits-of-harm-reduction/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:27:17 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/7d54b98a-095e-385a-9651-6931e2b92a28 Breaking Balls and Beliefs: Unpacking Dock Ellis' LSD No-Hitter and Discussing the Outer Limits of Harm Reduction

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat dive into the remarkable world of MJB pitcher Dock Ellis with a review of "No No: A Dockumentary." This episode takes a closer look at Ellis's infamous no-hitter while under the influence of LSD—a tale that intersects the worlds of professional sports, substance abuse, and recovery in an unexpected way.

Recovery in the News takes a look at  the concept of harm reduction from a different angle. What does harm reduction really mean anyway, and how much is too much? 

Tune in for an episode that's rich in history, filled with heartfelt discussions, and brimming with practical advice for those on the path to recovery.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Why a Mom Turned to Supervising Opioid Use in Her Own Home

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E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Breaking Balls and Beliefs: Unpacking Dock Ellis' LSD No-Hitter and Discussing the Outer Limits of Harm Reduction

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat dive into the remarkable world of MJB pitcher Dock Ellis with a review of "No No: A Dockumentary." This episode takes a closer look at Ellis's infamous no-hitter while under the influence of LSD—a tale that intersects the worlds of professional sports, substance abuse, and recovery in an unexpected way.

Recovery in the News takes a look at  the concept of harm reduction from a different angle. What does harm reduction really mean anyway, and how much is too much? 

Tune in for an episode that's rich in history, filled with heartfelt discussions, and brimming with practical advice for those on the path to recovery.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Why a Mom Turned to Supervising Opioid Use in Her Own Home

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As always, we thank you for your support.

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5020 4 128 full Cult-ivating Sobriety- Reviewing Love Has Won and it’s Boozy Leader Cult-ivating Sobriety- Reviewing Love Has Won and it’s Boozy Leader https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/cult-ivating-sobriety-reviewing-love-has-won-and-it-s-boozy-leader/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/cult-ivating-sobriety-reviewing-love-has-won-and-it-s-boozy-leader/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:58:05 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/3f1ad856-9226-3728-920c-7ff1f15efd15 Episode 127: Cult-ivating Sobriety- Reviewing Love Has Won and it’s Boozy Leader

 

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat do an in-depth review of the documentary "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God," now streaming on Max. Our hosts explore the captivating and often troubling world of the Love Has Won cult, discussing the complex interplay of addiction, control, and charismatic leadership embodied by the group's leader, Amy Carlson.

The guys also engage in a taste test of a new non-alcoholic wine, sparking a broader conversation about the role of non-alcoholic beverages in recovery. They share their personal experiences and insights on the pros and cons of incorporating these options into a sober lifestyle.

As the holiday season approaches, the duo reflects on the challenges and stresses it brings, especially for those in recovery. They offer practical tips and coping strategies to navigate this hectic time, emphasizing the importance of self-care and community support.

Recovery in the News finds Mike and Nat weighing in on a recent study that challenges a growing belief in the recovery community: the use of marijuana in treating opioid addiction. They dissect the findings of this new study, discussing its implications and the importance of evidence-based approaches in recovery treatment.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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New Study Suggests Cannabis Does Not Help Opioid Use Disorder

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 127: Cult-ivating Sobriety- Reviewing Love Has Won and it’s Boozy Leader

 

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat do an in-depth review of the documentary "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God," now streaming on Max. Our hosts explore the captivating and often troubling world of the Love Has Won cult, discussing the complex interplay of addiction, control, and charismatic leadership embodied by the group's leader, Amy Carlson.

The guys also engage in a taste test of a new non-alcoholic wine, sparking a broader conversation about the role of non-alcoholic beverages in recovery. They share their personal experiences and insights on the pros and cons of incorporating these options into a sober lifestyle.

As the holiday season approaches, the duo reflects on the challenges and stresses it brings, especially for those in recovery. They offer practical tips and coping strategies to navigate this hectic time, emphasizing the importance of self-care and community support.

Recovery in the News finds Mike and Nat weighing in on a recent study that challenges a growing belief in the recovery community: the use of marijuana in treating opioid addiction. They dissect the findings of this new study, discussing its implications and the importance of evidence-based approaches in recovery treatment.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

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New Study Suggests Cannabis Does Not Help Opioid Use Disorder

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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4965 4 127 full Have an Attitude of Gratitude -The RMA Thanksgiving Special! How to Stay Sober this Holiday Have an Attitude of Gratitude -The RMA Thanksgiving Special! How to Stay Sober this Holiday https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/have-an-attitude-of-gratitude-the-rma-thanksgiving-special-how-to-stay-sober-on-thanksgiving/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/have-an-attitude-of-gratitude-the-rma-thanksgiving-special-how-to-stay-sober-on-thanksgiving/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:33:48 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/999015c0-1280-389b-95cb-995473c7bd37 Episode 126: An Attitude of Gratitude-The RMA Thanksgiving Special!

Just in time for Thanksgiving, RMA brings you a special episode focused on gratitude. As we approach the festive time, it's important to remember the role of gratitude in our recovery journey. In this episode, we do a deep dive into understanding the power of thankfulness and its transformative impact on our mental and emotional well-being. Mike and Nat share personal stories and insights on how expressing gratitude has strengthened their recovery, and we look at how practicing gratitude dovetails with CBT therapy. We also explore practical tips on cultivating a gratitude practice, and how this simple yet profound habit can bring about a positive shift in our consciousness. Tune in for an uplifting conversation that promises to add an extra layer of warmth to your holiday season, reminding us all of the blessings in our lives as we stay the course during the holiday season.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 126: An Attitude of Gratitude-The RMA Thanksgiving Special!

Just in time for Thanksgiving, RMA brings you a special episode focused on gratitude. As we approach the festive time, it's important to remember the role of gratitude in our recovery journey. In this episode, we do a deep dive into understanding the power of thankfulness and its transformative impact on our mental and emotional well-being. Mike and Nat share personal stories and insights on how expressing gratitude has strengthened their recovery, and we look at how practicing gratitude dovetails with CBT therapy. We also explore practical tips on cultivating a gratitude practice, and how this simple yet profound habit can bring about a positive shift in our consciousness. Tune in for an uplifting conversation that promises to add an extra layer of warmth to your holiday season, reminding us all of the blessings in our lives as we stay the course during the holiday season.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5330 4 126 full Sober Companions, Xylazine Alert, Poly-Addiction Trends and the West Coast Monkster Mash! Sober Companions, Xylazine Alert, Poly-Addiction Trends and the West Coast Monkster Mash! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/sober-companions-xylazine-alert-poly-addiction-trends-and-the-west-coast-monkster-mash/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/sober-companions-xylazine-alert-poly-addiction-trends-and-the-west-coast-monkster-mash/#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:32:42 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/adb2a2be-babc-32dc-aa37-8858d8d3738a Episode 125: Recovery News Roundup: Sober Companions, Xylazine Alert, Poly-Addiction Trends and the West Coast Monkster Mash!

It’s an extended version of Recovery in the News!  We kick off the discussion with an look into the concept of sober companions and their growing importance in the journey towards sobriety, (if you have enough money). The conversation then shifts to a critical analysis of xylazine, a substance that's increasingly grabbing headlines for its impact on the recovery community. A deep dive into the worrying trend of poly-addiction follows, focusing particularly on the rising use of stimulants in conjunction with fentanyl and tranq.  Finally, we engage in a thought-provoking discussion about a recent post in the r/alanon subreddit, which expresses a member's discomfort with the type of support alcoholics extend to each other in the r/stopdrinking subreddit. 

Mike also gives a full report on the West Coast Monkster meetup and shares his thoughts on the City by the Bay.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

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LINKS:

WEEK IN WEIRD BIGFOOT VIDEO!!!! And link to the article

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-bigfoot-photographed-watching-man-in-virginia/

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Sober Companions

Xylazine

Al-Anon Subreddit Posting

Poly-Substance Abuse and Super-Meth

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Episode 125: Recovery News Roundup: Sober Companions, Xylazine Alert, Poly-Addiction Trends and the West Coast Monkster Mash!

It’s an extended version of Recovery in the News!  We kick off the discussion with an look into the concept of sober companions and their growing importance in the journey towards sobriety, (if you have enough money). The conversation then shifts to a critical analysis of xylazine, a substance that's increasingly grabbing headlines for its impact on the recovery community. A deep dive into the worrying trend of poly-addiction follows, focusing particularly on the rising use of stimulants in conjunction with fentanyl and tranq.  Finally, we engage in a thought-provoking discussion about a recent post in the r/alanon subreddit, which expresses a member's discomfort with the type of support alcoholics extend to each other in the r/stopdrinking subreddit. 

Mike also gives a full report on the West Coast Monkster meetup and shares his thoughts on the City by the Bay.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

LINKS:

WEEK IN WEIRD BIGFOOT VIDEO!!!! And link to the article

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-bigfoot-photographed-watching-man-in-virginia/

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Sober Companions

Xylazine

Al-Anon Subreddit Posting

Poly-Substance Abuse and Super-Meth

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5932 4 125 full A Monkster’s Tale: Zed’s Journey from Cannabis to Clarity - Breaking the Chains of Addiction A Monkster’s Tale: Zed’s Journey from Cannabis to Clarity - Breaking the Chains of Addiction https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/a-monkster-s-tale-zed-s-journey-from-cannabis-to-clarity-breaking-the-chains-of-addiction/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/a-monkster-s-tale-zed-s-journey-from-cannabis-to-clarity-breaking-the-chains-of-addiction/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:35:57 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/3f26e240-5f25-31af-a939-2be20de9da1a Episode 124: A Monkster's Tale: Zed's Journey from Cannabis to Clarity

This week Mike and Nat welcome Zed to the podcast to tell his story of his weed and alcohol addiction, and his recovery through the 12 steps. Zed began smoking weed and drinking in college and things quickly got out of hand. A speeding arrest, coupled with the impending arrival of his first child, became Zed's turning point towards the healing path of the 12 steps. Now, as a certified SMART Recovery Coach who also champions the profound impact of the 12 Steps, Zed's blended approach to aiding others in their recovery is both refreshing and inspiring.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

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Adele, the Borderline Alcoholic

The Most Haunted States in America

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E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 124: A Monkster's Tale: Zed's Journey from Cannabis to Clarity

This week Mike and Nat welcome Zed to the podcast to tell his story of his weed and alcohol addiction, and his recovery through the 12 steps. Zed began smoking weed and drinking in college and things quickly got out of hand. A speeding arrest, coupled with the impending arrival of his first child, became Zed's turning point towards the healing path of the 12 steps. Now, as a certified SMART Recovery Coach who also champions the profound impact of the 12 Steps, Zed's blended approach to aiding others in their recovery is both refreshing and inspiring.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Adele, the Borderline Alcoholic

The Most Haunted States in America

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5407 4 124 full Interview with Dave Smith-The Dharma of Addiction and Recovery Interview with Dave Smith-The Dharma of Addiction and Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/interview-with-dave-smith-the-dharma-of-addiction-and-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/interview-with-dave-smith-the-dharma-of-addiction-and-recovery/#comments Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:54:35 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/64e8cc47-6d63-3b0c-84d7-206a0714a228 Episode 123: RMA Interview: Dave Smith-The Dharma of Addiction and Recovery

 

This week Mike and Nat welcome Dave Smith to the podcast to discuss Buddhism, recovery, and the dharma of your life.

 

Dave is an internationally recognized Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author. His background is rooted in the Insight Meditation tradition and he was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. He has extensive experience bringing meditative interventions into jails, prisons, youth detention centers and addiction treatment facilities.

 

Dave teaches residential meditation retreats and classes, provides trainings and consulting in both secular and Buddhist contexts, and works with students through his meditation mentoring program. He recently founded the Secular Dharma Foundation to provide evidence-based theory and instruction in the practice of mindfulness for the development of emotional and psychological health and well-being.

 

 Dave lives in Paonia, Colorado with his wife and children.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

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LINKS:

Dave Smith Dharma

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the News

Bigfoot Filmed From Colorado Train?

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 123: RMA Interview: Dave Smith-The Dharma of Addiction and Recovery

 

This week Mike and Nat welcome Dave Smith to the podcast to discuss Buddhism, recovery, and the dharma of your life.

 

Dave is an internationally recognized Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author. His background is rooted in the Insight Meditation tradition and he was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. He has extensive experience bringing meditative interventions into jails, prisons, youth detention centers and addiction treatment facilities.

 

Dave teaches residential meditation retreats and classes, provides trainings and consulting in both secular and Buddhist contexts, and works with students through his meditation mentoring program. He recently founded the Secular Dharma Foundation to provide evidence-based theory and instruction in the practice of mindfulness for the development of emotional and psychological health and well-being.

 

 Dave lives in Paonia, Colorado with his wife and children.

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LINKS:

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www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the News

Bigfoot Filmed From Colorado Train?

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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6424 4 123 full Sober October Survival Guide & A Local Fentanyl, Crack, Heroin, Stolen Car, Shootout and Cocaine Drug Bust! Sober October Survival Guide & A Local Fentanyl, Crack, Heroin, Stolen Car, Shootout and Cocaine Drug Bust! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/sober-october-survival-guide-a-local-fentanyl-crack-heroin-stolen-car-shootout-and-cocaine-drug-bust/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/sober-october-survival-guide-a-local-fentanyl-crack-heroin-stolen-car-shootout-and-cocaine-drug-bust/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:10:19 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/8c69cde1-e0f0-39a1-a060-d69bb1d8125d Episode 122: Recovery 101-Sober October and Other Scary Recovery Concepts

 

It’s back to basics this week, as Mike and Nat talk about how to have a successful Sober October and how to use the popular challenge as a way to springboard forward into a more lasting recovery.

 

Also, Nat is back from Dopey Con IV and he gives a full report, and Mike takes the Fear City tour of the Lower East Side with John Joseph of the Cro-Mags.

 

Plus, why is Wine Spectator afraid of sober people?

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Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird

 

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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 122: Recovery 101-Sober October and Other Scary Recovery Concepts

 

It’s back to basics this week, as Mike and Nat talk about how to have a successful Sober October and how to use the popular challenge as a way to springboard forward into a more lasting recovery.

 

Also, Nat is back from Dopey Con IV and he gives a full report, and Mike takes the Fear City tour of the Lower East Side with John Joseph of the Cro-Mags.

 

Plus, why is Wine Spectator afraid of sober people?

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

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Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird

 

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6536 4 122 full Recovery Grab-Bag! Faith, Complacency, Self-Centeredness and MORE -Hoarding Your Addiction Like Smaug Recovery Grab-Bag! Faith, Complacency, Self-Centeredness and MORE -Hoarding Your Addiction Like Smaug https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/recovery-grab-bag-faith-complacency-self-centeredness-and-more-hoarding-your-addiction-like-smaug/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/recovery-grab-bag-faith-complacency-self-centeredness-and-more-hoarding-your-addiction-like-smaug/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:47:01 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/7d919f1c-9938-3637-b17a-e33441aa3a91 Episode 121: Recovery Gold-Hoarding Your Addiction 

Mike and Nat dig deep into the recovery topic token bag and pull out some conversation starters. Is there a positive way to look at self-centeredness? Do you need faith and spiritual awakenings to recover? How is the recovery journey like the plot of the Hobbit? 

 

We also catch up with Ryan and read a listener email. All this and more on a searching and fearless episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

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LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird

 

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> Episode 121: Recovery Gold-Hoarding Your Addiction 

Mike and Nat dig deep into the recovery topic token bag and pull out some conversation starters. Is there a positive way to look at self-centeredness? Do you need faith and spiritual awakenings to recover? How is the recovery journey like the plot of the Hobbit? 

 

We also catch up with Ryan and read a listener email. All this and more on a searching and fearless episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird

 

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5593 4 121 full Fentanyl Fall-Drug Policy and More! An RMA News Special Fentanyl Fall-Drug Policy and More! An RMA News Special https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/fentanyl-fall-drug-policy-and-more-an-rma-news-special/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/fentanyl-fall-drug-policy-and-more-an-rma-news-special/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:32:50 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/3af39642-ee76-32ad-b568-3c3ddbf17e6b RMA Episode 120: Fentanyl Fall-Drug Policy and More! An RMA News Special

Last week, a tragic incident occurred at a daycare center in New York, where a child died due to a suspected fentanyl overdose after being exposed to the drug concealed within the facility. Meanwhile, across the country in Oregon, the state grapples with the repercussions of passing Proposition 110. This legislation effectively decriminalized drugs, including fentanyl, resulting in an unforeseen surge in usage and overdoses. This raises a pivotal question: Should New York consider following Oregon's footsteps in decriminalizing drugs for personal use, or is it time for a more heavy-handed approach? Alternatively, could there be an unexplored middle ground warranting discussion? Tune in to find out!

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

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After Three Years Crack Plague in New York Only Gets Worse

Fentanyl in New York

Scene From a City That only Hands out Tickets for Fentanyl

Ghost Bike Filmed in British City?

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

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Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

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Check out the website:

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA Episode 120: Fentanyl Fall-Drug Policy and More! An RMA News Special

Last week, a tragic incident occurred at a daycare center in New York, where a child died due to a suspected fentanyl overdose after being exposed to the drug concealed within the facility. Meanwhile, across the country in Oregon, the state grapples with the repercussions of passing Proposition 110. This legislation effectively decriminalized drugs, including fentanyl, resulting in an unforeseen surge in usage and overdoses. This raises a pivotal question: Should New York consider following Oregon's footsteps in decriminalizing drugs for personal use, or is it time for a more heavy-handed approach? Alternatively, could there be an unexplored middle ground warranting discussion? Tune in to find out!

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

After Three Years Crack Plague in New York Only Gets Worse

Fentanyl in New York

Scene From a City That only Hands out Tickets for Fentanyl

Ghost Bike Filmed in British City?

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5943 4 120 full ”Recovery Boys,” Review and Discussion- RMA Back to School Special! ”Recovery Boys,” Review and Discussion- RMA Back to School Special! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-netflix-doc-recovery-boys-rma-back-to-school-special/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-netflix-doc-recovery-boys-rma-back-to-school-special/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:23:12 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/ef4ae8ce-631d-38d5-aa1e-47436914f4ba RMA Episode 119: Recovery Boys-An RMA Back to School Special!

This week Mike and Nat do an in-depth review of the Netflix special Recovery Boys. Recovery Boys is a Netflix documentary directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon. The documentary, which was released in 2018, follows the journey of four young men as they attempt to rebuild their lives and recover from opioid addiction. The film primarily takes place at a farm-based rehab facility in West Virginia called Jacob’s Ladder.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

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RITN

Shatterproof

Jacob’s Ladder-Recovery Boys

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E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA Episode 119: Recovery Boys-An RMA Back to School Special!

This week Mike and Nat do an in-depth review of the Netflix special Recovery Boys. Recovery Boys is a Netflix documentary directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon. The documentary, which was released in 2018, follows the journey of four young men as they attempt to rebuild their lives and recover from opioid addiction. The film primarily takes place at a farm-based rehab facility in West Virginia called Jacob’s Ladder.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

RITN

Shatterproof

Jacob’s Ladder-Recovery Boys

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4948 4 119 full Season 4 Premier! A Kick in the Sacklers - We Review the new series, ”Painkiller” and the Opioid Epidemic Saga Season 4 Premier! A Kick in the Sacklers - We Review the new series, ”Painkiller” and the Opioid Epidemic Saga https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/season-4-premier-a-kick-in-the-sacklers-we-review-the-painkiller-and-the-opioid-epidemic-saga/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/season-4-premier-a-kick-in-the-sacklers-we-review-the-painkiller-and-the-opioid-epidemic-saga/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:43:11 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/b70c6442-183c-398f-8c21-3502f8336773 RMA Episode 118: Painkiller Review-A Kick in the Sacklers

 

And we’re back! Season 4 kicks off with a discussion of the Netflix docu-drama Painkiller. Does the world need another re-telling of the Oxy-Contin story? Tune in to find out.

 

PLUS, we listen to some hotline voice-mails, talk about what we did on our summer vacations, and share the sad story of the Long Island cocaine Chihuahuas.

 

AND Mike has 4 years! 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

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RITN

Shatterproof

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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Check out the website:

www.middleagesrecovery.com 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA Episode 118: Painkiller Review-A Kick in the Sacklers

 

And we’re back! Season 4 kicks off with a discussion of the Netflix docu-drama Painkiller. Does the world need another re-telling of the Oxy-Contin story? Tune in to find out.

 

PLUS, we listen to some hotline voice-mails, talk about what we did on our summer vacations, and share the sad story of the Long Island cocaine Chihuahuas.

 

AND Mike has 4 years! 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

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RITN

Shatterproof

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5848 4 118 full The Highs and Lows of Pharmaceutical Meth: A Candid Dive into “Take Your Pills’” The Highs and Lows of Pharmaceutical Meth: A Candid Dive into “Take Your Pills’” https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-highs-and-lows-of-pharmaceutical-meth-a-candid-dive-into-take-your-pills/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-highs-and-lows-of-pharmaceutical-meth-a-candid-dive-into-take-your-pills/#comments Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:25:42 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/bbbb504d-dd02-397d-8cb4-88d549b63cee RMA Episode 117: The Highs and Lows of Pharmaceutical Meth: A Candid Dive into “Take Your Pills'"

 

In this week’s episode of the Recovery in the Middle Ages Podcast, Mike  and Nat dissect the thought-provoking Netflix documentary, "Take Your Pills." This 2018 documentary delves into the world of Adderall and other stimulants, exploring their widespread use for ADHD and their potential for abuse by people looking for an edge. Mike and Nat share their insights and personal experiences while examining the impact of these drugs and their increased use in a society that can’t seem to pay attention for more than a few seconds at a time. 

 

Mike and Nat  provide a comprehensive review of the film's exploration of the motivations, consequences, and ethical considerations surrounding the use of Adderall. Tune in for a captivating discussion that challenges conventional thinking and uncovers the hidden truths behind the allure of Adderall and similar drugs.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

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Recovery in the News-Depression

Recovery in the News-Alcohol Use Up in America

Shatterproof

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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, (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 

]]>
RMA Episode 117: The Highs and Lows of Pharmaceutical Meth: A Candid Dive into “Take Your Pills'"

 

In this week’s episode of the Recovery in the Middle Ages Podcast, Mike  and Nat dissect the thought-provoking Netflix documentary, "Take Your Pills." This 2018 documentary delves into the world of Adderall and other stimulants, exploring their widespread use for ADHD and their potential for abuse by people looking for an edge. Mike and Nat share their insights and personal experiences while examining the impact of these drugs and their increased use in a society that can’t seem to pay attention for more than a few seconds at a time. 

 

Mike and Nat  provide a comprehensive review of the film's exploration of the motivations, consequences, and ethical considerations surrounding the use of Adderall. Tune in for a captivating discussion that challenges conventional thinking and uncovers the hidden truths behind the allure of Adderall and similar drugs.

 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the News-Depression

Recovery in the News-Alcohol Use Up in America

Shatterproof

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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5644 3 117 full From Chaos to Clarity in Long-Term Sobriety: The Wizened One, Allan B, Joins Us! From Chaos to Clarity in Long-Term Sobriety: The Wizened One, Allan B, Joins Us! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/from-chaos-to-clarity-in-long-term-sobriety-the-wizened-one-allan-b-joins-us/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/from-chaos-to-clarity-in-long-term-sobriety-the-wizened-one-allan-b-joins-us/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:32:52 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/4ed61b2b-d5aa-314f-9ea2-3007e0223abe RMA-Episode 116: Allan B-From Chaos to Clarity in Long-Term Sobriety

In this week’s episode of the "Recovery in the Middle Ages" Mike and Nat continue the Meet a Monkster theme and have a sit-down with Allan B, the Grand Wizard of  Monksterhaven. Allan's vivid anecdotes of coming of age in the mid-late 1970s paint a compelling narrative that bridges the gap between the chaotic punk rock scene on the Lower East Side and the quiet streets of his childhood in Kew Gardens Queens. At age 22 after a family-led intervention, Allan got sober and has stayed sober ever since.  How does a confirmed atheist make his way through the spirituality of the 12 steps? How do you stay sober for 40 years living in New York City, which has 8 million residents and one bar for every 700 people? Allan shares his approach and discusses how to navigate the ins and outs of recovery, whatever your program.. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

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Recovery in the News

Kratom Sobriety Podcast Web-Site

Jack Grisham

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA-Episode 116: Allan B-From Chaos to Clarity in Long-Term Sobriety

In this week’s episode of the "Recovery in the Middle Ages" Mike and Nat continue the Meet a Monkster theme and have a sit-down with Allan B, the Grand Wizard of  Monksterhaven. Allan's vivid anecdotes of coming of age in the mid-late 1970s paint a compelling narrative that bridges the gap between the chaotic punk rock scene on the Lower East Side and the quiet streets of his childhood in Kew Gardens Queens. At age 22 after a family-led intervention, Allan got sober and has stayed sober ever since.  How does a confirmed atheist make his way through the spirituality of the 12 steps? How do you stay sober for 40 years living in New York City, which has 8 million residents and one bar for every 700 people? Allan shares his approach and discusses how to navigate the ins and outs of recovery, whatever your program.. 

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the News

Kratom Sobriety Podcast Web-Site

Jack Grisham

 

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

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As always, we thank you for your support.

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E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6401 3 116 full From Monkster to Master: Unraveling the Kratom Knot with Charlie X From Monkster to Master: Unraveling the Kratom Knot with Charlie X https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/from-monkster-to-master-unraveling-the-kratom-knot-with-charlie-x/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/from-monkster-to-master-unraveling-the-kratom-knot-with-charlie-x/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:40:36 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/61fbe68e-230f-3bd5-8b79-09ee915a12f6 RMA-Episode 115:  From Monkster to Master: Unraveling the Kratom Knot with Charlie X

In this week's episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, hosts Mike and Nat interview Charlie X, a long-time participant on the Monkster Discord and host of the Kratom Sobriety Podcast. 

Charlie opens up about his journey towards recovery from alcohol use disorder, he discusses the challenges he faced along the way and how his experiences shaped his current perspective on recovery and sobriety. He then discusses how he used Kratom, casually for a while, then with increasing frequency until it became a problem. 

Now free of the clutches of Kratom addiction, Charlie started the Kratom Sobriety Podcast to help others struggling with addiction to Kratom, an herbal extract with a dubious reputation.

Remember, every recovery journey is unique, but you're not alone. Tune in every week (more or less), for another episode as we continue to explore life on the road to recovery.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

Kratom Sobriety Podcast Web-Site

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the Daily News

Recovery in the New York Post 

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E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA-Episode 115:  From Monkster to Master: Unraveling the Kratom Knot with Charlie X

In this week's episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, hosts Mike and Nat interview Charlie X, a long-time participant on the Monkster Discord and host of the Kratom Sobriety Podcast. 

Charlie opens up about his journey towards recovery from alcohol use disorder, he discusses the challenges he faced along the way and how his experiences shaped his current perspective on recovery and sobriety. He then discusses how he used Kratom, casually for a while, then with increasing frequency until it became a problem. 

Now free of the clutches of Kratom addiction, Charlie started the Kratom Sobriety Podcast to help others struggling with addiction to Kratom, an herbal extract with a dubious reputation.

Remember, every recovery journey is unique, but you're not alone. Tune in every week (more or less), for another episode as we continue to explore life on the road to recovery.

*This podcast does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment.*

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

Kratom Sobriety Podcast Web-Site

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

Recovery in the Daily News

Recovery in the New York Post 

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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Email:

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Check out the website:

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5668 3 115 full Bouncing Back: Chris Herren’s Memoir ”Basketball Junkie,” & Queen Liz of Monksterhaven Joins Us! Bouncing Back: Chris Herren’s Memoir ”Basketball Junkie,” & Queen Liz of Monksterhaven Joins Us! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/bouncing-back-chris-herren-s-memoir-basketball-junkie-queen-liz-of-monksterhaven-joins-us/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/bouncing-back-chris-herren-s-memoir-basketball-junkie-queen-liz-of-monksterhaven-joins-us/#comments Tue, 30 May 2023 17:33:54 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/7cba3f8a-78aa-3c75-9f09-dd914dc01b46 RMA-Episode 114:  Bouncing Back: Chris Herron's Memoir "Basketball Junkie," and Queen Liz of Monksterhaven Joins Us! 

This week, hosts Mike and Nat are thrilled to have a chat with Liz S, our longtime listener and the first guest on our new segment, “Meet a Monkster”. Plus, we take a deep dive into the addiction memoir, "Basketball Junkie."

Liz S, has been an active and supportive listener of RMA since its early days. In today’s interview she shares her recovery journey, the unique challenges she faced as an older person ditching the booze in her 70s, her strategies for maintaining sobriety, and her thoughts on the importance of community in recovery. 

Mike and Nat also review and discuss the memoir "Basketball Junkie" by Chris Herren, a former professional basketball player who battled addiction. The hosts share their reactions to the book, their thoughts on Herren's recovery journey, and the lessons to be learned from his story. They also discuss the cultural implications of addiction in the world of professional sports.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

SMART Recovery

 

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

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Facebook Page

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.

 

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Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 

]]> RMA-Episode 114:  Bouncing Back: Chris Herron's Memoir "Basketball Junkie," and Queen Liz of Monksterhaven Joins Us! 

This week, hosts Mike and Nat are thrilled to have a chat with Liz S, our longtime listener and the first guest on our new segment, “Meet a Monkster”. Plus, we take a deep dive into the addiction memoir, "Basketball Junkie."

Liz S, has been an active and supportive listener of RMA since its early days. In today’s interview she shares her recovery journey, the unique challenges she faced as an older person ditching the booze in her 70s, her strategies for maintaining sobriety, and her thoughts on the importance of community in recovery. 

Mike and Nat also review and discuss the memoir "Basketball Junkie" by Chris Herren, a former professional basketball player who battled addiction. The hosts share their reactions to the book, their thoughts on Herren's recovery journey, and the lessons to be learned from his story. They also discuss the cultural implications of addiction in the world of professional sports.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

SMART Recovery

 

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 RMA ON YOUTUBE

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 

Facebook Page

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.

 

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

Email:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6462 3 114 full From Addiction’s Trance to Recovery’s Dance: A Discussion of Alcohol, Addiction and Public Policy with Grant Boyken From Addiction’s Trance to Recovery’s Dance: A Discussion of Alcohol, Addiction and Public Policy with Grant Boyken https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/from-addiction-s-trance-to-recovery-s-dance-a-discussion-of-alcohol-addiction-and-public-policy-with-grant-boyken/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/from-addiction-s-trance-to-recovery-s-dance-a-discussion-of-alcohol-addiction-and-public-policy-with-grant-boyken/#comments Tue, 23 May 2023 08:28:20 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/50050498-29a0-31bd-865f-724fa9827bc7 RMA-Episode 113: From Addiction’s Trance to Recovery’s Dance: A Discussion of Alcohol, Addiction and Public Policy with Grant Boyken

 

Grant is back! Join us as the OG Monkster and creator of the popular website, soberliningsplaybook.com, shares his insights on the current public policy issues surrounding drug and alcohol addiction, and catches us up on what’s been going on in his life. 

 

In this week’s far ranging interview, Mike and Grant explore multiple aspects of current addiction policy, including the controversial topic of forced treatment. Don't miss this episode if you're interested in the crossroads of policy, addiction, and recovery. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

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Recovery in the News

 

WSJ Article-Why Is Alcohol in Wine Such a Taboo Topic?

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

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Join the Facebook Page! 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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 113: From Addiction’s Trance to Recovery’s Dance: A Discussion of Alcohol, Addiction and Public Policy with Grant Boyken

 

Grant is back! Join us as the OG Monkster and creator of the popular website, soberliningsplaybook.com, shares his insights on the current public policy issues surrounding drug and alcohol addiction, and catches us up on what’s been going on in his life. 

 

In this week’s far ranging interview, Mike and Grant explore multiple aspects of current addiction policy, including the controversial topic of forced treatment. Don't miss this episode if you're interested in the crossroads of policy, addiction, and recovery. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

 

LINKS:



Recovery in the News

 

WSJ Article-Why Is Alcohol in Wine Such a Taboo Topic?

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7441 3 113 full Is Addiction a Conscious Choice? & What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction. Is Addiction a Conscious Choice? & What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction. https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/is-addiction-a-conscious-choice-what-neuroscientists-and-philosophers-know-about-addiction/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/is-addiction-a-conscious-choice-what-neuroscientists-and-philosophers-know-about-addiction/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 14:58:40 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/d1db2b08-f9e9-3c6d-9fda-6ba8a8fbcb4b RMA-Episode 112: Is Addiction a Conscious Choice? 

Do we choose to use? In this week’s episode of RMA,  Mike and Nat delve into the complex and often contentious debate surrounding addiction: Is it a choice?  A disease? Something else? They'll explore the arguments on both sides, drawing on scientific studies, insights from addiction research, and a close read of Maia Szalavitz’s latest New York Time Op-Ed, This is What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:

 

This is What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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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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Check out the website:

 

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 112: Is Addiction a Conscious Choice? 

Do we choose to use? In this week’s episode of RMA,  Mike and Nat delve into the complex and often contentious debate surrounding addiction: Is it a choice?  A disease? Something else? They'll explore the arguments on both sides, drawing on scientific studies, insights from addiction research, and a close read of Maia Szalavitz’s latest New York Time Op-Ed, This is What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:

 

This is What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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Check out the website:

 

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5857 3 112 full I’ve Fallen, and I Can’t Get Up! From Frazzled to Balanced: A Guide to Finding Serenity in Sobriety I’ve Fallen, and I Can’t Get Up! From Frazzled to Balanced: A Guide to Finding Serenity in Sobriety https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/i-ve-fallen-and-i-can-t-get-up-from-frazzled-to-balanced-a-guide-to-finding-serenity-in-sobriety/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/i-ve-fallen-and-i-can-t-get-up-from-frazzled-to-balanced-a-guide-to-finding-serenity-in-sobriety/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:58:55 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/8cd3ef4e-a278-3ba7-9fe2-4c58165fac38 RMA-Episode 111: From Frazzled to Balanced: A Guide to Finding Serenity in Sobriety

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we explore Nat's harrowing tale of experiencing a seizure on his journey to Washington, prompting an urgent evaluation of his diet and stress levels by his doctor. Join us as we delve into practical tips and tricks for managing stress in recovery, optimizing your diet for sobriety, and steering clear of the addiction transfer trap. Draw inspiration from Nat's courageous journey and lay the foundation for your own harmonious path to a healthy recovery.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 111: From Frazzled to Balanced: A Guide to Finding Serenity in Sobriety

In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we explore Nat's harrowing tale of experiencing a seizure on his journey to Washington, prompting an urgent evaluation of his diet and stress levels by his doctor. Join us as we delve into practical tips and tricks for managing stress in recovery, optimizing your diet for sobriety, and steering clear of the addiction transfer trap. Draw inspiration from Nat's courageous journey and lay the foundation for your own harmonious path to a healthy recovery.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:



Recovery in the News

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

You can reach us by email at:

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Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5330 3 111 full Fentanyl Follies: The Not-So-Funny Side of Misguided Drug Policies Fentanyl Follies: The Not-So-Funny Side of Misguided Drug Policies https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/fentanyl-follies-the-not-so-funny-side-of-misguided-drug-policies/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/fentanyl-follies-the-not-so-funny-side-of-misguided-drug-policies/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:18:41 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/dea423be-0ec9-3aef-8096-cdb62688fe80 RMA-Episode 110: Fentanyl Follies: The Not-So-Funny Side of Misguided Drug Policies

In this action-packed episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we delve into the perplexing world of recent legislation that's beefing up criminal penalties for fentanyl dealers. But are these laws actually helpful, or are they just a rehash of the failed War on Drugs? We'll also discuss public policy on addiction in general, navigating the maze of mixed messages and contradictory approaches that can leave even the experts scratching their heads. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

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!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 110: Fentanyl Follies: The Not-So-Funny Side of Misguided Drug Policies

In this action-packed episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we delve into the perplexing world of recent legislation that's beefing up criminal penalties for fentanyl dealers. But are these laws actually helpful, or are they just a rehash of the failed War on Drugs? We'll also discuss public policy on addiction in general, navigating the maze of mixed messages and contradictory approaches that can leave even the experts scratching their heads. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:



Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

You can reach us by email at:

MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5587 3 110 full Take your Pills: Xanax - Benzo Abuse, The Fallout, Big Pharma’s Deceptive Marketing and Undereducated Doctors Take your Pills: Xanax - Benzo Abuse, The Fallout, Big Pharma’s Deceptive Marketing and Undereducated Doctors https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/take-your-pills-xanax-benzo-abuse-the-fallout-big-pharma-s-deceptive-marketing-and-undereducated-doctors/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/take-your-pills-xanax-benzo-abuse-the-fallout-big-pharma-s-deceptive-marketing-and-undereducated-doctors/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:16:48 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/8b6d3b45-db7e-3011-98b8-a37e56ecda1b RMA-Episode 109: Xanax Shenanigans: A Prescription for Disaster

This week on RMA, we review the 2022 documentary film Take your Pills: Xanax, currently streaming on Netflix.  We also dive deep into the world of Xanax and benzodiazepine abuse, discussing the history, widespread use, and the challenges presented by aggressive pharmaceutical marketing and overprescription of these drugs.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:

Recovery in the News

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

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!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 109: Xanax Shenanigans: A Prescription for Disaster

This week on RMA, we review the 2022 documentary film Take your Pills: Xanax, currently streaming on Netflix.  We also dive deep into the world of Xanax and benzodiazepine abuse, discussing the history, widespread use, and the challenges presented by aggressive pharmaceutical marketing and overprescription of these drugs.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

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Visit www.soberlink.com/middle-ages to sign up and receive $50 off your device. 



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Join the Facebook Page! 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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5225 3 110 full Even Retired Presidents Are Pissed At Us! A Special Message About RMA.... Even Retired Presidents Are Pissed At Us! A Special Message About RMA.... https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/even-retired-presidents-are-pissed-at-us-a-special-message-about-rma/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/even-retired-presidents-are-pissed-at-us-a-special-message-about-rma/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:06:38 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/377c3ddd-6475-36fc-928a-04fb5cc30433 We will be back next week!

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]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 246 109 bonus Jiva G’s Journey: Bhakti Recovery and the Power of Spiritual Transformation Jiva G’s Journey: Bhakti Recovery and the Power of Spiritual Transformation https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/jiva-g-s-journey-bhakti-recovery-and-the-power-of-spiritual-transformation/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/jiva-g-s-journey-bhakti-recovery-and-the-power-of-spiritual-transformation/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:20:51 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/8893b662-0bc7-3b82-ba34-72db4d029cfe RMA-Episode 108 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 108: Jiva G's Journey: Bhakti Recovery and the Power of Spiritual Transformation.

Hare Krishna! In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat are joined by Jiva G, creator of the Bhakti Recovery movement. Jiva shares her story of growing up in New York in the punk rock era, her addiction, recovery, and spiritual transformation, as well as her insights on the Bhakti Recovery program.

Bhakti Recovery combines the principles of Bhakti Yoga with the traditional 12-step approach to recovery. It emphasizes the importance of spirituality in the recovery process, using the transformative power of devotion and love to help individuals overcome addiction.

Interview starts at 31:00

You can get in touch with Jiva and the Bhakti Recovery movement at 

https://www.bhaktirecoverygroup.com/

If you're interested in finding out more about Bhakti, you can find Wisdom of the Sages, Rhagunath and Kaustubha's podcast

here:

https://www.wisdomofthesages.com/

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 108 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 108: Jiva G's Journey: Bhakti Recovery and the Power of Spiritual Transformation.

Hare Krishna! In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat are joined by Jiva G, creator of the Bhakti Recovery movement. Jiva shares her story of growing up in New York in the punk rock era, her addiction, recovery, and spiritual transformation, as well as her insights on the Bhakti Recovery program.

Bhakti Recovery combines the principles of Bhakti Yoga with the traditional 12-step approach to recovery. It emphasizes the importance of spirituality in the recovery process, using the transformative power of devotion and love to help individuals overcome addiction.

Interview starts at 31:00

You can get in touch with Jiva and the Bhakti Recovery movement at 

https://www.bhaktirecoverygroup.com/

If you're interested in finding out more about Bhakti, you can find Wisdom of the Sages, Rhagunath and Kaustubha's podcast

here:

https://www.wisdomofthesages.com/

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6664 3 108 full To Live and Die in LA - Discussing The Los Angeles Diaries & This River by author James Brown. To Live and Die in LA - Discussing The Los Angeles Diaries & This River by author James Brown. https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/to-live-and-die-in-la-discussing-the-los-angeles-diaries-this-river-by-author-james-brown/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/to-live-and-die-in-la-discussing-the-los-angeles-diaries-this-river-by-author-james-brown/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:12:26 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/c771a34d-20f0-3594-954c-a9ee9b05620f RMA-Episode 107 Show Notes:

RMA-Episode 107: To Live and Die in LA-This week Mike and Nat review the recovery memoirs The Los Angeles Diaries and This River by author James Brown. Plagued by the suicides of both his siblings, and heir to alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and economic ruin, James Brown lived a life clouded by addiction, broken promises, and despair. In the first two books of his recovery trilogy, he reveals his struggle for survival, mining his past to present the inspiring story of his redemption. 

 

Also, Mike talks about his trip to Savannah, and Nat explains what he does when his wife goes out of town. But wait, THERE’S MORE! Bigfoot returns to the Week in Weird and RITN looks at toilet paper eating and how the opioid settlement may have the effect of making ADHD and anxiety drugs harder to get. (Those things are not related).

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:

 

Recovery in the News

 

Also 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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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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Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 107 Show Notes:

RMA-Episode 107: To Live and Die in LA-This week Mike and Nat review the recovery memoirs The Los Angeles Diaries and This River by author James Brown. Plagued by the suicides of both his siblings, and heir to alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and economic ruin, James Brown lived a life clouded by addiction, broken promises, and despair. In the first two books of his recovery trilogy, he reveals his struggle for survival, mining his past to present the inspiring story of his redemption. 

 

Also, Mike talks about his trip to Savannah, and Nat explains what he does when his wife goes out of town. But wait, THERE’S MORE! Bigfoot returns to the Week in Weird and RITN looks at toilet paper eating and how the opioid settlement may have the effect of making ADHD and anxiety drugs harder to get. (Those things are not related).

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:

 

Recovery in the News

 

Also Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4958 107 full RMA Snow-Day-Spectacular & The Mysterious Disappearance of Sober Grid Founder, Beau Mann RMA Snow-Day-Spectacular & The Mysterious Disappearance of Sober Grid Founder, Beau Mann https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-snow-day-spectacular-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-sober-grid-founder-beau-mann/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-snow-day-spectacular-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-sober-grid-founder-beau-mann/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:09:36 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/71455039-1466-3182-b9d5-bcba48e0a650 RMA-Episode 106 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 106: The Mysterious Disappearance of Beau Mann. Beau Mann, the 38 year-old founder of Sober Grid, disappeared from a Los Angeles neighborhood on November 30, 2021 and hasn’t been seen since. Mike and Nat go over the case and discuss what is known about Mann’s movements in the hours prior to his disappearance. Sober Grid, the company Mann founded, combines peer support coaching, an online community, digital therapeutics, and a digital library of mental health resources to help individuals achieve long term recovery.

 

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Beau Mann is asked to contact the LAPD Missing Persons Unit at 213-486-0260. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477).

 

Also, Recovery in the News this week takes a look at the city of Camden’s holistic approach to helping opioid addicts re enter society after their sentences are up, Mike talks about dodging bullets (or tacos), in California, and Nat goes to the Met!  

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

You can find Dopey on Apple I-Tunes, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, or you can go to:

Recovery in the News

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

You can reach us by email at:

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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 106 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 106: The Mysterious Disappearance of Beau Mann. Beau Mann, the 38 year-old founder of Sober Grid, disappeared from a Los Angeles neighborhood on November 30, 2021 and hasn’t been seen since. Mike and Nat go over the case and discuss what is known about Mann’s movements in the hours prior to his disappearance. Sober Grid, the company Mann founded, combines peer support coaching, an online community, digital therapeutics, and a digital library of mental health resources to help individuals achieve long term recovery.

 

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Beau Mann is asked to contact the LAPD Missing Persons Unit at 213-486-0260. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477).

 

Also, Recovery in the News this week takes a look at the city of Camden’s holistic approach to helping opioid addicts re enter society after their sentences are up, Mike talks about dodging bullets (or tacos), in California, and Nat goes to the Met!  

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

You can find Dopey on Apple I-Tunes, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, or you can go to:




Recovery in the News




Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

You can reach us by email at:

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Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4916 3 106 full Scott Mannheimer, Hope Dealer For Kensington, Talks About Helping Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack & Booze Addicts On The Streets of PA Scott Mannheimer, Hope Dealer For Kensington, Talks About Helping Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack & Booze Addicts On The Streets of PA https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/scott-mannheimer-hope-dealer-for-kensington-talks-about-helping-heroin-fentanyl-crack-booze-addicts-on-the-streets-of-pa/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/scott-mannheimer-hope-dealer-for-kensington-talks-about-helping-heroin-fentanyl-crack-booze-addicts-on-the-streets-of-pa/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:49:00 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e16f9f57-a9bc-38c1-a787-bc77c2cebb4b RMA-Episode 105 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 105: Skid Row Recovery. If you find yourself using drugs in a place like the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, a guy like Scott Mannheimer is someone you want in your corner. Kensington is a notorious skid row, where it is common to find addicts shooting up in broad daylight, hunched over in a stupor or passed out on the streets. Needles, syringes and garbage are littered across the sidewalks. Into this scene of urban desperation walks Scott, a former addict who had a spiritual awakening in front of a cheesesteak restaurant and decided to dedicate his life to helping addicts get clean. This week he sits down with Mike and Nat and shares his story.

 

Also, the Week in Weird returns with a fresh bigfoot sighting (!) and Recovery in the News asks, are you ready to be assimilated by the Borg collective?

 

You can find Scott at his website: Kensington Hope

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

You can find Dopey on Apple I-Tunes, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, or you can go to:

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

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!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 105 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 105: Skid Row Recovery. If you find yourself using drugs in a place like the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, a guy like Scott Mannheimer is someone you want in your corner. Kensington is a notorious skid row, where it is common to find addicts shooting up in broad daylight, hunched over in a stupor or passed out on the streets. Needles, syringes and garbage are littered across the sidewalks. Into this scene of urban desperation walks Scott, a former addict who had a spiritual awakening in front of a cheesesteak restaurant and decided to dedicate his life to helping addicts get clean. This week he sits down with Mike and Nat and shares his story.

 

Also, the Week in Weird returns with a fresh bigfoot sighting (!) and Recovery in the News asks, are you ready to be assimilated by the Borg collective?

 

You can find Scott at his website: Kensington Hope

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

You can find Dopey on Apple I-Tunes, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, or you can go to:




Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5119 3 105 full It’s Time for Dopey! Dave Joins Mike & Nat talking recovery, the Grateful Dead, podcasting and life after addiction It’s Time for Dopey! Dave Joins Mike & Nat talking recovery, the Grateful Dead, podcasting and life after addiction https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/it-s-time-for-dopey-dave-joins-mike-nat-talking-recovery-podcasting-the-grateful-dead-podcasting-and-life-after-addiction/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/it-s-time-for-dopey-dave-joins-mike-nat-talking-recovery-podcasting-the-grateful-dead-podcasting-and-life-after-addiction/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:54:12 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e602ceb2-3130-3aa0-b5be-ad7483cd36e2 RMA-Episode 104 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 104: It’s Time for Dopey! This week Dave M., host of the popular Dopey podcast, sits down with Mike and Nat at Peachtree Studios to talk about drugs, addiction and dumb shit. They also talk about recovery, podcasting, the Grateful Dead, podcasting and life after addiction. 

Don’t miss it!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

You can find Dopey on Apple I-Tunes, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, or you can go to:

 

Dopey Podcast

 

Recovery in the News

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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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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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 104 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 104: It’s Time for Dopey! This week Dave M., host of the popular Dopey podcast, sits down with Mike and Nat at Peachtree Studios to talk about drugs, addiction and dumb shit. They also talk about recovery, podcasting, the Grateful Dead, podcasting and life after addiction. 

Don’t miss it!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

You can find Dopey on Apple I-Tunes, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, or you can go to:

 

Dopey Podcast

 

Recovery in the News



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



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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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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7590 3 104 full Crack is Whack! Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg & Celebrating Nat X’s 5 Year Anniversary! Crack is Whack! Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg & Celebrating Nat X’s 5 Year Anniversary! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/crack-is-whack-portrait-of-an-addict-as-a-young-man-by-bill-clegg-celebrating-nat-x-s-5-year-anniversary/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/crack-is-whack-portrait-of-an-addict-as-a-young-man-by-bill-clegg-celebrating-nat-x-s-5-year-anniversary/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:44:15 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/c69eb3b4-9fe7-34f7-9184-c42ef6b40261 RMA-Episode 103 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 103: Crack is Wack! This week Mike and Nat travel the rocky road and discuss Bill Clegg’s memoirs, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, and Ninety Days. Literary agent Bill Clegg was talented, successful and secretly addicted to crack. His 2010 memoir Portrait of the Artist, describes the highs and (mostly) lows of living with a crack addiction in New York at the turn of the millennia. His follow-up memoir, Ninety Days, details his struggle to string together 90 days of sobriety after leaving rehab and his efforts to try and put together the pieces of his shattered life. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man

 

Ninety Days

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 103 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 103: Crack is Wack! This week Mike and Nat travel the rocky road and discuss Bill Clegg’s memoirs, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, and Ninety Days. Literary agent Bill Clegg was talented, successful and secretly addicted to crack. His 2010 memoir Portrait of the Artist, describes the highs and (mostly) lows of living with a crack addiction in New York at the turn of the millennia. His follow-up memoir, Ninety Days, details his struggle to string together 90 days of sobriety after leaving rehab and his efforts to try and put together the pieces of his shattered life. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man

 

Ninety Days

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5112 3 103 full Tough Love in the Boogie Down Bronx! Reviewing Sober Living Doc. “Sister Helen.” Tough Love in the Boogie Down Bronx! Reviewing Sober Living Doc. “Sister Helen.” https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/tough-love-in-the-boogie-down-bronx-reviewing-sober-living-doc-sister-helen/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/tough-love-in-the-boogie-down-bronx-reviewing-sober-living-doc-sister-helen/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:29:44 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/29790aab-a1da-33b2-8070-4174b24be31d RMA-Episode 102 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 102: Tough Love in the Boogie Down Bronx. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat review the 2000 documentary “Sister Helen.” Sister Helen Travis was a recovering alcoholic and Benedictine sister who spent the last years of her life running a 23-bed halfway house in the rough-and-tumble slum of the South Bronx. She embarked upon this rugged and dangerous ministry in response to the murder of her 15-year-old son, the loss of her husband to alcoholism, and the death of her other son from drugs. In various scenes, Sister Helen asserts her will in a unique brand of tough love, in a tough environment. 

 

We also read a new review and take a look at whether any amount of alcohol is beneficial to your health. (Spoiler: no.) All this and more, on a very special episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Sister Helen

 

Recovery In the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

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.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 102 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 102: Tough Love in the Boogie Down Bronx. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat review the 2000 documentary “Sister Helen.” Sister Helen Travis was a recovering alcoholic and Benedictine sister who spent the last years of her life running a 23-bed halfway house in the rough-and-tumble slum of the South Bronx. She embarked upon this rugged and dangerous ministry in response to the murder of her 15-year-old son, the loss of her husband to alcoholism, and the death of her other son from drugs. In various scenes, Sister Helen asserts her will in a unique brand of tough love, in a tough environment. 

 

We also read a new review and take a look at whether any amount of alcohol is beneficial to your health. (Spoiler: no.) All this and more, on a very special episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Sister Helen

 

Recovery In the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4097 3 102 full Drunk Lawyers and Sober Monksters - Discussing ”The Addicted Lawyer” by Brian Cuban Drunk Lawyers and Sober Monksters - Discussing ”The Addicted Lawyer” by Brian Cuban https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/drunk-lawyers-and-sober-monksters-discussing-the-addicted-lawyer-by-brian-cuban/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/drunk-lawyers-and-sober-monksters-discussing-the-addicted-lawyer-by-brian-cuban/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:22:13 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/b2aa56e8-28f1-3e29-b120-e8fa13a5440b RMA-Episode 101 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 101: Drunk lawyers and sober Monksters. This week we take the pulse of the community, talk about how dry January is going, and also review the memoir The Addicted Lawyer by Brian Cuban. In The Addicted Lawyer, Cuban candidly shares his journey through addiction and recovery, and offers insight and guidance for other lawyers and law students who may be struggling with similar issues. He discusses the unique pressures and challenges faced by those in the legal profession, and provides practical strategies for managing stress and finding help. It’s a ripping yarn with piles of cocaine and oceans of alcohol. 

 

We also hear from Ryna the recovering rhino, and talk about your poor  mistreated liver. All this and more, on a very special episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

The Addicted Lawyer

 

Recovery In the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 101 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 101: Drunk lawyers and sober Monksters. This week we take the pulse of the community, talk about how dry January is going, and also review the memoir The Addicted Lawyer by Brian Cuban. In The Addicted Lawyer, Cuban candidly shares his journey through addiction and recovery, and offers insight and guidance for other lawyers and law students who may be struggling with similar issues. He discusses the unique pressures and challenges faced by those in the legal profession, and provides practical strategies for managing stress and finding help. It’s a ripping yarn with piles of cocaine and oceans of alcohol. 

 

We also hear from Ryna the recovering rhino, and talk about your poor  mistreated liver. All this and more, on a very special episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

The Addicted Lawyer

 

Recovery In the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5426 3 101 full Dry January Starter Guide - Holiday Party Survival Report - Alcohol Use Disorder as a Spectrum - ChatGPT Sponsor? Dry January Starter Guide - Holiday Party Survival Report - Alcohol Use Disorder as a Spectrum - ChatGPT Sponsor? https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/dry-january-starter-guide-holiday-party-survival-report-alcohol-use-disorder-as-a-spectrum-chatgpt-sponsor/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/dry-january-starter-guide-holiday-party-survival-report-alcohol-use-disorder-as-a-spectrum-chatgpt-sponsor/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:29:36 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/b85308d2-a44d-3ea2-839d-8c1d3f8257b5 RMA-Episode 100 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 100: Dry January. Mike and Nat talk about the spectrum of Alcohol Use Disorder, taking a break, tips and tricks to make it 30 days without the booze, and why you might want to extend your month hiatus into the indefinite future. Also, a voice-mail from Ryan and the holiday roundup, on a very special edition of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery In the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 100 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 100: Dry January. Mike and Nat talk about the spectrum of Alcohol Use Disorder, taking a break, tips and tricks to make it 30 days without the booze, and why you might want to extend your month hiatus into the indefinite future. Also, a voice-mail from Ryan and the holiday roundup, on a very special edition of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery In the News

 

The Sober Together App

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind




]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4761 3 100 full 5 Gifts For Sober Friends & Surviving The Holiday Booze Fest - Holiday Messages From the Monksterverse! 5 Gifts For Sober Friends & Surviving The Holiday Booze Fest - Holiday Messages From the Monksterverse! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/5-gifts-for-sober-friends-surviving-the-holiday-booze-fest-holiday-messages-from-the-monksterverse/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/5-gifts-for-sober-friends-surviving-the-holiday-booze-fest-holiday-messages-from-the-monksterverse/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:47:49 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/909753d0-52c4-34ea-a0d8-e682595c659a RMA-Episode 99 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 99: The Third Annual RMA Holiday Extravaganza! We play listener voice-mails, tell holiday stories, and share our list of the top five things you can buy for your loved-one in recovery this season. Also, more tips and tricks for staying sober, and we welcome our new executive producer, ChatGPT!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery In the News

 

Dopey Podcast

 

ChatGPT

 

Moonraker Murders

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www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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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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Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 99 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 99: The Third Annual RMA Holiday Extravaganza! We play listener voice-mails, tell holiday stories, and share our list of the top five things you can buy for your loved-one in recovery this season. Also, more tips and tricks for staying sober, and we welcome our new executive producer, ChatGPT!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery In the News

 

Dopey Podcast

 

ChatGPT

 

Moonraker Murders



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com




LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com 

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5204 3 99 full Crack & Powder Cocaine Drug Laws - Recovering After Prison - Schedule 1 Cannabis MADNESS Crack & Powder Cocaine Drug Laws - Recovering After Prison - Schedule 1 Cannabis MADNESS https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/should-pot-be-schedule-1-crack-powder-cocaine-drug-laws-recovering-after-prison/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/should-pot-be-schedule-1-crack-powder-cocaine-drug-laws-recovering-after-prison/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:24:37 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/f9f55420-0bbe-3b21-a620-eae501ea76af RMA-Episode 98 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 98: Recovery in the News. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat drill down into some drug policy issues that have been generating some controversy lately. Should cannabis be a Schedule 1 drug? How can we make sure that medically assisted treatment is available to all who would benefit from it? What can we do to help people getting out of prison maintain their programs? Should crack and powder cocaine be treated the same under federal law? IS the war on drugs a failure? All these questions ANSWERED. Or at least discussed.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

What Comes Next for the War on Drugs

 

It’s Not Just About Pot

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 98 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 98: Recovery in the News. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat drill down into some drug policy issues that have been generating some controversy lately. Should cannabis be a Schedule 1 drug? How can we make sure that medically assisted treatment is available to all who would benefit from it? What can we do to help people getting out of prison maintain their programs? Should crack and powder cocaine be treated the same under federal law? IS the war on drugs a failure? All these questions ANSWERED. Or at least discussed.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

What Comes Next for the War on Drugs

 

It’s Not Just About Pot



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com




LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4474 3 98 full ”STUTZ” by Jonah Hill - Breaking Down The New Doc & How it Applies to Addiction Recovery ”STUTZ” by Jonah Hill - Breaking Down The New Doc & How it Applies to Addiction Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/stutz-by-jonah-hill-breaking-down-the-new-doc-how-it-applies-to-addiction-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/stutz-by-jonah-hill-breaking-down-the-new-doc-how-it-applies-to-addiction-recovery/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:01:52 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/c1c97ab5-fddc-3a3a-971c-55894a75f9dc RMA-Episode 97 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 97: Stutz. This week it’s a movie review! Phil Stutz is one of the world's leading psychiatrists. He's helped countless patients over 40 years, including world-class creatives and business leaders, and among them many therapy-skeptics. Directed by his friend and patient Jonah Hill, this film explores Stutz's life and walks the viewer through his signature visualization exercises, The Tools. Can The Tools be helpful to you in your recovery journey? What did the guys think about the movie?

 

Also this week-Recovery in the News and a listener voicemail. You won’t want to miss this one!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Tools

 

Stutz on Netfliz

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

]]> RMA-Episode 97 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 97: Stutz. This week it’s a movie review! Phil Stutz is one of the world's leading psychiatrists. He's helped countless patients over 40 years, including world-class creatives and business leaders, and among them many therapy-skeptics. Directed by his friend and patient Jonah Hill, this film explores Stutz's life and walks the viewer through his signature visualization exercises, The Tools. Can The Tools be helpful to you in your recovery journey? What did the guys think about the movie?

 

Also this week-Recovery in the News and a listener voicemail. You won’t want to miss this one!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Tools

 

Stutz on Netfliz



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com




LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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 (but maybe not the last step), on your road to recovery.  

 

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4917 3 97 full We Talk Turkey & Review Matthew Perry’s Addiction Memoir, ”Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing” We Talk Turkey & Review Matthew Perry’s Addiction Memoir, ”Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing” https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/we-talk-turkey-review-matthew-perry-s-addiction-memoir-friends-lovers-and-the-big-terrible-thing/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/we-talk-turkey-review-matthew-perry-s-addiction-memoir-friends-lovers-and-the-big-terrible-thing/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2022 01:30:00 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/709a48d6-c7bd-3021-b5e0-e5a7f265685e RMA-Episode 96 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 96: Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing-This week, Mike and Nat review the new Matthew Perry autobiography and try to pull some whiz-bangs out of Chandler’s recovery musings. We also share Thanksgiving stories, and Recovery in the News makes a triumphant return.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

You can reach us by email at:

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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

 

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 96 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 96: Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing-This week, Mike and Nat review the new Matthew Perry autobiography and try to pull some whiz-bangs out of Chandler’s recovery musings. We also share Thanksgiving stories, and Recovery in the News makes a triumphant return.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com




LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 3855 2 96 full Happy Thanksgiving! RMA Guide to Staying Sober at Thanksgiving, AND MORE! Happy Thanksgiving! RMA Guide to Staying Sober at Thanksgiving, AND MORE! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/happy-thanksgiving-rma-guide-to-staying-sober-at-thanksgiving-and-more/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/happy-thanksgiving-rma-guide-to-staying-sober-at-thanksgiving-and-more/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:34:02 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/573cfd4d-23e5-3a82-bed9-c4471b46b805 RMA-Episode 95 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 95: BONUS Episode! Mike and Nat share tips and tricks for how to maintain your sobriety during the holiday season, and talk about what works for them. Are the usual suggestions the best ones? Listen and find out. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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

]]> RMA-Episode 95 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 95: BONUS Episode! Mike and Nat share tips and tricks for how to maintain your sobriety during the holiday season, and talk about what works for them. Are the usual suggestions the best ones? Listen and find out. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 



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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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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 2802 3 95 full Drunk, Stoned, High, Wasted Old Hippies & The State of the Monksterverse Address Drunk, Stoned, High, Wasted Old Hippies & The State of the Monksterverse Address https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/drunk-stoned-high-wasted-old-hippies-the-state-of-the-monksterverse-adress/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/drunk-stoned-high-wasted-old-hippies-the-state-of-the-monksterverse-adress/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:03:41 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/769b1777-a0c9-3d5b-89c6-3036379310ac RMA-Episode 94 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 93: The State of the Pod! Happy Thanksgiving! Mike and Nat broadcast this week’s show from the parking lot of the Yes show in Westbury Long Island. We talk about the future of RMA, how to deal with your kids getting to the age where they’re encountering drugs, navigating the holidays with sanity intact and attending concerts sober when everyone else is a mess.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 94 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 93: The State of the Pod! Happy Thanksgiving! Mike and Nat broadcast this week’s show from the parking lot of the Yes show in Westbury Long Island. We talk about the future of RMA, how to deal with your kids getting to the age where they’re encountering drugs, navigating the holidays with sanity intact and attending concerts sober when everyone else is a mess.



Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com




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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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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 4013 2 94 full Discussing Russell Brand’s Book ”Recovery,’’ and How He Reframes the 12 Steps Discussing Russell Brand’s Book ”Recovery,’’ and How He Reframes the 12 Steps https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-russell-brand-s-book-recovery-and-how-he-reframes-the-12-steps/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-russell-brand-s-book-recovery-and-how-he-reframes-the-12-steps/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:04:05 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/0a3e727f-ba31-35cb-ab41-39b5de5f79c7 RMA-Episode 93 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 93: Book Review-Russell Brand’s Recovery. Love him or hate him, it’s hard to ignore him. Russell Brand  is an English comedian and actor best known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. He is also, at this writing, 18 years sober from drugs and alcohol. Russell’s outsized personality is on full display in his 2018 book Recovery, which purports to re-invent the 12 steps into a program that’s more relevant to the modern age. Was he successful, or is this just a case of putting old wine into a new bottle? Tune in to find out!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery by Russell Brand

https://amzn.to/3Tl540T

 

Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird

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www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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

]]> RMA-Episode 93 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 93: Book Review-Russell Brand’s Recovery. Love him or hate him, it’s hard to ignore him. Russell Brand  is an English comedian and actor best known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. He is also, at this writing, 18 years sober from drugs and alcohol. Russell’s outsized personality is on full display in his 2018 book Recovery, which purports to re-invent the 12 steps into a program that’s more relevant to the modern age. Was he successful, or is this just a case of putting old wine into a new bottle? Tune in to find out!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

Support our sponsors: Learn more about Soberlink and request an exclusive $50 off promo code by visiting: www.soberlink.com/middle-ages 



As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery by Russell Brand

https://amzn.to/3Tl540T

 

Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird



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www.soberliningsplaybook.com




LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6874 2 93 full Grant Returns! We Catch Up On His Adventures In Addiction Recovery and New Role at Shatterproof Grant Returns! We Catch Up On His Adventures In Addiction Recovery and New Role at Shatterproof https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/grant-returns-we-catch-up-on-his-adventures-in-addiction-recovery-and-new-role-at-shatterproof/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/grant-returns-we-catch-up-on-his-adventures-in-addiction-recovery-and-new-role-at-shatterproof/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:46:11 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/843f6091-1b08-38cd-b65a-637946a2ec01 RMA-Episode 92 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 92: Grant B’s Triumphant Return to RMA. This week Grant Boyken, OG monkster and editor-at large of the RMA newsroom, returns after a year’s absence to fill us in on how it feels to have two years sobriety, what it’s like to be working with Shatterproof, and how turning 53 helped him focus in on what is really important in life. We also discuss Shatterproof’s ATLAS addiction treatment locator, and a whole bunch of other cool stuff. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Shatterproof’s treatment locator, ATLAS 

Grant’s Soberlink video

 

Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird

 

CelesteBarber

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 92 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 92: Grant B’s Triumphant Return to RMA. This week Grant Boyken, OG monkster and editor-at large of the RMA newsroom, returns after a year’s absence to fill us in on how it feels to have two years sobriety, what it’s like to be working with Shatterproof, and how turning 53 helped him focus in on what is really important in life. We also discuss Shatterproof’s ATLAS addiction treatment locator, and a whole bunch of other cool stuff. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Shatterproof’s treatment locator, ATLAS 

Grant’s Soberlink video

 

Recovery in the News

The Week in Weird

 

CelesteBarber



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com




LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6317 2 92 full Katie Lain of Thrive Alcohol Recovery Joins us to Discuss The Sinclair Method Katie Lain of Thrive Alcohol Recovery Joins us to Discuss The Sinclair Method https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/katie-lain-of-thrive-alcohol-recovery-joins-us-to-discuss-the-sinclair-method/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/katie-lain-of-thrive-alcohol-recovery-joins-us-to-discuss-the-sinclair-method/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:59:07 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/5594772f-3eec-34bc-ae08-72a8902f3ac0 RMA-Episode 91 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 91: The Sinclair Method-An Interview with Katie Lain. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat explore the ins and outs of The Sinclair Method (TSM)  with Katie Lain from Thrive Alcohol Recovery. With a claimed success rate near 80%, Sinclair has been gaining in popularity as a science-based alternative to traditional 12-step recovery methods. Is this approach to medically-assisted treatment the future of the recovery movement? Tune in to find out!

 

Please rewmember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Thrive Community Youtube Channel

 

Thrive Alcohol Recovery

 

Claudia Christian Ted Talk

 

The Sinclair Method

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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.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 91 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 91: The Sinclair Method-An Interview with Katie Lain. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat explore the ins and outs of The Sinclair Method (TSM)  with Katie Lain from Thrive Alcohol Recovery. With a claimed success rate near 80%, Sinclair has been gaining in popularity as a science-based alternative to traditional 12-step recovery methods. Is this approach to medically-assisted treatment the future of the recovery movement? Tune in to find out!

 

Please rewmember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Thrive Community Youtube Channel

 

Thrive Alcohol Recovery

 

Claudia Christian Ted Talk

 

The Sinclair Method



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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5373 2 91 full Something Was Wrong: Discussing the Harrowing Tale of Amelia & The Passing of Anne Heche Something Was Wrong: Discussing the Harrowing Tale of Amelia & The Passing of Anne Heche https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/something-was-wrong-discussing-the-harrowing-tale-of-amelia-the-passing-of-anne-heche/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/something-was-wrong-discussing-the-harrowing-tale-of-amelia-the-passing-of-anne-heche/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2022 13:12:56 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/a384abd8-2ed0-3af2-8e0c-e0474fc0d66d RMA-Episode 90 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 90: Something Was Wrong.  This week on RMA, Mike and Nat do a deep dive into an episode from the latest season of this amazing podcast, an Iris Award-winning true-crime docuseries about the discovery, trauma, and recovery from shocking life events and abusive relationships. Why are we talking about another podcast? It’s not something we usually do, but since this episode touches on recovery, AlAnon, the criminal justice system, narcissism, sociopathy, arson and how to go on living when your world is falling apart around you, we figured it would be a good fit for RMA.

 

We also have a Monkster’s Speak, a rundown of Nat’s big fat Greek vacation, and a discussion of Mike’s weekend at the lake with boozy relatives. It’s another two hours of RMA, coming straight into your earholes.

 

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

Something Was Wrong

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www.soberliningsplaybook.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

]]> RMA-Episode 90 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 90: Something Was Wrong.  This week on RMA, Mike and Nat do a deep dive into an episode from the latest season of this amazing podcast, an Iris Award-winning true-crime docuseries about the discovery, trauma, and recovery from shocking life events and abusive relationships. Why are we talking about another podcast? It’s not something we usually do, but since this episode touches on recovery, AlAnon, the criminal justice system, narcissism, sociopathy, arson and how to go on living when your world is falling apart around you, we figured it would be a good fit for RMA.

 

We also have a Monkster’s Speak, a rundown of Nat’s big fat Greek vacation, and a discussion of Mike’s weekend at the lake with boozy relatives. It’s another two hours of RMA, coming straight into your earholes.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

Something Was Wrong



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7831 2 90 full Everything Happens for a Reason....or DOES IT!? Also: Religion, philosophy, quantum mechanics and Schrodinger’s cat AND MORE! Everything Happens for a Reason....or DOES IT!? Also: Religion, philosophy, quantum mechanics and Schrodinger’s cat AND MORE! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/everything-happens-for-a-reasonor-does-it-also-religion-philosophy-quantum-mechanics-and-schrodinger-s-cat-and-more/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/everything-happens-for-a-reasonor-does-it-also-religion-philosophy-quantum-mechanics-and-schrodinger-s-cat-and-more/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:01:20 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e105101f-c87d-39ff-9bfe-48cf25f9dd25 RMA-Episode 89 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 89: Everything happens for a reason. Or does it? This week on RMA, Mike and Nat discuss this old bromide, how it pertains to recovery, and whether or not believing that there is a master plan for your life helps or hurts you stay sober. It’s a far ranging discussion that touches on religion, philosophy, quantum mechanics and Schrodinger’s cat, with a little Repo Man thrown in for good measure.

 

We also have a Monkster’s Speak, a new listener asks for some advice, and a rundown of summer vacations past and future. It’s two hours of RMA, coming straight into your earholes.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

Repo Man

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 89 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 89: Everything happens for a reason. Or does it? This week on RMA, Mike and Nat discuss this old bromide, how it pertains to recovery, and whether or not believing that there is a master plan for your life helps or hurts you stay sober. It’s a far ranging discussion that touches on religion, philosophy, quantum mechanics and Schrodinger’s cat, with a little Repo Man thrown in for good measure.

 

We also have a Monkster’s Speak, a new listener asks for some advice, and a rundown of summer vacations past and future. It’s two hours of RMA, coming straight into your earholes.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on. 

 

https://www.patreon.com/RecoveryintheMiddleAges

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

Repo Man



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com




LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7447 2 89 full Are Creative People More Prone to Addiction? Does Getting High Help or Hurt Creativity? Are Creative People More Prone to Addiction? Does Getting High Help or Hurt Creativity? https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/are-creative-people-more-prone-to-addiction-does-getting-high-help-or-hurt-creativity/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/are-creative-people-more-prone-to-addiction-does-getting-high-help-or-hurt-creativity/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:41:42 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/654d4317-95d1-380f-b288-a5bbdd3c50dd RMA-Episode 88 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 88: This week on RMA we explore the alleged link between substance abuse and creativity. Contrary to popular belief, creativity does not disappear when the alcohol and drugs are no longer available. Your genetic makeup remains the same, so the drive to take risks creatively is still there. Are creative people more prone to addiction? What are some strategies you can use to remain creative after the drugs wear off?

 

We also have a Monkster’s Speak, a new review, and a lot of discussion about what we’ve been up to lately. It’s a lot of RMA. Can you handle it?

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

The Artists’ Way

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 88 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 88: This week on RMA we explore the alleged link between substance abuse and creativity. Contrary to popular belief, creativity does not disappear when the alcohol and drugs are no longer available. Your genetic makeup remains the same, so the drive to take risks creatively is still there. Are creative people more prone to addiction? What are some strategies you can use to remain creative after the drugs wear off?

 

We also have a Monkster’s Speak, a new review, and a lot of discussion about what we’ve been up to lately. It’s a lot of RMA. Can you handle it?

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

The Artists’ Way



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



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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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Check out the website:

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6966 2 88 full Jesse Jarnow, Psychedelic Therapy, the Grateful Dead, and LSD Jesse Jarnow, Psychedelic Therapy, the Grateful Dead, and LSD https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/jesse-jarnow-psychedelic-therapy-the-grateful-dead-and-lsd/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/jesse-jarnow-psychedelic-therapy-the-grateful-dead-and-lsd/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:41:50 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/f6209c94-6f8b-3295-8cd2-3f3f634f90bc RMA-Episode 87 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 86: This week on RMA, Mike interviews Jesse Jarnow. Jesse is a writer, a DJ and the host of the Good Ole Grateful Deadcast, the official podcast of the Grateful Dead. He is also the author of Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America. In order to understand the present popularity of psychedelics as a treatment modality for trauma and substance abuse, it’s important to understand the history of these substances and their place in the American psyche. Mike and Jesse discuss that history, as well as the history of psychedelic therapy, the Grateful Dead, and how psychedelics are inexorably woven into the fabric of modern society.  

 

We also play a listener voicemail, read a listener email, and share what we’ve been up to. It’s two and a half hours of RMA, coming straight to your earholes.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Jesse Jarnow

 

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America

 

The Good Ole Grateful Deadcast

 

These Mormons Have Found a New Faith — in Magic Mushrooms

 

WFMU-The Frow Show

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

 

Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 87 Show Notes:

 

RMA-Episode 86: This week on RMA, Mike interviews Jesse Jarnow. Jesse is a writer, a DJ and the host of the Good Ole Grateful Deadcast, the official podcast of the Grateful Dead. He is also the author of Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America. In order to understand the present popularity of psychedelics as a treatment modality for trauma and substance abuse, it’s important to understand the history of these substances and their place in the American psyche. Mike and Jesse discuss that history, as well as the history of psychedelic therapy, the Grateful Dead, and how psychedelics are inexorably woven into the fabric of modern society.  

 

We also play a listener voicemail, read a listener email, and share what we’ve been up to. It’s two and a half hours of RMA, coming straight to your earholes.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Jesse Jarnow

 

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America

 

The Good Ole Grateful Deadcast

 

These Mormons Have Found a New Faith — in Magic Mushrooms

 

WFMU-The Frow Show



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

Natx@middleagesrecovery.com

 

Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

 

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 9093 2 87 full Today, We Review ”Drinkers Like me” by Adrian Chiles & Moderation Management Today, We Review ”Drinkers Like me” by Adrian Chiles & Moderation Management https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/today-we-review-drinkers-like-me-by-adrian-chiles-discuss-new-developments-in-rma/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/today-we-review-drinkers-like-me-by-adrian-chiles-discuss-new-developments-in-rma/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:25:31 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/7c0b5a8e-d483-37bd-9e16-e2c51d547bd9 RMA-Episode 86 Show Notes:

 

A triumphant return! Season 2 of RMA kicks off with a review of the BBC documentary film Drinkers Like Me. Mike and Nat talk about the perils and pitfalls of moderation and non-abstinent recovery. Is such a thing even possible? Is it advisable? Does preaching the possibility of moderate drinking to the masses harm people who should be sticking the plug firmly in the jug? Tune in to find out.

 

We also have an extended life-update, a scientific Recovery in the News, and an alien- pentacostal Week in Weird. There’s a couple of reviews, and some Monksters Speaking. It’s an exciting hour and forty minutes of podcasting, hand-made just for you. 

 

Finally, a big thank you to the fans who have stuck with us through the hiatus. Good things to come!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Drinkers Like Me

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

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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

]]> RMA-Episode 86 Show Notes:

 

A triumphant return! Season 2 of RMA kicks off with a review of the BBC documentary film Drinkers Like Me. Mike and Nat talk about the perils and pitfalls of moderation and non-abstinent recovery. Is such a thing even possible? Is it advisable? Does preaching the possibility of moderate drinking to the masses harm people who should be sticking the plug firmly in the jug? Tune in to find out.

 

We also have an extended life-update, a scientific Recovery in the News, and an alien- pentacostal Week in Weird. There’s a couple of reviews, and some Monksters Speaking. It’s an exciting hour and forty minutes of podcasting, hand-made just for you. 

 

Finally, a big thank you to the fans who have stuck with us through the hiatus. Good things to come!

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Drinkers Like Me

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



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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



]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6222 1 86 full * RMA HIATUS-VIDEO CALL UPDATE * Nat X & Mike R Spill The Beans! * RMA HIATUS-VIDEO CALL UPDATE * Nat X & Mike R Spill The Beans! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-hiatus-video-call-update-nat-x-mike-r-spill-the-beans/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-hiatus-video-call-update-nat-x-mike-r-spill-the-beans/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2022 22:24:37 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e2515c54-903a-3093-bef8-450b9526b5ad RMA-Episode 85 Show Notes:

 

And, We’re Almost Back! This morning we started a zoom call to catch up, Mike hit the record button, and we both realized how much we missed doing the show. What we planned as a quick discussion turned into an hour of material so we decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. Highlights include Nat visiting a “CBD” dispensary and recording the walk-through with Mike on the phone, some riffing on future show ideas and the planning process, and a talk about psychedelic therapy and harm-reduction. 

 

We also read a nice review, but you’ll have to wait until we’re back in the studio to get a new dose of RITN and WIW. In the interim, I hope this off the cuff discussion helps fill the void left by the RMA hiatus.

 

We apologize for Nat’s audio and hope it isn’t too distracting, but this was a spur of the moment thing so we hope you’ll bear with us.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Is Psychedelic Therapy a big scam?

 

Heads-by Jesse Jarnow

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www.soberliningsplaybook.com

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 85 Show Notes:

 

And, We’re Almost Back! This morning we started a zoom call to catch up, Mike hit the record button, and we both realized how much we missed doing the show. What we planned as a quick discussion turned into an hour of material so we decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. Highlights include Nat visiting a “CBD” dispensary and recording the walk-through with Mike on the phone, some riffing on future show ideas and the planning process, and a talk about psychedelic therapy and harm-reduction. 

 

We also read a nice review, but you’ll have to wait until we’re back in the studio to get a new dose of RITN and WIW. In the interim, I hope this off the cuff discussion helps fill the void left by the RMA hiatus.

 

We apologize for Nat’s audio and hope it isn’t too distracting, but this was a spur of the moment thing so we hope you’ll bear with us.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Is Psychedelic Therapy a big scam?

 

Heads-by Jesse Jarnow



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 3930 1 85 bonus ”Your Best Thinking Got You Here!” And Other Questionable Things Said To Us In Early Recovery ”Your Best Thinking Got You Here!” And Other Questionable Things Said To Us In Early Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/your-best-thinking-got-you-here-and-other-questionable-things-said-to-us-in-early-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/your-best-thinking-got-you-here-and-other-questionable-things-said-to-us-in-early-recovery/#comments Fri, 06 May 2022 12:42:11 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/a938ec84-61d8-324e-b2f5-346320a72393 RMA-Episode 84 Show Notes:

 

Your best thinking got you here. It’s a common enough slogan in AA and other 12 Step programs, but what does it mean? Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that caused it. Does that mean we shouldn’t question the methods and philosophical underpinnings or recovery programs? Or is there perhaps a place for self-empowerment and self- reliance in recovery.  Mike and Nat debate the implications of checking your brain at the door and whether it’s a necessary predicate to achieving lasting recovery.

 

Also, Monkster’s Speak, the Week in Weird, Recovery in the News and the life-update, on a self-empowered, SMART, checked from the neck up episode of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

Take 3 With SLP

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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.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 84 Show Notes:

 

Your best thinking got you here. It’s a common enough slogan in AA and other 12 Step programs, but what does it mean? Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that caused it. Does that mean we shouldn’t question the methods and philosophical underpinnings or recovery programs? Or is there perhaps a place for self-empowerment and self- reliance in recovery.  Mike and Nat debate the implications of checking your brain at the door and whether it’s a necessary predicate to achieving lasting recovery.

 

Also, Monkster’s Speak, the Week in Weird, Recovery in the News and the life-update, on a self-empowered, SMART, checked from the neck up episode of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

Take 3 With SLP



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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7389 1 84 full April’s Top Recovery Stories on a VERY Special ’Take 3 SLP’ LIVE edition! April’s Top Recovery Stories on a VERY Special ’Take 3 SLP’ LIVE edition! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/april-s-top-recovery-stories-on-a-very-special-take-3-slp-live-edition/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/april-s-top-recovery-stories-on-a-very-special-take-3-slp-live-edition/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:15:07 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/0ab60aa8-2953-3eab-8db9-6be29bb77ce0 RMA-Episode 83 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-it’s a Take 3 Takeover! RMA and Sober Lining Playbooks’s own Grant Boyken joins Mike and Nat to discuss involuntary civil commitment, alcohol awareness month and process addictions. 

 

Also, Monkster’s Speak,the week in Weird and the life-update, on a slowly recovering, technologically challenged, newsworthy episode of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

The Week in Weird

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

Take 3 With SLP

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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.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 83 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-it’s a Take 3 Takeover! RMA and Sober Lining Playbooks’s own Grant Boyken joins Mike and Nat to discuss involuntary civil commitment, alcohol awareness month and process addictions. 

 

Also, Monkster’s Speak,the week in Weird and the life-update, on a slowly recovering, technologically challenged, newsworthy episode of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

The Week in Weird



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

Take 3 With SLP



JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



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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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Check out the website:

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5708 1 83 full The Great Debate: Recover or Recovered? Is It Possible? Does It Matter? Find Out! The Great Debate: Recover or Recovered? Is It Possible? Does It Matter? Find Out! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-great-debate-recover-or-recovered-is-it-possible-does-it-matter-find-out/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-great-debate-recover-or-recovered-is-it-possible-does-it-matter-find-out/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:53:16 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/5468f815-28ce-3349-bd5a-75eca7d6ffad RMA-Episode 82 Show Notes:

 

And we’re back! Sort of. Mike is still wrestling with COVID but the show must go on and so it does, in all of its audio-challenged glory. This week, spring is in the air and weed is everywhere. We continue our discussion about cannabis and kombucha, psychedelics and shamans, and where any of that fits into a recovery program. For the main event we ask the perennial question that vexes 12-step meetings across the land, “Are we recovered, or recovering?” You don’t want to miss this one!

 

Also, a double (and topical), Monkster’s Speak, a nice review and a long life update on a budding, on the mend but still testing positive episode, of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 82 Show Notes:

 

And we’re back! Sort of. Mike is still wrestling with COVID but the show must go on and so it does, in all of its audio-challenged glory. This week, spring is in the air and weed is everywhere. We continue our discussion about cannabis and kombucha, psychedelics and shamans, and where any of that fits into a recovery program. For the main event we ask the perennial question that vexes 12-step meetings across the land, “Are we recovered, or recovering?” You don’t want to miss this one!

 

Also, a double (and topical), Monkster’s Speak, a nice review and a long life update on a budding, on the mend but still testing positive episode, of RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

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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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6837 1 82 full RITN EXTRA!!! The Next Big Addiction Treatment & What Are Trauma Informed Workplaces? RITN EXTRA!!! The Next Big Addiction Treatment & What Are Trauma Informed Workplaces? https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/ritn-extra-the-next-big-addiction-treatment-what-are-trauma-informed-workplaces/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/ritn-extra-the-next-big-addiction-treatment-what-are-trauma-informed-workplaces/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:25:14 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/5344bbaa-a99c-3ddb-85e4-66a9a6d118c1 RMA-Episode 81 Show Notes:

 

This week on a very special episode of RMA, Mike and Nat do an extended news wrap-up which includes a discussion of the latest research on psychedelics for addiction treatment, a break-down of what it means to have a trauma-informed workplace, and why that is important, especially to people in recovery. 

 

Also, a looong Monkster’s Speak and a new segment we call “A Particularly Pertinent Post”, coming straight to your earholes on this week’s RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

The Next Big Addiction Treatment

 

Why We Need Trauma-Informed Workplaces

 

Alcoholism in Viet Nam

 

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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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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 81 Show Notes:

 

This week on a very special episode of RMA, Mike and Nat do an extended news wrap-up which includes a discussion of the latest research on psychedelics for addiction treatment, a break-down of what it means to have a trauma-informed workplace, and why that is important, especially to people in recovery. 

 

Also, a looong Monkster’s Speak and a new segment we call “A Particularly Pertinent Post”, coming straight to your earholes on this week’s RMA.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

The Next Big Addiction Treatment

 

Why We Need Trauma-Informed Workplaces

 

Alcoholism in Viet Nam

 

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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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7231 1 81 full Setting Healthy Boundaries in Recovery - ¡GetSmart! with Erin & The Big 3 with SLP Setting Healthy Boundaries in Recovery - ¡GetSmart! with Erin & The Big 3 with SLP https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/setting-healthy-boundaries-in-recovery-%c2%a1getsmart-with-erin-the-big-3-with-slp/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/setting-healthy-boundaries-in-recovery-%c2%a1getsmart-with-erin-the-big-3-with-slp/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:27:35 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/4ee45ce4-26ac-3b19-bd81-d940ba9a6ac0 RMA-Episode 80 Show Notes:

 

This week on a very special episode of RMA, Mike and Nat welcome Erin back to the podcast to talk about boundaries and codependency.  Boundaries are the rules you create to let people know how to treat you. Healthy boundaries create separation between people. In codependency, these boundaries are weak. You feel responsible for how other people feel and want to make them feel better. Mike and Nat, two people-pleasers that don’t like to say no, try to understand the how and why of setting healthy boundaries. Can Erin help them figure it out?

 

Plus, Grant stops by for The Big Three with SLP, Mike shares some lessons learned from a sober business trip, and the Monksters Speak about why it’s so hard to tell people you don’t drink anymore. Also, a new review, a listener email, RITN and The Week in Weird on a calm, assertive and respectful episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Erin M:

 

https://fallingphoenix.com/

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

The Big Three With SLP

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

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While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

E-Mail your story to miker@middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 80 Show Notes:

 

This week on a very special episode of RMA, Mike and Nat welcome Erin back to the podcast to talk about boundaries and codependency.  Boundaries are the rules you create to let people know how to treat you. Healthy boundaries create separation between people. In codependency, these boundaries are weak. You feel responsible for how other people feel and want to make them feel better. Mike and Nat, two people-pleasers that don’t like to say no, try to understand the how and why of setting healthy boundaries. Can Erin help them figure it out?

 

Plus, Grant stops by for The Big Three with SLP, Mike shares some lessons learned from a sober business trip, and the Monksters Speak about why it’s so hard to tell people you don’t drink anymore. Also, a new review, a listener email, RITN and The Week in Weird on a calm, assertive and respectful episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Erin M:

 

https://fallingphoenix.com/



Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

The Big Three With SLP



Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

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We all have a story. Tell us yours and we’ll share it on the show!

 

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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7920 1 80 full How YOU doin?! Compare and despair: how keeping up with the jones’ can cause depression, anxiety and relapse! How YOU doin?! Compare and despair: how keeping up with the jones’ can cause depression, anxiety and relapse! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/how-you-doin-compare-and-despair-how-keeping-up-with-the-jones-can-cause-depression-anxiety-and-relapse/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/how-you-doin-compare-and-despair-how-keeping-up-with-the-jones-can-cause-depression-anxiety-and-relapse/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:22:58 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/677eb8a6-ffef-38d7-989e-4c960d487d55 RMA-Episode 79 Show Notes:

 

Compare and despair! It has been said that comparison is the thief of joy, but we still do it all the time. Why? Maybe it’s grounded in self-esteem, an area that typically proves challenging to a person suffering with substance abuse disorder. One theory is that you have an unconscious belief that you lack self-worth. Because you already believe you are in some way inadequate, your brain constantly searches for evidence to support its theory. When you compare yourself to other people, you always assume they're prettier, smarter, more successful, and better. What a mess! Social media exacerbates this condition by only showing the positive parts of people’s lives, thereby distorting reality and exacerbating underlying issues like depression and anxiety.  How can we navigate through the pitfalls of social media and keeping up with the Joneses while maintaining a sense of self-worth? Mike and Nat have some ideas…

 

Also, the life update, listener emails, and Monkster’s Speak on a meandering but still on topic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com and tell us your story. 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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 79 Show Notes:

 

Compare and despair! It has been said that comparison is the thief of joy, but we still do it all the time. Why? Maybe it’s grounded in self-esteem, an area that typically proves challenging to a person suffering with substance abuse disorder. One theory is that you have an unconscious belief that you lack self-worth. Because you already believe you are in some way inadequate, your brain constantly searches for evidence to support its theory. When you compare yourself to other people, you always assume they're prettier, smarter, more successful, and better. What a mess! Social media exacerbates this condition by only showing the positive parts of people’s lives, thereby distorting reality and exacerbating underlying issues like depression and anxiety.  How can we navigate through the pitfalls of social media and keeping up with the Joneses while maintaining a sense of self-worth? Mike and Nat have some ideas…

 

Also, the life update, listener emails, and Monkster’s Speak on a meandering but still on topic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

We are a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing here at RMA and want to support the show, JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON 

 

Our sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com and tell us your story. 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).

 

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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7322 1 79 full Can America Recover? Author and Recovery Luminary Evan Haines Joins Us! Can America Recover? Author and Recovery Luminary Evan Haines Joins Us! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/can-america-recover-author-and-recovery-luminary-evan-haines-joins-us/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/can-america-recover-author-and-recovery-luminary-evan-haines-joins-us/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:42:49 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/299c10ac-be97-3b87-8da0-abdb000082e0 RMA-Episode 78 Show Notes:

 

Can America Recover? Evan Haines sure thinks so, and he is our guest this week on RMA. In addition to being the co-founder and co-CEO of Oro House Recovery Centers, Evan, along with his partner Bob Forest, are the authors of the new book, Can America Recover, a sprawling look at the past, present and future of the recovery movement in America, and where America itself fits into the addiction narrative.

Can America Recover posits that treating the symptoms of the individual and treating the addict as a scapegoat, absolve us from the pressing need to address the larger, more intractable social problems of childhood trauma, alienation and isolation that are the breeding grounds for addiction. 

 

Oro Recovery believes that the way to treat addiction is not by using shame or forcing a client to adhere to a rigid set of rules, but through compassionate care, deep listening and creating an environment where the individual feels empowered to utilize the healing power that already exists inside of them.  

 

It’s a great conversation with a fascinating polymath, and we know you’re going to like this one. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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We are a listener-supported, recovery-community based podcast whose sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Can America Recover?

 

Oro Recovery

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www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

The Big Three With SLP

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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.

 

Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com and tell us your story. 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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 78 Show Notes:

 

Can America Recover? Evan Haines sure thinks so, and he is our guest this week on RMA. In addition to being the co-founder and co-CEO of Oro House Recovery Centers, Evan, along with his partner Bob Forest, are the authors of the new book, Can America Recover, a sprawling look at the past, present and future of the recovery movement in America, and where America itself fits into the addiction narrative.

Can America Recover posits that treating the symptoms of the individual and treating the addict as a scapegoat, absolve us from the pressing need to address the larger, more intractable social problems of childhood trauma, alienation and isolation that are the breeding grounds for addiction. 

 

Oro Recovery believes that the way to treat addiction is not by using shame or forcing a client to adhere to a rigid set of rules, but through compassionate care, deep listening and creating an environment where the individual feels empowered to utilize the healing power that already exists inside of them.  

 

It’s a great conversation with a fascinating polymath, and we know you’re going to like this one. 

 

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!! 

We are a listener-supported, recovery-community based podcast whose sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS: 

 

Can America Recover?

 

Oro Recovery




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https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7065 1 78 full PTSD & Trauma in Recovery - Mike’s Story of Acid & Delinquency with the Grateful Dead PTSD & Trauma in Recovery - Mike’s Story of Acid & Delinquency with the Grateful Dead https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/ptsd-trauma-in-recovery-mike-s-story-of-acid-delinquency-with-the-grateful-dead/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/ptsd-trauma-in-recovery-mike-s-story-of-acid-delinquency-with-the-grateful-dead/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:04:31 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/73f5561c-34d5-317f-9c31-cfe25d82adb0 RMA-Episode 77 Show Notes:

 

This week Mike and Nat continue their mini-series on mental health in recovery by tackling the multi-headed beast that is PTSD. What is it? How does it manifest?  Most importantly,  what can we do about it? 

Traditional treatment of substance abuse in America often focuses on the symptoms (alcohol or drug use), rather than the underlying problems, (trauma and underlying mental health issues). Much like giving someone an Advil when they have a brain aneurysm, treating the symptom may bring temporary relief, but it doesn’t address the underlying problem. Is it time for a paradigm shift in the way we look at addiction and recovery? The guys break it down.

PLUS, Mike drops a story of acid and delinquency at a Dead show in the not too distant past,  The Monksters share what they’ve been thinking about lately,  Recovery in the News looks at the latest research on the health benefits of alcohol (there are none),  and the week in weird wonders whether that thing on the sidewalk is an alien or an embryo, on a psychedelic, empathetic, copacetic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

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As always, we thank you for your support.

 

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

 

**********

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

Gwenneth Paltro’s Vagina Candle

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

The Big Three With SLP

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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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 77 Show Notes:

 

This week Mike and Nat continue their mini-series on mental health in recovery by tackling the multi-headed beast that is PTSD. What is it? How does it manifest?  Most importantly,  what can we do about it? 

Traditional treatment of substance abuse in America often focuses on the symptoms (alcohol or drug use), rather than the underlying problems, (trauma and underlying mental health issues). Much like giving someone an Advil when they have a brain aneurysm, treating the symptom may bring temporary relief, but it doesn’t address the underlying problem. Is it time for a paradigm shift in the way we look at addiction and recovery? The guys break it down.

PLUS, Mike drops a story of acid and delinquency at a Dead show in the not too distant past,  The Monksters share what they’ve been thinking about lately,  Recovery in the News looks at the latest research on the health benefits of alcohol (there are none),  and the week in weird wonders whether that thing on the sidewalk is an alien or an embryo, on a psychedelic, empathetic, copacetic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!! 

We are a listener-supported, recovery-community based podcast whose sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

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

 

**********

 

Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

Gwenneth Paltro’s Vagina Candle

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com

 

The Big Three With SLP



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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).

 

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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6397 1 77 full ”The Weight of Air” by David Poses - The Big 3 with SLP - Treating Depression in Recovery ”The Weight of Air” by David Poses - The Big 3 with SLP - Treating Depression in Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-weight-of-air-by-david-poses-the-big-3-with-slp-treating-depression-in-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-weight-of-air-by-david-poses-the-big-3-with-slp-treating-depression-in-recovery/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:37:58 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/11a6631b-454e-36ec-9df8-82dbc2174989 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.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!! 

We are a listener-supported, recovery-community based podcast whose sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

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

 

**********

 

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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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

 

]]> 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.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!! 

We are a listener-supported, recovery-community based podcast whose sole mission is to help other people achieve sobriety and become their best, most authentic selves. As little as $3 a month makes a big difference and helps us keep the lights on.

 

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

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

 

**********

 

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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7040 1 76 full Nat’s Super Bowl Relapse & What is self care, and why is it important? Nat’s Super Bowl Relapse & What is self care, and why is it important? https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/nat-s-super-bowl-relapse-what-is-self-care-and-why-is-it-important/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/nat-s-super-bowl-relapse-what-is-self-care-and-why-is-it-important/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:14:16 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/6f9d5c1b-efdf-3467-9f34-75f8b1475d49 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.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> 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.

Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to your devices as soon as it’s released.

As always, we thank you for your support.

 

LINKS:



Recovery in the News

 

The Week in Weird

 

Recovery News You Can Use, Any Day of the Week:

 

www.soberliningsplaybook.com



JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



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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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6597 1 75 full MISHKA SHUBALY - The Definitive Interview! MISHKA SHUBALY - The Definitive Interview! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/mishka-shubaly-the-definitive-interview/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/mishka-shubaly-the-definitive-interview/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:20:19 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/5a38c62d-5a8d-31a4-966a-769451dd7168 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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> 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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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6983 1 74 full Are Fewer Women Seeking Addiction Treatment - Decriminalized Fentanyl Test Strips - AND MORE Are Fewer Women Seeking Addiction Treatment - Decriminalized Fentanyl Test Strips - AND MORE https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/are-fewer-women-seeking-addiction-treatment-decriminalized-fentanyl-test-strips-and-more/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/are-fewer-women-seeking-addiction-treatment-decriminalized-fentanyl-test-strips-and-more/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:01:52 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/a9d4b0b0-3fae-3e14-abb7-006f2aa6c119 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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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

 

]]> 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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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).

 

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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6607 1 73 full Are You You Talkin’ To Me? ¡GetSmart! Tackles Negative Self-Talk - Grant Boyken’s Big 3 W/SLP Are You You Talkin’ To Me? ¡GetSmart! Tackles Negative Self-Talk - Grant Boyken’s Big 3 W/SLP https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/are-you-you-talkin-to-me-%c2%a1getsmart-tackles-negative-self-talk-grant-boyken-s-big-3-wslp/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/are-you-you-talkin-to-me-%c2%a1getsmart-tackles-negative-self-talk-grant-boyken-s-big-3-wslp/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:16:34 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/7ce8c40b-d6f5-3f79-ac65-e9e50627fe87 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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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

 

]]> 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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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7062 1 72 full ”The Anonymous People” Documentary Discussion, The Disease Model of Addiction & MORE ”The Anonymous People” Documentary Discussion, The Disease Model of Addiction & MORE https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-anonymous-people-documentary-discussion-the-disease-model-of-addiction-more/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-anonymous-people-documentary-discussion-the-disease-model-of-addiction-more/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:55:21 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/20eb78e2-0805-3087-8fbf-25d394bc2871 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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> 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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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6570 1 71 full Health & Fitness in Recovery, Sledding, Mike’s Car Almost Gets Stolen, Nat’s Panic Attacks and MORE! Health & Fitness in Recovery, Sledding, Mike’s Car Almost Gets Stolen, Nat’s Panic Attacks and MORE! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/health-fitness-in-recovery-sledding-mike-s-car-almost-gets-stolen-nat-s-panic-attacks-and-more/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/health-fitness-in-recovery-sledding-mike-s-car-almost-gets-stolen-nat-s-panic-attacks-and-more/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:08:57 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/a08e8617-8d2a-340b-84db-71adda67ec83 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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> 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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6275 1 70 full Discussing ”Life of Crime, 1984-2020” & Surviving a Snowstorm Sober Discussing ”Life of Crime, 1984-2020” & Surviving a Snowstorm Sober https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-life-of-crime-1984-2020-surviving-a-snowstorm-sober/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-life-of-crime-1984-2020-surviving-a-snowstorm-sober/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:24:10 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/b3c16abc-aed3-300a-ab60-52329d4a2685 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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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

 

]]> 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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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6483 1 69 full RMA New Year’s Special! Grant Boyken Recaps All Things Recovery in 2021 RMA New Year’s Special! Grant Boyken Recaps All Things Recovery in 2021 https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-new-year-s-special-grant-boyken-recaps-all-things-recovery-in-2021/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-new-year-s-special-grant-boyken-recaps-all-things-recovery-in-2021/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:05:49 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/896f9b88-deeb-3263-b9d5-0c539bbd7793 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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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

 

]]> 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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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7552 1 68 full RMA Holiday Spectacular! Monksters Call In & We Discuss The Pain of Holiday ”Joy” RMA Holiday Spectacular! Monksters Call In & We Discuss The Pain of Holiday ”Joy” https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-holiday-spectacular-monksters-call-in-we-discuss-the-pain-of-holiday-joy/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-holiday-spectacular-monksters-call-in-we-discuss-the-pain-of-holiday-joy/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:03:40 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/787e230e-0705-35f8-bc99-72b3fd7f7f85 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

 

]]> 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/

 

JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



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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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5758 1 67 full Paul Churchill, Author and Host of Recovery Elevator Joins Us To Discuss Life, Love and Recovery Paul Churchill, Author and Host of Recovery Elevator Joins Us To Discuss Life, Love and Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/paul-churchill-author-and-host-of-recovery-elevator-joins-us-to-discuss-life-love-and-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/paul-churchill-author-and-host-of-recovery-elevator-joins-us-to-discuss-life-love-and-recovery/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:58:57 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/37c5057a-387b-3d4f-9feb-b893c541b7d0 RMA-Episode 66 Show Notes:

 

Saddle up! Today RMA sits down with Paul Churchill, host of Recovery Elevator and author of the book, Alcohol is Sh*t, How to Ditch the Booze, Re-ignite Your Life, and Recover the Person you Were Always Meant to be. In February 2015 Paul launched the Recovery Elevator Podcast as an accountability tool to quit drinking. Today, the podcast has surpassed 3 million downloads, is in the 95th percentile of all podcasts on iTunes and has been downloaded in all 50 states and over 145 countries. We had a great conversation with Paul, and we’re really excited to share it with you.

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, Monksters Speak on a marginally festive, internally focused, royalty-free episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Alcohol is Sh!t Amazon Link—> https://amzn.to/3sbkgn7

 

Recovery Elevator

 

Recovery in the News:

  https://nypost.com/2021/12/11/meet-an-ex-crack-addict-marathon-runner-and-more-extremists/

 

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-crashed-flying-saucer-spotted-on-mars/

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

 

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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 66 Show Notes:

 

Saddle up! Today RMA sits down with Paul Churchill, host of Recovery Elevator and author of the book, Alcohol is Sh*t, How to Ditch the Booze, Re-ignite Your Life, and Recover the Person you Were Always Meant to be. In February 2015 Paul launched the Recovery Elevator Podcast as an accountability tool to quit drinking. Today, the podcast has surpassed 3 million downloads, is in the 95th percentile of all podcasts on iTunes and has been downloaded in all 50 states and over 145 countries. We had a great conversation with Paul, and we’re really excited to share it with you.

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, Monksters Speak on a marginally festive, internally focused, royalty-free episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Alcohol is Sh!t Amazon Link—> https://amzn.to/3sbkgn7

 

Recovery Elevator

 

Recovery in the News:

  https://nypost.com/2021/12/11/meet-an-ex-crack-addict-marathon-runner-and-more-extremists/

 

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-crashed-flying-saucer-spotted-on-mars/



Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

 

JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!!



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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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> https://amzn.to/3sbkgn7   Recovery Elevator   Recovery in the News:   https://nypost.com/2021/12/11/meet-an-ex-crack-addict-marathon-runner-and-more-extremists/   Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services   The Week in Weird:   https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-crashed-flying-saucer-spotted-on-mars/ Recovery News You Can Use   https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/   JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!! LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes.    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! Check out the website: Www.middleagesrecovery.com   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  ]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6832 1 66 full Extra! Extra! Recovery in the News ¡GetSmart! With Erin Moore Crossover Episode Extra! Extra! Recovery in the News ¡GetSmart! With Erin Moore Crossover Episode https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/extra-extra-recovery-in-the-news-%c2%a1getsmart-with-erin-moore-crossover-episode/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/extra-extra-recovery-in-the-news-%c2%a1getsmart-with-erin-moore-crossover-episode/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:53:09 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/fcc83a49-c87a-35d8-9e50-0fdf1465fcf6 RMA-Episode 65 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA,  Erin Moore returns to the podcast to discuss addiction, connection, alienation and Maia Szalavitz’s recent Op-Ed in the NY Times, Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times. What is the relationship between our endogenous opiate system and social disconnection? Can connecting with other people really lower our propensity for addiction? Tune in to hear the discussion. 

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, Monksters Speak and a holiday themed  life update, on a contented, stress-free, yet occasionally anhedonic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Erin Moore:

 

https://fallingphoenix.com/

 

Maia Szalavitz:

 

 Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times.

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Supervised Injection Sites Open in NYC

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Is that a Rock on the Moon or a Hut full of Aliens?

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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 65 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA,  Erin Moore returns to the podcast to discuss addiction, connection, alienation and Maia Szalavitz’s recent Op-Ed in the NY Times, Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times. What is the relationship between our endogenous opiate system and social disconnection? Can connecting with other people really lower our propensity for addiction? Tune in to hear the discussion. 

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, Monksters Speak and a holiday themed  life update, on a contented, stress-free, yet occasionally anhedonic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Erin Moore:

 

https://fallingphoenix.com/

 

Maia Szalavitz:

 

 Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times.



Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Supervised Injection Sites Open in NYC

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Is that a Rock on the Moon or a Hut full of Aliens?



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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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6049 1 65 full Post Thanksgiving Report and We Discuss Rational Recovery & ”The Small Book” by Jack Trimpy Post Thanksgiving Report and We Discuss Rational Recovery & ”The Small Book” by Jack Trimpy https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/post-thanksgiving-report-and-we-discuss-rational-recovery-the-small-book-by-jack-trimpy/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/post-thanksgiving-report-and-we-discuss-rational-recovery-the-small-book-by-jack-trimpy/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2021 22:16:21 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/19347fbd-17a5-3838-887e-d755076f69fe RMA-Episode 64 Show Notes:

 

We're back! And boy do we have a show for you. This week Mike and Nat discuss the ins and outs of Jack Trimpey’s Rational Recovery. What is it? How is it different from AA? Can you incorporate the principles of RR into your own recovery? Tune in to find out.

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, and the life update, on a rational, beastly, self-directed of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Rational Recovery

 

Rational recovery-The Small Book

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Demi Lovado is “Sober Sober”

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Man Who Dreams of Becoming Alien Takes Off Two Fingers

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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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 64 Show Notes:

 

We're back! And boy do we have a show for you. This week Mike and Nat discuss the ins and outs of Jack Trimpey’s Rational Recovery. What is it? How is it different from AA? Can you incorporate the principles of RR into your own recovery? Tune in to find out.

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, and the life update, on a rational, beastly, self-directed of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Rational Recovery

 

Rational recovery-The Small Book

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Demi Lovado is “Sober Sober”

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Man Who Dreams of Becoming Alien Takes Off Two Fingers



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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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7016 1 64 full RMA Guide to Surviving the Holidays & Seasonal Affective Disorder - Discussing ”Living Sober” RMA Guide to Surviving the Holidays & Seasonal Affective Disorder - Discussing ”Living Sober” https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-guide-to-surviving-the-holidays-seasonal-affective-disorder-discussing-living-sober/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-guide-to-surviving-the-holidays-seasonal-affective-disorder-discussing-living-sober/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:08:00 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/61339b9a-3dd9-33e6-a496-cf32abc38e10 RMA-Episode 63 Show Notes:

 

Ready or not, the holidays are around the corner! The stretch from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve is fraught with peril for the newly sober and seasoned sobernaut alike. This week on RMA’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza, Mike and Nat share tips and tricks for making it through with mental health and sobriety intact. To help provide structure to the conversation, they read and comment on selections from Living Sober: Practical Methods Alcoholics Have Used for Living Without Drinking. Whether you identify as an alcoholic, a grey area drinker, or something in between, there’s something in this conversation for YOU.

 

Other topics covered this week include: Seasonal Affective Disorder, First Things First, Triggers, Boundaries and RMA’s first Zoom recovery meeting.

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, a few war stories and the life update, on a gratitude filled, home for the holidays, cranberry-smeared episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Read Living Sober for Free Online

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Overdose Deaths Reached Record High as Pandemic Spread

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

NASA Scientists Propose Framework for Announcing Potential Alien Discoveries

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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 63 Show Notes:

 

Ready or not, the holidays are around the corner! The stretch from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve is fraught with peril for the newly sober and seasoned sobernaut alike. This week on RMA’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza, Mike and Nat share tips and tricks for making it through with mental health and sobriety intact. To help provide structure to the conversation, they read and comment on selections from Living Sober: Practical Methods Alcoholics Have Used for Living Without Drinking. Whether you identify as an alcoholic, a grey area drinker, or something in between, there’s something in this conversation for YOU.

 

Other topics covered this week include: Seasonal Affective Disorder, First Things First, Triggers, Boundaries and RMA’s first Zoom recovery meeting.

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, a few war stories and the life update, on a gratitude filled, home for the holidays, cranberry-smeared episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

Read Living Sober for Free Online

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Overdose Deaths Reached Record High as Pandemic Spread

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

NASA Scientists Propose Framework for Announcing Potential Alien Discoveries



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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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 7181 1 63 full RMA Gets Loose As We Discuss The New Podcast ”Hooked” About A Successful Boeing Engineer Who Started Robbing Banks With His Son After Becoming Addicted To OXY RMA Gets Loose As We Discuss The New Podcast ”Hooked” About A Successful Boeing Engineer Who Started Robbing Banks With His Son After Becoming Addicted To OXY https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-gets-looseas-wediscuss-the-new-podcasthooked-abouta-successful-boeingengineer-who-startedrobbing-bankswithhis-son-afterbecoming-addicted-tooxy/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-gets-looseas-wediscuss-the-new-podcasthooked-abouta-successful-boeingengineer-who-startedrobbing-bankswithhis-son-afterbecoming-addicted-tooxy/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:25:31 -0500 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/f94e8050-0e2b-38f0-936c-e9ff8fdba124 RMA-Episode 61 Show Notes:

 

This week is all about taking it easy on RMA. No guests, no books to review, no movies to watch. Instead, Mike and Nat talk about two podcasts in the recovery space that they’ve been listening to lately, It’s All Bad, and Hooked. The former is a war-story centered podcast out of LA, which goes deep and dark into meth crack and heroin use on the West Coast. The second podcast tells the tale of an engineer and model dad who worked for Boeing for 20 years before becoming addicted to opiates and robbing 30 banks over the course of one very crazy year. 

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, a few war stories, and an expanded life update, on a thoroughly relaxed, moderately paced, funnier-than-usual episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

It’s All Bad Podcast

 

Hooked Podcast

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Moderate Alcohol Consumption Should Not Be Recommended for Health Reasons

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Flying Humanoid Filmed in Scotland?

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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 61 Show Notes:

 

This week is all about taking it easy on RMA. No guests, no books to review, no movies to watch. Instead, Mike and Nat talk about two podcasts in the recovery space that they’ve been listening to lately, It’s All Bad, and Hooked. The former is a war-story centered podcast out of LA, which goes deep and dark into meth crack and heroin use on the West Coast. The second podcast tells the tale of an engineer and model dad who worked for Boeing for 20 years before becoming addicted to opiates and robbing 30 banks over the course of one very crazy year. 

 

Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird, a few war stories, and an expanded life update, on a thoroughly relaxed, moderately paced, funnier-than-usual episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

It’s All Bad Podcast

 

Hooked Podcast



Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Moderate Alcohol Consumption Should Not Be Recommended for Health Reasons

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Flying Humanoid Filmed in Scotland?



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5824 1 62 full Discussing ”Unbroken Brain” by Maia Szalavitz - Is Addiction a Learning Disorder? Find Out Now! Discussing ”Unbroken Brain” by Maia Szalavitz - Is Addiction a Learning Disorder? Find Out Now! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-unbroken-brain-by-maia-szalavitz-is-addiction-a-learning-disorder-find-out-now/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/discussing-unbroken-brain-by-maia-szalavitz-is-addiction-a-learning-disorder-find-out-now/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2021 12:16:04 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/71a75164-1b0f-3849-8671-1f3d64f53760 RMA-Episode 61 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA: Addiction. Is it a disease of the brain, or is it something better thought of as a maladaptive learned behavior? Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavits offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery- and why there is no “addictive personality” or single treatment that works for all.

 

Combining Maia Szalavitz’s personal story with a distillation of more than 25 years of science and research, Unbroken Brain provides a paradigm-shifting approach to thinking about addiction.

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on a maladaptive, disordered, slightly congested episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:

Unbroken Brain is available here---->https://amzn.to/3o427ns

Use this link and help out RMA~! 

 

Unbroken Brain on Audible:

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Shatterproof and The Hartford Release Largest and Most Expansive Addiction Stigma Survey Ever Fielded

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Weird Wishbone UFO Filmed in Chicago

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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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 61 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA: Addiction. Is it a disease of the brain, or is it something better thought of as a maladaptive learned behavior? Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavits offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery- and why there is no “addictive personality” or single treatment that works for all.

 

Combining Maia Szalavitz’s personal story with a distillation of more than 25 years of science and research, Unbroken Brain provides a paradigm-shifting approach to thinking about addiction.

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on a maladaptive, disordered, slightly congested episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:



Unbroken Brain is available here---->https://amzn.to/3o427ns

Use this link and help out RMA~! 

 

Unbroken Brain on Audible:

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Shatterproof and The Hartford Release Largest and Most Expansive Addiction Stigma Survey Ever Fielded

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Weird Wishbone UFO Filmed in Chicago



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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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> https://amzn.to/3o427ns Use this link and help out RMA~!    Unbroken Brain on Audible:   Recovery News You Can Use   https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/ Recovery in the News:   Shatterproof and The Hartford Release Largest and Most Expansive Addiction Stigma Survey Ever Fielded Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services   The Week in Weird:   Weird Wishbone UFO Filmed in Chicago LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes.    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! Check out the website: Www.middleagesrecovery.com   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  ]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5250 1 61 full Recovery Guru & Author Joseph W. Naus Joins Us In Studio Discussing His Life, Work, & Recovery Recovery Guru & Author Joseph W. Naus Joins Us In Studio Discussing His Life, Work, & Recovery https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/recovery-guru-author-joseph-w-naus-joins-us-in-studio-discussing-his-life-work-recovery/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/recovery-guru-author-joseph-w-naus-joins-us-in-studio-discussing-his-life-work-recovery/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:36:46 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/61279d90-db24-3799-9de0-189aa562a331 RMA-Episode 60-Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA we welcome our first in-studio guest, Joseph Naus, the author of the wildly successful addiction and recovery memoirs, Straight Pepper Diet and The Palsgraf Revelation. Joseph was kind enough to give us some time to talk about his books and his recovery, and he also accompanied Nat on his Recovery in the News scat singing! 

 

We recorded two episodes a little while ago where we reviewed Joseph’s books and gave our impressions, so if you want some background on that make sure to give episodes 42 and 43 a listen. 

 

Some of you who joined us more recently might be wondering, “but who is this Joseph Naus person?” In his own words,  “On Tuesday, I was a respected civil trial lawyer making six-figures. On Wednesday, I woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed charged with attempted murder … and then it got worse.” 

Joseph W. Naus was born in 1971. He graduated from Pepperdine Law and passed the Bar in 1997. As related in his harrowing yet hopeful memoir, Straight Pepper Diet, Joseph was raised by his mom, a heroin addict turned shut-in depressive, amidst crime and poverty. At age 32, Joseph’s American Dream life became a nightmare when his addictions to sex, alcohol and cigarettes collided and exploded. 

 

Despite the odds, Joseph is alive and well. He lives in Highland Park in Los Angeles with his wife, Theresa, and their cat, Bogey, and released his follow-up memoir The Palsgraf Revelation on February 15, 2020. 

 

Join us as we have a conversation with Joseph and find out how he managed to bounce off a dark, low bottom to now enjoy a full life in the light of recovery.

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on live, in-studio, storeroom-filled episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:

 

Joseph Naus:

 

www.josephwnaus.com

Straight Pepper Diet is available here----> https://amzn.to/3nAZPw4 Use this link and help out RMA~! 

 

Palsgraf Revelation buy here and help the show~! https://amzn.to/3bo7po1

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Non-Alcoholic Beverages Sales Up During Pandemic

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Dogman or Bigfoot?

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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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 60-Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA we welcome our first in-studio guest, Joseph Naus, the author of the wildly successful addiction and recovery memoirs, Straight Pepper Diet and The Palsgraf Revelation. Joseph was kind enough to give us some time to talk about his books and his recovery, and he also accompanied Nat on his Recovery in the News scat singing! 

 

We recorded two episodes a little while ago where we reviewed Joseph’s books and gave our impressions, so if you want some background on that make sure to give episodes 42 and 43 a listen. 

 

Some of you who joined us more recently might be wondering, “but who is this Joseph Naus person?” In his own words,  “On Tuesday, I was a respected civil trial lawyer making six-figures. On Wednesday, I woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed charged with attempted murder … and then it got worse.” 

Joseph W. Naus was born in 1971. He graduated from Pepperdine Law and passed the Bar in 1997. As related in his harrowing yet hopeful memoir, Straight Pepper Diet, Joseph was raised by his mom, a heroin addict turned shut-in depressive, amidst crime and poverty. At age 32, Joseph’s American Dream life became a nightmare when his addictions to sex, alcohol and cigarettes collided and exploded. 

 

Despite the odds, Joseph is alive and well. He lives in Highland Park in Los Angeles with his wife, Theresa, and their cat, Bogey, and released his follow-up memoir The Palsgraf Revelation on February 15, 2020. 

 

Join us as we have a conversation with Joseph and find out how he managed to bounce off a dark, low bottom to now enjoy a full life in the light of recovery.

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on live, in-studio, storeroom-filled episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:

 

Joseph Naus:

 

www.josephwnaus.com



Straight Pepper Diet is available here----> https://amzn.to/3nAZPw4 Use this link and help out RMA~! 

 

Palsgraf Revelation buy here and help the show~! https://amzn.to/3bo7po1

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Non-Alcoholic Beverages Sales Up During Pandemic

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Dogman or Bigfoot?



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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> https://amzn.to/3nAZPw4 Use this link and help out RMA~!    Palsgraf Revelation buy here and help the show~! https://amzn.to/3bo7po1   Recovery News You Can Use   https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/ Recovery in the News:   Non-Alcoholic Beverages Sales Up During Pandemic Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services   The Week in Weird:   Dogman or Bigfoot? LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes.    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! Check out the website: Www.middleagesrecovery.com   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  ]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 8313 1 60 full ¡GetSmart! with Erin Moore! Recovery Horror Documentary ”The Last Stop” & Synanon‘s Lasting Influence ¡GetSmart! with Erin Moore! Recovery Horror Documentary ”The Last Stop” & Synanon‘s Lasting Influence https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/%c2%a1getsmart-with-erin-moore-recovery-horror-documentary-the-last-stop-synanon-s-lasting-influence/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/%c2%a1getsmart-with-erin-moore-recovery-horror-documentary-the-last-stop-synanon-s-lasting-influence/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:56:21 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/6ab53dda-4f16-3288-b05a-03d4a0167660 RMA-Episode 59 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-The Last Stop: When a good kid goes down the wrong path, parents are left feeling hopeless. What do they do when their kid starts doing drugs and drinking and getting into trouble with the law? I’ll tell you what they shouldn’t do. Don’t have a transport company pull them out of bed in the middle of the night and send them to a place like the Elan School.

The Elan School,  located in the deep woods of Maine was presented to their parents as a last stop resort for out-of-control behaviour. It used a mixture of harsh discipline, emotional, and physical abuse, to deconstruct the students’ psyches and “cure” them of their behavioral issues.

The Last Stop, an award-winning documentary film currently streaming on Amazon Prime, takes a deeper look into the controversial therapy methods used at this school, methods that developed from the Synanon recovery cult. Synanon spawned hundreds of copycat programs like Daytop and Phoenix House, that used confrontational therapy and other abusive tactics with no scientific basis to treat teens with substance abuse and behavioral issues. 

Erin Moore joins Mike and Nat this week to share her experience as a survivor of the Phoenix House program, and to join in reviewing The Last Stop. It’s a compelling episode that strikes at the heart of the “troubled teen” movement and asks why there has been little to no oversight of these largely unregulated facilities.

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on an out-of-control, questionably therapeutic, deep in the woods episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:

 

The Last Stop is available here----> Use this link and help out RMA~! https://amzn.to/3GcYP9O

 

Erin Moore

 

https://fallingphoenix.com/

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Caging the Drunkards!

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Einstein Examined Alien Craft in Roswell in 1947

 

Tell Us Your Ghost Story:

 

Email Mike at MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

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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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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 59 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-The Last Stop: When a good kid goes down the wrong path, parents are left feeling hopeless. What do they do when their kid starts doing drugs and drinking and getting into trouble with the law? I’ll tell you what they shouldn’t do. Don’t have a transport company pull them out of bed in the middle of the night and send them to a place like the Elan School.

The Elan School,  located in the deep woods of Maine was presented to their parents as a last stop resort for out-of-control behaviour. It used a mixture of harsh discipline, emotional, and physical abuse, to deconstruct the students’ psyches and “cure” them of their behavioral issues.

The Last Stop, an award-winning documentary film currently streaming on Amazon Prime, takes a deeper look into the controversial therapy methods used at this school, methods that developed from the Synanon recovery cult. Synanon spawned hundreds of copycat programs like Daytop and Phoenix House, that used confrontational therapy and other abusive tactics with no scientific basis to treat teens with substance abuse and behavioral issues. 

Erin Moore joins Mike and Nat this week to share her experience as a survivor of the Phoenix House program, and to join in reviewing The Last Stop. It’s a compelling episode that strikes at the heart of the “troubled teen” movement and asks why there has been little to no oversight of these largely unregulated facilities.

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on an out-of-control, questionably therapeutic, deep in the woods episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:

 

The Last Stop is available here----> Use this link and help out RMA~! https://amzn.to/3GcYP9O

 

Erin Moore

 

https://fallingphoenix.com/



Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Caging the Drunkards!

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Einstein Examined Alien Craft in Roswell in 1947

 

Tell Us Your Ghost Story:

 

Email Mike at MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

You can reach us by email at:

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Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Use this link and help out RMA~! https://amzn.to/3GcYP9O   Erin Moore   https://fallingphoenix.com/ Recovery News You Can Use   https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/ Recovery in the News:   Caging the Drunkards! Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services   The Week in Weird:   Einstein Examined Alien Craft in Roswell in 1947   Tell Us Your Ghost Story:   Email Mike at MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes.    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! Check out the website: Www.middleagesrecovery.com   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  ]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5783 1 59 full Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke & NatX Returns to Traffic Court Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke & NatX Returns to Traffic Court https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/dopamine-nation-by-dr-anna-lembke-natx-returns-to-traffic-court/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/dopamine-nation-by-dr-anna-lembke-natx-returns-to-traffic-court/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:44:52 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/d48ec98e-8b1c-3001-8a4a-b6500fc3b212 RMA-Episode 58 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA, we review Dopamine Nation, the new book written by Dr. Anna Lembke, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford University and director of its dual diagnosis clinic. 

 

This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli that our brain is ill-equipped to handle. This leads to addictive behaviors and all the problems that flow from them. 

 

In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke condenses the science and explains why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain…and what to do about it.

 

Plus, RMA goes to Court and battles the judge for Nat’s soul, on a fully adjudicated, plea-bargained, homeostatic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:

 

Dopamine Nation 

Purchase here and help the show! https://amzn.to/3vgB7o2

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  In the quest for a liver transplant, patients are segregated by prior alcohol use

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

William Shatner Goes Where no 90 Year-Old Has Gone Before

 

Tell Us Your Ghost Story:

 

Email Mike at MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

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!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 58 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA, we review Dopamine Nation, the new book written by Dr. Anna Lembke, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford University and director of its dual diagnosis clinic. 

 

This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli that our brain is ill-equipped to handle. This leads to addictive behaviors and all the problems that flow from them. 

 

In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke condenses the science and explains why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain…and what to do about it.

 

Plus, RMA goes to Court and battles the judge for Nat’s soul, on a fully adjudicated, plea-bargained, homeostatic episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. 

 

LINKS:

 

Dopamine Nation 

Purchase here and help the show! https://amzn.to/3vgB7o2

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  In the quest for a liver transplant, patients are segregated by prior alcohol use

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

William Shatner Goes Where no 90 Year-Old Has Gone Before

 

Tell Us Your Ghost Story:

 

Email Mike at MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

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!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6222 1 58 full RMA Nights! The Kratom Withdrawal Nightmare With Jeff & Bianca D. RMA Nights! The Kratom Withdrawal Nightmare With Jeff & Bianca D. https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-nights-the-kratom-withdrawal-nightmare-with-jeff-bianca-d/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/rma-nights-the-kratom-withdrawal-nightmare-with-jeff-bianca-d/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:49:46 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/4182903d-a473-3c99-80a0-9392a65575cf RMA-Episode 57 Show Notes:

 

Did you ever think you were making progress in your recovery only to be derailed by something that you thought was helping you? That’s what happened to this week’s guests Jeff and Bianca D. Some of you may recognize Jeff’s name from the RMA Facebook group where he is one of the moderators. He also designed the latest RMA T-Shirts (available for purchase at www.middleagesrecovery.com)! 

 

Jeff and Bianca  join us this week to talk about how Bianca’s use of Kratom went from a seemingly harmless, occasional habit, to a full-blown addiction requiring a lengthy detox and recovery period. Their story is a cautionary tale about what can happen when recovery goes sideways. Tune on to hear the rest of the tale, this week on RMA.

 

Plus, the week in review, the Monksters Speak and so much more on a detoxified, extracted, early-bird special episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  A Sober-Curious Movement Builds Online

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Cold Cast Team Believes They Have Identified the Zodiac Killer

 

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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

 

]]> RMA-Episode 57 Show Notes:

 

Did you ever think you were making progress in your recovery only to be derailed by something that you thought was helping you? That’s what happened to this week’s guests Jeff and Bianca D. Some of you may recognize Jeff’s name from the RMA Facebook group where he is one of the moderators. He also designed the latest RMA T-Shirts (available for purchase at www.middleagesrecovery.com)! 

 

Jeff and Bianca  join us this week to talk about how Bianca’s use of Kratom went from a seemingly harmless, occasional habit, to a full-blown addiction requiring a lengthy detox and recovery period. Their story is a cautionary tale about what can happen when recovery goes sideways. Tune on to hear the rest of the tale, this week on RMA.

 

Plus, the week in review, the Monksters Speak and so much more on a detoxified, extracted, early-bird special episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:



Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/



Recovery in the News:

  A Sober-Curious Movement Builds Online

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Cold Cast Team Believes They Have Identified the Zodiac Killer

 

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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).

 

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Join the Facebook Page! 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/

 

Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):

 

This Naked Mind

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6564 1 57 full 12 Smart Things To Do When The Booze and Drugs are Gone: Part 2 & The Monksters Speak! 12 Smart Things To Do When The Booze and Drugs are Gone: Part 2 & The Monksters Speak! https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/12-smart-things-to-do-when-the-booze-and-drugs-are-gone-part-2-the-monksters-speak/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/12-smart-things-to-do-when-the-booze-and-drugs-are-gone-part-2-the-monksters-speak/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:13:03 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/1d17ac1a-3a57-336f-83c7-e9db5fadc2d1 RMA-Episode 56 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-We continue our discussion of emotional sobriety as an essential element of recovery by taking a look at a few of Dr. Berger’s 12 Smart Things. Find out what you have in common with a Bonsai tree!  Don’t let other people edit your reality, man! Also, know thyself and above all, watch your projections. 

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on an emotionally centered, integrated, rigorously honest episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone: Choosing Emotional Sobriety through Self-Awareness and Right Action  Purchase through this link to support RMA! https://amzn.to/3CDxhrm

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

  Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment 

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Demi Lovato’s Close Encounter

 

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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 Minds

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

]]> RMA-Episode 56 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-We continue our discussion of emotional sobriety as an essential element of recovery by taking a look at a few of Dr. Berger’s 12 Smart Things. Find out what you have in common with a Bonsai tree!  Don’t let other people edit your reality, man! Also, know thyself and above all, watch your projections. 

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on an emotionally centered, integrated, rigorously honest episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone: Choosing Emotional Sobriety through Self-Awareness and Right Action  Purchase through this link to support RMA! https://amzn.to/3CDxhrm

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/



Recovery in the News:

  Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment 

Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services

 

The Week in Weird:

 

Demi Lovato’s Close Encounter

 

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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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).

 

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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 Minds

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5154 1 56 full Emotional Sobriety: Discussing the book ”12 Smart Things...” by Dr. Alan Berger, PhD Emotional Sobriety: Discussing the book ”12 Smart Things...” by Dr. Alan Berger, PhD https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/emotional-sobriety-discussing-the-book-12-smart-things-by-dr-alan-berger-phd/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/emotional-sobriety-discussing-the-book-12-smart-things-by-dr-alan-berger-phd/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:02:11 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/0d5494b6-306d-3529-96d2-83052b922eb2 RMA-Episode 55 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-Emotional Sobriety as an essential element of recovery. What is it? How can we achieve it? Why is it important? You’ve heard us say that the real work begins once the drinking and using ends. This week we explain what that means. The quality of our recovery is determined by how we respond to the problems or challenges in our lives. But because we don’t know how best to respond to these issues, we end up stuck and frustrated. Emotional sobriety is a state in which we experience our emotions and respect them, but we respond to them the way we would respond to other kinds of information. So, we don’t act out in a knee-jerk response to every passing emotional state. 

 

Dr. Allen Berger wrote the book on Emotional Sobriety and this week Mike and Nat dive right in.

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on a self-aware, fully differentiated, balanced episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone: Choosing Emotional Sobriety through Self-Awareness and Right Action  Purchase through this link to support RMA! https://amzn.to/3CDxhrm

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

 

College Students Using Marijuana More, Alcohol Less

The Week in Weird:

 

Prisoner Reports Odd UFO Sighting

 

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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 Minds

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

 

]]> RMA-Episode 55 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA-Emotional Sobriety as an essential element of recovery. What is it? How can we achieve it? Why is it important? You’ve heard us say that the real work begins once the drinking and using ends. This week we explain what that means. The quality of our recovery is determined by how we respond to the problems or challenges in our lives. But because we don’t know how best to respond to these issues, we end up stuck and frustrated. Emotional sobriety is a state in which we experience our emotions and respect them, but we respond to them the way we would respond to other kinds of information. So, we don’t act out in a knee-jerk response to every passing emotional state. 

 

Dr. Allen Berger wrote the book on Emotional Sobriety and this week Mike and Nat dive right in.

 

Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on a self-aware, fully differentiated, balanced episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages

 

LINKS:

 

12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone: Choosing Emotional Sobriety through Self-Awareness and Right Action  Purchase through this link to support RMA! https://amzn.to/3CDxhrm

 

Recovery News You Can Use

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/



Recovery in the News:

 

College Students Using Marijuana More, Alcohol Less



The Week in Weird:

 

Prisoner Reports Odd UFO Sighting

 

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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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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).

 

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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 Minds

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5020 1 55 full The Gallows Humor of Recovery - Grant B. Stops in to Discuss His Sober Journey The Gallows Humor of Recovery - Grant B. Stops in to Discuss His Sober Journey https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-gallows-humor-of-recovery-grant-b-stops-in-to-discuss-his-sober-journey/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/the-gallows-humor-of-recovery-grant-b-stops-in-to-discuss-his-sober-journey/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:47:27 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/23d8721e-ae02-3748-9aef-67b318631ef5 RMA-Episode 46 Show Notes:

 

What is a “high-functioning” alcoholic?  I think there are a fair number of people out there who are able to keep drinking and using while at the same time enjoying success in a career and having a normal-appearing life. The keyword there is “appearing” because as anyone who has been there can tell you, when you are wrestling with an addiction while trying to hold together a professional career, you spend a lot of time on appearances. Eventually, like a house of cards built on quicksand, the whole thing comes tumbling down. That’s what happened to this week’s guest Grant Boyken. Grant had a successful career and a solid family life until the day came where he could no longer hide the fact that he was living another life where he was drinking all day, and quietly falling apart.  But don’t worry! The story has a happy ending. 

 

Plus, a listener asks if getting high on Delta 8 THC is a relapse, and Mike and Nat talk about their wacky weeks, so please join us as we voyage into a confessional, really long, inquisitive episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Grant’s Website:

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/

Recovery in the News:

 

The Rise of Harm Reduction in the War on Drugs

The Week in Weird:

 

Forgetful Ghost Hunters Accidentally ASpark Bomb Scare

 

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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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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 Minds

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

 

]]> RMA-Episode 46 Show Notes:

 

What is a “high-functioning” alcoholic?  I think there are a fair number of people out there who are able to keep drinking and using while at the same time enjoying success in a career and having a normal-appearing life. The keyword there is “appearing” because as anyone who has been there can tell you, when you are wrestling with an addiction while trying to hold together a professional career, you spend a lot of time on appearances. Eventually, like a house of cards built on quicksand, the whole thing comes tumbling down. That’s what happened to this week’s guest Grant Boyken. Grant had a successful career and a solid family life until the day came where he could no longer hide the fact that he was living another life where he was drinking all day, and quietly falling apart.  But don’t worry! The story has a happy ending. 

 

Plus, a listener asks if getting high on Delta 8 THC is a relapse, and Mike and Nat talk about their wacky weeks, so please join us as we voyage into a confessional, really long, inquisitive episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Grant’s Website:

 

https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/



Recovery in the News:

 

The Rise of Harm Reduction in the War on Drugs



The Week in Weird:

 

Forgetful Ghost Hunters Accidentally ASpark Bomb Scare

 

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



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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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 Minds

 

Addiction Recovery Podcast

 

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 6513 1 54 full Sponsorship Part 3: Tandem Sponsors & Mentors - 9/11 20th Anniversary PTSD Sponsorship Part 3: Tandem Sponsors & Mentors - 9/11 20th Anniversary PTSD https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/sponsorship-part-3-tandem-sponsors-mentors-911-20th-anniversary-ptsd/ https://recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/e/sponsorship-part-3-tandem-sponsors-mentors-911-20th-anniversary-ptsd/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:26:46 -0400 recoveryinthemiddleages.podbean.com/eaf95e1a-cf4f-3fd4-a5df-8a0a88d2eed0 RMA-Episode 53 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA: Tandem bicycles, tandem kayaks...tandem sponsors? Last week we looked at the darker side of sponsorship and how to avoid some of the common pitfalls that some might say are inherent in the sponsor model. This week we sound a more upbeat note and make a modest proposal: sponsorship the RMA way. How do we find a recovery mentor? What utility is there in having a recovery friend and accountability partner? We answer those questions and more, (and also go long on the week in review).

 

Also, this week is the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Mike and Nat share their memories of that terrible day and discuss the aftermath and how it affected their drinking and drug use.

 

Finally, Mike’s appearance on This Naked Mind is STILL drawing in a wave of new listeners. We welcome them with open arms. Hope you enjoy the podcast!

 

All this and more on a somewhat somber, reciprocal, high-wire walking episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Mike’s Interview on Annie Grace

 

Sober Linings Playbook (Aggregated recovery and addiction news and resources).

Recovery in the News:

 

Michael K. Williams Dead at 54

The Week in Weird:

 

Alien Head Statue Found on Mars

LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE

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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Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> RMA-Episode 53 Show Notes:

 

This week on RMA: Tandem bicycles, tandem kayaks...tandem sponsors? Last week we looked at the darker side of sponsorship and how to avoid some of the common pitfalls that some might say are inherent in the sponsor model. This week we sound a more upbeat note and make a modest proposal: sponsorship the RMA way. How do we find a recovery mentor? What utility is there in having a recovery friend and accountability partner? We answer those questions and more, (and also go long on the week in review).

 

Also, this week is the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Mike and Nat share their memories of that terrible day and discuss the aftermath and how it affected their drinking and drug use.

 

Finally, Mike’s appearance on This Naked Mind is STILL drawing in a wave of new listeners. We welcome them with open arms. Hope you enjoy the podcast!

 

All this and more on a somewhat somber, reciprocal, high-wire walking episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

 

Mike’s Interview on Annie Grace

 

Sober Linings Playbook (Aggregated recovery and addiction news and resources).



Recovery in the News:

 

Michael K. Williams Dead at 54



The Week in Weird:

 

Alien Head Statue Found on Mars



LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE



PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. 

 

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!

Check out the website:

Www.middleagesrecovery.com

 

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

]]> Recovery in the Middle Ages true No 5244 1 53 full