All Episodes
Talking Addiction & Recovery — 181 episodes
Episode 182: EMDR and the Future of Healing (featuring Paul Schulte)
Episode 181: War Boys: Generational Trauma, Survival, and the Stories We Inherit (featuring Jason Prokowiew)
Episode 180: Courage for Life: Finding Confidence, Hope, and Joy Through Faith (featuring Ann White)
Episode 179: Building a Life Worth Living in Gambling Recovery (featuring Sal Guarino)
Episode 178: Supporting Families by Parents Standing Together (featuring Kim Freudenberg)
Episode 177: Finding Hope: Grief, Healing, and Recovery After Suicide (Lisa Sugarman)
Episode 176: Offline Now: Rethinking Digital Balance Without Shame or Rules (featuring Eli Singer)
Episode 175: Bridging Cultures & Conversations: Tribal Communities, Storytelling, and Problem Gambling Prevention (featuring Davina Mena)
Episode 174: The Hidden Praise of Addiction (featuring Elizabeth F.S. Roberts)
Episode 173: Cope Compass: Gambling Recovery in the Digital Age (featuring Austin Taylor)
Episode 172: 7 Exits: Leaving Behind What No Longer Serves You (featuring Dr. Rosenna Bakari)
Episode 171: Fixing Behavioral Health from Within: A Practical Framework for Real Change (featuring Isamu Pant)
Episode 170: Movies, Recovery & the Stories That Connect Us (featuring Ted Perkins)
Episode 169: Come What May Teaches Us About Laughter and Loss (featuring Lahna Turner)
Episode 168: Betting on Reality: The Rise of Prediction Markets & the Next Gambling Frontier (featuring Abdullah Mahmood)
Episode 167: The Hanley Effect: Rethinking Addiction, Family Healing, and the Rise of Process Addictions (featuring Dr. Rachel Docekal)
Episode 166: Travelling Our Mosaic Path of Healing (featuring Scott Stolarick)
Episode 165: Good Money, Better Life: The Psychology of Money (featuring John Coleman)
Episode 164: Your Love Does Matter and the Footprint We Leave Behind (featuring David Cunningham)
Episode 163: Off the Mat and Into Recovery: How Yoga Supports Sobriety (featuring Brian Hyman)
Episode 162: When You Love Someone in Recovery (featuring Caroline Beidler)
Episode 161: Beyond the Crime: Healing, Education & Criminal Justice Reform (featuring Ranae Van Roekel)
Episode 160: He Never Let Go: Growing Up with Mental Health, Surviving Chaos, and Finding Freedom Through Faith (featuring Pamela Waggoner)
Episode 159: From Tragedy to Prevention — How Victoria's Voice Foundation Carries Hope for Families and Loved Ones (featuring Leah Shepherd)
Episode 158: Regulation, Responsibility, and Reality: Inside Gambling Policy (featuring Suzanne Trainor)
Episode 157: The Broke Girl Society: Reframing Women’s Gambling Recovery (featuring Christina Cook)
Episode 156: Psychedelic Ceremony & Addiction Recovery (featuring Paije and Fletcher from ETEREO)
Episode 155: From Tabling to Transformation: Rethinking Gambling Outreach (featuring Megan Poliquin)
Episode 154: Why Psychoeducation Still Matters in Addiction Treatment (featuring Tom Karl of R1)
Episode 153: Everybody Loses? The Rise of American Sports Gambling & What It Means for Public Health (featuring Danny Funt)
Episode 152: Traumedy and Grime through Addiction, Caregiving, and Never Being Too Late (featuring Dr. Nicki Monti)
Episode 151: Wife, Mother, Drunk: Motherhood, Alcohol, and Finding Self-Acceptance (featuring Emily Redondo)
Episode 150: Bridging Counseling & Spiritual Care: Inside Hope for the Heart’s Biblical Counseling Model (featuring Haley Scully)
Episode 149: You Matter (featuring Dean Sikes)
Episode 148: Transforming Methadone Treatment Through Technology & People (featuring Sam Wilson of Opio Connect)
Episode 147: Parallel Recovery: Empowering Families in Addiction Healing (featuring Lisa Katona Smith)
Episode 146: How Sports Are Changing: Fan Behavior, Streaming, and the Rise of Sports Betting (featuring Neil Schwartz)
Episode 145: Healing Trauma Through Our Relationship with Food (featuring Sandy Zeldes)
Episode 144: The Concierge of Recovery (featuring Jeanne Foot)
Episode 143: Understanding Addiction Psychiatry and Ketamine Therapy (featuring Dr. Mark Hrymoc)
Episode 142: Lottery Insights & Responsible Play: A Conversation About the Gift Responsibly Campaign (featuring Amanda Quintana)
Episode 141: A Sit Down with Modern Meeting (featuring Adam Lyons)
Episode 140: Can We Find Christmas (featuring Donna VanLiere)?
Episode 139: Talking About Tomorrow (featuring Kepler Knott)
Episode 138: Gift Responsibly & Too Young to Bet: Raising Awareness About Youth Gambling (featuring Julia Brunson)
Episode 137: Helping Us to Untwist in a Knotted World (featuring Elena Huggins)
Episode 136: Discovering the Intuition of Home (featuring Jason Shiers)
Episode 135: Rewire & Rise: Resilience by Breaking the Circuit (featuring Dr. Samantha Harte)
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Episode 134: Gospel from the Gutter (featuring Mike Smith)
Episode 133: How to Put the Shovel Down (featuring Amber Hollingsworth)
Episode 132: Cycling Towards Sobriety (featuring Sherry Hoppen)
Episode 131: When Overdoses Stop Shocking Us: The Hidden Costs of Becoming Desensitized
Episode 130: America’s Reckless Bet Explained (featuring Jonathan D. Cohen)
Episode 129: Castles on the Ranch: Finding Redemption in Searching for the Elephant (featuring David Alford and Joseph Stam)
Episode 128: Drawing Your Own Path: Embracing Sacred Originality (featuring Ross Ellenhorn)
Episode 127: Recovery Road Trip: Navigating Healing One Destination at a Time (featuring Patti Clark)
Episode 126: Embracing Restoration: Finding Joy Amidst Life's Challenges (featuring Cindy Brinker Simmons)
Episode 125: From Darkness to Light: A Father's Redemption Journey (featuring Paul Summers, Jr.)
Episode 124: PGAM 2025: Seeking Understanding in Problem Gambling
Episode 123: Addressing the Uproar Towards Harm Reduction Vending Machines with Evidence-Based Insights
Episode 122: Policing Patients: The Hidden Costs of Surveillance in Health (featuring Dr. Elizabeth Chiarello)
Episode 120: From Fantasy to Reality: Journey Through Modern Gambling and Recovery (featuring Saul Malek)
Episode 119: Gift Responsibly: Protecting Youth and Promoting Safe Gambling Practices
Episode 118: Community Advocacy on the Frontlines (featuring Sarah Laurel of Savage Sisters)
Episode 113: On a Mission to Raise Problem Gambling Awareness (featuring Dave Yeager)
Episode 115: A Night FOR Recovery (featuring Chris Dreisbach)
Episode 114: Filling the Harm Reduction Gap (featuring Sheila P. Vakharia)
Episode 112: Working in a System of Trauma (featuring Dr. Michael Barnes)
Episode 111: Exploring Sober Curiosity (featuring Amy Fox)
Episode 110: Elevator to International Overdose Awareness Day
Episode 109: Where Are We With Codependency (featuring Sarah Michaud)?
Episode 108: Discovery of Recovery (featuring Ann Real)
Episode 107: Setting the Foundation (featuring Marsha Stone)
Episode 106: PGAM2023 & Beyond
Episode 105: A Journey About Psychedelics (featuring Mark Rizkallah)
Episode 104: Improving Group Experience (featuring Andrew Bordt)
Episode 103: Philosophy & Transformation
Episode 102: With Change, Comes Loss
Episode 101: One Hundred Episodes and an Intro & Outro Aren’t Ones
Episode 100: The Power of Movement (featuring Michelle Hillier)
Episode 99: The Most Unlikely Leader (featuring Roger Smith)
Episode 98: How Much Alcohol Can a Woodchuck Gamble if a Woodchuck Could Chuck Drugs?
Episode 97: Pride of Narcan
Episode 96: Doses of Mental Health
Episode 95: Discovering the Lost Shadow Child (featuring Ashley Nowakowski)
Episode 94: When is Gambling a Problem, But Not Problem Gambling?
Episode 93: Rags to Riches (featuring Dr. Robb Kelly)
Episode 92: The Therapeutic Path of Humor (featuring Tom Farley)
Episode 91: Should Parents Be Alarmed About Sports Betting (featuring Andrew Broman)
Episode 90: Building Trust
Episode 89: Flag on the Bet (Super Bowl Edition)
Episode 88: Basements & Beaches: The “Unofficial” Gold Standard of Treatment
Episode 87: How Dry is Your January?
Episode 86: Does a New Year Mean a New Me?
Episode 85: Drug Use & The Developing Brain
Episode 84: What is Responsible Gambling (featuring Casino Guru)?
Episode 83: A Brew Without Compromise (featuring Athletic Brewing Company)
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Episode 82: Thankful for Dirty Dishes
Episode 81: DISTRACTIONS
Episode 80: I’m Better When I’m…
Episode 79: The Perfect Addiction (featuring Vitale Buford)
Episode 78: Lessons from Horror Movies
Episode 77: Your Best Got You Here
Episode 76: A Guide to the Addicted Child (featuring Richard Capriola)
Episode 75: How’s Your Drinking During the Pandemic?
Episode 74: Recovery Month 2021
Episode 73: Roasting Recovery (featuring Wagon Coffee)
Episode 72: Running to Recovery (featuring Catra Corbett)
Episode 71: Wounds & Healing from Betrayal (featuring Dr. Debi Silber)
Episode 70: Designing a Meaningful Life (featuring Kylie Butler)
Episode 69: Does Using Make You an Expert?
Episode 68: Starting from Scratch or Experience?
Episode 67: Sobriety is FUN (featuring Chelsie Cahoon)
Episode 66: Having a Waffle (featuring Taylor James)
Episode 65: Life AFTER Treatment
Episode 64: Hollywood Tales of Sex & Love Addiction (featuring Brianne Davis)
Episode 63: Making Recovery the TOP Priority
Episode 62: Resentments are Relationship Killers
Episode 61: Addressing Stigmas Towards Mental Health & Counseling
Episode 60: Ice Water Please (featuring Eddie Arana)
Episode 59: Now Hiring: Recovery Resume (featuring James W. Schreier)
Episode 58: Pets, Vets & Mental Health
Episode 57: Relapse is Knocking
Episode 56: The Art in Therapy (featuring Jenna Sherry)
Episode 55: Thoughts on CBD
Episode 54: Understanding Guilt & Shame (featuring Dr. Daniel Green)
Episode 53: Some Can and Some Can’t. Some Do and Some Don’t.
Episode 52: Ambitious in Recovery (featuring Terra Carbert)
Episode 51: What is (California) Sober?
Episode 50: No Book, No Podcast
Episode 49: Let’s Talk About Gambling
Episode 48: Sharing Our Story to Helping Others (featuring Your Choice to Live, Inc.)
Episode 47: Robinhood, Reddit and GameStop – Is the Stock Market Gambling?
Episode 46: Living Porn Free (featuring Timothy Reigle)
Episode 45: Missing Piece in the Puzzle
Episode 44: The Problems with Rock Bottom
Episode 43: The Cage is Open (featuring Kevin MacNevin Clark)
Episode 42: Two Wolves and a Snake
Episode 41: Shining Light on Mental Health
Episode 40: Caffeine Craze
Episode 39: What is Dry January?
Episode 38: Cancel Your Reservations
Episode 37: New Year, New Goals, Same Results?
Episode 36: Tropicana Apologizes for “Alcohol is the Answer Campaign”: An Article Autopsy
Episode 35: Holidays in a Winter Recoveryland
Episode 34: Alcoholism in a Drinking Culture
Episode 33: Hearing Our Thoughts
Episode 32: Being Grateful and Showing Gratitude
Episode 31: Kicking the Can: Holding Off Until the Dam Breaks
Episode 30: Halloween Special: Is Addiction the Bogeyman?
Episode 29: That is NOT Normal
Episode 28: Pandemic Drives Hike in Opioid Deaths: An Article Autopsy
Episode 27: Avoiding Consequences and Paying Costs
Episode 26: Suicide & Substance Use
Episode 25: What’s in Your Drugs?
Episode 24: Mountain of Mentors
Episode 23: Case of the F*** Its
Episode 22: BE SMART, not strong
Episode 21: Leaders and Drug Addiction
Episode 20: The Practice of Being Kind
Episode 19: Does Surrender Mean Giving Up?
Episode 18: Food: What Impact Does Nutrition Potentially Have on Recovery from Addiction?
Episode 17: Silence: When Staying Neutral Becomes Dangerous
Episode 16: Waiting to Get Help
Episode 15: Importance of Scheduling
Episode 14: Self-Care: The Necessary Oxygen Mask
Episode 13: Coping While Urge Surfing
Episode 12: Q & A Part 1
Episode 11: You Don’t Drink? Please (Don’t) Explain
Episode 10: What is Wrong with Saving Someone from an Overdose?
Episode 9: Talking Points to Life Moments
Episode 8: Cognitive Intervention Series (Part 2) – Paying Attention to Your Thinking
Episode 7: Cognitive Intervention Series (Part 1) – Introduction
Episode 6: Unmanageable or Unable to Manage Without?
Episode 5: How Does It Work?
Episode 4: Asking for Help
Episode 3: Testing Yourself
Episode 2: Rewarding
Episode 1: Talking Addiction & Recovery – Introduction