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The Sober Creative Podcast — 70 episodes

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Episode 073 - Non-Alcoholic Money: Greg Downs on Jail, Recovery, and the 12 Steps of Financial Sobriety

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Episode 072 - The Wrong Question About Drinking With Dr. Lucy McBride

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Episode 071 - Full Throttle With No Map: Steve Munro is 33 years sober, still redrawing the plan

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Episode 070 - The Whisper Needs You Awake: Lisa Marie Simmons on Performing, Writing, and Drinking Less

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Episode 069 - One Panel At A Time

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Episode 068 - What Alcohol Actually Does To Your Brain

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Episode 067 - The Part Sobriety Didn't Touch

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Episode 066 - Walking Away From Normal

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Episode 065 - What Recovery Gives You Back: A Conversation with Hunter Biden

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Episode 064 - The Second Time It Stuck: Dana Kay on Becoming a New Person, Not Just Stopping a Behavior

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Episode 063 - Jomo the Meditating Monkey: Stillness, Sobriety, and the Busy Mind

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Episode 062 - Music Is The Centerpiece Of My Life, Alcohol Is Not

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Episode 061 - It’s Getting in My Way Now: Gary Allen on Slow Change and Building a Second Act After 45

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Episode 060 - Chasing Curiosity Instead of Chasing Quiet: Bob Mathers Found There Was No Ceiling Once He Stopped Drinking

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Episode 059 - From the Fog to the Fast Lane: Ian Fee’s Wild Ride to Sobriety

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Episode 058 - Two Promises I'm Keeping

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Episode 057 - Sobriety at 15,000 Feet: My Trek to Machu Picchu

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Episode 056 - The Electricity Nobody Named: ADHD, Addiction, and the Power of Willingness

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Episode 055 - Staying Alive Is Enough to Build Something Real

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Episode 054 - The Intelligence You Already Have: Jenn Ocken on Navigating Uncertainty Without Abandoning Yourself

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Episode 053 - The Reputation You Earn: James Martin on Sobriety, Creativity, and Building Something That Lasts

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Episode 052 - When Your Work Ethic Outlasts Everything Else: A Conversation with Jessica Drapluk

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Episode 051 - From Rock Bottom to Open Sea: How Cory Gerlach Used 18 Years of Sobriety as a Launchpad for Radical Change

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Episode 050 - When Sensitivity Meets Sobriety: Jonathan Hoban on Managing the Nervous System Behind Addiction

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Episode 049 - From the Garage to the Page: How Shelly Built a Clear, Creative Life on Her Own Terms

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Episode 048 - Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening? A Conversation with Carolina Wilke

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Episode 047 - From a 12-Hour Gaming Addiction to Six-Figure SaaS: A Conversation with Orel Zilberman

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Episode 046 - Being The Project Manager of Your Own Life: Kerry Hoffman on Proactive Sobriety and A Creative Life

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Episode 045 - When the Addiction Doesn't Go Away — It Just Gets a Job: A Conversation with Doan Winkel

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Episode 044 - When the Body Breaks the Pattern: Phil Powis on Health, Clarity, and Building What You Can’t Hide From

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Episode 043 - You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup. Becoming You Starts With Filling It.

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Episode 042 - From the Stage to the Page: Mary Peeples on Sobriety, Self-Reclamation, and the Courage to Create Again

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Episode 040 - From Survival to Surrender: How a Landscape Painter Found Creative Freedom Through Healing

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Episode 039 - Spiritual Awakening in the Shower: Elif Ahmad’s Non-Traditional Recovery Journey

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Episode 038 - Living Above a Bar: A Dutch Medicine Woman’s Journey to Visibility and Sobriety

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Episode 037 - Mistaking the Absence of Pain for Joy (And How to Find the Real Thing)

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Episode 036 - Peeling the Trauma Onion: Paul Overton on 30 Years of Sobriety and What Comes After

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Episode 035 - The Space Between: Sam Illingworth on Becoming Fearless with 18 Years of Clear-Minded Living

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Episode 034 - When Your Identity Falls Apart: Jake Summers on Relapse, Recovery, and Building a Creative Life

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Episode 033 - The Mic is Flipped: Choosing No to Drinking Is Choosing Yes to Yourself

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Episode 032 - When Sobriety Cleared the Fog: How One Writer Went from Paralyzed to 3,000 Words a Day

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Episode 031 - From Cocaine to Clarity: Building a Life Worth Remembering

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Episode 030 - When Clarity Becomes Your Most Essential Creative Tool: A Conversation with Elizabeth Austin

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Episode 029 - The Perfectionism Coin: Why Shame and Control Keep You Reaching for the Bottle

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Episode 028 - The Middle Ground Nobody Talks About: Denise Hamilton-Mace on Moderation, Midlife, and Creative Clarity

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Episode 027 - When Sobriety Reveals What You Actually Want: A Conversation with Tyler Donohue

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Episode 026 - When Meditation Saved My Life: Jason’s Journey from Blackout Drunk to Guiding Others Home

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Episode 025 - When Everything Falls Apart at Once: Derek MacDonald on Building Creative Stability Through Sobriety

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Episode 024 - When Grief Refuses to Be Silent: A Conversation with Alicia Cook

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Episode 023 - When Pushing Through Breaks You: Cali Bird on the Radical Act of Being Gentle

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Episode 022 - Removing the Distortion: How Sobriety Unlocked Paulina Pinsky's Most Potent Creative Work

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Episode 021 - Finding Your Voice in Sobriety: A Conversation with Deborah Jeanne Weitzman

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Episode 020 - The Raw Chaos That Grows the Lotus: Stephanie Raffelock on Creativity and Sobriety

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Episode 019 - Permission to Start: David Speed’s Path from ‘Not Gifted’ to International Artist

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Episode 018 - From Overwhelm to Alchemy: How Sobriety Unlocked Kate Baily's Creative Superpowers

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Episode 016 - Finding God in a Motorcycle: How Sobriety Unlocks Sacred Systems Thinking

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Episode 015 - From Liquid Courage to Authentic Connection: How Sam Bail is Transforming NYC's Social Scene One Sober Event at a Time

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Episode 014 - When Sobriety Becomes Your Creative Superpower: A Conversation with Author Jules Cazedessus

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Episode 013 - When Music Becomes Medicine: A 17-Year Journey from Addiction to Artistic Clarity

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Episode 012 - From Shame to Story: How Writing Became the Bridge to Recovery

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Episode 011 - From Rock Bottom to Relationship Mastery: How One DUI Changed Everything

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Episode 010 - When Slowing Down Becomes a Radical Act: Finding Freedom Through Contemplative Creativity

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Episode 009 - When Everything Falls Apart: The Wisdom of Staying Awake Through Life's Breaking Points

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Episode 008 - Finding Your Creative Voice Without the Noise: A Raw Conversation on Sobriety and Storytelling

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Episode 006 - When Resistance Becomes Your Greatest Teacher: How One Artist Broke Through a 10-Year Creative Block

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Episode 005 - When Sobriety Awakens Your Creative Fire: A Conversation with Edward Zaydelman

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Episode 004 - The Path of Compassion: How Ellie Nova Found Freedom Beyond Alcohol

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Episode 003 - From Escape to Enlightenment: How Sobriety Fuels Authentic Creativity

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Episode 002 - Finding Freedom in Focus: How Sobriety Unleashed Paul Sanders' Creative Vision

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Episode 001 - Creative Boundaries & Rhythms: How Ula Builds a Sustainable Creative Practice