A Meeting in Progress

Updating, Announcing, & Reformatting

Please welcome a favorite podcaster to our show, Emma Sunshaw, creator of System Speak = https://systemspeakpodcast.com/.

This is the author of Dissociation Made Simple as well as Trauma and the 12 Steps! We welcome Jamie+ (she/they) to our show. https://www.drjamiemarich.com

Please welcome Crystals of Multifaceted Journeys to our show. This episode features a speaker share as well as a conversation. We briefly mention painful topics such as suicide. Therapist Interrupted Substack: https://therapistinterrupted.substack.com/ Multifaceted Journeys: https://multifacetedjourneys.com/ Videos from 2023 Plural Positivity Conference: One of the keynotes “From Ashes We Rise” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdAZ5Ne-0tE&t=6s Building Internal and External Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM6k0tICcpM&t=1s 2022: How to Find a Therapist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Nno--FqyE&t=569s

Please join me to extend a warm welcome for Sammy, a member of a multiple system.

Dialogue with friends from Artists in Recovery (AIR) supported by Selah https://www.selahbk.org

Celebrate with us 🎉 Play’s 2 years of sobriety & 🥳 Lev’s 37 in recovery. This recording is our podcast’s first live speaker meeting including an audience. And for those interested in the Jewish prayer I mentioned, here is a singalong version 🙏🏼 https://open.spotify.com/track/30wueBR2wkZPfp0c6sKZ3d?si=pKMaOGjiTzuuMPCRQD8NiA

Hear recovery coach panel members Marc, Mary, Tony, George, and Christopher. Find out more about PEER: www.peerseattle.org/about Learn more about Recovery Cafe: https://recoverycafenetwork.org

Find more information about Peer Seattle: https://www.peerseattle.org/services. And if you want to love Bruno like we love him, here’s the ear worm tune from Encanto: https://open.spotify.com/track/52xJxFP6TqMuO4Yt0eOkMz?si=zShWJEgyQL-9YdyZBEu-Dg

Here is my new connection with a miracle named Marc who serves as Program Manager for Peer Seattle. He shares some of his story, including a surprising twist featuring “Ibogaine”. https://time.com/5951772/ibogaine-drug-treatment-addiction/

Please join me in welcoming Mila, who offers a speaker share recording, followed with conversation. We met in multi-fellowship gender expansive meeting space, where I was moved by Mila’s eloquence.

Lev is 22. “The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.” https://www.aa.org/the-big-book Song for this episode: 22 (Taylor’s Version) https://open.spotify.com/track/3yII7UwgLF6K5zW3xad3MP?si=07L1_erMRlqMWUoL9mv4gw

After Miguel told me his story, we chatted a little bit before my wifi signal disconnected us. At the very end, we went old school & wrapped up with a phone call. ☎️

We connected in adoptee community before we ever went to a meeting together. Miguel’s service to the recovery community by & for adopted people has profoundly decreased our isolation. https://www.adopteesandaddiction.com

Welcome to our weekly gathering of Artists in Recovery (AiR). Sylvia shares with us a piece she wrote about her real name: Esther Sarah bat Or—purveyor of light. You may also enjoy hearing Sylvia’s sobriety story, as well as Ben’s. In the audio recording I mentioned links that are no longer what they were. The org where we met is no longer active. We are currently connected through Selah. https://www.selahbk.org

Pamela challenged me to consider: what does it mean to be a recovering adoptee and what does it really take to heal? https://adopteesconnect.com

Listen in to our conversation about leaving abstinence-based recovery meetings in favor of following one’s own intuitive path. We reflect on Daisy’s milestone, today, marking when she detoxed 7 years ago. Also, thanks to Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, I discovered this quote by David Bohm: “Real dialogue is where two or more people become willing to suspend their certainty in each other's presence.” 🌼

When is it time to seek outside help? Gwen Ingram-Jones, LMFT, CEDS, shares suggestions for finding resources to assess and treat eating disorders. My deep respect for Gwen’s expertise is equal to my appreciation for our friendship.

We met in a gathering of adopted people, where we exchanged contact information and started a conversation about everything that matters. It was love at first meeting.

A comprehensive recoding primarily featuring her journey loving an alcoholic.

We exchange resources on mental health and recovery. I thank Sunny for being such a visible and vocal friend and family for LGBTQIA2+ folx, like me.

From Al-Anon to Nar-Anon Hope After Loss (HAL) & the journey in between, this is my new friend, Sunny. She shares healing with a dissociative disorder on her journey among other mental health challenges.

And in this episode we find out what Michelle does between meetings. There is plenty to do to educate, treat, heal, connect, & grieve with love.

Nar-Anon Hope After Loss (H.A.L.) is a centerpiece in my recovery community now that I lost a family member to a fentanyl overdose. This is my new friend, Michelle, who shares her grief from losing her young son. https://naranonhopeafterloss.org

Terry and I talk a little bit more about loss and connection, addiction and recovery.

Terry’s story is a gift to my heart. We met through a mutual friend who visited a convention in the Pacific Northwest a year before COVID-19.

A very public recovery story https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-epic-true-story-of-grace-slick-and-jefferson-airplane One of my favorite songs https://youtu.be/SFz1I-E3LrQ?si=mQjLcMdpXfQlMmdy

Here is SJ, back again to tell us their recovery story. They offer Consulting & Speaking. Plus, they just graduated with a Master’s in Social Work. Find SJ on Instagram at callmesj.the letters & at their website https://resilientfatgoddex.com

Dada returns for our conversation about mental health. Here is a link to the switchboard resource: https://switchboard.lgbt

This is an interplay between foreground & background, inside & out. Owls talking to each other in the darkness. House-cat chomping on dinner.

Mixed topics covered in this episode include Carolyn Collado https://www.recoveryfortherevolution.com Anti-racism https://www.whitenessanonymous.org Animal rescue https://www.pasadosafehaven.org

We met at a meeting, and this is my first opportunity to get to know Loreleï’s story a little bit. Also, my first attempt at editing while on an airplane.

We met in a trans meeting. Dada's was one of the familiar voices who helped me through some of the most painful times in my pandemic journey, e.g. when I was hospitalized. Our connection is a blessing for me.

Have you told your story in two languages, or could you, if you tried? Zack & I found each other at a transgender meeting. This is such a spectacular gift to hear the language of the heart with 12-steps in both French & English.

Fresh from Argentina, we bring our friend from Gender Splendour meeting. We are excited to hear this share in Spanish and English.

Spanish song “Solo” https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/rubby-valentin

I met Frankie at Gender Splendour 12 Step meeting, a place I credit with helping me heal gender dysphoria in recovery. Deep thanks for Frankie sharing this unfolding story.

The one, the only, the mystical music man. I met Ben at an Artists in Recovery (AiR) meeting thanks to his work at what was T’Shuvah Center & is now Selah https://www.selahbk.org

Music episode with recommendations from Jesse. Here is a public playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_3tuuGhIAGhwZ_TXYkm-hWSsANXkdc0

Jimmy Somerville is in recovery now! https://youtu.be/7FkvBS4wzlY

Welcome Jesse for a conversation about Native life and recovery. (1) Licton Spring: https://crosscut.com/2019/04/north-seattle-native-people-reclaim-whitewashed-spring https://southseattleemerald.com/2021/07/15/new-signage-final-step-in-preserving-legacy-of-licton-springs-as-indigenous-landmark/ (2) UNEA https://www.urbannativeeducation.org (3) Between Two Knees: https://playbill.com/production/between-two-knees-regional-seattle-repertory-theatre-bagley-wright-theatre-2023 (4) Yarrow Project: https://www.yarrowproject.org/ (4) Well-Anon: https://aifcmn.org/series/virtual-event-khunsi-onikan-well-anon-native-american-al-anon-meeting/ (5) Here is a public playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_3tuuGhIAGhwZ_TXYkm-hWSsANXkdc0

Larkey and I have shared a home group, a sponsor, & many key friendships. I have mad respect for her commitment to working a program, as well as her spiritual passion. (She also wears best lipstick colors!)

Get ready to hear this recovery story from my truly diverse friendship with a woman who is nearly opposite me in all demographic ways. Love can transcend every barrier.

World music, poetry, and legacy https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/ofra-haza-tragic-israeli-pop-diva

Catching up with each other about loss and healing and making meaning

Connect with us in “Our Jewish Recovery” (OJR) here: https://www.ourjewishrecovery.com

Renaming ourselves in recovery. Heart to heart real talk. Plus, how do we help Ukrainians now? @torah_crafting on Instagram to connect with Rabbi Tzipi or https://instagram.com/torah_crafting?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

We talked about our shared memories, after she finished telling her story in the previous episode. Jen answered some questions, and I started to practice my talk show interviewer chops.

Welcome my dear friend, Jen, to the pod. We met at a meeting. She was a random newcomer who became integral to my spiritual family.

Summer of Love https://www.openculture.com/2017/08/89-essential-songs-from-the-summer-of-love-a-50th-anniversary-playlist.html