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Joy in Sobriety -Transformational Women of Sobriety Do you ever wonder if there's joy in sobriety? Neuroscience says it's the only we can repair the brain; it sounds like a win-win, right? These are the powerful personal stories of these courageous women backed by the neuroscience of the power of joy.🦋   Michal, known as MMC13 on IAS, shared her recovery story in episode 235 of the Sobertown podcasts. She's a passionate animal lover and rescue dog mom who enjoys photography and exploring all things old and abandoned. She's a native New Mexican who loves a long road trip, and she credits communities like IAS and Sobertown with supporting her sobriety story! Connection really does beat addiction! Ashlee aka AshIsHere is a member of the IAS Community and recently shared her “Sober Recovery Story, Ep. 257” on Sobertownpodcast.com, She has proudly and openly embraced sober life and is happy to be on this journey of growth and self discovery. Alyssa (ResilientMama) started her sober journey in August of 2022 and is a member of the IAS community. She’s a big proponent of asking for help when you need it and surrounding yourself with likeminded people. 🤍   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com    

Here we go!    Sober Baddies - Accountability in Alcohol Recovery   Sobertown Podcast guest hosts Sara Malloy and Elaine Skylar Neal share all the tips and tricks for establishing accountability in alcohol recovery.   We mentioned a few resources in this episode that might be useful to those looking for more support in recovery.    https://iamsober.com/ https://joinmonument.com/ https://jointempest.com/   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com     ELAINE SKYLAR NEAL Photographer | Content Creator | Squarespace Website Designer  elaineskylar.neal@gmail.com   PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK https://elaineskylar.com/  TRAVEL BLOG https://www.travelsandcuriosities.com/ WEBSITE DESIGN https://www.championcreatives.com/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/travacurio/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/travacurio PINTEREST https://www.pinterest.com/travacurio/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/travacurio/

Recovery 2.0 as she affectionately calls it, is a recount of IAS member Ivy Marie.  A high functioning over achiever who has the same birthday as Steve Jobs and life path numbers of Albert Einstien. She was once told by her therapist. " I can't believe you are actually a normal person". She laughs now at the thought but it was gravely true. From childhood abuse to PTSD she unravels her story about life, love and attachment styles. There is a "Bright Side" though so tune in for some tough love advice and Ivy Marie's real love for life.   Viv, aka Sober_iThrive, is a Certified Addictions Recovery Coach My Sober Recovery Story #252  If you have any questions or You would like to book a FREE 30-minute consultation with me, you can visit my website https://www.soberithrive.org I’m Certified in Addiction Recovery Coaching and Life Coaching:    • Life Coaching Essentials, Work/Life Balance  • Co-creating a New Sober Lifestyle  • Addiction(s) Recovery  • Neuroscience of Brain Function & Joyful Recovery  • Roots of Addiction(s)  • Alcohol/Drugs and their Effects  • Right Thinking in Recovery  • Family Issues in Recovery     And so much more…   My communities are:   • Sobertownpodcast.com   • I Am Sober Community (IAS) - @Sober_iThrive  • Sobertown Facebook Group   • “Valiants We Thrive” – Sober Women Telegram Group  • Instagram: @Sober_i_Thrive  www.soberithrive.org (https://www.soberithrive.org/) Certified and Licensed Addiction and Recovery Professional Online Sober Coaching for all of your addiction and recovery needs by a Internationally Certified and Licensed Sober Coach & Life Coach   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com      

Viv interviews Erica Spiegelman about her new amazing book! Erica Spiegelman is an author, addiction and wellness specialist, and motivational speaker who works with individuals, couples, and families on personal growth and overall wellness. Erica provides a holistic approach to helping people overcome their struggles with addictions and dependency and gives them the tools they need to create healthy lives for themselves. 101 Affirmations for Addiction & Recovery: A Practical Guide for Self-Empowerment  An essential collection of daily affirmations to help with recovery from Erica Spiegelman, author of best-selling book Rewired. Conquer negative thinking. Banish self-doubt. Create a vision of hope. The journey of recovery lasts a lifetime. The key to successful recovery is a reframing of our past experiences while we create new, positive behaviors and attitudes.   Celebrated author and expert Erica Spiegelman presents in the pages of 101 Affirmations for Addiction & Recovery essential affirmations to help readers create a new and resilient foundation.   Organized into themes including Coping Skills, Healthy Boundaries, Self-Care and Gratitude, these affirmations closely align with Erica's Rewired Program, a best-selling series of recovery tools that are used worldwide in the treatment of addiction.   Additionally, these affirmations are for anyone who wants to build a healthier perspective as they work through the challenges, stresses and joys of every day living.   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com

Sobertown Podcast guest host, Elaine Skylar Neal, talks with Ted Perkins, author of the new book, "Addicted in Film: Movies We Love About the Habits We Hate." As a former film executive, Ted has spent his entire career immersed in Hollywood film culture and is a true industry insider. As part of his own recovery, Ted watched over 100 films about addiction in 100 days, ultimately choosing 27 to write about. Addicted in Film is a thoughtful exploration of not just the films themselves but how they relate to our culture and the addiction landscape as a whole. AND he's launched a really fun film club with watch parties and discussion groups that people can join!    For more information about the book, visit https://www.addictedinfilm.com/. It's also available for purchase on Amazon, Audible or wherever you buy your books. Ted Perkins is a former Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Studio executive, university lecturer, public speaker, Hollywood producer, virtual reality entrepreneur, and successful working film and TV series screenwriter. He volunteers his time as an addiction and recovery YouTube personality, sobriety mentor, and has helped thousands of people on their recovery journey through his blogs, videos and weekly SMART Recovery meetings. Perkins has lived and worked in over 50 countries, and now resides in Los Angeles.   Elaine Skylar Neal is a multi-skilled creative, website designer, and web publisher. She mostly helps other creatives and business owners launch websites and be found by their target audience. She also publishes a travel blog where she gets to run around, exploring random hidden gems across the US. https://www.championcreatives.com/ https://www.travelsandcuriosities.com/     ELAINE SKYLAR NEAL Photographer | Content Creator | Squarespace Website Designer  elaineskylar.neal@gmail.com   PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK https://elaineskylar.com/  TRAVEL BLOG https://www.travelsandcuriosities.com/ WEBSITE DESIGN https://www.championcreatives.com/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/travacurio/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/travacurio PINTEREST https://www.pinterest.com/travacurio/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/travacurio/   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com  

Humor and Appreciation Positive Recovery with Corinna  Today Corinna talks about the difference in drunk and sober humour and how important humor is to find. She talks of her recent cancer and hospital journey with her partner Andy and how important it is to appreciate everything we have. For more on humor,  appreciation and over 400 other headings check out ‘The A-Z of Alcohol and Sobriety: Everything you need to know’ by Corinna Alderton  - available worldwide on Amazon.  Keep focusing  on controlling the things you can and not resisting the things you cannot Www.sobertownpodcast.com  🍵🫖☕️💦 Chin Chin💖🙋🏻‍♀️   If you have any topics you would like me to cover or comments then please email me alcoholandsobriety@gmail.com My communities are:  Sobertownpodcast.com I Am Sober - Corinna Dotty Pot currently at 2 years.  Instagram@canamgirluk   YouTube: Positive Recovery with Corinna  (link in my Instagram bio)  Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com    

Vigilance not Complacency  Positive Recovery with Corinna  Today Corinna talks about the need to work our sobriety, connect with communities, reach out, read, listen to podcasts and make our excuses when we need to. We are all just one sip away from our addiction and cannot get complacent because our addict voice is always at the ready. For more on these headings and over 400 others check out ‘The A-Z of Alcohol and Sobriety: Everything you need to know’ by Corinna Alderton  - available worldwide on Amazon.  Keep focusing  on controlling the things you can and not resisting the things you cannot Www.sobertownpodcast.com  🍵🫖☕️💦 Chin Chin💖🙋🏻‍♀️   If you have any topics you would like me to cover or comments then please email me alcoholandsobriety@gmail.com My communities are:  Sobertownpodcast.com I Am Sober - Corinna Dotty Pot currently at 2 years.  Instagram@canamgirluk   YouTube: Positive Recovery with Corinna  (link in my Instagram bio)  Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com    

Sober Baddies - Two Years Sober   Sobertown Podcast guest hosts Sara Malloy and Elaine Skylar Neal reflect on two years of sobriety and being self-described sober toddlers. Want to achieve sustained sobriety? The path to two years sober might not be what you think.    ELAINE SKYLAR NEAL Photographer | Content Creator | Squarespace Website Designer  elaineskylar.neal@gmail.com   PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK https://elaineskylar.com/  TRAVEL BLOG https://www.travelsandcuriosities.com/ WEBSITE DESIGN https://www.championcreatives.com/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/travacurio/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/travacurio PINTEREST https://www.pinterest.com/travacurio/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/travacurio/   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com

Clarity and Reframing our Thoughts Positive Recovery with Corinna  Today Corinna talks about clarity and reframing our thoughts by being more aware of our thoughts, ego and mind. She reads about ACT, Ego and Affirmations from her book and discusses how we can use this in every day life. For more on this and over 400 other headings  check out ‘The A-Z of Alcohol and Sobriety: Everything you need to know’ by Corinna Alderton  - available worldwide on Amazon.  Keep focusing  on controlling the things you can and not resisting the things you cannot Www.sobertownpodcast.com  🍵🫖☕️💦 Chin Chin💖🙋🏻‍♀️ If you have any topics you would like me to cover or comments then please email me alcoholandsobriety@gmail.com My communities are:  Sobertownpodcast.com I Am Sober - Corinna Dotty Pot currently at 2 years.  Instagram@canamgirluk   YouTube: Positive Recovery with Corinna  (link in my Instagram bio)  Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com    

Carolyn, NamasteAF, born and raised in Orange County, California. Married over 20 years with her partner of over 22 years. Whom she has two teenage sons with, who are the light of her life. On the side, she has been a salesperson for over 30 years, and currently holds a sales Director position. Her last drink was on Saturday, June 4th, at the Wine Bar in Newport Beach, California.   Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Getting Sober ...Again Boom Rethink The Drink Recovery Movie Meet-Ups No Sippy No Slippy. Not Another Drop No matter What.   Remember to Pour The Poison Down The Sink!!      Sobertownpodcast.com