Devon and I are simply a chance meeting. Involved in baseball - although worlds away (Okay, not really - Canada and the US) I was moved by Devon's approach to sobriety on LinkedIn - such a professional, public platform! Devon truly is amazing, his story, kinda blows my mind, because he KNEW he should quit drinking, probably should, but then one day, just did. And it's not as easy as it sounds, it took 10 years, but through that time he was successful, high functioning, married, father, baseball player and attended Ivy league level schools. So, when he decided that enough was enough, he started making changes for the better and I love his story. I love his story, because you never TRULY know what someone is going through on the inside. Thank you, Devon for this opportunity and I am so proud of your sobriety!

EverBlume is a more personalized way to connect with a sober community. We provide online small group recovery meetings with peers who support each other in their sobriety journey. Each member fills out a survey, and their group is uniquely tailored to them based on compatible and complementary characteristics.   You are matched with a small group of people you can share with, ask for advice and help. You are an integral part of the group. You are not one of 200 or even one of 20 members. Your group understands what you are going through and is there to listen and provide support. You meet twice a week for 1-hour meetings where each person has a chance to share, get feedback, and set intentions for the following weeks. The aim is to provide a safe space for honest conversation so members can develop meaningful connections. Your meetings are facilitated by a recovery coach who is there to guide the discussion and help you set and achieve your goals. You will have access to a 24-hour per day chat with your group. In addition, you will receive affirmation emails to start and end your week. We accept all pathways to recovery. We encourage anyone who is re-evaluating their relationship with alcohol to join. There is no shame or judgment, just connection.

Sonia is the founder of EverBlume which provides small group recovery meetings where members are matched into groups based on what they are struggling with. The goal is for members to find connection through conversation, and get meaningful support and feedback from eachother. Sonia is an orthodontist and built and sold a successful multi-location practice in 2016 and got sober in 2017. Since then, she become a recovery coach and has dedicated her life to making a difference with social impact investing, volunteering with the incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and victims of sex trafficking. And now she hopes to create her biggest impact by leveraging the power of peer support to create community for those on their recovery journey.

13 YEARS!!!!!!! I am in my sobERA (for all you swifties out there!!!!) I talk about what it's like being in my teens as a sober gal and the things that I KNOW kept me sober for that long.    This episode is dedicated to Kelsey. Kelsey, you have been a ROCKSTAR and I am SO proud of you! You changed my heart and my mind on the reasons why I needed to keep doing this. Never forget how awesome you are!

I have been gone way too long! Let's catch up and talk about recovery in real time!

I have missed you! I know. I have been gone. It has sucked, but my mental health was not in a place where I could continue. I forgot why I was doing this, and then I received a message from a listener and she reminded me WHY I do this. She was looking for help, newly sober, a soldiers wife in a deployment and it reminded me why this is so important. I missed you all and I can't wait to bring you more stories of experience, strength and hope!

This one is so exciting, because the play on words is so awesome. Her name is Honesty and that's what we talk about. Her story, her decade of use and the decade after. I loved talking to her and she is as REAL as they come!

Social Media has been taking over our lives, but there is so much restriction on what social media can do in the way of support and help in the recovery community and thats when I found Dan. Dan and his amazing team have come together and created an app called Sober Together and it's a cross between Now and TikTok and Facetime. You can send video messages and check-ins, meet people from all over the world and if you are scared of anonymity, then you can just leave a voice message! I am so excited for all the people I have meet and I am going to meet!

So, you've made it this far? What have you done that's new? Have you actually stepped outside your comfort zone? Outside your bubble? Have you had those hard talks? Have you tried new things? Today we discuss what trying new things can look like and things I would love to do outside my comfort zone.

How many times have you looked at instructions when building something and just went, "Eh. I don't need that" and then it all falls apart? Same. This week we talk about the importance of instruction - even when it's annoying. Also, I have been having breathing problems lately with my diagnosis, so I apologize for some of the outside noise.

Last weekend I went to my first ever conference since sobering up. It was so much fun and the best part was I did it sober!!! I reached out to people in the community to ask them what they did to stay sober in situations like this and this episode is what they told me!

We talk a LOT about how we were SELFISH during our using, but one thing we forget, is that it is okay to be selfish. Don't get that twisted, but self care is an absolute MUST in order to stay sober. So how do you balance being "selfish" and being "Selfish"? Glad you asked, let's find out together!

** FINALLY THE EPISODE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR** You will see why this episode had to be waited on when you listen. This was one of the hardest episodes I have had to record. There are SO many things about alcoholism that if we aren't aware of can become all consuming, those things, some are our behaviors. You see, it's not just about not drinking, alcohol is merely a symptom and "just not drinking" is not the problem. Addiction can be in any form and so can "soothing" behaviors. Y'all have been with me over a year now and while I say a lot of things that make sense, I also am an alcoholic, so I am still fallible. This is why working our program is SO important. If anything, this episode will be a lesson for you on why working your program is vital to your sobriety and the success of your life.

EPISODE 50!!!!! WHEEEEWWW!!!! HOW FUN! What a perfect episode to talk about community and what the sobriety community has done for me and can do for you! We are all in this together! Listen to what I do in my community and who has helped me along the way!

I think one of the biggest downfalls we experience, no matter HOW far into sobriety we are is comparison. We are constantly comparing ourselves to friends, family, co-workers, and others in sobriety. We are all works in progress, and I am very guilty of "keeping up with the jones" - but until I let go absolutely, and I identified inTO AA my life was topsy turvy. Now, I love that I fit in with a group of people. This is my journey with finding myself.

I never understood this passage as much as I did when I went home a month ago. A LOT has transpired since then and I am going to be going through a few things as I post these episodes, so hang on.

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The only reason that people, places, things and situations bother us is because OF us. That's right. We can't find serenity until we truly accept where we are in our lives and sobriety and until then, many, MANY things will continue to be a trigger...like going home.

Promises keep happening. It's true. Letting go of old resentments and behaviors make it amazing for everyone, but especially for you

I am still on cloud nine from being together a year! I am so insanely happy! I hope that it's made a *small* difference in your weekly routine. Today we talk about being complacent, what it is and my experience, strength and hope with what complacency did to me in my sobriety and how working the steps saved me.