The Recovery Elevator Podcast
045: Are You an Alcoholic Part 2 | Have You Noticed Any of These Character Defects?
Clarence S, one of the founding members of AA, gave us the following list of character defects, which seems to still be a standard in American rehab centers today: - Self Pity - Self Justification - Self Importance - Self Condemnation - Criticizing - Negative Thinking...
045: Recovery is Moving in the Right Direction | A Recap of the 60 Minute Segment on Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Micheal Hilton, with over 10 years of sobriety, discusses his recovery portfolio. Micheal Hilton is a leader in the recovery community and does personal coaching with his company Breakthrough Coaching. 60 minutes recently did a segment on addiction. Micheal...
044: Is Alcoholism a Disability? According to Former USC Head Football Coach it is.
In this episode we heard from 33 year old Autumn, explains how she has been a successful student and a mom in sobriety. According to an article from the Los Angeles Times, Steve Sarkisian is suing former employer University of California for improper dismissal...
043: 63 Ways to Stay Sober Over the Holidays
In this Episode Shannon, who is a high bottom drunk explains how she made it to nearly 80 days sober. She mentions she loves Karaoke and you can check out Jimmy Cliff's "I Can See Clearly Now" on YouTube because that's how we both feel these days! While listening to...
042: Recovery on a Road Trip Home for the Holidays
On my 12 hour journey back home to Colorado for Thanksgiving I recovered. I also felt. I felt feelings. I was disciplined and got outside of my comfort zone. For 60 whole minutes I had the radio off, and my cell phone was on silent in the back seat. I was forced to...
041: Emotional Sobriety and Not Just a Dry Drunk
In Episode 41, I talk about emotional sobriety which is a topic breached with trepidation because fully understanding emotional sobriety is near impossible and I have so much more to learn about it. Also in this episode, I interview Erik from Massachusetts who is...
040: Self Loathing in Recovery | Stop Beating Yourself Up
This podcast topic came from an article I read from the Promises Treatment Center called How to Get Past the Trap of Self Loathing. Also in this episode, Felicia shares how she reached nearly 60 days of sobriety and we check back in with Robert who has been...
RE Bonus Episode 1: Why Did You Get Sober
The past Sunday, Shane Ramer from That Sober Guy Pocast, Omar from the Shair Podcast and I got together and did a mini meeting/episode and it was so much fun. I guess you could say in the end we all produced content for our respective podcasts, but that was just an...
039: Signs of Alcohol Relapse and How to Avoid Them
In this episode I talk about the signs of a relapse that occurs WAY before that first drink. Also I interview Douglas Lail, who paints portraits of the faces in recovery and he has created an amazing project called Hello My Name Is. Routine Sleeping in Schedule Body...
038: Quotes About Sobriety
All of these quotes come from Recovery Reflections and instead of scrolling through and picking my favorite quotes, I went right down the line even if the quote didn't resonate with me. Quotes in recovery are inscribed inside the walls of our brain when we are serious...
037: Sex, Dating and Relationships in Sobriety
I've heard several times from people with significant time lengths of sobriety that its not a good idea to get into a relationship the first year of sobriety. It piggy backs off the don't make any major life changes in early recovery, like change jobs, move to a...
036: Four Types of Alcoholics | Which One Are You?
In this episode, Robert with 5 days of sobriety joins the podcast again. Robert was previously on episode 17 and he is determined to achieve sobriety. According to the Time News Feed article, there are 4 types of drunks. Which one are you?
035: What Courage Looks Like in Sobriety
Courage in sobriety – what does it look like: God, grand me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the COURAGE to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. The COURAGE to change the things I can. I’m here because, one day, thirteen...
034: Alcohol Myths and Realities
This podcast was created from the article called A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism. Also in this podcast episode, Omar from the Shair Podcast joins Paul and explains what his podcast is all about. Thanks to Niqui for these great "You Might be an...
033: 5 things that are holding you back from quitting drinking
In episode 33 I talk about 5 things that are keeping you from quitting drinking. Getting sober takes a lot of hard work. Humbling hard work. More work has been and will be required to stay sober than anything else I have ever done. Unfortunately, the majority of...
