The Recovery Elevator Podcast

Colin shares how he has made it to 16 days of sobriety. I'd like to give a special thanks to Maureen for helping me compile this great list of songs about recovery and getting sober. There are some great artists putting recovery on the map.    “Hate Me” - Blue...

There was a period of time from around 2004-2014 where I could not look at myself in the mirror. I didn't want to admit it, but I was disgusted with myself. I didn't recognize the person standing there and I didn't know what to do about it. I thought the problem was...

An article written by the Alaksa Dispatch News titles "Americas are drinking themselves to death at record rates"  was recently posted in the Recovery Elevator Private Accountability Group on facebook and I was blown away by what I read. Here are some of the bullets...

Are New Years resolutions really a good thing? In my opinion, if there is anything in life really worth changing, then waiting till a certain day to make that change seems silly to me. However, if the spirit of the New Year is to create goals and accountability, then...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...