Till The Wheels Fall Off
Till The Wheels Fall Off (TWFO) podcast is hosted by Matt and Paige Robinson. TWFO focuses primarily on the relationship dynamics between spouses and partners of alcoholics or addicts and ways to best navigate the difficulties of codependent, addicted, unstable, and narcissistic behavior. The program is enjoyable and informative for anyone seeking self-betterment, inspiration, perspective, or direction with themes ranging from boundaries, recovery, marriage, and parenting with tons of humor built in. With over twenty years of experience in codependency recovery, addiction recovery, mental health battles, and navigating life's hurdles, the duo offers a valuable and unique perspective that is both inspiring and relatable.
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Episodes
274 episodes
#274 - Anger Part 2: When Everything’s Finally “Good”… Why Am I So Angry?
Many partners expect relief when sobriety begins.Instead, they may feel confused, guilty, and angry when everything is finally going well.In this episode, Matt and Paige explore why anger often surfaces months or even years into reco...
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#273 - Paige's Perspective: Shame, Shaming, and Accountability
Most partners think they’re “holding someone accountable,” but what they’re really doing is chasing accountability, forcing awareness, and slipping into shaming without realizing it. This episode cuts through all of that.Paige breaks dow...
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#272 - Mindset Monday: Holiday Relapses, Boundaries, Mourning, and Hope
In this Mindset Monday, Matt gets real about why the holidays are a pressure cooker for people in recovery and for the families who love them. He shares hard personal memories from his last Christmas in active addiction and his first Christmas ...
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#271 - Anger Part 1: What Your Anger Is Trying To Tell You In Active Addiction
In this first episode of our three part anger series, we talk about what anger really is when you are still with someone in active addiction or someone sober, but unhealed. Anger is not a flaw to fix or a sign that you are the problem. It is a ...
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1:10:17
#270 - Mindset Monday: Questions Men Secretly Ask
In this Mindset Monday, Matt sits down with the questions men usually ask in private. These are the messages he gets from guys in crisis who are trying to get sober, repair their marriage, and figure out what it actually means to be a good man....
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#269 - Paige's Perspective: Survival Mode Isn’t a Free Pass: It’s a Challenge
In this Paige’s Perspective, I talk about something I see online all the time. There is a lot of content that normalizes staying stuck. People laugh about being overwhelmed or blame survival mode for how they treat others, and it removes the ac...
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#268 - Mindset Monday: Scared of Failing or Scared of Succeeding
In this episode Matt breaks down why people struggling with addiction and people in relationships with addicts keep their standards low and stay stuck in the same cycles. He explains why so many men fear success more than failure, why sobriety ...
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#267 - The Truth About Trauma No One Wants to Say
We live in a world that is obsessed with asking, “Why am I like this?” and “Why are they like this?” Trauma, childhood wounds, addiction, nervous systems, attachment. All important pieces of the puzzle. But at some point, just understanding the...
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1:11:46
#266 - Paige's Perspective: How to Feel Alive Again
If you’ve been stuck in your head replaying old memories, planning out future disasters, or living on autopilot, this one’s for you. This week I sat down at my drum set and, for the first time in a while, felt my brain quiet down and my body wa...
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#265 - TWFO Classic: You Can Do Hard Things
Replay. Originally aired in July 2024. We’re bringing this back because the tools here (resilience, boundaries, timelines, and real talk about equal partnership) stay relevant.This is an episode designed more like a charcuterie board tha...
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#264 - From Flaw to Feature: The Truth About Addictive Traits
Addictive traits aren't bugs, they're features.When I first got sober, I was terrified I’d become boring.No more adrenaline. No more chaos. Just… normal life.I thought I’d be the “square dad” mowing the lawn in tucked-in polos while ...
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#263 - Paige's Perspective: Why Not Me: The Question That Changed Everything
Paige opens up about one of the most powerful questions she’s ever asked herself: “Why not me?”In this raw and empowering episode, she shares how that simple question pulled her out of self-doubt and helped her become the woman ...
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8:57
#262 - Are You Coping or Are You Healing?
In this episode, Matt and Paige take a deep dive into the difference between coping and healing. From self-care routines to emotional boundaries, they explore how coping can be both a bridge and a trap—necessary for survival but not meant to la...
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1:10:28
# 261 - Mindset Monday: Rehab Q&A; Thoughts on Treatment
Rehab is a reset, not a miracle. In this straight talk Q&A, Matt answers the questions we hear most from spouses, partners, and people heading to treatment. What actually happens day to day, how detox works, why some centers involve family ...
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#260 - Paige's Perspective: How We Misuse Recovery Language (and What to Do Instead)
In this episode, Paige gets real about something she’s noticed in the healing and recovery space: the temptation to use growth language as a weapon. When we finally find words for our pain, it can feel powerful; but if we start using t...
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#259 - Separate the Behaviors from the Addiction
This week we’re taking a short break from recording and revisiting a powerful episodes from mid 2024, Separate the Behaviors from the Addiction. How much should you focus on the substance? To what degree is the substance re...
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1:14:28
#258 - Guys, Let's Start Talking
This one’s for both sides of the table - the person who’s sober but still hiding, and the partner who’s done begging for honesty.If you’re trying to rebuild, this is how we did it.If you’ve already walked away, this may remind you...
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1:21:23
#257 - Paige's Perspective: The Healing Swing No One Talks About
In this week’s Paige’s Perspective, I’m talking about something most people don’t discuss enough: the pendulum swing in healing. It’s that moment when you go from being quiet and careful to suddenly not caring what anyone thinks. You’ve spent y...
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#256 - The Rest vs Grind Episode
Burnout anyone? Whether it's recovery and healing burnout, work burnout, health and fitness burnout, or flat-out-burned out burnout Let's compare two honest approaches to stress and growth. One of us has lived by all gas, no brakes. The other k...
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#255 - Mindset Monday: Reigniting Your Fire After Burnout
Have you hit a wall lately and wondered if it’s time to walk away? Whether it's your recovery, a relationship, a job, or something that one held deep meaning to you...we get tired. I just went through this...In this mindset Monday Matt talks ab...
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#254 - Paige's Perspective: You’re Allowed to Pause
This week on Paige’s Perspective, we’re talking about what it really means to take a breather in your healing. Sometimes it feels like you’re doing everything “right,” from therapy and journaling to podcasts and growth work, and you still hit a...
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#253 - Betrayal Trauma
We’re taking a short break from recording and re-releasing a powerful episode — Betrayal Trauma. This conversation was originally recorded in 2024, and while our language and understanding have evolved since then, the message still...
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1:14:48
#252 - Paige's Perspective: When “Just Stay Positive” Stops Working
In this episode of Paige’s Perspective, I’m breaking down the difference between toxic positivity and the power of pivoting. We’ll talk about how social media, family, and even traditional recovery spaces sometimes ...
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14:08
#251 - Why “One Day at a Time” Isn’t What You Think
“What if” feeds anxiety. “Even if” builds a plan. In this episode we unpack what “one day at a time” actually looks like for both spouses and people in recovery. We break down how to use it as a call to action instead of a reason to wait it out...
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