Remember Your Why
This podcast will feature guests who have battled addiction and mental health issues and discuss the struggles they have faced as well as their stories of success and recovery. My hope is to shed a light that you can recover and be happy, because there's some really beautiful things that can happen when you give yourself a chance. Whether you’re just starting out or have been on the healing journey for some time, it’s important to always remember the WHY that brought you here... to this very moment.
Episodes
92 episodes
Turn your pain into purpose.
Janice grew up in an alcoholic home, but did not fall into her full blown addiction until after she had kids. Hear her story here and what that looked like for her.
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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39:48
Dear future me... I don't know what's ahead of us, but I'm ready for it.
Candice struggled with addiction for over twenty years. For her, she had many different emotional bottoms. Hear her story and how she uses the tools she has learned and her higher power, to tackle whatever life throws at her today.
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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38:51
I got to that point where I was pretty sure this thing was gonna kill me.
Mike's story is one that is filled with detoxes, rehabs, homelessness and institutions. Listen to hear how he overcame serious low bottoms time and time again and is now living a beautiful life in recovery.
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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52:10
You really owe it to yourself to give this a shot, because this can be life changing for you if you're really struggling.
Jacob had a serious health scare from his drinking at just 39 years old, which prompted him to take action and make some changes in his life, especially because he had a wife and 3 young girls to think about. Hear his story here...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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46:18
I experience pain now but I experience joy too. I was so hopeless for so long and now my life is filled with hope.
Julie, who is a fellow podcaster herself, recently celebrated three years of sobriety, and has an amazing story to share. It is one that encompasses family, mental health, addiction and recovery. Listen here...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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40:22
We believe that life is for growth and growth, though painful, is always worth the effort.
Judas & Magnolia have quite a story behind their nine year sobriety journey together. Listen here...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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36:26
I was very blessed to be in a situation to get better. You're worth it.
Kate has been sober since December 21, 1999, as she recalls it to be the first day of winter, and to her, the longest night of the year. Hear her story of strength and resilience here.
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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31:08
You can't get too high or too low. It's the rhythm of balance.
Hear my chat with Dr. J, who has been sober since 1987, here...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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49:37
You are never too young or to old to shuffle the deck of life.
Lisa was a binge drinker who, after years and years of addiction , got to the point where she wanted to die. She laid down in the middle of a street hoping that would be the end. That is where her disease took her. To the darkest parts of her m...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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45:43
Sobriety gave me a second chance at life
It took me over 20 years to get sober. The mountain I had to climb was monumental & it turns out, I was the mountain. I was my own worst enemy. Definitely the hardest battle I have ever faced, but also the most rewarding because sobri...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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19:31
I can see myself in that lens because I was there, and now I'm here.
Chrissy has been sober since November 2022. She and I spoke a lot about alcohol and its negative effects, why we think addiction and mental health need to be talked about much more and so many other hot topics surrounding alcohol and addiction....
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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30:04
You're still going to get to that same destination. You just have to change that way.
Michelle spoke about how time and money are the most gratifying things about being sober. Can't get time back or money back, but in sobriety, we don't waste time anymore. We get to do things now. Hear our discussion about her story...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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45:13
I remember my why through my purpose.
Jimmy has been sober since 2016. He just turned 50 years old which seemed like a feat that was unattainable back when he was in active addiction. Now, 50 and sober, is a beautiful thing. Hear his story here...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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25:55
Great is one of those little words that doesn't even begin to cover what I feel about my sobriety.
Check out Duncan’s story here…
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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33:12
Waking up motivated instead of wanting to die is a great day.
Dan's sobriety date is January 7, 2023. His started drinking at age 15, but at age 23, cocaine came into play and that was something he wasn't ready for... how addictive it truly is. It became an everyday thing for him and got a hold of him. Th...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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31:05
It is glorious when you get to the other side.
Erinn is a mom that now gets to show up for her children. She has been sober for almost five years and has found peace and serenity in her recovery which is truly incredible. She talks a lot about that aspect in our discussion. We ...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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46:07
I get to live life now.
Steve is a podcaster and also an alcohol addiction recovery coach. He has been sober since March 2021. He started drinking around age 19, which was just the beginning of the insidious of alcohol. Drinking made things easier- being outgoing, fee...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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56:02
I never imagined what all sobriety could be until I finally surrendered and gave it a chance.
Kristen just turned three years sober. She had a dual addiction to alcohol and Xanax. She also suffered from anxiety and OCD. She used alcohol to mask the anxiety in social settings. Things escalated quickly between the pills and the drinking.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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44:38
Don't Quit On Quitting
Greg has been sober since October 2023. He is doing something really special and amazing. Starting August 10th and finishing August 31st he will be walking from Lake Superior in Superior, WI to Lake Michigan in Cudahy, WI to raise awareness abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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23:00
I was definitely using alcohol to switch my brain off.
Louisa is a therapist in the UK that specializes in anxiety and and habit change. She was doing this all while struggling with her own battle with alcohol. She now shares her story of sobriety to help countless others who are strug...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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30:25
Anything we put before sobriety, we lose.
Sam has been sober since 2011. She and I actually went to high school together and it was really special to reconnect as were both on our sobriety journeys now. Her addiction began during those teenage years of wanting to fit...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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44:56
At the end of the day the only why is love because we have to love ourselves to stay in recovery.
Michela spoke to us from Italy about her sobriety and recovery. She has been sober since 2001. She spoke about relationships with alcohol, her loved ones and her faith. Hear her wisdom and strength as she tells her story.
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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29:29
Alcoholism, addiction- it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless you're in it.
Shana has been sober since November 2021. She had tried to get sober for close to two decades prior to that. As most alcoholics, the booze had a hold on her. She went to treatment centers, sober living, AA and struggled to find rec...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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44:21
Try to find it within you to want to get clean. Don't ever give up hope.
Mary and Ralph got sober together back in October 2020. When they met they were both using and drinking heavily and not their best selves, but they knew deep down that they were good people so they pushed through all of the struggl...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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32:26
I'm not a bad person. I made some bad decisions, but I'm not a bad person.
Joe recently celebrated a year of sobriety. He picked up in his teen years with school parties- drinking and weed- weekend warrior type of scenario. But that quickly progressed, as it does with addiction. For the most part, it became a daily ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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32:56