Keep Comin'
This is a podcast about recovery from substance abuse. Each episode will feature a new person from the recovery community telling their story in an in depth, guided manner. This is intentionally NOT the format and "rules" typically associated with 12 step meetings. You'll hear swearing and talk of drug and alcohol use that is not part of the standard AA or NA meeting format.
Episodes
9 episodes
Episode 9: Jason H.
Jason traces his drinking from age 13 raiding liquor cabinets with friends to a sobbing 5am breakdown that finally got him sober — and unpacks how body image, insecurity, and his father's own recovery shaped the man he became.
Episode 8: Behind the Mic
This week, John mixes things up to talk about why Keep Comin' exists, what actually happens between hitting record and hitting publish, the patterns he's noticed after months of interviews, and what it's like being a crack head.
Episode 7: Heather J.
Heather grew up in a home where both parents were in AA and her father was abusing her — and still found her way to the rooms of recovery years later, almost a decade sober and still learning she's been wrong in the best ways.
Episode 6: Jillian C.
An architect, a mother, and 15 years sober, Jillian built her recovery not just through AA and EMDR therapy, but through a simple reframe — learning to say "my brain isn't working today" instead of "I'm a mess." She traces her journey from blac...
Episode 5: David Z.
David Z traces his drinking from collegiate blackouts and a marriage-ending spiral — through a psychiatric hospitalization he barely cared to survive — to 22 years of sobriety built on the one thing that always terrified him: letting people see...
Episode 4: Eliot V.
Eliot traces his arc from boarding school vodka runs and nihilism-fueled benders to sobriety, yoga certification, and watching a close friend die of liver failure.
Episode 3: Melanie F.
Melanie F. opens up about her journey to finding joy without chaos even when all she wanted was to disappear and isolate.