Posts by VeronicaValli

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Recovery has its own language but what does all of it mean? We deconstruct different recovery terms like ‘alcoholic,’ ‘problem drinker,’ ‘alcohol use disorder.’ We also look at what it the difference is between being ‘recovered’ and ‘recovering.’…

 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS If you want to stop drinking should you join a recovery group? What kinds of groups are there? Chip and Veronica discuss the pros and cons of recovery support groups. Do you have to believe in God? What if I’m an atheist? What alternatives are there to AA? All these…

 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Today we answer more listeners questions. *****Trigger warning****** In this episode, we answer questions from ‘Sarah’ in Australia who asks how she can forgive her alcoholic mother. We also answer ‘Jasmine’s’ question on how to overcome the suicide of the family member who sexually abused her. We discuss the process…

 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS We want to talk about having fun and more importantly having fun without having to use alcohol. We reflect on how when we have fun now it has no cost. We don’t have to engineer it or make it happen, it just happens in the course of our day. We…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Chip and Veronica answer the following questions from listeners: Yolanda – is in the Soberful Facebook and also wants to find an in-person group where she lives, she wants to find sober friends but is really nervous about going to a new group. What if she bumps into someone she knows?…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS ******Trigger warning********** In our previous episode Chip told his incredible story of addiction and recovery. Because there was just so much trauma and abuse from his childhood we wanted to explore how someone recovers and heals from this. Chip discusses his healing process, how he opened up about his childhood abuse…