The One Day At A Time Recovery Podcast

Before we jump in, I have a couple of programming notes for you. The first is that since this month is the 10th anniversary of the show, I'll be publishing a back to basics series for those who are either allergic to the 12 steps, who are sober curious or otherwise needing support for early recovery.
The second is to let you know that there are lots of free resources on the podcast website at odaatchat.com. There's a guide called 30 tips for your first 30 days, how to have sober fun, and how to make sobriety stick. These are all free and available for instant download.
 
Okay friend, if you are skeptical of the steps, I actually wrote a whole book about "The 12 Step Guide for Skeptics" available on Amazon, but if you find yourself curious about the program, we are getting into the nitty gritty work of the 12 steps today! This is another installment of the stepwork series that I have been doing with Sonia Kahlon, co-founder of Sisters in Sobriety.
 
I just love Sonia. She's so courageous in her willingness to work the program in semi public. We will be doing some of this work in private because I want her to feel safe in doing the work, but you'll get a peek into the process so you can make an informed decision to try the steps or not.
 
In this episode, we walk through Sonia's actual Step 4 inventory together - her resentments toward her parents, her brother, and her ex-husband - and dig into what finding your part really means when you weren't the one who caused the damage.
 
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why Step 4 is not about taking blame - it's about finding your power

- How unresolved resentments show up as triggers, even years later

- The difference between self-pity and an appropriate emotional response to pain

- How the people we're most resentful toward reveal our deepest limiting beliefs

- Why self-abandonment is often the real pattern hiding underneath our biggest resentments

and

- How to find the gifts that grew out of your most painful experiences

So without further delay, please enjoy this episode, and let me know what you think!
 
SHOW NOTES:
 
Guest Website: https://sistersinsobriety.substack.com/
👊🏼Need help applying this information to your own life?
Here are 3 ways to get started:
🎁Free Guide: 30 Tips for Your First 30 Days - With a printable PDF checklist
Grab your copy here: https://www.soberlifeschool.com
☎️Private Coaching: Make Sobriety Stick
https://www.makesobrietystick.com
Subscribe So You Don't Miss New Episodes!
 
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music, or you can stream it from my website HERE. 
You can also watch the interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@theonedayatatimepodcast?sub_confirmation=1
 
 
 

 

 
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast/id1212504521
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4I23r7DBTpT8XwUUwHRNpB
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a8eb438c-5af1-493b-99c1-f218e5553aff/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast

Today I sit down with Adam Vibe Gunton - bestselling author, founder of the nonprofit Recovered on Purpose, and owner of a 68-bed treatment center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Adam went from being given cocaine at age 12 and starring as the defensive captain of Columbine High School's state championship football team, to a homeless heroin addict who overdosed in 2015 - and has the police body cam footage to prove it. He's the only person I know of who showed their own dead body during a TED Talk.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why a decade of 12-step meetings still left Adam unable to stay sober, and what the critical missing piece was
The "wrong" sponsor who turned out to be exactly right - and why everything you've been told about finding a sponsor might be backwards
The spiritual experience at an IHOP that marked the last day Adam ever used
Why people like Adam literally die without the 12 steps being done quickly and rigorously
How November 6th keeps showing up as the most important date of his life
How his nonprofit is making sure nobody has to spend Christmas on a trap house floor calling treatment centers who won't pick up

Hi friend, welcome to the podcast, my name is Arlina, I've been sober for 32 years, and it's my life's mission to carry a message of hope for recovery.
Here's a question we all need to consider, No matter where you are in your recovery journey: What if the survival skills that you develop in childhood - the performing, the achieving, and the self-abandonment for the sake of appeasing others- are the exact habits quietly keeping you feeling stuck in adulthood? This actually happens to everybody in one form or another, and we're going to talk about how to break some of those patterns.
Today I sit down with Katie Hingle, founder and CEO of Lavish, and a woman in long term recovery to talk about how she is working through her own survival patterns. 
I've known Katie for decades, and always admired her, not just because she's so accomplished as an executive at Adobe, and now the CEO at her own company, but because she is a woman of faith, service and integrity. Katie is one of those shining examples of someone who has done real work - not just recovery from alcohol, but the untreated perfectionism, people-pleasing, and codependence underneath it.
But before we jump in, I just want to share with you that because June marks 10 years of the One Day at a Time podcast, I am going to be doing something a little different In the upcoming weeks. I am going to do a series of episodes focused on early recovery. This will be for those who are simply wanting to take a break from alcohol, those who are sober curious and don't want to go to AA, or those coming back after a period of drinking. I want you to know that no matter where you are in your journey, I am here to support you with a safe space for coming to your own conclusions.
In today's episode, you'll learn:
• How to recognize when your survival mechanisms have become your biggest liability
• Why resentment is the root of the devolving process in recovery and relationships
• The concept of collateral growth - and why doing your own work changes everyone around you
And 
• How recovery principles translate directly into building a business and showing up in relationships
 
So without further delay, please enjoy this episode with Katie.
 
Guest Website: lavishexperienceco.com
👊🏼Need help applying this information to your own life?
Here are 3 ways to get started:
🎁Free Guide: 30 Tips for Your First 30 Days - With a printable PDF checklist
Grab your copy here: https://www.soberlifeschool.com
☎️Private Coaching: Make Sobriety Stick
https://www.makesobrietystick.com
Subscribe So You Don't Miss New Episodes!
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music, or you can stream it from my website HERE. 
You can also watch the interview on YouTube:
 

 

 
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast/id1212504521
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4I23r7DBTpT8XwUUwHRNpB
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a8eb438c-5af1-493b-99c1-f218e5553aff/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast

What happens when the thing that was supposed to save you - the mission, the badge, the identity - becomes the very thing addiction destroys? And what do you do when you are a trained Navy SEAL, built to be a hero, and you cannot even save your own son from a pandemic scare because you are too deep in a three-day meth binge to pick up the phone?
Today I sit down with Dr. Tony Dice - Navy SEAL, PhD, and author of After the Trident: A Navy SEAL's Battle with Secrets, Shame, and Addiction. Dr. Dice spent years serving alongside legends like Jocko Willink, then gave up his SEAL career to protect his drug use - until a moment of devastating clarity brought him to his knees and into treatment.
In this episode you will learn:
How growing up in extreme isolation with an alcoholic father shaped his addiction before it even started
Why high performers are especially vulnerable to addiction - and how the same obsessive drive that builds careers can quietly destroy everything they love
How Tony sold his car to fund his own rehab stay, and what that moment of willingness meant for his recovery
The holistic change model Dr. Dice discovered in 12-step recovery - and why it maps directly onto proven therapeutic frameworks
Why gratitude is not just a feeling - it is an action word, and why Tony has it tattooed on his leg next to a handcuff key
So without further delay, please enjoy this episode, and let me know what you think!

Today's guest has been sober for 17 years. But her sobriety didn't start with a surrender. It started with a dare.
Kat Courtney is a shamanic practitioner with over 20 years of experience working with ayahuasca and ibogaine, a lineage-trained facilitator who completed an 8.5-year apprenticeship, and the co-founder of Base, an ibogaine treatment center in Mexico.
Before we jump in, I wanted to announce that the podcast is coming up on the 10-year anniversary! I'm so grateful to all of you who continue to download the podcast and to all of our guests For so graciously sharing their knowledge.
If I may be so bold to ask, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Having a lot of positive rankings is how we get the message out to those in need. I realize it's kind of a pain in the ass, so if you actually take a few minutes to Leave a review, Just know you're my new favorite, and I love you. 
As a Disclaimer for this episode: this is for educational purposes only. I'm not a doctor. I don't play one on the internet. This is not to encourage you to try plant medicine, but to present additional resources if you're thinking about it. I am not an expert in this area, so I will be largely deferring to Kat for her expertise.
 
In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why integration after plant medicine is more important than the medicine itself - and what happens when people skip it
• How ibogaine eliminates post-acute withdrawal symptoms for up to three months, giving people a genuine window to heal
• Why different plant medicines work for different addictions - and which ones are actually dangerous in combination
• What 10 years of shamanic training looks like, and why it matters who is holding space for you
• Kat's daily self-care rituals, and how she bookends each day with intention
 
So without further delay, please enjoy this episode with Kat!
 
SHOW NOTES:
 
Guest Website: https://plantmedicinepeople.com
👊🏼Need help applying this information to your own life?
Here are 3 ways to get started:
🎁Free Guide: 30 Tips for Your First 30 Days - With a printable PDF checklist
Grab your copy here: https://www.soberlifeschool.com
☎️Private Coaching: Make Sobriety Stick
https://www.makesobrietystick.com
Subscribe So You Don't Miss New Episodes!
 
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music, or you can stream it from my website HERE. 
You can also watch the interview on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@theonedayatatimepodcast?sub_confirmation=1
 

 

 
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast/id1212504521
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4I23r7DBTpT8XwUUwHRNpB
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a8eb438c-5af1-493b-99c1-f218e5553aff/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast