Clean or Sober
Clean or Sober Podcast is a podcast about people in sobriety or recovery. They share their stories, talk about funny, hilarious, or crazy war stories. This is a place to share the hopeless while at the same time showing you there is hope. This is also a podcast which may touch sensitive topics. Most important is we share our experience, strength, and hope. Remember to subscribe, so you have receive notifications when a new episode is uploaded.Any suggestions on topics you'd like to hear or if you want to be a guest, send me an email: cleanorsobercolumbus@gmail.comThanks so much for listening!
Episodes
35 episodes
My Experience with the 12 Steps
Welcome to another episode of "Clean or Sober," the podcast where we dive deep into the journey of recovery and the experiences that shape our lives. Today, we're exploring a very personal and transformative topic: "My Experience with the 12 St...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:02:08
Staying Sober While Spouse is California Sober
Welcome, listeners, to another episode of Clean or Sober, where we dive deep into stories of recovery, resilience, and triumph. Today's guest has an incredible journey to share, emphasizing the transformative power of staying clean and sober.
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Episode 33
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37:08
My Intrusive Thoughts Didn't Win
Today, I had the privilege of hosting a guest on the podcast whose journey is nothing short of inspirational. At one point in his life, he found himself sleeping in his car, right outside a bar he used to frequent regularly. Despite numerous ch...
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Episode 32
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1:09:00
Police Chase on 161
Today's guest tried to get sober so many times. Most of the time he was more interested in getting, using and finding ways and means to get drugs, that he did not care about any single person surrounding him.This led to an overdos...
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Episode 31
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1:07:02
Runaway And Trafficked
At the young age of 11, she was a runaway and obviously a part of all the things which come with life on the streets and no parental encouragement or attention. She was sexually active at the age of 11 and realized she was following in he...
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48:46
Rubber Cement Was My First Drug of Choice
Today's guest has an incredibly inspiring story. She grappled with substance use disorder and untreated mental health issues for a significant period. We often refer to individuals facing both challenges as "double winners" within our progr...
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Episode 29
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1:05:41
Crashing My Parent's Country Club
Today's guest attempted to get clean very young and was not successful. This led to a life of continuing to use, graduating to more dangerous using which ultimately led to her surrendering enough to try treatment again.She had som...
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44:41
Painful Mosh Pits and Budweiser
My guest today has tried to get sober many times. His brother was able to get sober earlier than he did which provided some type of attraction rather than promotion. This allowed him to see what life could be like not using drugs or...
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Episode 27
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50:16
36 Years Clean - "Life Is Like a Game of Monopoly"
My guest today was clean in 1987!! With 36 years clean he shares his experience on how the program was when he entered, the life of misery he was creating for himself, some of which includes 6 DUI's (Driving Under the Influence).
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Episode 26
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1:02:31
My First Sponsor
Tonight's episode is brought to you by my very first sponsor. He was single handedly responsible for saying yes to me when I was looking for someone to guide me through the steps.A very unique person in recovery who has walked cou...
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Episode 25
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1:00:23
Restarting My Life at 5 Years Sober
My guest today spent years working as a professional in a field where the stigma of addiction or sobriety is looked down upon. She was able to maintain some time with sheer abstinence but found out over time it takes a little work on her ...
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Episode 24
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43:29
Living Over the Influence
My guest today is a sobriety coach after suffering multiple relapses, car accidents which almost killed her, and the standard shit that comes with finding ways and means to use more. Her about me is below.
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Episode 23
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50:28
Attempting to End the Stigma of Addiction
Today I have an amazing guest, with a breadth of knowledge coupled with 20+ years of continuous clean and sober time!! He really shares a passion I am sure many of us wish we could end. That is the stigma of being an addict ...
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Episode 22
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1:35:45
Kickstarter Business and Kickass Female Business Owner
My guest today is a business owner of an amazing shop called Rehab Studios (rehabstudiosny.com) There are so many cool sobriety and recovery related items from clothing to jewelry. ...
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Episode 21
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1:03:14
The Canadian Never Forgot His First Meeting
Please visit them today:https://blog.feedspot.com/sobriety_podcasts/Matt G is from Canada and shares multiple approaches to recovery and self help outside the rooms of AA or...
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Episode 20
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51:24
From Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic
My guest today has over 12 years of amazing recovery. This time is filled with 4 different sponsors, from different countries, background and experiences. During this time, he moved from Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic. ...
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Episode 19
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1:15:07
Counterfeit Money and Meth Don't Mix Well
My guest today just recently graduated an amazing six-month program which tests your patience, sobriety, and dedication to working a program. He has moved into their sober living and is starting to gain back his life.He talks a lo...
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Episode 18
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1:18:57
From Bed Bugs to Business Owner
My guest today is strong, both literally and figuratively, and is a proud business owner. She went from living in an absolute horrible condition filled with drug dealers, prostitutes, bed bugs, and everything else associated with the life...
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Episode 18
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1:00:11
Pistol Whipped in Her Hotel Room
My guest today talks about what it was like growing up in a pretty normal household. Eventually her parents divorced which resulted in life as she knew it changing pretty quickly.She eventually ended up progressing in her disease ...
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Episode 17
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58:26
My Nickname Was Bambi When I was Smoking Crack
A good friend of mine discusses the struggles when it comes to sponsoring other women. In the beginning of the podcast, she talks about what it is like to have several years clean and begin to think about stopping going to meetings.
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Episode 16
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1:00:04
Permanently "Pissed" Off the Drink
My guest today is from the UK. She decided once she was well into her sobriety to come over to the United States, not being in great physical shape or as she puts it more eloquently, "Fat, Forty, Funny, and Fucked" and hike across the ent...
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Episode 15
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1:13:24
The Universe Threw Me a Hail Mary
I talk to a dear friend of mine, who just happens to be a doctor. This not to trump the previous doctor, but this episode is definitely jampacked with exciting stories. We talk about primarily how geographical changes do not work fo...
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Episode 14
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1:27:47
Dr. Nicole Labor Speaks About Dopamine
Dr. Nicole Labor who is a Medical Director over several facilities, and has over 15 years sober, talks about the medical implications of addiction, what that looks like in the brain, and why staying clean and sober is so difficult.
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Episode 13
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37:34