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Mike and Nat are two middle-aged suburban dads wrestling with addiction and recovery while trying to juggle home life, work, and staying sober. Listen as they discuss current topics in the recovery community including 12 Step, alternative addiction recovery and the newest medical research . Listen to the guys talk about their daily struggle to maintain their recovery and anonymity in the world of soccer moms and PTA meetings. If the neighbors only knew...
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RMA-Episode 114: Bouncing Back: Chris Herron's Memoir "Basketball Junkie," and Queen Liz of Monksterhaven Joins Us! This week, hosts Mike and Nat are thrilled to have a chat with Liz S, our longtime listener and the first guest on our new segment, “Meet a Monkster”. Plus, we take a deep dive into the addiction memoir, "Basketball Junkie." Liz S, ha…
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RMA-Episode 113: From Addiction’s Trance to Recovery’s Dance: A Discussion of Alcohol, Addiction and Public Policy with Grant Boyken Grant is back! Join us as the OG Monkster and creator of the popular website, soberliningsplaybook.com, shares his insights on the current public policy issues surrounding drug and alcohol addiction, and catches us up…
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RMA-Episode 112: Is Addiction a Conscious Choice? Do we choose to use? In this week’s episode of RMA, Mike and Nat delve into the complex and often contentious debate surrounding addiction: Is it a choice? A disease? Something else? They'll explore the arguments on both sides, drawing on scientific studies, insights from addiction research, and a c…
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RMA-Episode 111: From Frazzled to Balanced: A Guide to Finding Serenity in Sobriety In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we explore Nat's harrowing tale of experiencing a seizure on his journey to Washington, prompting an urgent evaluation of his diet and stress levels by his doctor. Join us as we delve into practical tips and tri…
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RMA-Episode 110: Fentanyl Follies: The Not-So-Funny Side of Misguided Drug Policies In this action-packed episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, we delve into the perplexing world of recent legislation that's beefing up criminal penalties for fentanyl dealers. But are these laws actually helpful, or are they just a rehash of the failed War on Drug…
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RMA-Episode 109: Xanax Shenanigans: A Prescription for Disaster This week on RMA, we review the 2022 documentary film Take your Pills: Xanax, currently streaming on Netflix. We also dive deep into the world of Xanax and benzodiazepine abuse, discussing the history, widespread use, and the challenges presented by aggressive pharmaceutical marketing …
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RMA-Episode 108 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 108: Jiva G's Journey: Bhakti Recovery and the Power of Spiritual Transformation. Hare Krishna! In this week’s episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages, Mike and Nat are joined by Jiva G, creator of the Bhakti Recovery movement. Jiva shares her story of growing up in New York in the punk rock era, her addiction…
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RMA-Episode 107 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 107: To Live and Die in LA-This week Mike and Nat review the recovery memoirs The Los Angeles Diaries and This River by author James Brown. Plagued by the suicides of both his siblings, and heir to alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and economic ruin, James Brown lived a life clouded by addiction, broken promis…
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RMA-Episode 106 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 106: The Mysterious Disappearance of Beau Mann. Beau Mann, the 38 year-old founder of Sober Grid, disappeared from a Los Angeles neighborhood on November 30, 2021 and hasn’t been seen since. Mike and Nat go over the case and discuss what is known about Mann’s movements in the hours prior to his disappearance.…
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RMA-Episode 105 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 105: Skid Row Recovery. If you find yourself using drugs in a place like the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, a guy like Scott Mannheimer is someone you want in your corner. Kensington is a notorious skid row, where it is common to find addicts shooting up in broad daylight, hunched over in a stupor o…
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RMA-Episode 104 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 104: It’s Time for Dopey! This week Dave M., host of the popular Dopey podcast, sits down with Mike and Nat at Peachtree Studios to talk about drugs, addiction and dumb shit. They also talk about recovery, podcasting, the Grateful Dead, podcasting and life after addiction. Don’t miss it! Please remember to SU…
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RMA-Episode 103 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 103: Crack is Wack! This week Mike and Nat travel the rocky road and discuss Bill Clegg’s memoirs, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, and Ninety Days. Literary agent Bill Clegg was talented, successful and secretly addicted to crack. His 2010 memoir Portrait of the Artist, describes the highs and (mostly) …
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RMA-Episode 102 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 102: Tough Love in the Boogie Down Bronx. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat review the 2000 documentary “Sister Helen.” Sister Helen Travis was a recovering alcoholic and Benedictine sister who spent the last years of her life running a 23-bed halfway house in the rough-and-tumble slum of the South Bronx. She em…
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RMA-Episode 101 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 101: Drunk lawyers and sober Monksters. This week we take the pulse of the community, talk about how dry January is going, and also review the memoir The Addicted Lawyer by Brian Cuban. In The Addicted Lawyer, Cuban candidly shares his journey through addiction and recovery, and offers insight and guidance fo…
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RMA-Episode 100 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 100: Dry January. Mike and Nat talk about the spectrum of Alcohol Use Disorder, taking a break, tips and tricks to make it 30 days without the booze, and why you might want to extend your month hiatus into the indefinite future. Also, a voice-mail from Ryan and the holiday roundup, on a very special edition o…
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RMA-Episode 99 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 99: The Third Annual RMA Holiday Extravaganza! We play listener voice-mails, tell holiday stories, and share our list of the top five things you can buy for your loved-one in recovery this season. Also, more tips and tricks for staying sober, and we welcome our new executive producer, ChatGPT! Please remember …
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RMA-Episode 98 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 98: Recovery in the News. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat drill down into some drug policy issues that have been generating some controversy lately. Should cannabis be a Schedule 1 drug? How can we make sure that medically assisted treatment is available to all who would benefit from it? What can we do to help …
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RMA-Episode 97 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 97: Stutz. This week it’s a movie review! Phil Stutz is one of the world's leading psychiatrists. He's helped countless patients over 40 years, including world-class creatives and business leaders, and among them many therapy-skeptics. Directed by his friend and patient Jonah Hill, this film explores Stutz's l…
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RMA-Episode 96 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 96: Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing-This week, Mike and Nat review the new Matthew Perry autobiography and try to pull some whiz-bangs out of Chandler’s recovery musings. We also share Thanksgiving stories, and Recovery in the News makes a triumphant return. Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podca…
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RMA-Episode 95 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 95: BONUS Episode! Mike and Nat share tips and tricks for how to maintain your sobriety during the holiday season, and talk about what works for them. Are the usual suggestions the best ones? Listen and find out. Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode de…
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RMA-Episode 94 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 93: The State of the Pod! Happy Thanksgiving! Mike and Nat broadcast this week’s show from the parking lot of the Yes show in Westbury Long Island. We talk about the future of RMA, how to deal with your kids getting to the age where they’re encountering drugs, navigating the holidays with sanity intact and att…
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RMA-Episode 93 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 93: Book Review-Russell Brand’s Recovery. Love him or hate him, it’s hard to ignore him. Russell Brand is an English comedian and actor best known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. He is also, at this writing, 18 years sober from drugs and alcohol. Russell’s outsized personality is on full displ…
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RMA-Episode 92 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 92: Grant B’s Triumphant Return to RMA. This week Grant Boyken, OG monkster and editor-at large of the RMA newsroom, returns after a year’s absence to fill us in on how it feels to have two years sobriety, what it’s like to be working with Shatterproof, and how turning 53 helped him focus in on what is really …
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RMA-Episode 91 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 91: The Sinclair Method-An Interview with Katie Lain. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat explore the ins and outs of The Sinclair Method (TSM) with Katie Lain from Thrive Alcohol Recovery. With a claimed success rate near 80%, Sinclair has been gaining in popularity as a science-based alternative to traditional 12…
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RMA-Episode 90 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 90: Something Was Wrong. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat do a deep dive into an episode from the latest season of this amazing podcast, an Iris Award-winning true-crime docuseries about the discovery, trauma, and recovery from shocking life events and abusive relationships. Why are we talking about another podc…
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RMA-Episode 89 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 89: Everything happens for a reason. Or does it? This week on RMA, Mike and Nat discuss this old bromide, how it pertains to recovery, and whether or not believing that there is a master plan for your life helps or hurts you stay sober. It’s a far ranging discussion that touches on religion, philosophy, quantu…
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RMA-Episode 88 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 88: This week on RMA we explore the alleged link between substance abuse and creativity. Contrary to popular belief, creativity does not disappear when the alcohol and drugs are no longer available. Your genetic makeup remains the same, so the drive to take risks creatively is still there. Are creative people …
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RMA-Episode 87 Show Notes: RMA-Episode 86: This week on RMA, Mike interviews Jesse Jarnow. Jesse is a writer, a DJ and the host of the Good Ole Grateful Deadcast, the official podcast of the Grateful Dead. He is also the author of Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America. In order to understand the present popularity of psychedelics as a treatment…
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RMA-Episode 86 Show Notes: A triumphant return! Season 2 of RMA kicks off with a review of the BBC documentary film Drinkers Like Me. Mike and Nat talk about the perils and pitfalls of moderation and non-abstinent recovery. Is such a thing even possible? Is it advisable? Does preaching the possibility of moderate drinking to the masses harm people …
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RMA-Episode 85 Show Notes: And, We’re Almost Back! This morning we started a zoom call to catch up, Mike hit the record button, and we both realized how much we missed doing the show. What we planned as a quick discussion turned into an hour of material so we decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. Highlights include Nat visiting a “CBD” di…
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RMA-Episode 84 Show Notes: Your best thinking got you here. It’s a common enough slogan in AA and other 12 Step programs, but what does it mean? Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that caused it. Does that mean we shouldn’t question the methods and philosophical underpinnings or recovery programs? Or is there perha…
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RMA-Episode 83 Show Notes: This week on RMA-it’s a Take 3 Takeover! RMA and Sober Lining Playbooks’s own Grant Boyken joins Mike and Nat to discuss involuntary civil commitment, alcohol awareness month and process addictions. Also, Monkster’s Speak,the week in Weird and the life-update, on a slowly recovering, technologically challenged, newsworthy…
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RMA-Episode 82 Show Notes: And we’re back! Sort of. Mike is still wrestling with COVID but the show must go on and so it does, in all of its audio-challenged glory. This week, spring is in the air and weed is everywhere. We continue our discussion about cannabis and kombucha, psychedelics and shamans, and where any of that fits into a recovery prog…
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RMA-Episode 81 Show Notes: This week on a very special episode of RMA, Mike and Nat do an extended news wrap-up which includes a discussion of the latest research on psychedelics for addiction treatment, a break-down of what it means to have a trauma-informed workplace, and why that is important, especially to people in recovery. Also, a looong Mon…
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RMA-Episode 80 Show Notes: This week on a very special episode of RMA, Mike and Nat welcome Erin back to the podcast to talk about boundaries and codependency. Boundaries are the rules you create to let people know how to treat you. Healthy boundaries create separation between people. In codependency, these boundaries are weak. You feel responsible…
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RMA-Episode 79 Show Notes: Compare and despair! It has been said that comparison is the thief of joy, but we still do it all the time. Why? Maybe it’s grounded in self-esteem, an area that typically proves challenging to a person suffering with substance abuse disorder. One theory is that you have an unconscious belief that you lack self-worth. Bec…
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RMA-Episode 78 Show Notes: Can America Recover? Evan Haines sure thinks so, and he is our guest this week on RMA. In addition to being the co-founder and co-CEO of Oro House Recovery Centers, Evan, along with his partner Bob Forest, are the authors of the new book, Can America Recover, a sprawling look at the past, present and future of the recover…
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RMA-Episode 77 Show Notes: This week Mike and Nat continue their mini-series on mental health in recovery by tackling the multi-headed beast that is PTSD. What is it? How does it manifest? Most importantly, what can we do about it? Traditional treatment of substance abuse in America often focuses on the symptoms (alcohol or drug use), rather than t…
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RMA-Episode 76 Show Notes: AND, we’re back! After a week of darkness, RMA returns with an episode for the ages. Mike and Nat dive into a review of David Poses groundbreaking 2021 work, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery. In The Weight of Air, Poses chronicles his struggle to overcome mental illness a…
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RMA-Episode 75 Show Notes: What is self care, and why is it important? Building off this week’s Monksters Speak, Mike and Nat do a deep dive into the concept of self care and talk about how getting your life in balance is important to a healthy and successful recovery. Making sure you set aside the time for self-care is an important tool for attain…
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RMA-Episode 74 Show Notes: Mishka Shubaly wears many hats; writer, musician, ultrarunner, podcaster. His Kindle Singles for Amazon have all been bestsellers. He writes true stories about drink, drugs, disasters, desire, deception and their aftermath. His work has been praised for its grit, humor, fearlessness and heart. His first hardcover memoir, …
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RMA-Episode 73 Show Notes: This week on RMA it’s the Recovery in the News Roundup, coming to you from the new studio at Castle Greyskull! Mike and Nat combed through SoberliningsPlaybook’s Wednesday Weekly, and picked out some stories that bear further investigation. We do a deep dive on Dry January’s effect on small business, why women aren’t seek…
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RMA-Episode 72 Show Notes: Are You Talkin’ to Me? Negative self-talk and a poor self-image are recurring issues for people in recovery. Thoughts are powerful, and they can shape a person’s life and impact the way they experience the world. This week, on a special Get Smart with Erin, the gang does a deep dive into the world of negative self-talk an…
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RMA-Episode 71 Show Notes: Is anonymity in recovery a good thing, or does it stand in the way of the effort to de-stigmatize addiction? The movie Anonymous People purports to answer that question, and it is the topic of discussion on today’s episode. According to the filmmakers of this groundbreaking 2013 documentary, deeply entrenched social stigm…
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RMA-Episode 70 Show Notes: We spend a lot of time here at RMA talking about the mental health aspects of addiction and recovery. This week we are going to shift gears and get physical. What are the roles of diet and exercise in recovery and how do they fit into the maintenance of sobriety over the long term? What are the benefits of starting and ma…
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RMA-Episode 69 Show Notes: Imagine being a documentary filmmaker and following your subjects around for 36 years. That’s what Jon Alpert did when he documented the lives of three petty criminals and drug addicts in Newark NJ, from 1984 to 2021. The resulting movie, Life of Crime, is an achingly candid and at times brutal documentary for HBO spannin…
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RMA-Episode 68 Show Notes: Happy New Year! It’s the RMA New Year’s special! This week Mike and Nat are joined by Grant Boyken, editor-at-large of the RMA newsroom, moderator of the RMA Facebook Group and the mastermind behind the preeminent recovery news website SoberliningsPlaybook.com. Grant, Mike and Nat break down the year in recovery, highligh…
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RMA-Episode 67 Show Notes: Merry NatXmas! It’s the RMA holiday special! This week we play listener voice-mails, share some holiday cheer and get in tune with the spirit of the season. There’s music, laughter and poetry coming your way. Happy holidays to all. Plus, Recovery in the News, The Week in Weird and Monksters Speak on a fully boosted, aggre…
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RMA-Episode 66 Show Notes: Saddle up! Today RMA sits down with Paul Churchill, host of Recovery Elevator and author of the book, Alcohol is Sh*t, How to Ditch the Booze, Re-ignite Your Life, and Recover the Person you Were Always Meant to be. In February 2015 Paul launched the Recovery Elevator Podcast as an accountability tool to quit drinking. To…
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