The Drunkalogues

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Episode 78 - Jono Hart Sep 18, 2023

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I met Jono Hart when we were both climbing the Hollywood ladder in the 90s, and we traded small talk and jokes at innumerable cocktail parties before both getting sober at about the same time. And while I have used the 12 steps as a model, he has largely followed his own heart. Weirldy, both paths share a lot of similarities. We recently re-connected over our shared love of the mountains and he has been invaluable in getting me and my kids back into the wilderness.

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RERUN - Episode 44 - David G. Aug 22, 2023

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I love this episode b/c David is so damn articulate and wise and he recognizes patterns in his own behavior that prove insturmental in changing it. It's also a great story...

Orignal notes:

David G was raised in a religious cult where he learned early on to keep his family's membership secret. It was a lesson that would serve him too well as his alcoholism deepened and yet he still managed to keep it from everyone close to him until the burden of his addiction proved too much. He got help and came to understand that his self-worth need not be tied to his failure or accomplishments.

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Episode 77 - Sean F. Aug 07, 2023

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Sean grew up in Long Beach where he was the son of a single mom and absentee dad. He discovered crack and meth at an early age, and when he graduate from high school he went off and joined the circus - Bread and Puppet - the experimental theater group based in Glover, VT. The skills he picked up at Bread and Puppet led to a very successful career in light design, but his crack and meth habit gave way to heroin and speedballs. He soon found himself mired in several disfuntional relationships when - almost by chance - he stumbled into a twelve step meeting and just kept coming back. He's so funny and honest and - as I've gotten to know him - full of wisdom.

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Rerun - Episode 33 - Zander Schloss Jul 25, 2023

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I loved recording this episode. I didn't have a clue how to record music and I was terrified that I was going to disappoint Zander with my audio and it felt like magic to listen to him play in my daughter's bedroom which seemed like it maybe had the best acoustics in the house.

Original notes:

This is a very special episode. Zander Schloss - the bass player for the seminal punk band The Circle Jerks - brought his guitar to this session, and he not only tells an amazing story of his career in music, the steep toll of addiction and his hard fought journey thru recovery but he also plays original songs that reflect the long, complex path of his life. This is a story of acceptance and surrender but also of persistence.

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Episode 76 - Annie Jun 22, 2023

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I've fantasized about having every guest back to catch up with them and hear how they've changed and how their recovery has evolved, but it hasn't yet happened... until now! Annie appeared on an early season of the podcast to talk alcohol recovery, and now she is back - 4 and a half years later - to talk about her journey through sex and love addiction. They say if you've been sober long enough and you're not in another 12 step progam, you're just not being honest with yourself. Well, Annie is being very honest with herself and you can learn more about her journey through sex and love addiction on her own podcast SEX AND LOVE IN RECOVERY.

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Episode 75 - Sonia Kahlon Jun 01, 2023

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The daughter of Inidan immigrants, Sonia grew up in Toronto and went on with her husband of 18 years to form and expand a multi-location orthodontic practice. But when they realized their dream of selling the business, Sonia had to ask herself: what next. The first thing she did was quit drinking, but when her husband then suddenly left her she had to really re-evaluate who she was and what she wanted from life. She has gone on to form a curated peer support group for people struggling with addiction - EverBlume - and we talk here about what it really means to set your own self-worth.

Rerun - Dixie Perkinson May 18, 2023

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Apologies for another rerun! I've had trouble booking guests so if you have a story you'd like to share or know someone who would... hit a boy up!

Dixie Perkinson is an actor who has appeared in commercials for just about everything. She is also a comedian and storyteller whose blog - Eat My Prune - focuses on the kinds of stories people are uncomfortable telling. Her empathy and openness and humor radiate through every anecdote she shares.

Rerun - Episode 2 - John Lehr May 01, 2023

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Apologies for the radio silence. I got busy with work and this little side project took the back seat. Here's a taste from the vault to keep you engaged!

John Lehr is an improvisational actor and comedian out of the Chicago Improv scene who has created and starred in a number of TV shows including "Quick Draw" and "10 Items or Less." Here he talks about his unlikely path to sobriety. He's funny.

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Episode 74 - Marci Hopkins Mar 21, 2023

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Marci Hopkins grew up in an alcoholic home where she was the victim of sexual abuse at the hands of her step-father. While she managed to escape that world and chart a successful path for herself in television, she suffered from a persistent sense of victimhood that she treated with alcohol abuse. When a DUI finally forced her to re-evaluate her choices and get sober, she reinvented herself completely - dispensing with her old notions of perfection and prioritizing fulfillment.

She is now the author a recent memoir - Chaos To Clarity: Seeing The Signs and Breaking The Cycles as well as an award winning TV host and Creator of Wake Up With Marci. Won't you please welcome marci Hopkins.

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Episode 73 - Adam K. Mar 08, 2023

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I heard Adam K share the tiniest snippet of what it was like to grow up as a child of deaf adults (CODA), and I just wanted to hear more. His parents were not saints: they were all too human, and he struggled from an early age under the weight of the immense responsibility they thrust on him to care for them. Growing up in West Covina as the only jew in an ethnically diverse community, Adam eventually found an escape in pot and rap music and like so many stories in recovery a chance encounter changed everything.

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