On Episode 11, we welcome our third guest, My good friend, Megan Gehrs!

Short and sweet… Megan is a fucking baller… a warrior… and a grinder.

I’ve known Megan for quite some time and used to hit it pretty hard with her back in our hometown (Belleville, IL). It’s probably safe to say that we don’t remember well over 50% of the time we were in the same room, because we were both so fucking hammered.

Jeff – Did you say “French Salon”?

Jeff – I want you to paint me… like one of your French girls.

Anyway. Back to Megan!

I can’t wait for you guys to hear her story! It’s excruciating to listen to at times… but it is so fucking important.

This is what the disease of alcoholism looks like, y’all.

But, at the end of the day, this story will give you so much hope. You CAN overcome this! You CAN live without vodka in your water bottles! You CAN help save other people from this shit!

So please, reach the fuck out if you need help… or just someone to chat with! Reach out to Jeff and I anytime… and Megan! If something she said flickered a light for you, give her a shout! She’s like us… so eager to help! See her email address with the links below:

Thanks for listening, y’all!

Buckle in for this one!

Let us pray.

-CP

On Episode 10, we welcome our second guest! My good friend, Theresa!

Hi, Theresa! Thanks for coming on!

*I suck at WRITING intros. Like suck really hard. Did you read that?!? Sheesh. I'm better at actually saying intros... like not as good as "Uncle" Tom Calhoun down at the rink during Blues games... but better than how I just wrote Theresa's intro. That's for sure. When I re-read the intro... I sound like a huge fucking tool. Anyway. I digress.

Let me start with this…

“Welcome, this is a Farmhouse. We have cluster flies, alas.”

Keep singing? Okay. I'll stop.

But we gotta start with some jam bandin', dude, ahhhh… love and peace, bro. Let’s bust some toots and oneies, man! Ahhh… so stoked, brah. Sooo epic.

Smelly ass fucking hippies. Ha.

Okay… enough bull shit here… check out this episode. For real. It’s brutal and heavy but we mix in some laughter and love. We gotta break this rough shit up.

Theresa’s beautiful sister, Michelle, passed away from and overdose on fentanyl two years ago this month (she passed in February, 2018) and we discuss her life before her addiction, during her addiction, and after her tragic overdose. How badass is Theresa? Coming on here and sharing this! Fucking powerful!

Theresa, thank you so, so fucking much for coming on with us and having the courage to tell your story and Michelle’s. I promise you it will resonate with a large portion of our audience.

With this episode, I hope and pray that we begin shattering these stigmas and help people realize how fucking deadly this shit is.

Theresa… again... you’re a fucking baller.

And we love you.

Let us pray.

PS: Recommended Background Music:

1) “Farmhouse” by Phish

2) “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd

3) “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd

4) “Turning Away” by Pink Floyd”

5) “Miss You” by Phish (This song is about Trey losing his sister… I mean… Aye yai yai)

And Finally…

For you, Michelle.

6) “Shine On” by Pink Floyd

God bless, and Godspeed.

-CP

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How was your Valentine’s? Mine sucked but we made the best of it. Olive + Oak and the entire STL restaurant community are amazing fucking people.

Did you see that wreck at Daytona?!? Man! We were prayin’ hard for the “Rocketman” Ryan Newman.

Okay. Enough bull shit.

I want to tell y’all some stories. Of me… being a drunk stupid asshole. So buckle in… because I’m basically going to explain to y’all just how much of a fucking liability I became to my friends, family, roommates, and everyone I came into contact with post cocktail number four and / or shot of Rumplez number 3.

Tune in and tell your friends!

Let’s turn losses into wins!

And when you're done list-uh-nin’

Maybe you’ll put down that fucking Henny-Hen-Hennn.

Let us pray.

PS: Fuck cancel culture.

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Jeff and I share our church stories. Well… parts of our church stories at least.

Anyway.

Did you know, that you can still say the word “fuck” AND be a Christian? Well, you can. Despite what the mean old nuns told you as they were beating Jesus out of you with their rulers during your Catholic Education.

I go to the Clayton Site of the Gathering. It’s been around for eight years.

Eight years!?!

Do you want to know what I was doing eight years ago!?

So… come on in and pray with us.

The water is warm.

And holy.

The Gathering

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I’ll never forget, one time in my basement, when we were rolling our balls off and one of my guys was wigging the fuck out over something… and I told him to take a “chill pill”… and he popped two more rolls of X in his mouth… and said, “chill pill taken”. About 30 minutes later he was chasing me and my then GF around my basement with a butcher knife.

Fun times.

Ecstasy… and all that other shit… is bad as fuck for you.

But you know what’s not bad?

Seeing a God d*mn doctor and discussing your anxiety, depression, and loneliness with them.

Jeff and I discuss the "happy" pills that we take. For me, it's generic Paxil (for anxiety) and Trazodone (depression and anxiety and sleep aid... a non-narcotic OBV).

Did you know your PCP (Primary Care Physician) can prescribe you medications to help with your crabby ass shit? And even refer you to someone to discuss your crabby ass shit to more in-depth?

It’s funny how people will shoot chemicals into their veins to feel better… but heaven fucking forbid they just go to the doctor and chat for 10minutes and try something their way.

To each their own I guess.

But seriously, check out this episode, and maybe a new idea will pop into your head.

That’s all we’re trying to do here. Help kick some tires… maybe that’s all you need to try and change up something in your life.

Let us pray.

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Finally! Our first guest! (It’s about fucking time) Allow me to introduce to you my good friend, Nick Boatman. When I was drinking and snorting my life away, I watched from afar as Nick took his life back from addiction’s death grip. Now, he has completely taken fucking off and has been nothing short of inspiring. God fucking bless. Nick goes into his addiction --- at one time he was fucking homeless due to this shit --- and how he’s gotten things back on track, to say the least. He now makes a living helping others… helping others… aka… saving peoples’ fucking lives. Oh, and he’s got a pretty good fucking love story now too. I’m a sucker for that shit.

Tune in and hear our conversation! It WILL resonate. I promise!

Come on in and pray with us.

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What is this? A bonus episode? Absolutely! New Year’s Eve. Did you get fucked up? Jeff got fucked up with my sister. Wait… Never mind. I’m a family man now. I used to get straight fucking hammered on New Year’s Eve AND New Year’s Day. Pictures of me during past new years are pretty disgusting. Ugh. Have another rail, you fat fucking coke head. Anyway, what’s the best antidote to joylessness? Fucking serving others. Seriously. It’s simple stupid stuff here. Serving others brings joy back into your lives. And there are tons of opportunities out there do get involved. Reach out and we can point you in the right direction! Finally, guests are coming! Promise! We just want to get our feet wet here. And, yes, I still HATE show notes. Will you pray with me?

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Shit’s gettin’ more professional. A little bit. Let’s talk about Christmas. Even though when (if) you listen to this it won’t even be close to Christmas. Jeff had a nice Christmas. His mother-in-law got him tools. Don’t like the cursing in the podcast? There’s a reason, yo. I used to HATE Christmas. Hate it. With a passion. But this past Christmas was awesome. Real God shit, man! Jesus was super present in our lives this Christmas. I ran around crazy like Henry Hill in Goodfellas, errand after errand, all while stirring fucking meatballs all day… but it was awesome! However, I’m well aware that for a lot of people… Christmas is fucking brutal. Especially if you’re grieving and heart broken. I’ve been there. That storm is only temporary. I hate writing show notes. But I love you mother fuckers. Thanks for listening.

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Abundant! Fucking "ABUNDANT" life, Pondoff! That's what you were trying to say. Ugh. Maybe a little show prep?

Ha.

Yeah right.

On episode 3, "To Be a Kid Again", Chris discusses one of the mindsets that he had to revert back to in order to find joy again in a sober life.

"Discusses"?

More like "rambles on with no filter".

Let us pray.

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That first episode felt good. Here. Let me tone down the fucking mood a little with a brutal personal tragedy story. What am I? A fucking funeral director? Probably could be. Regardless, if you're still listening, I'll try and move the conversation from point A to point B and illustrate how I got stuck in the quicksand world of self-pity and lack of accountability. Nothing was my fault. Ever. "I'm sorry I fucked your girlfriend, but..." "I'm sorry I hay-makered your 60year old father for no reason, but..." Take back your life. Take back the responsibility of your actions. It's fucking liberating.

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