Since Right Now

“If you were good at getting away with shit you wouldn't be (in prison.)"

Over seven days in 2012, Kasey lost his band, his home, and most of the friends he had. He was diagnosed as bipolar and outed as an addict-in-sober-clothing and a thief.

For more on Kasey: KaseyAndersonMusic.com

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"On a scale of 7 to 10, how depressed are you?"

Matt and Chris talk a lot about the podcast itself, gratitude, and the somewhat surprising lack of collective depression in the room.

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http://theweek.com/articles/712078/skeptically-tried-practicing-gratitude-completely-changed-life

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"How sorry are you that you didn't get on this ride?!"

Amy Dresner is a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. Since 2012, she has been a contributing editor for the online addiction and recovery magazine TheFix.com. She’s also freelanced for the Good Men Project, The Frisky, Refinery 20, and has been a regular contributor to Addiction.com and PsychologyToday.com, where she has her own addiction blog.

http://amydresner.com/

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NOTE: The first 5 minutes of Erin on mic are VERY hard to hear her. Then it gets better. My fault. —Chris

“This is my life and it's a fight for it.”

Erin Shaw Street is a writer, editor, and content strategist based in Birmingham, Alabama. Her nearly 20-year career has taken her to just about every corner of the media, where she’s covered health and wellness, and travel and culture. Erin’s sobriety date is March 12, 2016.

Her passion is to draw from her experience in media and as a woman in recovery to challenge the accepted cultural and media narrative around alcohol. She’s also passionate about recovery in the South, and highlighting how big life in sobriety can actually be, whether it be through travel, creativity, or every day life. Erin is a mom, Florida native, collector of vintage caftans and at heart, a reporter who tells stories of life unedited.

You can find her writing at www.erinshawstreet.com and @erinshawstreet.

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"We'd be fighting right now in a gutter."

We finally turn the mics on about 2 minutes in and we talk OTC solutions for addiction and little bit of gratitude.

"If you're looking for context to solve all your problems, you'll never solve all your problems. You are the problem."

The guys talk about anger and its permutations.

“Could I kill myself without it hurting? Or go to Europe and change my identity?”

Michael King is the National Director of Outreach & Engagement for Facing Addiction, a national non-profit organization whose primary mission is to unify the voices of the 45 million Americans directly impacted by addiction. In his position, Michael works with and to expand Facing Addiction's coalition of partnering organizations, the Facing Addiction Action Network.

In the past, Michael worked for over a decade in the political arena as a political organizer, campaign manager and communications professional. He is the proud father of two young children, and a person in long term recovery.

http://FacingAddiction.org

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Jeff's back, Matt's out, plant medicine is discussed and stick around to the end for a very special surprise guest.

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"Plant-based medicine is the new paradigm in treating addiction and depression."

Scott began his career in the healing field, utilizing his inherent intuitive gifts as a life coach and sober companion while working at a luxury residential treatment facility in Malibu, California. From there he went on to design, and co-create a concierge detoxification program in Santa Monica, California. Later he became the director of a sub-acute residential detoxification facility, as well as an owner/operator of a sober living facility in Malibu, California. In 2008, he founded The Power of Choice™, a concierge substance abuse treatment program. In 2015, out of Scott's recognition that a great deal of today's population wants and needs an avenue to heal, and to learn how to reconnect with the Self, The Power of Choice™ evolved into what is the world's premier concierge holistic retreat provider.

http://thepowerofchoice.com

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"I was so horribly offended—like she had accused me of pedophilia. Me?! I don't need one of those meetings!"

Rea Bochner is a writer, musician, and mother. She wrote her first haiku in third grade and has been writing ever since. “The Cape House” is her debut memoir.