“It keeps a lot of people out.”—Jeff on the dogmatic requirement of a higher power in AA

Jeff, Matt & Chris try to figure out what the difference is between religion and spirituality; if they're either; if they want either and they laugh at Jesus…the jacked, Korean Jesus that is.

“I literally woke up on morning and just wanted to stop everything and make them all.”—Sondra on the insistence of creative inspiration.

Tammi Salas of http://TammiSalas.com and Sondra Primeaux of http://TheUnruffled.com talk sobriety, recovery, and creativity.

”I'm a woman, I'm good with that.”—Claire

”Not everything has to be a perfect experience.”—Kristi

Claire Rudy Foster & Kristi Coulter back again.

Claire: http://honestopinionreviews.com/

Kristi: http://www.kristicoulter.com/

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Themes by @djfmdotcom

Jennifer is author of four nonfiction books about body, mind, and human well-being, including the just-published Sex in Recovery: A Meeting between the Covers, as well as The Recovering Body: Physical and Spiritual Fitness for Living Clean and Sober.

She speaks and writes widely, and she teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her long-running site about addiction and recovery, Guinevere Gets Sober, was one of the first blogs of its kind and is dedicated to giving the public reliable information without advertising or fees. Her commitment to removing the stigma from addiction and recovery earned her a fellowship at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

More from Jennifer @ http://guineveregetssober.com/

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Themes by @djfmdotcom

”I have not been relieved of the desire…I've been relieved of the obsession.”

Find out more about Tess and her upcoming Web series, Cleaner Daze @ http://CleanerDaze.com and on the show's Facebook page, @CleanerDazeSeries

“I grew up in an alcoholic home so I knew what alcoholism was but I didn't ever talk about it. So I lived in denial for 23 years."

Advocate Annie McCullough is a maven of reinvention with a serious social conscience. Drawing on her previous roles at Dell, Orchard Recovery Centre and Edgewood Health Network, Annie combines her background in project and event management with her passion for recovery. She was instrumental in developing Recovery Day in Canada, which continues its reach - growing from 2 cities in 2012 to 30 cities in 2016. As co-founder of Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) Canada, Annie has worked tirelessly to empower the recovery community at a grass roots level. She also serves on the National Recovery Advisory Committee, promoting awareness of recovery from addiction, based on evidence from research and experience in the recovery movement. As a person with lived experience, she inspires others with her energy and enthusiasm, embodying hope for those who struggle with addiction.

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Themes @djfmdotcom

REEEEEEEEEEEE-MIIIIIIIX!!!!

“When you're not partying anymore, all the problems that the drugs were masking, that the alcohol was masking, they just fly to the surface.“

It's been a long time—too long—but past guest and the man behind our amazing Intro an Outro themes, DJFM himself, joins us once again!

“I don't even know what’s wrong. Career? Love? Money? Who the fuck knows?…I want to do something dangerous.”

—Real talk from Jeff

Claire “Amy” Foster + Kristi ”Tina” Coulter Guest-Co-Host This Very Special Episode of Since Right Now LIVE!

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Claire: http://theRecoveryRevolution.online/claire-rudy-foster

Kristi: http://offdry.com

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Thanks to @djfmdotcom for our themes!

It was the best of episodes; it was the worst of episodes.

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We had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, this podcast was so far like other podcasts, that some of its noisiest critics insisted on its being received, in the superlative degree of comparison only.