Sober Gratitudes

Jim, from Jim Hernandez (@jher76) • Instagram photos and videos , Valor Fitness Clothing (VFC) (@valorfitnessclothing) • Instagram photos and videos & Women’s Activewear 💪🏼 LA ☀️ (@valorfitnessclothingwomen) • Instagram photos and videos is approaching 2 years of sobriety and has been in constant action- "Grounded Action" as he states,  giving back, doing great things in the addiction community - literally on the streets of LA and through his clothing company,  Valor Fitness Clothing. (1) Best Workout Clothes, Women and Mens Gym Clothes Online (valorfitnessclothing.com) & and he shares how he continues to expand his action in recovery to help others, working with youth and starting a podcast - Raw, Real and alot of Recovery • A podcast on Anchor

Jim is perfect example of how to stay stopped!  He did more than just stop drinking. He dug deep and learned how to let go of the traumas of his past by no longer playing the role of a victim. He lives a selfless life, giving back daily, focused on helping others and giving back. 

Thank you Jim for sharing your Recovery story with Sober Gratitudes!

My guest, Mike Govoni, and I discuss many things regarding addiction and trauma, and go into how true healing from traumic experiences begins when we face the pain on a very deep level with the support of a trained professional.  He believes that "your trauma is a prerequisite to your {life} purpose"

Mike,  from Integrative Holistic Recovery Coaching | Mike Govoni and Mike • Healing Beyond Recovery (@mikegovoni) • Instagram photos and videos has 15 years of sobriety and is a certified Holistic Health & Wellness Coach and a certified Addiction Recovery Coach.  He has his own private practice as a trauma informed Integrative Holistic Recovery Coach. His program supports people in taking an integrative Holistic approach and addressing the whole person in Body Mind and Spirit, so that they can experience a much deeper healing transformation. He helps people heal the relationships with themselves. He helps people break the patterns that keep them stuck. 

He also hosts a podcast called The Healing Beyond Recovery PODCAST | Mike Govoni where he brings you leading experts in the field of trauma, addiction, recovery, spirituality, health and consciousness.

As I love to show in each episode, Mike, is yet another example of a life dramatically changed after getting sober & the undeniable Hope in Recovery- that an amazing life is possible if we truly want it! 

Website:

www.mikegovoni.com

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/mikegovoni/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/MikeGovoni23

Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-healing-beyond-recovery-podcast/id1506251076

Kristen from @authentically_unaltered is a beautiful sober woman, wife, mom , authentic in every way . I was drawn to her deep kindness and dedication to her recovery and helping others . I adore Kristen and grateful we finally found each other. We have become instant friends because of our ability to keep an open heart and see each other for who we truly are. This is one of the many gifts of sobriety . Happy New Year to you all !

Just sharing some of my experience about getting sober- that even though it is hard sometimes , it always gets easier and it is just a better life for me.

I'm so honored to have Clay F. back on my podcast for a second time. He was a stranger and my 6th guest back in January 2020, and has become a dear friend of mine and my family.

Much has changed for both of us since we first connected in January 2020. 

Clay F is a dedicated and loyal member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 31 years. He is a loving husband and Godfather, faithful friend, and Author of 4 books which you can find on his website https://www.sarcasticbigbook.com .  

On Clay's website, he states "The books come from a loving and helpful spirit, and its author has been guilty of everything the books contain. They aim to bring levity as well as provoke thought, as an inverted message often galvanizes the one that’s actually true."

You can also find him at https://www.Instagram.com/sarcastic.aa.book/ 

Please listen to his amazing podcast loaded with great recovery and lots of laughter at https://www.recovery radio.buzzsprout.com

Seija from https://www.Instagram.com/s.nelson42/ , shares how her life turned around in amazing ways when she surrendered to her alcoholism. She is highly motivated in recovery doing service work daily. She is most visible doing service work with https://www.valorfitnessclothing.com

My dear friend, Tara, who has over 13 years of sobriety in the program of AA, shares what the holidays were like for her in active alcoholism compared to how they are today. We get into a conversation about the covid holidays as well, and how we are coping with that as mothers.

✨During the holiday's we may not get enough sleep. Add alcohol consumption, the quality of our sleep declines and over time can negatively impact our internal physical, emotional and psychological health. In this episode, my guest, Gill, a Biochemist, and a woman in recovery, shares her knowledge on this topic.

✨After desperately trying to learn moderation for five years, Gillian's drinking progressed to a terrifying place. Seeing no other options, she chose to embrace her forever sobriety. With a BS in Chemistry and a MS in Biology, she is dedicated to learning about why she can't drink like everyone else and what is going on in the brain. In the Sober Powered Podcast, Gillian will share how she stopped chasing the buzz, the science of alcohol addiction, and why sober life is the best life. On her podcast, she talks about the science of and psychology of addiction. She mixes her own experiences in with hard science of addiction. 

✨Please visit Gill at Gill | Sober Powered Podcast (@sober.powered) • Instagram photos and videos

and @sober.powered | Linktree

Gayle is my guest during this "Staying Sober Through The Holidays" series. In sobriety, Gayle has dedicated her life to helping women stuck in the destructive cycle of drinking to find freedom from alcohol and transform their lives. She does this with the variety of coaching programs that she offers on her website, Sober Bliss - Coaching Program to Help You Achieve an Alcohol Free Life . 

Currently, she is offering a special holiday coaching workshop called "Magical AF Christmas Experience." She proclaims self care and connection are two important things to do during these difficult times and during the holiday season. 

Listen to hear more! 

Where you can find Gayle from Sober Bliss: 

Gayle Macdonald (@sober_bliss) • Instagram photos and videos

Sober Bliss - Coaching Program to Help You Achieve an Alcohol Free Life (sober-bliss.com)

Sober Bliss | Facebook