Sober Podcast

The sober mom, Kim Bellas and founder of Sober is the New Cool joins our host Jamie Brickhouse today on the Sober Podcast. Our soberlebrity guest shares after her son started having grand mal seizures due to epilepsy, she made the decision to give up alcohol for 3 months to support her son. With that one decision, the quality of her life started to get continuously better. She started a social media movement called: Sober is the New Cool which uses their proceeds to give back to mental health and addiction charities. 

If you’d like to reach out to Kim personally, please find her on the following platforms: 

• IG: @Sober.is.the.new.cool 
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/soberisthenewcool.ca 
• Twitter: @soberitnc 
• TikTok: @kim.bellas
• Website: https://www.soberisthenewcool.ca/

To get in touch with our host, Jamie Brickhouse please find him and his critically acclaimed book, ‘Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex, and My Mother on the following outlets:

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jamie_brickhouse
• Support our host, buy his book: https://linktr.ee/Jamiebrickhouse
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamiebrickhouse/
• Website: https://www.jamiebrickhouse.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamiebrickhousestoryteller
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiebrickhouse

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Lissi Seneway joins our Soberlebrity host, Jamie Brickhouse for an enlightening interview on her experience within the substance abuse field, and where it’s brought her. Hear about how she’s maintained a collection of poetry throughout her entire life and is on the verge of her first book release – Moonbeams and Melted Spoons: A Collection of poetry. Tune in on the very first live poetry reading on the Sober Podcast! Please join us in helping Lissi celebrate her upcoming book release, and listen to her share some highlights of over 23 years working as a psychotherapist and addiction professional. If you would like to reach out to Lissi personally, you can find her contact information on her website: https://lissiseneway.com/. If you’d like to reach out to our incredible host, Jamie Brickhouse please visit his website at: https://www.jamiebrickhouse.com/. 

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What do you do when money and managing your finances is your drug of choice? The Sober Podcast is bringing you a special treat today with Matthew E. from Brooklyn who is an active member of Debtors Anonymous and has been solvent for over 12 years. Matthew shares the insanity which lead him to finding recovery - consistently juggling bills, thwarting eviction from being months behind on rent, borrowing money from his mother, etc. Through becoming willing to change for a better life, he found DA, and learned how live life on life’s terms while becoming financially responsible. We get to hear a first-hand account of the terminology used in this 12-step fellowship, and some light is shed on what it’s like to be a member. In the sake of anonymity, Matthew is not disclosing his last name or a way to reach out. But please find our brilliant host, Jamie Brickhouse at www.JamieBrickhouse.com or follow his daily true story in high heels on TikTok at @Jamie_Brickhouse. 

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Kevin Franciotti is a Denver-based ketamine-assisted psychotherapist and addiction and mental health counselor with over 15 years’ experience in community mental health, harm reduction, and direct service work. Kevin completed a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern, where he started a Students for Sensible Drug Policy chapter, and an MA in Psychology from The New School. As a student he participated in research, advocacy, education, and policy reform efforts around cannabis, psychedelics, and mental health, and hosted an international conference on ibogaine, a psychoactive alkaloid from the root bark of the iboga shrub indigenous to western equatorial Africa. In 2011, Kevin underwent treatment for opioid use disorder with ibogaine, and participated in an observational trial sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. He has published his lived experience and topics around psychedelics in VICE, Slate, The Fix, Filter, Huffington Post, Reason, and New Scientist; produced drug facts sheets for the Drug Policy Alliance, co-authored a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Psychopharmacology; consulted for NPR and National Geographic; and presented his work at the Psychedelic Science, International Drug Policy Reform, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Harm Reduction International, and Association for Psychological Science conferences. Kevin volunteers with psychedelic harm reduction organizations and recovery support groups at live music events. He was an advisory board member for Project New Day’s inaugural community-engaged public health project, Psychedelics in Recovery: Outreach and Service, which provided support for mutual aid groups whose members integrate psychedelic experiences in their addiction recovery and is a current Advisory Board member for Journey Colab. He received a scholarship from the Usona Institute to complete the MAPS MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD training and is currently a Cohort Integration Leader for Naropa University’s Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Training Certificate Program, and an experiential training facilitator with Skylight Psychedelics’ ketamine-assisted psychotherapy certificate program.

To reach out to Kevin personally, please visit his website at: www.kevin.franciotti.net or his professional website at www.kevinfranciotticounseling.com. To get in touch with out host, Jamie Brickhouse visit www.JamieBrickhouse.com or follow him on TikTok for his daily stories in high heels: @jamie_brickhouse. 

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Founder and CEO of Rehab Studios, Claire Comai joins us on the Sober Podcast today to recover out loud and share about her new brand. Hear Claire share about her own sober journey and how she came up with such a brilliant strategy with over 3 years sober. Both hailing out of New York, Jamie and Claire discuss the couture merchandise of Rehab Barbie ranging from beaded bracelets with expressions such as ‘Happy Every Hour’ and ‘Zen as Fuck’ to her more elaborate designs on clothing.  If you would like to see more of this stunning line, you can visit https://www.rehabstudiosny.com/ or follow on www.Instagram.com @rehabstudiosny and @clairecomai. To reach out to our host with the most, Jamie Brickhouse you can find his true story in high heels daily on www.TikTok.com @jamie_brickhouse and visit his site for his award winning book: Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze Sex and My Mother on www.JamieBrickhouse.com. 

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Martin Lockett is a substance abuse counselor, author, public speaker, and advocate for reducing DUI fatalities. He spent 17.5 years in prison for a DUI fatality that claimed two lives and severely injured another. In an impassioned vow to his victims’ families and friends at his sentencing, Lockett devoted the rest of his life to honoring his victims’ legacies by helping others who struggle with substance abuse.

While incarcerated, Martin earned a BS in sociology, MS in psychology, and served as a mentor and role model to other inmates. He acquired state certification as a substance abuse counselor, published two books (Prison to Purpose Pipeline and My Prison Life), and began telling his story at DUI victim impact panels all within the prison setting.

Now released, Lockett continues his mission and message by helping those in need of counseling for mental health and substance use disorders and sharing his powerful story across the country. If you would like to reach out to Martin personally, please visit his website at: https://www.martinlockett.com/. To keep in touch with our host Jamie Brickhouse please find him on https://www.jamiebrickhouse.com/ or on TikTok daily @jamie_brickhouse. To purchase both of these incredibly talented authors books, please visit their websites or find on https://www.amazon.com/!

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Today on the Sober Podcast our soberlebrity is Carrie Wessling who operates the Research and Development for Costa Rica Recovery. Carrie joins our host Jamie Brickhouse to discuss her journey in sobriety and how her little brother’s wedding lead her on the path to get sober and stay sober. She shares how she’s walked through the tough times sober, by following suggestions and being willing to do the work. If you would like to get in touch with Costa Rica Recovery please visit their website: www.CostaRicaRecovery.net. You can reach out to Carrie personally on Instagram: @carriejooy and find our host Jamie Brickhouse on TikTok for his daily TRUE story in high heels @jamie_brickhouse.

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Join Gigi Langer and Jamie Brickhouse for another outstanding interview on the Sober Podcast. Gigi wrote the award-winning book, 50 Ways to Worry Less Now: Reject Negative Thinking to Find Peace, Clarity, and Connection. She has 35 years of sobriety and holds a PhD from Stanford University. Listen to how an incredible woman has achieved freedom from addiction and how she has applied principles to continue her journey in sobriety. If you would like to reach out to Gigi please find her at www.GigiLanger.com. To reach out to our host, Jamie Brickhouse, you can find him on www.JamieBrickhouse.com or catch his TRUE story in high heels daily on all social media outlets!

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Michele Weinstat currently serves as General Counsel at The Fortune Society, a not-for-profit agency serving those impacted by the criminal justice system.  In recovery for over 33 years, Michele is herself a formerly incarcerated person, who returned to the practice of law following disbarment due to a drug-related felony conviction.  Prior to The Fortune Society, Michele has served as a V.P./Labor Counsel at an agency that finances affordable housing, as well as the chief ethics prosecutor for New York City, responsible for enforcing ethics compliance for 300,000 City employees and elected officials.

Michele is also the author of three published novels.  Writing under the name Michele W. Miller, Michele has written: “The Thirteenth Step: Zombie Recovery” (a satirical romp through the apocalypse with a group whose addict/alcoholic gene protects them from the zombie virus - http://bit.ly/1yK0Qjx) and “Widows-In-Law” (a first and second wife must get along and find out who killed their husband or die trying) http://bit.ly/2UKCbAP). 

Writing as Michele Weinstat Miller, Michele’s newest novel “Gone By Morning,” has received wide critical acclaim.  In “Gone By Morning,” two unique women—a City Hall press officer and her previously-incarcerated neighbor—face down dangerous men in the world of New York politics. “Gone by Morning” was named an outstanding mystery/thriller selection by Library Journal. Kirkus Reviews calls her “Mary Higgins Clark with teeth.”  (https://bit.ly/GoneByMorning). 

Michele lives in Manhattan with her husband, a high school chemistry teacher, and 19-year-old twins sons (currently in college), as well as a very large dog and two needy cats. 

If you would like to get in touch with Michele, please reach out on www.michelewmiller.com or follow her on Twitter: @MicheleWMiller_. To get in touch with our host, Jamie Brickhouse please follow him on TikTok: @jamie_brickhouse or visit www.jamiebrickhouse.com!

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Wil Del Pizzo - owner of Built Strong Strength Club  out in California is here to share his journey in the past 13 years of continuous sobriety with our host, Jamie Brickhouse. Wil shares how he found sobriety, the ups and downs throughout recovery, and even a couple anecdotal tales from being an active alcoholic. Listen to how Wil stays conscious of his side of the street as best he can to continue on the sober path he's on. Enjoy many laughs, and hear Wil share an incredible message of hope! If you would like to reach out to Wil, please find him on IG: @WilDelPizzo. If you would like to contact our incredible host, Jamie Brickhouse, please find him on https://www.jamiebrickhouse.com/.

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