Sober Podcast

After 20+ years of struggling with meth, heroin, and alcohol addictions Joshua Saunders is joining our host Jamie Brickhouse on the Sober Podcast to recover out loud! He is our latest soberlebrity, and shares how he was given a 2nd chance when facing 5 years in state prison. Listen to this inspiring story of how he continues to maintain his sobriety since March 11, 2019. A favorite mantra of his is, “If it’s out of my control, it deserves freedom from my mind.” If you would like to reach out to Joshua personally you may find him at Sober Tribe Vibe or SoberVerse Community at: https://soberverse.com/community/profile/joshrecovery. If you would like to reach out to our amazing host, Jamie Brickhouse, please find him on w www.JamieBrickhouse.com. 

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Listen to our latest soberlebrity, Hunter Canning with our host, Jamie Brickhouse share some sobriety out of New York and recover out loud on the Sober Podcast! Hunter is an actor, puppeteer, producer, and photographer. Raised in the outer canyons of Los Angeles, Hunter has been a professional actor in New York for the past decade. Notable credits include Broadway’s War Horse (Lincoln Center), Blue Bloods (CBS), Ray Donovan (Showtime) and the hit web-series The Outs (Vimeo Original). Hunter is also newly the proud dog dad of a ferocious, five-pound wild animal named Francis (which you can follow on instagram at @Francis.Prances)

Find Hunter at huntercanning.com or huntercanningphoto.com and on Instagram @huntercanning. Find Sober Podcast host, Jamie Brickhouse at www.jamiebrickhouse.com, read his most recent article on https://www.huffpost.com/entry/father-died-coming-out-gaytk_n_62ab4149e4b0cdccbe5a7ff5 and hear his daily TRUE story on TikTok at: @jamie_brickhouse. 

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Our host Jamie Brickhouse has the pleasure of interviewing Jaana Woodbury today on the Sober Podcast! She can be noted for her philanthropy and advocacy work in raising awareness towards addiction and mental health issues. Specifically, Jaana was part of an effort to shed light on family systems in addiction. Her family was featured on Sesame Street’s, “Parental Addiction” series, which received a Daytime Emmy for best short film. 

Today, she serves as Community Outreach for Renaissance Recovery, an outpatient program in Huntington Beach, CA and as Director of Communications for The Red Songbird Foundation. To reach out to Jaana personally, you can find her on IG: @jaanawoodbury. If you would like to contact Renaissance Recovery please visit https://www.renaissancerecovery.com/. To get in contact with our host Jamie Brickhouse, please find him at https://www.jamiebrickhouse.com/ and make sure to catch him daily on TikTok for a true story in high heels @jamie_brickhouse. 

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Accomplished journalist, Mark S. joins the Sober Podcast today to discuss how he found his road to recovery and how he maintains his sobriety of over 11 years. From growing up in an alcoholic home, to moving to NYC in his twenties; Mark shares openly how addiction brought him to complete misery. When he was given the opportunity of rehab or a 12-step fellowship, Mark took his chances with the 12 steps and didn’t look back. Our listeners will get to hear how not drinking made his work life and daily activities much easier and how Mark was able to persevere through the most difficult struggles he’s encountered while sober. To connect with our host Jamie Brickhouse, please find him on www.JamieBrickhouse.com or hear his daily true story in high heels on TikTok: @jamie_brickhouse. 

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Tim Lodgen joins our host Jamie Brickhouse on the Sober Podcast today to recover out loud. After 27 years of battling alcoholism and multiple suicide attempts, Tim shares how his last suicide attempt started his journey to sobriety. Now, with 17 months sober, Tim is able to help others by sharing his greatest lessons in sobriety, the path he’s taken from being hopeless to hopeful, and the acceptance he has found through continuing on the sober path. If you would like to reach out to Tim, please reach out on IG: @tlodgen. To reach our host Jamie Brickhouse, please find him on TikTok: @jamie_brickhouse or www.jamiebrickhouse.com!

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Chris Thompson is on a mission to scale the most epic wave of real life comeback

stories by empowering people to help people. In 2019, he founded a platform

called Sober Sidekick, to fuel this purpose. Now over 100,000 members and many

who have claimed - “Sober Sidekick saved their life.”

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Ric Ryder joins our host Jamie Brickhouse today to share his experience, strength, and hope! Ric is an accomplished singer, actor, Broadway performer, and vocal coach. He’s made 7 appearances on Broadway and shares some enlightening tales about performing, and his journey of over 27 years of sobriety. Ric shares how slogans as simple as playing the tape through helped him achieve continuous recovery. Listen to how witnessing and surviving the event of 9/11 in NY brought Ric to a lot of change that gave him the ability for growth in sobriety. If you would like to get connected with Ric Ryder, please reach out to him on www.RyderVoiceworks.com, IG: @rydervoiceworks, or FB @ricryder. Find our incredible host, Jamie Brickhouse on TikTok telling a true story in high heels daily @jamie_brickhouse, or www.jamiebrickhouse.com. 

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Joy Priest, an accomplished poet, and author joins our host Jamie Brickhouse on the Sober Podcast today! She is the editor of Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets' Anthology, forthcoming from Sarabande Books in 2023. She shares a bit on how the book came to be and how she’s helping others from her hometown have a voice. Joy shares how the process of her writing has changed for the better in her 18 months of sobriety and how alcohol hindered her spirit within.

Joy also shares some profound experience with setting boundaries with family and growing through it. Reach out to Joy on www.JoyPriest.com, Twitter: @Dalai_Mama_ or IG: @Dalai_Mama. Find our amazing host, Jamie Brickhouse on TikTok @jamie_brickhouse IG: @jamiebrickhouse and www.jamiebrickhouse.com. 

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Today we have Mike Fiore on the show – CEO & founder of Inspire 2 Inspire joining our host, Jamie Brickhouse. Listen to Mike’s incredible story of hope and how he survived the loss of both parents to AIDS due to their own addiction. While in treatment he started a non-profit and got fully incorporated, went on tour as a motivational speaker, and started a clothing line. He turned his mess into a message and lives by 2 mantras, "we are responsible for the effort not the outcome" & "perspective equals potential" If you’d like to reach out to Mike find him on IG: @mikefiore118 and TikTok: @INSPIRE2INSPIRE_. If you’d like to reach out to our host Jamie, find him on www.jamiebrickhouse.com or hear his true story in high heels daily on TikTok @jamie_brickhouse. 

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Melissa Febos joins us on the Sober Podcast today with our host Jamie Brickhouse. Melissa is a bestselling award-winning author of four books, most recently, Girlhood, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism, and Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative. She shares how her struggles with addiction and path to sobriety have unfolded in her books and how writing has helped her find freedom in recovery. Using the tools of sobriety throughout her 18-year journey, Melissa has found that as long as you stay sober, the possibilities are endless. To reach Melissa, contact her on IG or Twitter @melissafebos or www.MelissaFebos.com. If you’d like to get in touch with our host, Jamie Brickhouse, you can find him at www.JamieBrickhouse.com or join him on TikTok @jamie_brickhouse and IG @jamiebrickhouse. 

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