Sober Readings

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’

In this episode of Sober Readings, I sit down with Amber Hollingsworth from Family Recovery Academy for a conversation about sobriety, family recovery, and what it takes to get and stay sober.

Amber is also the creator of the YouTube channel Put the Shovel Down, where she offers practical guidance for people dealing with addiction and for the families who love them. Together, Amber and I talk about addiction as something that affects the whole family system, not just the person struggling with alcohol or drugs.

The conversation explores codependency, spirituality, connection with other people, and the importance of involving the family in the recovery process in healthy and helpful ways. Amber shares insight into how families can support recovery without trying to control it, and how healing can happen for everyone involved.

Whether you’re in recovery, love someone who is struggling, or are looking for a better understanding of addiction and family recovery, this episode offers hope, honesty, and practical wisdom.

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’

n this episode of Sober Readings, I continue our Sunday series from Came to Believe by reading the remaining four stories from Chapter 2.

These personal reflections explore different experiences of faith, surrender, doubt, willingness, and the gradual discovery of a Higher Power. Each story offers a reminder that belief does not have to arrive all at once, and that recovery often begins with simply becoming willing to believe that help is possible.

Whether you are new to recovery, returning to the basics, or deepening your spiritual practice, these stories offer encouragement, honesty, and hope for the road ahead.

Listen, reflect, stay sober, repeat.

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’

Sober Readings — your daily source of inspiration from recovery literature, offering strength, reflection, and hope to support your journey one day at a time.

Today's reflections/meditations come from Daily Reflections, Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and an extra passage from inspiring sober writings.

Take a deep breath, center yourself, and take what you need from today’s message. Let’s begin.

Remember, just for today: don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back.
Have a beautiful, sober day.

If you’d like to be a guest reader on a future episode, visit www.soberreadings.com and fill out the guest reader form — your voice could help inspire others on their recovery journey.

I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, reflections, or feedback by emailing me at [email protected] or by visiting www.soberreadings.com and submitting a comment through the form. And while you’re there, don’t forget to click the link to drop a dollar in the donation basket to help support the message.

Take care of yourselves and each other, and just for today — don’t drink, go to a meeting, and keep coming back. Have a great day - and as my friend Larry says, ‘Best. Day. Ever.’