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Where there's a Will, there's a way. Except tonight, there was no Will, which is a tremendous loss. The other two dummy's managed to chop it up hibachi style, breaking news... Will's coming to work on Wednesday looking sharp rocking his new headset and all is well. The holiday's are coming to a close in just a few days, we hope our efforts enhanced your day in some small way. The hard truth is that many addicts will repeat the same behaviors and aren't reached in time. We have to be active participants in our recovery, however that looks. We gotta' put some work into it like, journaling, praying, 12 step-meetingssponsor,etc. The help is thereand it's probably closer than you think.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
We celebrated Christmas Eve together by having a fun episode and looking at "The art of Losing". As we get older, we learn how to fall gracefully. The art of losing is about how we land. Whether we have a good landing or not is all about how we fall. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when, and when we fall are we prepared for the landing? Minimize the collateral damage. Life is going to happen and if need be, we lean on one another when the weight gets too heavy to bear. In other news, the boys dusted off the board games and played Christmas Recovery Jeopardy by light of their Christmas Trees and counted themselves grateful for the moment. Merry Christmas everyone.
CANADIAN INVASION
We kicked off our holiday shenanigans tonight as we gratefully welcomed a recored number in viewership for this show. The Canadian influence continued as we invited fellow brother in recovery, Brad the Canadian. The panel all identified with some part of his story and he had a great way of telling it. Dennis Leary made his yearly appearance. As did Tim's dad. Brad Mansfield from Wawota jumped in the trenches with the guys and told a story we all connected to on some level. It was 90 minutes long and was TVMA throughout.
MANNY IN THE HOUSE
You ask a recovering addict that's put multiple years together how they did it, all unanimously say, "One day at a time". Speaking of which, we invited our old friend and "OG" Manny Vitale back on the program. Manny has his own recovery show My Fight Our War and has almost a cult following which both shows share in, and share to. Different show formats but ultimately we find ourselves with recovery at the forefront of both ventures and corporately we feed off each other, sometimes without knowing it. Manny's a legend and we're grateful for his dedication and friendship.
SPECIAL GUEST
With 11 days until Christmas, we find ourselves clenching our teeth and forcing a smile as we try to remember positive holiday experiences. We have them, yet sometimes our minds go right to the bad memories. We welcomed a counselor from one of our recovery centers with almost 41 years of recovery. Larry is an old head, but he knows the score. Addiction is addiction and Larry acknowledges that addiction is a family disease. We have to treat the root cause of why we self medicate. Once you've identify the problem, now you can work on rectifying it.
SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS
December the twenth. Jim took the cotton batting out of his ears and we moved forward professionally. The boys did their thing despite a late call-out. We blew the dust off the board games and we played some Recovery Jeopardy™ for posterity sake. Jim took the win 1,100 to 600 in an absolute instant classic barn burner. Great discussion on real time sobriety, and timely as the holidays are here.
JIMMY TURNS 4
We welcomed a new friend to the Trash family today in Zeb M. from Saskatchewan. Call him Zeb, for short. We talked about holiday's past that weren't nearly as good in active addiction. Living a life free of drugs and alcohol spawns beautiful outcomes, it just takes time. Give yourself that time it takes for permanent sobriety to sink in. It will we just have to hold on tight. Stick win the winners, show vulnerability, do the next right thing. Practice integrity by doing deeds when nobody's looking. That's integrity at it's purest form. We really do have to give it away at no cost and we try to stay in our lanes in doing so.
JIMMY TURNS 4
We welcomed a new friend to the Trash family today in Zeb M. from Saskatchewan. Call him Zeb, for short. We talked about holiday's past that weren't nearly as good in active addiction. Living a life free of drugs and alcohol spawns beautiful outcomes, it just takes time. Give yourself that time it takes for permanent sobriety to sink in. It will we just have to hold on tight. Stick win the winners, show vulnerability, do the next right thing. Practice integrity by doing deeds when nobody's looking. That's integrity at it's purest form. We really do have to give it away at no cost and we try to stay in our lanes in doing so.
E.160 CHRISTMAS KICK-OFF
Our topic tonight was "Surviving the Holiday's". We shared different coping mechanisms & safeguards against being an inactive participant in the holiday festivities which quickly leads to isolation. Journaling, gratitude lists, prayer & meditation and maintaining a positive outlook despite whatever pile of shits being dumped on your boots. There's so many anniversary dates for brothers and sisters in recovery, between November-December-January 1st. Many and more got clean during the holiday season. You'll never forget that first rehab, but if you stay strong and take the suggestions, by the time your month-long tenure is complete, you can think clearly again, remember things quickly & accurately. You're you again and given some time, you'll wonder where that witty, intelligent, funny person had been all this time.
GUEST JACQUELINE HOFFMAN
Thanksgiving is upon us once again. The holiday's can bring the best out in some people but for addicts they can seem like an added insurmountable weight and sadness is sure to follow. Countless anniversary dates are this time of year. Love, loss, grief, recovery. Each are magnified exponentially and are often triggered by festive lights or music, if left unchecked leaves us one stray thought. Many relapses happened because of a stray thought and some tinsel. We welcomed Jacqueline Hoffman, CEO of Prairie Sky Recovery Centre in Saskatchewan, Canada. Jim's alma mater, Jacqueline puts every bit of herself and her families heritage into making Prairie Sky feel like a safe environment conducive to the clients specific needs.
3 COUNTRIES, 2 CONTINENTS, 1 VOICE
3 countries, brought together by 1 podcast. Tonight we welcomed back a good friend of the show, Thomas Guffi Vestergaard. Thomas hails from Denmark. It's tomorrow there so he's literally a day ahead. He donated his time at 2AM with 2,000km of ocean in between us. We looked at fear tonight. Fitting given we brought one of our more bad ass guests to the program tonight. Fear is the driver for many of our choices in life. We also obsess about things that aren't even going to happen. We need to take control of our thoughts in our recovery narrative. Thoughts drive emotions and emotions drive our decisions and decisions have consequences. Take back control and rediscover the real recovery narrative in your life.
LAST MINUTE SHENANIGANS
Despite a late change of plans and a myriad of technical problems, the boys still rallied and pulled off a show. This show in particular. The team rallied for W tonight and pulled a show out of left field. M&M's know no age limit whilst we explored the cosmic questions about our universe's expanse. Very exciting times."We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass."You listen to a Fifth Step. You share at a meeting. You look at the calendar and realize you've gotten through another day clean.
Then one day you wake up, look outside, and realize it's a beautiful day. The sun is shining. The sky is blue. You take a deep breath, smile again, and know that it really does pass.
Timothy Snyder • Producer/Host
Short in stature, big in heart. Call him Tim & if you really wanna butter his bread, you can call him "Timmy" but that's for close colleagues & friends so be responsible using it. Tim is the founder & host of the podcast. He's been in & around the recovery scene his entire life. The production & promotion of the Talkin' Trash brand is all him. Tim is in the midst of a journey he feels compelled to share. He's been clean for 2+ years from opiates, benzos, cocaine & alcohol. He'll be the first one to tell you that he couldn't do it without the support of his fellow hosts in recovery.
Jim Leibel • Host/Community Relations
Jim Leibel hails from the great white north in Regina, Saskatchewan. Jim's 4 years clean & sober. A recovery advocate & an all around stand up guy, Jim eagerly gives back the gift of recovery that's been freely given to him. He'll tell you, he does this to protect his own sobriety because like everyone on the show, he believes you can only keep what you have by giving it away. Jim's battle with alcohol went hand in hand throughout his life. He ran fitness classes with vodka in his water bottle. The "Big Shot" alcoholic. His family sought out treatment a few years ago and Jim caught fire while working the A.A. program and living the promises. Jim's 61 years old and is the father to 2 beautiful daughters. Jim handles all the communication for the show and is a cherished ambassador and lifelong friend of Talkin' Trash. He schedules regular guests & formats the shows catering to a wide range of audiences.
William Douglas • Big Shot
Willy D. Will's the longest tenured show member aside from Tim. He's got 2 years clean & sober. Like Tim, Will hails from the peach state & has had enough of enduring the pain incurred by living a life of addiction. Will is 43 years old, a proud uncle & an honest, trustworthy son. Will is self-employed and donates his time to the cause in the hopes to save people from enduring the pain & heartache that goes hand in hand with a lifestyle of addiction. His D.O.C. was Methamphetamines and GHB. The ramifications were taking its toll on both his physical & mental well being. As he began to suffer legal consequences, he finally gave in to a life of peace & sobriety. Like the entire panel, he's taken his own path of sobriety. Our cast is a united front that there's wrong way to recover but there is a right way to live.
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