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WHERE DID YOUR JOURNEY BEGIN?
Tonight we took a look at where our respective recovery journey's started. Were we forced in? Did we go voluntarily had you finally had enough? As a team we stress mental health in recovery and sometimes that doesn't mean just diagnosis and prescription, albeit just as important. Sometimes to plan for the future, we have to learn from the past. We keep that door cracked so we can revisit our mistakes so that we don't repeat them. Be advised, this is an acquired skill. In early recovery, regret is in no short order. Living in the past is the best way to miss the present and make the same poor choices you did back then. We now take measures such as prayer or or giving back to others, to ensure our own sobriety. Note: Please bear with us as life get's lifey and the extra content you've come to expect with Talkin' Trash, may be less in the coming weeks as family responsibilities take prescient.
NEWEST SHOW
The team was shorthanded tonight missing a Canadian who will be back in the mix next show. It is just the 3 of us tonight but It feels like our team can still land the plane with engine failure and no gear. Just 2-guys sobriety-and-fries for this trainwreck. The host, Tim, shared his true experience in giving being better than receiving. Will is clearly going stir crazy. Jim made in onto the program while the outro was playing. Great show, good back and forth, and thank you to our recovery centers we didn't get in the mix tonight.
NAVIGATING EARLY RECOVERY
We were joined tonight by special guest Logan Mainil. Logan hails from north of the wall as well in Regina with Jimmy. Jim recruited Logan to tell his story in the making. Logan's just over a year clean and sober and he's doing everything the right way. His attitude is grounded and lets face it, the guy's a pisser. The gang laughed their way through an hour and a half of addiction, sports, sobriety and recovery. As always, the team shared their common affliction, met each other where they're at and had an authentic conversation you only find in recovery. We find our second family in longterm sobriety, likeminded individuals that share a common goal of never going picking up again.
MEDICAL TAG-TEAM
All hallows eve is upon us. Moving forward, 1 of our 8 shows a month will be an addiction medicine specialty episode. For tonight's kick-off, former show co-host and LPN, Mike Oxley brought a fellow nurse-friend to the podcast. Krystal (with a K) was amazing. Her experience, strength and hope will put you in check or at the least shed some light on family dynamics and addiction. Trauma can be a major factor of addiction. A specific event or events that replay in our mind almost as self-torture. Since day one we've said, if you not addressing the reason you felt the need to self medicate in the first place (trauma, abuse, etc.) you're bound to repeat. Some live with untreated mental illness (anxiety, depression, etc.) and medicate themselves which never ends well. That's the point of a medically focused episode, addressing those questions that we all are have about our mental & physical health in recovery.
GRIEF & RECOVERY
The boys did their thing tonight as we looked at navigating grief in early recovery. Grief isn't just reserved for those who've lost a loved one. You can lament a situation, a relationship, a thing. Grief is about loss and we sometimes grieve for our addiction. We believe the lie that we'll never feel okay again. Even though addiction navigated our lives we still mourn for it as if it were a person lost. We get clean and sober to a life of unfamiliarity and adjustment may take some time. How we used to cope is now off the table and we have to talk about our disease with others who are afflicted similarly, just for today.
RECOVERY GPS
Know thy self. Tonight we looked at identifying our personal warning signs when we're headed towards a relapse. The slip comes before the fall. Fear, anxiety, sadness, stress, are examples of some of the contributors of engaging the relapse headspace. Knowing our limits and setting our boundaries are key to a successful, long-lasting recovery. Identifying your weaknesses are integral if we're to combat them. You can't read a language you don't know and the same goes for signs that are foreign that a relapse is imminent. The team all shared their personal experiences adding to the compelling dialog of this one. We like to embarrass our people, in fact, we live for it. We all watched a Jim Leibel tribute montage together and made memories that are sure to last a lifetime.
TRIGGER TREAT
In active addiction, our reactions to situations are automatic. Automatic asshole was our default. We enter recovery and realize that those reactions were a product of the substance and we now have the choice to handle things differently. Sometimes we find there's more work to be done. Words can cut deeper than a knife. We not attempting this recovery thing because things were so good when we were using. We come in broken individuals. We need help and mercy to refine us on our recovery journey. Find your people, know your herd. You'll be let down. You're going to let somebody down. Holding yourself accountable when you're wrong is the best way to ensure it doesn't happen again while growing as a person by admitting your mistake. You didn't get here on a winning streak so show others the grace you were shown when you required it.
RALLY FOR THE "W"
All fun and games. Down a Canadian, the team pressed on to seal the "W". Will scored the game winner as the shorthanded Trashers rallied for the win. We talked about sports tonight, how it factors into a balanced framework for successful sobriety, one day at a time. We're not a glum lot, we like action, we're addicts we want that instant gratification. So as long as it doesn't cause harm and you blow off some steam, well good on you. When you exercise you unlock these little things we as a society call, endorphins. Even following a team and watching them from your couch, you still release these endorphins along with serotonin and dopamine. We talked about different coping strategies we all use on a daily basis.
SAUSAGE FEST
It was just the boys live on the pod while den mother Kajsa's absence was for a good cause. The men were sea level while our female star was 35,000 feet high en route to Saskatchewan. Our team is essentially headlining the 72 Annual Regina Roundup A.A. gala. Kajsa travels 1,717.6 miles to spread the message that recovery is worth it. That's just the trip there. We're so proud of our crew and their involvement in the recovery community. The show has more of a 'guys night' theme as we accomplished pretty much nothing and likely offended somebody. We're satirical, sarcastic and sometimes edgy but that's us, showing the fun side of recovery making it accessible to everyone.
NATIONAL SOBER DAY
We carried the torch of recovery month on national sober day. You’re really in trouble if you drink today. Phyllis joined us in studio on her son’s 41st birthday. Who won’t be joining us, is her son who died from an overdose last year. Phyllis’ strength and emotion pour through her as always. She’s a shining light and a sobering example of how addiction can destroy a family. She had a front row seat and she did all she could do. We’re happy to have her in the fold. Tim called Will, Phil. It was very funny.
SILENCE THE LION
We welcomed Sam and Noelle Borgia to the show as they shared their experience, lack of experience, strength and hope with our crew and our people. Noelle, early 40s, found herself late to the party in finding out the man she married carried a dark passenger. Most aren't made from the same stuff as addicts and Nicole managed to claim her right in recovery history and we'll be retiring her number to the rafters at our first home game that isn't real. Sam showed that the drugs were only a symptom of a deeper spiritual malady. They were a blessing to the team, their delivery and accessibility is what made Silence the Lion so relatable on varying levels.
SPECIAL GUEST FROM DENMARK
Overdose awareness month continues as we broaden our cultural horizons by welcoming a returning friend of the show, Thomas guffi Vestergaard from Denmark. We talked about the differences and commonalities between the U.S. and Denmark. The biggest common factor, is that we’re all addicts. The differences we surprising. Tim shared a dream he had a few days ago where Will stole a baby. Not just any baby, a radioactive baby. Calamity ensued as our producer graciously gave you a look into what goes on between his ears when he’s sleeping.
Timothy Snyder • Producer/Host
Call him Tim though, & 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 18+ months 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.
Jim Leibel • Host/Community Relations
Jim Leibel hails from the great white north in Regina, Saskatchewan. Jim's coming up on 4 years clean & sober. A recovery advocate & an all around stand up guy. He 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. He sought out treatment a few years ago and caught fire while working the A.A. program. 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 • Hot Tub Owner
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 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.
Michael Oxley LPN • Medical Liaison
Mike is our resident medical professional, which is crucial as addiction recovery and our mental and physical health are directly connected. Mike was a show host for 37 shows and has moved into the TikTok universe after hosting Talkin' Trash. We're trying a segment each month where we bring in Mike for a show as he represents the clinical side of addiction. One show a month will be dubbed "Addicted Medicine" (we're workshopping the name). Mike will grace us with his presence in a dedicated segment in hopes to shed light on the clinical side of addiction recovery. Mike is an LPN, a stroke survivor, father & grandfather. He loves Philly sports and hails from Atlantic County, NJ.
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