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Hosted by Massimo Rigotti · education · EN · 36 episodes
Sobriety and addiction recovery for high-achieving professionals. Learn how to quit drinking, beat burnout, and build an alcohol-free life without losing your edge or risking your career. The SOBER Method is a weekly podcast for high-achieving professionals who quietly rely on alcohol, drugs, or other dependencies to cope with stress, pressure, and burnout, and who want a proven path to quit for good without losing their edge. Host Massimo Rigotti is 10 years sober and creator of the SOBER Method, a five-step framework: Stoic, Observe, Behavior, Execute, Restore. He works privately with lawyers, doctors, pharmacists, executives, veterans, and entrepreneurs. Each week: real coaching sessions and interviews with high performers who quit drinking and built alcohol-free lives. If you've ever searched "how to quit drinking without AA or rehab," wondered whether you're a high-functioning alcoholic or a gray area drinker, or asked how to stay sob
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The SOBER Method is hosted by Massimo Rigotti. The show has published 36 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Insight Alone Never Stops a Craving" (21 October 2026, 23 minutes), "How a Hollywood Agent's Double Life Finally Collapsed" (14 October 2026, 26 minutes), and "Why Your Parents Still Love You After Addiction" (10 October 2026, 48 minutes).
The SOBER Method publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 36 episodes.
Booking probability for The SOBER Method is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The SOBER Method requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The SOBER Method's contact route on record: verified email.
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Massimo Rigotti hosts The SOBER Method, an education show with 36 episodes published.
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Episode #36
You already know why you drink, and it has not stopped you. Leanna Lapidus, a clinical hypnotherapist who spent a decade at Passages Malibu, joins Massimo Rigotti to explain why a craving is a conditioned program...
Episode #35
He was closing real deals the whole time, so nobody needed to ask what else was going on. Nick Mechanic, a former Hollywood agent, joins Massimo Rigotti to tell the story of a double life that ran on commission checks...
Episode #34
A father who solves problems for a living learns that love cannot control his son's addiction. On this World Mental Health Day 2026, a bonus episode of the SOBER Method Podcast Perspectives series, Katie Rizzo returns...
Episode #33
Everyone still thinks you are fine, and that is the most dangerous part. Mark G. Astor, Esq., joins Massimo Rigotti to name the exact story high-achieving professionals tell themselves to hide addiction in plain sight...
Episode #32
Never the drink first. Always one hot thought you did not catch. Bernard Glos, Ph.D., joins Massimo Rigotti to walk through AFROG (Alive, Feel better, Real, Others, Goals), the five question test from Maxie Maultsby's...
Episode #31
Never a drink. Just a kid who learned to disappear into being useful. Lolita Guarin joins Massimo Rigotti to show how constantly needing to produce becomes the adult burnout pattern, how the CALM process (Control...
Episode #29
If life keeps knocking you down, the next bit of strength does not come from carrying it alone. Mia Godfrey joins Massimo Rigotti to show how community, honest pain, and faith rebuild a life after loss, and why numbing...
Episode #28
Perfectionism is not a badge. It is a lie that keeps high achievers striving, never satisfied, and reaching for a drink. In this conversation Massimo Rigotti sits with Peg O'Connor, PhD, a philosophy professor in...
Episode #27
Willpower fails when the voice that says “just this once” sounds like your own good judgment. In this conversation Massimo Rigotti sits with therapist Dr. Robert Jaffe to unpack why that voice is a nervous-system safety...
The SOBER Method
You can quit drinking without AA, without rehab, and without walking into a room that could follow your license. I’m Massimo Rigotti. Over 10 years sober. I work privately with lawyers, doctors, and executives who look...
Episode #26
Sobriety didn’t fix him. Quitting only removed the symptom. The identity underneath was still running the show. Massimo sits down with Benjamin Lee, an Air Force bomb disposal veteran who lost himself to addiction after...
Episode #25
Show Notes Free gift! The exact 5 tools I use with clients to name what is really driving the urge to numb, before it takes over. Grab S.O.B.E.R. Method’s 5 tools free: sobermethod.com/5tools Massimo’s new book, Digital...
Episode #24
Want the exact 5 tools I use with clients to interrupt urges before they take over? Grab the free guide here: https://sobermethod.com/5tools Massimo's new book, Digital S.O.B.E.R. Method...
Episode #23
Massimo's new book, Digital S.O.B.E.R. Method, is available now! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H93ZTVS9/ Free gift! S.O.B.E.R. Method's 5 tools: https://sobermethod.com/5tools Worried you might already be missing the...
Episode #22
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Episode #21
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Episode #19
🤝 Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisalacycalm/ 🎁 Free gift! S.O.B.E.R. Method’s 5 tools: https://sobermethod.com/5tools 📖 Lisa’s memoir, Notes from a Certified Mad Woman, arrives this...
Episode #18
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Episode #17
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Episode #16
Dave Johnson Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveJohnson-Motivation101 🎁Free gift! S.O.B.E.R. Method Tools https://sobermethod.com/5tools Description: Massimo Rigotti welcomes Dave Johnson to unpack the hidden...
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