Turns Out: A Sobriety Podcast

You didn't know my name yet. But I knew you were trying. I saw every small step. I stayed when it got hard. I didn't ask for perfection. I asked you to keep coming back. Signed, Recovery

You didn’t know my name yet. But I knew yours. I watched. I waited. I found the cracks. I didn’t come crashing in. I came quietly. Signed, Your Addiction

Most of us were pretty good at saying sorry. We said it after a long night. After we showed up late. After we promised it wouldn’t happen again… and then it did. Sorry became part of the routine. But somewhere in...

Shame and accountability get confused all the time. Let's unpack the difference, why shame keeps people stuck, and how accountability can actually lead to freedom. The guys talk relapse loops, parenting, self-worth at...

At the time we recorded this, Charlie is 90 days sober. His story is about thinking he had control until one Monday proved otherwise. Charlie walks us through the quiet unraveling. The routines that kept him skating by...

Willpower works. Just kidding, no it doesn't. Most of us come into recovery believing that if we just try harder, get more disciplined, or finally do things the “right” way, we’ll fix what’s broken. Sometimes that...

Turns out sobriety isn’t what the internet makes it out to be. In this episode, we rapid-fire our way through some of the biggest sobriety myths. From “you become a motivational speaker overnight” to “you should be able...

What happens to your people when drinking becomes the priority, and what it costs to rebuild when you finally stop. Brian talks about choosing his wife and kids even when it disappointed his family of origin. God Guy...

This is Don't story. He takes us through decades of “I can quit whenever I want,” isolation, stints in treatment, gaming the system in sober living, and the DUI that finally shattered his pride. Along the way he talks...

Learn to level out. Take the peaks and valleys and turn them into something steadier. In this one we interrogate Jake. Then talk urges, boredom, living amends, the weight of grief, and what it takes to let the inside...

Paul spent 23 years in addiction, reached the point of loading a gun on the beach, and chose life instead. Almost two years clean, he’s wrestled with isolation, brain fog, losing his job, nearly losing his home, and...

This one is special. Paul joins us for a long, honest look at a life shaped by surrender, relapse, grace, and growth. He sobered up at 18. Fell hard in mid-life. Came back through the doors with nothing left but...

Guest Len has a phrase he says all the time. “I’m not that guy anymore.” He got sober later in life after 58 years of running from God, seven failed treatments, and a life built on self-determination. Today, he’s a...

It’s easy to focus on the wreckage. But recovery brings quiet, powerful wins. This one wasn’t planned. We wrapped one episode and Jake threw out, “what about recovery highlights?” So we hit record again. What came out...

Jake hits his first real bump in the road since getting sober, and it shakes him more than he expected. We talk about how recovery isn’t a straight path, what it feels like when a setback threatens your momentum, and...