Melissa struggled with substances for years and everything had to change for her to get sober.

Gwen shares her story of addiction, loss and sobriety.: Gwen truly opened the door to her life during this podcast episode. Gwen struggled with addiction for many years and experienced relapse along the way. Gwen shares her story out loud in hopes to help others heal. Gwen lost her best friend, partner, ... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

45 min listen

Natalee King shares her story and struggle with addiction: Natalee joined the podcast and shared her first-hand experience with loss and addiction. Natalee is 32 years old and lives in Tampa, FL. She struggled with benzo and meth addiction for about 5 years. She got sober in February 2018 and shares her stor... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

38 min listen

Jen Hirst struggled with alcohol and Adderall for years before she surrendered.: Jen Hirst wasn't instantly hooked on alcohol, her use was progressive but the idea that it could help her avoid feelings was something she learned early on. In this episode, Jens shares her honest truth about how alcohol was in control of her life fo... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

55 min listen

Dan Karaty struggled with alcohol for 2 decades and shares his story on this episode: From the beginning, Dan Karaty was a blackout drinker. Dan managed to excel at his craft and build a fantastic career for himself and when this happened he found himself consuming more and more alcohol. Dan had things under control or so he thought u... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

54 min listen

Tony Hoffman shares his story of addiction and how he went from prison to the Olympics.: Tony hated who he was and found some temporary relief in substances. Tony knew he was headed in the wrong direction and something inside of him made him very aware of this. Once he discovered oxycontin he was hooked and would find himself in prison W... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

53 min listen

Rachel Elizabeth shares her sobriety story on the sobermotivation podcast: Rachel Elizabeth never envisioned a sober life for herself. She began using substances early on in her life and she knew it was a problem. Rachel had many attempts at sobriety along the way. She struggled to listen to the suggestions and go all in on... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

47 min listen

Leah McSweeny shares her struggles with alcohol and other drugs on this episode: Leah McSweeney started using drugs and drinking alcohol at 14 years old and says she never had a regular drink she always wanted more. After many treatment centers stay and attempts at recovery meetings she could not stay sober. Leah McSweeney launch... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

44 min listen

Brad Garrett from Everyone Loves Raymond shares his story and battle with alcohol: Brad Garrett from (Everyone Loves Raymond) has been sober since 1997. Due to childhood trauma and other things Brad found he could escape himself with alcohol and marijuana. On a beach in Maui Brad had what he might consider a simple but powerful ex... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

48 min listen

Paddy Gleason of Seattle Thunder shares his story and struggle with addiction to heroin and pain medication: Paddy Gleason struggled with an addiction to heroin and pain pills for many years. Paddy was attracted to the lifestyle from an early age and it gave Paddy a feeling of belonging. Everything changed for Paddy on November 11th, 2011, a drug deal wen... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

47 min listen

Frankie Loyal Delgado of Mayans M.C shares his story of sobriety of 20+ years: In this episode, we have Frankie Loyal who has been 20+ years sober. Frankie plays Hank in the hit tv show Mayans and he credits his success to his sobriety. Frankie had a tough time fitting in early on in life and was on a destructive path to nowher... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

37 min listen

How to stay sober through the holidays with special guest Sober Dave, Jen Hirst, Luc, and Megan from Sobahsistahs: In this bonus episode, I am joined by some amazing sober friends (Sober Dave, Jen Hirst, Luc, and Megan from Sobahsistahs) and we go over why the holidays are such a challenging time to stay sober and we also drop lots of tips on how we remain sober ... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

44 min listen

Chris ”knuckles” Nilan struggled with addiction after retiring from the NHL. This is his story of making it to the NHL and sobriety.: Chris knuckles Nilan won the Stanley cup with the Montreal Canadians in 1986 and was a tough hockey player with more than 3,000 career penalty minutes. After hockey, Chris began having some surgeries to make some repairs to his body and found himself... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

38 min listen

Nate Thompson shares his powerful story of playing in the NHL and struggling with addiction.: Nate Thompson started playing hockey as a young boy with the dream of making it to the NHL and Nate did exactly that. Nate had his first drink of alcohol at 12 years old and things progressed from there. When he left the family home to start his juni... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

41 min listen

Sonya Johnson struggled with addiction for many years. She lived in a shed and was using daily before getting sober.: Sonya was introduced to substances at 11 years old and found that they worked really well to help with the emotional pain she was feeling early on in her life. As time went on her addiction progressed to difference substances and she found herself ba... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

68 min listen

Mike Kinnebrew’s life revolved around alcohol until he got sober: Mike found that alcohol would help him forget about his personal insecurities and as a teenager, he found out he loved the way alcohol made him feel. He was always the new kid and had a hard time finding his place in the world. Mike got sober after ... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

59 min listen

Ryann Cooke is a young black women and shares how she broke free from alcohol: Ryann Cooke started drinking and smoking pot in high school to ease the emotional discomfort she was experiencing. Little did she know that would be just the beginning of her journey with alcohol. Ryann was blacking due to her drinking and her depr... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

37 min listen

John Mabry lost everything due to his addiction and getting sober for himself changed everything.: John Mabry was in a car accident which resulted in the loss of his leg and his addiction began. John had a ton of success with acting, education but always struggled with feeling insecure, broken and unfixable and John believed that. John attended m... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

47 min listen

Laura aka @YourSoberPal shares her story of relapse, blackouts and sobriety.: Laura (@yoursoberpal) shares her story with us on the podcast and was very open and honest about all the ups and downs. It took Laura some relapses to really come to the understanding that moderation would not work for her alcohol intake. After a ver... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

53 min listen

Rachel started drinking and using drugs at 14 and it would be a roller coaster ride until she committed to trying Dry January.: Rachel started drinking and using drugs at 14. The substances helped keep her distracted from the internal pain different life events caused. The alcohol and drug use would carry on for many years and Rachel found herself lost in this great big world... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

42 min listen

Happy New Year Special Episode with the SoberBuddy Team: A special episode was recorded with the SoberBuddy team talking all things sobriety and the upcoming New Year. Always remember sobriety is possible. This was a very powerful episode and I hope you all enjoy it. ❤️ by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

35 min listen

Dave Manheim the host of the Dopey podcast shares his story of sobriety and how his hate towards himself pushed him to ask for help.: Dave had a fairly good upbringing and it wasn’t until he attended a summer camp that he discovered that he was uncomfortable with himself and this was something that substances could quickly help him with. During collage Dave plugged into the pot smo... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

45 min listen

Life changing advice I got years ago in rehab- Brad: During this short solo episode, I (Brad) share a story about some advice I got as a teenager in rehab that would change my life forever. Fake it until you make it! ❤️ Follow me on IG by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

16 min listen

Manny was told he had 6 weeks to live and nothing could be done to reverse the damage alcohol had done.: Manny was told he had 6 weeks to live and was so confused that nothing could be medically done to improve his situation. Manny had many close calls over the years of his life and alcohol was not helping. Manny was drinking daily and going without wa... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

41 min listen

Jake ’THE SNAKE’ Roberts shares his life and struggle from addiction to sobriety: Jake "THE SNAKE" Roberts struggled with addiction for many many years. Jake was at the top of the wrestling world one day and hiding from the world the next. You could say Jake had the cards stacked against him from day 1 and still became one the th... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

55 min listen

Scotty Soprano struggled for 2+ decades with addiction. He lost a friend to an overdose and knew things had to change. This is Scotty’s comeback story.: Scotty Soprano got sober on Feb 22, 2022. Scotty struggled with drinking and other substances from a young age. For around 22 years Scotty was never able to string together a week of sobriety and the consequences kept adding up. Scotty lost his fath... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

37 min listen

Matt J. struggled with alcohol for years and was confused as he never hit a ”rock bottom”: Matt J. joined the show this week. Matt was confused for years about giving up alcohol because he never hit what some may call rock bottom, but deep down, Matt knew something had to change. Matt describes his childhood as terrible, and alcohol would ... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

47 min listen

Myles Sexton shares about the journey to getting sober and showing up in the world to make a difference: Myles Sexton has had many ups and downs in life. Myles is a work in progress and understood that alcohol and other substances were preventing growth. Myles was diagnosed with HIV in 2017 and felt it was time to fully commit to living a sober life. M... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

42 min listen

Melissa struggled with substances for years and everything had to change for her to get sober.: Welcome back to another episode today. We have Melissa Paige as a guest on the show. Growing up, Melissa was never really around alcohol or other substances and her mom was her hero. She moved around a lot as a child and struggled to fit in with her ... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

57 min listen

Todd Miller had a liver transplant due to drinking alcohol and with his second chance at life he wants to make a difference,: Todd Miller was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver in May of 2021 and received a liver transplant just after Christmas 2022. Todd started drinking alcohol at 13 years old and this would continue until he got sober on February 2nd 2022. Todd reach... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

48 min listen

Bruce Brackett aka bwb.positivity shares an incredible story of not giving up and why putting sobriety #1 is so important: Bruce aka @bwb.positivity was fighting an uphill battle from day 1 coming into this world detoxing off substances. Bruce found a loving family but struggled with the trauma from his early childhood. Bruce moved to NYC to chase a dream of being a broa... by Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

59 min listen

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