Since Right Now

"There's a little leg hair on that acid." Robbed at gunpoint, an unexpected diagnosis, being fired from a long-time job….life is what happens while you're busy being sober.

"The way you make them alcoholic is…you add alcohol." In which Chris rants about Coca-Cola's new non-alcoholic adult beverage product line, Bar None, and it's lack of strength in it's convictions. ___________ What to Drink When You’re Not Drinking: Coca-Cola Testing Cocktail-Inspired Line of Nonalcoholic Beverages in Atlanta / http://bit.ly/SinceRightNow193 Bangin' Themes: @djfmdotcom

"It is a fire hose of insanity." Anger! Anxiety! Social Media! Therapy! Resentment! Politics! Matt's back and we're all over the fucking place. You can't stop us, you can only hope to contain us. ________ Themes: @djfmdotcom "Crooner Rat": Blek le Rat

"Grandma's drinking." Jeff & Chris take off the gloves and come out swinging in the one-nine. __________ Themes: @djfmdotcom

"Let's eat at the Chinese place. No, I didn't relapse." The boys end the year with whatever the opposite of a bang is. _________ Themes: @djfmdotcom

"I think butt chugging was invented after I quit drinking…which I'm thankful for." Some say "substance use disorder," some say "addiction." Let's call the whole thing off? ______________ Pop's Blue Moon NA Saturdays (STL) / https://www.facebook.com/pg/popsbluemoon/events/ Sans Bar (ATX)/ http://thesansbar.com/ “so, THIS happened yesterday!” / http://bit.ly/sheen1yr Keith Richards has revealed that he has cut back drastically on his drinking / http://bit.ly/didKeithquit Things I Learned from Butt Chugging / VICE / http://bit.ly/whatwhatintheb & MORE! __________ Themes: @djfmdotcom

"I'm pissed off that you guys aren't looking for alcoholics!" Our name is Since Right Now, Pod of Pods. _____________ Also Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Google Play Podcasts, Mixlr and more… Themes @djfmdotcom

“So we could still feel like we were living on the edge we had a designated driver who was drinking all night long.” _________ Pop's Blue Moon (STL) NA Saturdays /https://www.facebook.com/events/1970088449966091/ Sans Bar (ATX) / http://thesansbar.com/ WellBeing Brewing Co. / https://wellbeingbrewing.com/ ____________ Themes: @djfmdotcom

"Give me something big and ostentatious because I want to make a scene!" _________________ Patrick Holbert / Punch Line Drunk: A Sober Comedian Discusses Addiction / https://youtu.be/UuReV1-soAU John Mabry's High Sobriety Podcast / http://highsobriety.libsyn.com/ Neil Lawrence's album Reconnecting All Lines and Wires / https://neillawrence.bandcamp.com/releases Lorum Ipsum Newsletter / The Dry Issue / https://loremipsum.wtf/issue/the-dry-issue/ Pop's Blue Moon NA Saturdays / https://www.facebook.com/pg/popsbluemoon/events/ Drinking: A Love Story / Caroline Knapp / https://www.amazon.com/Drinking-Love-Story-Caroline-Knapp/dp/0385315546

"You know what would have been great? If you had turned into a werewolf." The boys are back. Again. But don't call it a comeback, we've been doing it for years. ______________ If you're in STL on an upcoming Saturday night, look for us (Jeff's sure to be there) @ Pop's Blue Moon's NA Saturday / https://www.facebook.com/pg/popsbluemoon/events/ Themes / @djfmdotcom "The Boys Are Back in Town (8-bit)" / 8-Bit Renditions / https://www.youtube.com/user/8BitRenditions

"A garbage bag of booze draggin' around behind me." Your favorite recover band playing all the hits. ______________ Cannabis is legal in Cannada / https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/world/canada/marijuana-pot-cannabis-legalization.html Harm reduction / https://harmreduction.org/about-us/principles-of-harm-reduction/ CBD oil / https://vitals.lifehacker.com/what-you-should-know-about-cbd-oil-1825430458 Teenager Creates New Alcohol Free ‘gin’ / https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/10/teenager-creates-new-alcohol-free-gin/ Science of addiction holds promise for fight / https://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/addiction-recovery/os-addiction-recovery-science-of-addiction-orlando-20160422-story.html Non-alcoholic spirits / https://beyondalcohol.co.uk/best-non-alcohol-spirits/ "Snortin' Whiskey, Drinkin' Cocaine" / Pat Travers / https://youtu.be/YcaDWdHmAT0 __________ Themes by @djfmdotcom

How many special people change? How many lives are living strange? Where were you while we were casting pod? Jeff tries to convince Matt and Chris to go see A Star Is Born. _____________ Mentioned: All our new LIVE! listeners. We bestow the title of "Mayor of Chat Town" on Ron (https://twitter.com/_RonnieEarl) The chat room (http://mixlr.com/sincerightnow/) had a lot of thoughts on other movies featuring alcoholism. Sean Paul Mahoney's (https://twitter.com/seanpaulmahoney) astute observation that in all 4 iterations of A*IB the "star" never thinks to attend and Al-Anon meeting. (https://al-anon.org/) ________ Themes: @djfmdotcom

"Then we got to the funny part where he took all the bottles of wine and locked them up in a cabinet in the basement." Listener Lynne calls in and we all soldier through another installment of Technical Difficulties. ___________________ Jeff Stevens' WellBeing Brewing Is Brewing Craft Beer Without the ABV / https://www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2018/09/18/jeff-stevens-wellbeing-brewing-is-brewing-craft-beer-without-the-abv The ridiculous Sauce Magazine article on LOW-ABV drinking / https://issuu.com/saucemag/docs/guidetodrinking2018/30 SMART Recovery / https://www.smartrecovery.org/ LegitScript certification for providers of drug and alcohol addiction treatment / https://www.legitscript.com/service/certification/addiction-treatment/

"I don't think I can order a Shirley Temple for you." Jeff, Matt, & Chris perform a vulgar display of recovery for your amusement. In this ep.: Ridiculous excuses for mocktails / Feast Magazine, Oct 2018, pg. 26 / https://bit.ly/2OlTFjS Stryyk non-alcoholic spirits / https://www.stryyk.com/ Recovery Remixes / http://sincerightnow.com/recovremix/ Science Says Toxic Masculinity — More Than Alcohol — Leads To Sexual Assault / 538 / https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-says-toxic-masculinity-more-than-alcohol-leads-to-sexual-assault/ Themes: @djfmdotcom Helicopter Landing: Mings via freesound.org under a Creative Commons 3.0 license / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"I dunno shrink. You tell me." Chris & Matt talk about fighting with —and having make-up therapy with— their therapists. __________ • People Around the World Experienced Record Levels of Stress and Pain in 2017, Study Says / TIME / http://time.com/5393646/2017-gallup-global-emotions/ • Books by John Lipscomb @ Amazon / https://amzn.to/2xAIc5k ___________ Themes: @djfmdotcom

"I had a pirate's booty treasure chest full of chips." Matt, Jeff, & Chris doing what they do. ________ Mentioned: The Recovery Science Research Collaborative's Consensus Definition of Recovery / https://bit.ly/2wN6AAh Heath Ledger / http://nymag.com/news/features/44217/ Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the U.S. / https://www.vivekmurthy.com/ Michael Boticelli, Fmr. Director of National Drug Control Policy / https://twitter.com/mbotticellibmc ____________ The Recovery Pod OGs: The Bubble Hour, Ep. 1, 2013 / http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bubblehour/2012/11/20/the-bubble-hour Rebellion Dogs Radio / https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/rebellious-radio AfterParty Pod w/ Anna David doesn't seem to be archived anywhere.

"It's just 'cause I'm a dick, man." — Long time listener, first time caller Moti keeps it real. / https://twitter.com/rebmoti Mentioned: Against the Stream Confirms Sexual Misconduct by Noah Levine / https://www.lionsroar.com/against-the-stream-confirms-sexual-misconduct-by-noah-levine-centers-to-shut-down/ Refuge Recovery / https://refugerecovery.org/ Ram Dass / https://www.ramdass.org/ WellBeing Brewing Co. / https://wellbeingbrewing.com/ DJ FM / @djfmdotcom

“I’m just gonna do this to show all these bastards.” The boys talk about the days right around their sobriety dates.

"That really chokes my cord." The boys are angry! Mentioned: DJ FM http://djfm.com/ Legit Script https://www.legitscript.com/ Mary Killian's High Wire Girl Pod https://soundcloud.com/high-wire-girl-pod Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver https://youtu.be/hWQiXv0sn9Y

"There is no drummer." Jeff's back! Q's raised—or inferred—and likely not A'ed: Are we ignorant of that which we speak? Are we dismissive of others' recovery experiences? Is The Fix owned by Big Rehab? What Is (a) LifeRing? Do we look different than you expected? and MORE!