Since Right Now

"There's no reason to wait until you're in a public park with your pants around your ankles to be like, Wait! I should quit drinking!" —Sacha on SRN Sacha Zimmerman Scoblic is a writer and editor. She is the author of Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety, which is based on her popular essays for The New York Times‘s “Proof: Alcohol and American Life.” Currently, Sacha is an MFA candidate at NYU’s low-residency program in Paris, where she is writing a novel. She spends her days at the Watergate as the proud copy-chief for National Journal. Sacha is a former Rosalynn Carter fellow for mental health journalism through the Carter Center in Atlanta. Previously, Sacha worked at The New Republic for 13 years and even spent a few years at Reader’s Digest. She has written about everything from space camp to pulp fiction. Sacha lives with her son, Theo, and terrier, SciFi, in Washington, DC. Sacha/Unwasted on the Web: Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety / http://sachazscoblic.com/unwasted/ @sachaZscoblic on Twitter / https://twitter

"I would quit for a few weeks or a month and congratulate myself on not being a cocaine addict and then I'd go back to doing it." —Anna on SRN Anna, founder of the AfterParty Empire joined us for a super fantastic addiction recovery podcast mashup episode. It was kind of like having Robert Plant sit in with your Led Zeppelin tribute band. Select References: The Mental Illness Happy Hour Podcast / http://mentalpod.com Chris' Q&A w/ Danielle Stewart on AfterPartyMagazine / http://rehabreviews.com/reader-spotlight-got-sober-chris/ Anna/AfterParty on the Web: AfterPartyPod / http://rehabreviews.com/category/podcast/ Twitter / https://twitter.com/afterpartysite Clips: Intro: Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton) / 1977 / United Artists :: Outro: Modern Problems (Chevy Chase) / 1981 / 20th Century Fox

"I became addicted to heroin when I had just wrapped up a White House internship."—Ivana on SRN Select References: Stacie Mathewson / http://staciemathewsonfoundation.org Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act 2015 / https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/953 Ivana on the Web: Transforming Youth Recovery / http://www.transformingyouthrecovery.org Twitter / https://twitter.com/IvanaGrahovac1

"I collapsed on the floor and the last thing I remember is the taste…it was a bitter, gritty taste." — Jason on SRN Jason on the Web: http://authorjasonsmith.com http://therealedition.com @mrjazone on Twitter

"You get sober and you realize that person you were pretending to be you actually are." —Sarah on SRN If you've read Sarah's beautifully-crafted memoir of active alcoholism and recovery you're going to want to listen. Sarah's candor and good-humor made for a terrifically insightful and enjoyable episode. If you haven't read it…WTF? Get it. Read it. Then come back and listen. Sarah on the Web: Site / http://sarahhepola.com Twitter / https://twitter.com/sarahhepola Clip: Amy Winehouse / 2006 / Recording session for "Back to Black"

"No one was watching me anymore. Which was what I wanted…but it was terrifying also." — Laura of IFlyatNight.com Select References: Earl Hightower "tapes" / Recovery Audio Speaker Series / http://bit.ly/1RUdTba Why AA Works for Me / Laura @ Hip Sobriety / http://bit.ly/1CdNDH4 #ichooseclean / Instagram / http://bit.ly/1UdgQaG E.L. Doctorow on writing / @ Brainy Quote / http://bit.ly/1Nzz6G2 Clip: Airplane / 1980 / Paramount Pictures

Men & Gentleladies! The man with the most-read piece to date on KLĒN + SŌBR! Shane Watson! Shane's Recovery Story: http://www.sincerightnow.com/stories/2015/5/22/shane-since-november-2014 Let's All Go to the Lobby [Trad.] David After Dentist [SRN Edit] Image: From the "Oilette" Series [crop/color by K+S] / Raphael Tuck & Sons / 1907 / CC via Roomnoir / Flickr

Donald has over three decades of experience in politics. His work has combined communications, field, electoral, and advocacy experience. He's also in long-term recovery. Donald is now applying his formidable talents to a deeply personal cause as the Communications Director for UNITE to Face Addiction. This will be one of two appearances by Donald before October 4, 2015. This first appearance will be a more personal visit with Donald—the person in long-term recovery, the second we'll delve more deeply into the ground-breaking event to #EndtheSilence and #RecoverOutLoud on the Mall this October. Find out more about Unite to Face Addiction @ http://www.facingaddiction.org Clip: JL-D as President Selena Meyer on HBO's VEEP.

SPECIAL EPISODE Three dudes in a car on the way back to STL from Akron talking about their experience at Founders' Day on the 80th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. Cover: Henrietta Buckler Sieberling / Akron Women's History / https://blogs.uakron.edu/womenshistory/2013/09/11/henrietta-buckler-seiberling-1888-1979/

WIN A COPY OF SOBRIETY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL Leave a comment or review on SoundCloud or iTunes between June 11 and June 29, 2015 for a chance to win 1 of 2 copies we're giving away. Drawing on June 29th, 2015. ____________________________________________ It's been a long time coming but it was well-worth the wait. We chat with the ebullient author of our favorite graphic novel about sobriety, Dan "The Story Man" Maurer. Read an excerpt here: http://www.sincerightnow.com/sobriety-a-graphic-novel Visit Dan @ http://www.danthestoryman.com Twitter: @danthestoryman

Los Caballeros de Recovery tuvieron una conversación encantadora con la Sober Señorita. ¡Escucha ahora! Referenced: Anonymity in AA and the Age of the Internet / http://sobersenorita.com/2015/05/21/anonymity-in-aa-and-the-age-of-the-internet/ 5 Reasons You Should Go to That AA Meeting You’ve Been Thinking About / http://www.ihavewill.com/5-reasons-you-should-go-to-that-aa-meeting-youve-been-thinking-about/ 6 Things I Learned During Two Years Without Alcohol / http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-fitzgerald/6-things-i-learned-during-two-years-without-alcohol_b_7235048.html Cinco De Mayo: Yet Another Drinking ‘Holiday’ / http://www.addiction.com/expert-blogs/cinco-de-mayo-yet-another-drinking-holiday/ Founders' Day 2015 / https://foundersdayregistration.akronaa.org AA Int'l Convention / http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/2015-international-convention-of-alcoholics-anonymous Unite to Face Addiction / http://www.facingaddiction.org > Find Kelly @ http://sobersenorita.com

Whence the AA hate? Recovery is a spectrum with highly-personal stories along it's length. Why must one person's experience necessarily be another's. Even as a #nonAnon Chris doesn't get the AA haters. Referenced: @DrunkenNeuron / The Alcoholic's Guide to Alcoholism / http://alcoholicsguidetoalcoholism.com @Rebellion_Dogs / Rebellion Dogs Publishing / http://rebelliondogspublishing.com @mylaststand_org / My Beef With #AA / http://mylaststand.org/post/98318610222/my-beef-with-aa @wearesober / What AA Taught Me: Musings from A Non-AAer / http://www.thesobrietycollective.com/blog/2015/5/what-aa-taught-me KLĒN + SŌBR on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/KLENandSOBR Since Right Now Audience Survey / http://www.podtrac.com/audience/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BmiKe4TJqGkG&ver=standard

Shot Out of A (Water) Cannon. Wes is quite literally a man on a mission. Just 10 months sober, he's working with a fervor to carry the message while he carries (his) water to the recovery community and beyond. "It's not because we're so f*cking cool. It's because this epidemic is so f*cking huge." —Wes Hurt CLEAN Cause Water / http://cleancause.com

Sobriety does not inoculate us against the trials and tribulations of life. We use the idea of "Maintaining long-term sobriety through life-altering challenges & changes" as our guide through this episode. Referenced: The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling & the Search for Meaning / Kurtz & Ketcham / 1992 / http://www.amazon.com/The-Spirituality-Imperfection-Storytelling-Meaning/dp/0553371320 Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous / E. Kurtz / 1991 / http://www.amazon.com/Not-God-History-Alcoholics-Anonymous/dp/0894860658/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_y Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery / E. Spiegelman / 2015 / http://www.amazon.com/Rewired-Bold-Approach-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1578265657 The Velveteen Rabbit / Williams & Nicholson / 1958 / http://www.amazon.com/Velveteen-Rabbit-Margery-Williams/dp/0385077254/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431641759&sr=1-1&keywords=the+velveteen+rabbit NOTE: Joe's audio quality sounded like he was in a wind tunnel. I tried to fix it but couldn't. It

"Paul" is a recovering alcoholic, currently following a PhD into the neuromechanisms of addictive behaviours. His own experience of recovery, coupled with his research over several years, led him to question why the way addicts and alcoholics talk about their condition as an “emotional disease” is rarely addressed in theories of addiction. Chris jacked into the Trans-Atlantic Interweb to chat with this fascinating Irishman about recovery, AA, emotional disregulation, the acceptance of prescribed medication in sobriety, and much more. You may want to listen to this one more than once. The Alcoholic's Guide to Alcoholism: http://alcoholicsguidetoalcoholism.com Paul on Twitter: @DrunkenNeuron

Jeff, Matt and Chris have all spent rather lengthy segments of their respective careers creating advertising and promotions for alcohol. We've worked on beers and spirits major and minor. We've done it together, separately and in pairs at a variety of agencies. We finally sit down together and talk about how, as three sober dudes, we feel about it. Then and since right now.

Flatulence, Opioids & Abraham Lincoln. One of these things is not like the other. 100Pedals.com / Dave Cooke Opioid Misuse In Chronic Pain Patients Is Around 25% / Forbes / http://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2015/04/01/opioid-misuse-in-chronic-pain-patients-is-around-25-new-study-shows/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=social Kids allowed sips of alcohol are more likely to drink in high school / CNN / http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/living/feat-sipping-alcohol-kids-drinking-impact-parents/ James Frey / Wikipedia / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Frey SRN Pod Survey / http://www.podtrac.com/audience/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BmiKe4TJqGkG&ver=standard Clips: Confessions of an Opium Eater f. Vincent Price / 1962 / IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055864/

We had an absolutely terrific chat with Magz, Chris shares the bit of familial closure he got this past week and we tease Episode 1515. A Very Special Episode. Be sure to visit Magz @ SoberCourage.com

Dave's back! With the A to last episodes Q. AND! Audio from first SRN LIVE! on Periscope / http://periscope.tv We're going to start live-streaming video of the podcast recording beginning with next episode. Referenced: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Our Children and Drugs / Bob Meehan / http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Yellow-Brick-Road-Children/dp/0970232705 #addictionchat / Twitter / Wednesdays @ 8:00p C http://tweetchat.com is a great tool to follow or participate.

Thanks to technical difficulties we have the first part of our first two-parter. And our first cliffhanger! Dave knows first-hand the "confusion, heartache, and despair" of a parent to a child addicted to heroin. In the midst of his feelings of helplessness and hopelessness he worked his way into a plan that would turn his son's life and his own around. http://www.100pedals.com