The One Day At A Time Recovery Podcast

On the surface you would think my guest Kimberly Berlin had a fancy life of privilege growing up in the south of France, attending Juillard studying ballet, and traveling all over the world. But behind the veil, was a life of abuse, abandonment and addiction.    Today she will share her personal story of addiction, her moment of clarity and how she recovered. We get into some of the problems she encountered with someone at the first 12 step meeting she went to that kept her away for 7 years, but how she ultimately found her way back.   Kimberly is now a licensed integrated psychotherapist and IFS practitioner to help people overcome addiction and trauma. We’re going to get into what IFS is and how it works as a modality for trauma therapy. I’ve been doing it myself as a client, and I can personally vouch for how productive it can be at resolving long standing negative behavior patterns.    Before we jump in, as usual, I have a couple of announcements. The ...

“Ambien, when taken as prescribed works great. But basically when I took it, it did something I really liked and I immediately wanted more. My first thought after my first night of Ambien was ‘more please’... I couldn’t wait to go to sleep and that went on for years.” Laura Cathcart Robbins is the best-selling author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, Stash, My Life In Hiding, and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Her recent articles on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2022 TEDx Speaker, and LA Moth StorySlam winner. Currently, she sits on the advisory boards of the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ podcast Festival Hi Friend, Welcome to the podcast. In case you’re new here, my name is A...

My guest today has been sober for a whopping 37 years, which by itself is absolutely amazing, but it’s his practical approach to success in business that piqued my curiosity. His approach is really centered on winning the day using sobriety principles. It’s a combination of intention setting, habit stacking guided by a higher purpose.   Doug Fleener is the author of a book called “ The Day Makes the Year (Makes a Life): Transform your work and life with One-Day Success. Doug is a professional who has developed a way to apply recovery principles to business that he shares in his book.   But before we jump in. I’m excited to share that Sober Life School has been re-launched with a fancy new website! It’s a lot cleaner looking and has a new resource guide for you that I know will be very helpful for those wanting to quit drinking. The guide is called “How to Quit Drinking One Day At A Time: 30 Tips for your first 30 Days”. These tips cover everything from how to prep for alco...

We’re doing something a little bit different today, which is to look at addiction through the lens of the family. I can't tell you how many times I’ve talked to the family members of someone struggling with drugs & alcohol who just want to know how to help and are feeling scared, angry and confused. Shoot, I’ve been there myself! It’s a really tough spot to be in.   So today I’m speaking with Dr. Carrie Wilkens about the outdated messaging that is currently being circulated, what actually hurts, and what to do instead. We are going to review solutions provided in her book Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change and the accompanying workbook with the tagline Evidence-based Skills to Help A Loved One Make Positive Change.    To give you a little insight as to what you can expect, I’m going to share an Excerpt from her blog about the myth of rock bottom:  “First, it promotes a belief that the change process cannot start until bottom is rea...