Arlina Allen is a writer, the host of international podcast "The ODAAT Chat Podcast," and founder of Sober Life School. Sober since since 1994, Arlina has been married for 21 years and is the mother of two teenage boys. Arlina joins us live in the SHAIR Recovery Community for an exclusive Q&A with our members!
Arlina used drugs and alcohol to self-medicate her emotional pain. She lived in a fantasy world and believed that if she could just find the right man, her problems would be over. Arlina spent so much time and energy disconnecting that she couldn’t see a life beyond her pain.
Listen as Arlina answers questions about what she’s discovered about herself during 25 years in recovery!
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Is pornography a drug?
Can it become a true addiction?
How does it affect your relationships?
Today’s guest is Garrett Jonsson. Pornography was his secret vice and almost destroyed his marriage. He says that pornography is the new drug and his mission is to raise awareness about its destructive nature
He is so determined to help people combat porn addiction that he ran 30 marathons in 30 days, handcuffed during each one of them. He then biked 3,800 miles across the United States, dragging chains behind him to symbolize the heaviness of addiction.
Now he works with Fight the New Drug, an organization that is raising awareness about the harmful effects of pornography using only science, facts, and personal accounts.
Garrett shares the insidious escalation of his porn addiction, how it damaged his life, and how he freed himself through recovery.
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Stephanie Pollack spent most of her life believing the world was supposed to make her happy. If she did the right things, life would be good for her. She spent most of her time and energy saving others and never considered herself.
After her husband became addicted to opioids, Stephanie couldn’t understand what she was doing wrong. They got married and had a baby, and he still couldn’t stay clean. She was angry, she was hurt, but she never realized that she could be an option.
Eventually, addiction took her husband’s life and she was left alone. But her husband's addiction did bring a gift—it introduced her to recovery. Stephanie discovered that if she didn’t heal, she’d continue being a victim. She decided to choose herself first, and a whole new world opened up for her.
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What’s riskier:
Playing it safe, even if you’re not happy or fulfilled?
Or daring to leave your comfort zone to design the life you always wanted?
Vincent Pugliese was an incredibly respected and awarded photographer, covering sports events any fan would dream of. The problem was, the media company he worked for never wanted to pay him what he deserved. Vincent took the leap from his secure low-paying job into freelancing where he finally flourished, enabling him to help others achieve Total Life Freedom.
Vincent never aspired to be more because he was controlled by his past. He always felt that he wasn't good enough or deserving of anything. The internal shift happened when Vincent realized that the world didn’t revolve around him, and that by living with a generous mindset, amazing opportunities come his way.
Listen to how Vincent Pugliese went from being addicted to selfishness to living a life of total freedom.
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Today we are thrilled to have the one and only Kelly Fitzgerald, aka Sober Senorita on The SHAIR Podcast. She visits The SHAIR Recovery Community for an exclusive live Q&A session with our members.
The Sober Senorita talks about how her alcoholism started with the disease of always wanting more and how this prevented her from ever finding contentment or peace, until she found sobriety.
Kelly tells those in struggling with alcoholism and addiction to never let go of the hope of different life. She also talks about the importance of recovering out loud to be an example that living sober is not only possible, but also amazing.
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