Becoming sober is a life path with many challenges – but more importantly, it’s a life-long journey with many stages.

In this week’s episode, Josh sits down with his good friend Brian once again to check in on his sobriety journey as well as compare insights from a newbie to that of a veteran. 

On the episode, they also cover life after alcohol – it’s ups and downs, the culpability you have when you “black out”, the body-mind link, dissociation and much more!

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Introduction

0:49 - Episode beginning

1:23 - An update on Brian’s sobriety

8:42 - Being addicted to “the feeling”

12:25 - The “hair of the dog”, the relation between alcohol and Xanax

22:14 - Caffeine and low-alcohol substitutes

33:26 - Blacking out 101

37:12 - The suitcase story

52:45 - Feeling present and dissociating

1:01:59 - A recent example

About Joshua and Monique Robinson:

Joshua is a recovering alcoholic turned life coach and psychologist.

Co-host of Alternatives to AA is his wife, Monique Robinson.

Josh Robinson is a bodybuilder, athlete, and life coach currently pursuing a degree in psychology. Through hard work, relationship building, and developing their own ways of coping, Josh and Monique are now packaging their recovery in the form of a podcast. He and his wife battled and overcame alcoholism without AA, and their mission is to help others do the same.

Connect with Joshua and Monique Robinson!

Josh’s Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/joshua.robinson.395 

Moniques Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/mo.cool.56 

In this week’s episode, Josh sits down with Sonia Kahlon, founder and CEO of EverBlume - an alternative to AA that places people into smaller groups that are more tailored to their specific sobriety struggles.

Sonia discusses her own sobriety and how she struggled to get her life together, as well as what made her stop, routines, the EverBlume platform, and more!

Episode Highlights:

(0:00) - Introduction

(0:53) - Episode beginning, introduction to Sonia

(4:08) - Sobriety can change with time, beginners vs. pros

(9:40) - Finding an alternative

(11:24) - More info on the guest’s groups and her platform

(14:14) - Some different groups guest has

(20:10) - What made you want to stop?

(24:56) - Different coping mechanisms for drinking

(28:26)  - You cant have a routine when you’re drinking

About Joshua and Monique Robinson:

Joshua is a recovering alcoholic turned life coach and psychologist.

Co-host of Alternatives to AA is his wife, Monique Robinson.

Josh Robinson is a bodybuilder, athlete, and life coach currently pursuing a degree in psychology. Through hard work, relationship building, and developing their own ways of coping, Josh and Monique are now packaging their recovery in the form of a podcast. He and his wife battled and overcame alcoholism without AA, and their mission is to help others do the same.

Connect with Joshua and Monique Robinson!

Josh’s Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/joshua.robinson.395 

Moniques Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/mo.cool.56 

Getting sober is such a personal journey - sometimes it can be easy to forget how it affects other people.

In this week’s episode, the conversation between Monique and her brother Rick continues as he joins the show to share his experiences with Monique when she wasn’t sober. They dive into what’s changed, what it took for Monique to finally get sober and Rick even recalls some stories to give some more background into Monique’s journey.

Episode Highlights:

(0:00) - Introduction

(0:48) - Episode beginning

(4:36) - Some more rehab background

(10:10) - Rick doesn’t forget

(12:45) - What is different about Monique now that she’s sober?

(15:49) - “Do you consider yourself an alcoholic?”

(20:10) - Some other thoughts on dealing with alcoholism

(25:48) - Episode wrap-up

About Joshua and Monique Robinson:

Joshua is a recovering alcoholic turned life coach and psychologist.

Co-host of Alternatives to AA is his wife, Monique Robinson.

Josh Robinson is a bodybuilder, athlete, and life coach currently pursuing a degree in psychology. Through hard work, relationship building, and developing their own ways of coping, Josh and Monique are now packaging their recovery in the form of a podcast. He and his wife battled and overcame alcoholism without AA, and their mission is to help others do the same.

Connect with Joshua and Monique Robinson!

Josh’s Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/joshua.robinson.395 

Moniques Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/mo.cool.56