Episodes

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Greg talk about some things that might be holding you back from trying recovery. Some of the things they talk about are what if it doesn't work for me? What will i do without my drug of choice? Losing what control I believe I have. Who will I be? What or who will i have to give up to be healthy? Maybe deep down I actually believe I deserve this. Let's be honest recovery is a complete replacement of the old you. If you are considering rec...

On today's podcast, Gary and Ashley talk about the power of God's Grace and His Mercy. He doesn't expect perfection, but He does expect us to lean to Him in our imperfections. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

On today's podcast, Sheree and Kimberly talk about how God's Plan is not always our plan. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

Today on 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary interviews Jordan Wray an upcoming Christian music artist. Jordan talks about his past life in addiction and his present life now in recovery and a new wife and baby girl. His story is very real to us because not only does he live in the community he is also a friend. Talking about the struggles of marriage and trying to get a music career going can be very stressful. Listen as Jordan opens up and shares his life --- Support this podcast: https://ancho...

We often think that our addiction only affects us, but we are so wrong. Addiction effects the whole family and beyond. Listen as Sheree talks with Caitlyn about how her life was changed because of the choice of her mother. On 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor we openly talk about addiction because we believe that by that we can encourage others. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

Have you ever just got extremely angry over nothing? Of course, you have we all deal with anger in our lives. On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Greg talk about how anger can take over us leading to situations that we could never imagine --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

So many times, the addict is the only one talked about. When someone comes out of a life of addiction, we ask them to speak somewhere, or we are so overwhelmed with joy for them and rightfully so. So few step into a life of recovery, in fact if you are like me you know plenty who have died in their addiction. But what about the families who have had to endure something that they never asked for? How about the mother waiting on a call, what about the father that can never be a grandfather because...

On this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Greg talk about the issue of stagnancy in our recovery. Would you drink from a stagnant pool of water? Of course you wouldn't, there would be disease and a huge risk of death. Now consider drinking from a fast flowing stream in the mountains I bet you can envision and taste the water right now. In our recovery staying stagnant can lead to all kinds of problems. We talk about issues that we have faced and how we deal with them. We are a bunc...

On this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Sheree talk about self-rejection. How many times have you sabotaged your own recovery? The feeling of self-worth overcomes you, so you end up rejecting yourself and that is on top of the rejection we feel from others. We cannot control others, but we can control our own rejection. Knowing that others have felt these same feelings can be the beginning of understanding that we are not who we use to be that we are moving forward acknowledging ...

On this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor we interview Gary, we hope that by sharing his testimony that someone will find hope. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

What in the world are Gary and Sheree talking about this week on 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor? One of the biggest hurdles in recovery is staying consistent in our structure. For someone first coming clean we (i) had huge problems being consistent in my daily life. While i was in addiction i pretty much did things when, how or whenever i wanted. So now trying to change my life i have found out that being consistent even in the small things like picking up my daughter every day from school, showing...

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Greg talk about the importance of finding a mentor for three specific areas in our lives. The three areas being God, finances and family. I know personally how much this would have helped me early on in my recovery. Maybe you disagree and believe it should happen later in recovery. Maybe you disagree with the three areas that we picked out. However, we believe you will agree that all of us would benefit from finding someone who is succes...

On this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary interviews Maisie Smith. Maisie's story goes from addiction to drug court to community leader. Listen in as Maisie talks candidly about her life and the consequences of her decisions. You may or may not be surprised as she talks about her time in drug court and how now she works with the Troup County court system as a co-founder of the drug court alumni system. Maisie continues to be outspoken in the community as she helps put on the Break ever...

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Sheree and Bill will be talking about people's attitude while in addiction. Most of us that have been in addiction have struggled with the thought of is there anything else. Addiction and that lifestyle has been all that we have ever known. Maybe we have had brief moments of sobriety either by intervention of the drug courts or maybe it was when we ran out of ways and means of getting the dope or alcohol that we craved. There is a life after addi...

On this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Greg talk about depression. What do you do when dealing with depression? Whether you are sober or not it comes, sometimes it lasts for days sometimes weeks. Sometimes it can be because of a death or loss of job sometimes for no reason at all. Sometimes it can be in the middle of a high. Gary and Greg talk openly about depression in their own lives and how they have dealt with it. If you are dealing with depression please contact someone you...

Dealing with anger can be one of the biggest hurdles in our recovery. For men I personally know that anger has been one of the things that I deal with. We love to hold onto anger because it makes us feel good about ourselves. Alcohol and drugs use to be the cover where I looked like I was a calm nothing bothered me type guy. Underneath all that cool hand Luke exterior was a raging volcano ready to explode. Dealing with anger has helped me become a better person by taking my eyes off of everyone ...

You need to go to a meeting with me. I have got to go to a meeting today. Meetings will help you. Anyone in recovery has heard one or all of these sayings. In reality though why should you attend a meeting? Most of us will agree that a meeting will help but help you with what? Meetings can help with social skills, give you hope, encourage you, convict you, it can take you further than you can go on your own. Yes, we know that some can recover on their own without ever going to a meeting and we a...

On this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary, Kevin and Greg talk about getting to the point of being ready for change in your life. What leads someone to being ready? How do you know that you're ready? What are some of the things that I have to change? Are these changes big or small? The list just continues to grow. The short answer is I'm just sick and tired and willing to do whatever it takes. Join Gary, Kevin and Greg as they talk about real life experiences. If you are ready to start...

REJECTED. No one wants to hear this word; it brings on hurt, frustration, anger, depression and a long list of feelings that we do not want to feel or deal with. Everyone wants to be accepted. How you or I deal with rejection is the key because rejection is a part of life. In today's episode of 4mics 13teeth and 1anklemonitor Gary and Sheere share how they have dealt with and are continuing to deal with rejection. We are a group of ex-addicts that talk about how we have been able to not only get...

There comes a time in our lives when we honestly believe there is no hope either for us or the situation that we are facing. It may be finances, relationships, work, or a multitude of other things. The pain and depression become so real that we will try anything to numb ourselves. This has led to more heartbreak and pain because the hope was placed in something that only temporarily relieves the situation. Now you are trying to live a sober life. One of the big questions in early recovery is wha...

Join 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor as we talk about transparency in our recovery. On today's episode Gary, Sheere and Dillon talk about how hard it is for us coming out of addiction to be honest with our lives. We talk about relationships, dreams and reality how sometimes they differ so much from what we feel and think. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

In this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary, Dillon and our pastor, Greg Morris, talk about recognizing that we are powerless over not just our addictions but over many areas of our lives. The first step in recovery is admitting that we are powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable. Powerless is not a word that many of us want to identify with, we see this as weakness. Admitting we are powerless takes us out of the fantasy life that ma...

In this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor we interview Sheere Garsee. Sheere talks very candidly about her life in addiction and about the new life that she has been living for several years now. We try to bring balance to the interviews by not concentrating on our past lives. We want to share the victories and how Sheere got to where she is now. Your gonna enjoy this interview --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

In this episode of 4mics 13teeth 1 anklemonitor Gary, Sheere and Dillon go deeper into denial. Alot of people including us thought that once we admitted to the fact that our addiction had consumed us that life would be ok. What we didn't know is that it was just the first step. This is where alot of people coming into recovery make their first mistake. Now we have done away with a part of our life that was a secret. Now not only working on addiction but working on our family life becomes crucial...