Episodes

This is probably one of the biggest stumbling blocks that a person can have especially if they are coming out of incarceration. It can bring turmoil or start a healing process. A job can bring joy, confidence, humbleness, sense of self-worth, or with the first paycheck can lead you right back into addiction. Listen in as Gary and Bill talk about this topic and how they handled it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/4-13-1-podcast/support

On today's podcast of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Bill talk about gratitude. We have covered this subject before, but it is something that is so powerful that were back at it. Wanting what someone else has or just not happy with what you have can lead to relapse. Thinking that i deserve more that I need more can be a mindset that is hard to overcome. So, if I just slow down and close my eyes and take a breath things start and remember that at one time, I wanted what I have now. Always r...

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary shares the ups and downs of his life. From going to jail then recovery then back to addiction. OD twice then spend 13months in county to being sober now. You will be drawn to Gary's honesty as he walks us through these past several years of his life. Gary is a wonderful example of God's grace and mercy in someone's life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/4-13-1-podcast/support

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1 anklemonitor Dustin shares what recovery has done for him. Dustin has been able to overcome tremendous odds to get where he has in his life. We hope this interview helps someone thinking about coming out of addiction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/4-13-1-podcast/support

On today's podcast Greg interviews Bill as he talks about the change in his life as he celebrates a decade in sobriety after 4 decades in addiction. Remember that all recovery stories are different. Here at 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor we are passionate about recovery. Please contact us if by leaving a comment below or leave a word of encouragement for someone else. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/4-13-1-podcast/support

Do i want to make a small adjustment or a large adjustment in my life? Will small adjustments lead to large changes? What are some of the consequences from doing this? Alot of thoughts enter our minds when we start thinking about giving up a life of addiction. On today's podcast Greg and Bill talk about the adjustments they made and the results from those choices. Don't get overwhelmed because a small change today from I'm not drinking or using today can lead to a lifetime of sobriety. We @ 4mic...

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor we take a different direction. Today's podcast is about divorce with no tie into addiction. Once you take away the addiction of drugs or alcohol you are on the same field as other people with the same problems as them. How do you handle a divorce? Sometimes listening to others, you can pick up on things that you may want to incorporate into your own healing process. Let's face it, divorce sucks. At one time you loved your spouse so much you wante...

What if you stuck to your New Year's resolutions? Would the change be tremendous? Would you be further along in your recovery? Join in as Gary and Amanda talk about their lives and the importance of making decisions and following through with them. Here at 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor we have made a lot of bad decisions in our lives, and we can say with certainty that most of them were while we were in our addiction. Now we are slowly working on change in our lives. --- Support this podcast: ht...

Coming out of addiction is not easy. There are so many things to learn how to handle without the medicating of drugs or alcohol. This can be scary, this can be hard, this can be one of the biggest challenges in your life. Relationships take on an importance like never before; do i leave, do i stay? On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Krystal talks about this and more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/4-13-1-podcast/support

Why should you get involved in anything when you are starting to get sober? Short answer: because it helps. Sitting around for months trying to figure out the new you is hard. You have something that you enjoy doing' maybe it's bicycles, fishing, dogs or cats, maybe a thousand other things but you enjoy something. Maybe you don't know what you like so may we suggest something, anything to fill your void. We are not trained professionals (wish we were) but if we were to tell you the people, we ha...

Today's episode is different from others because Marie was not addicted to drugs or alcohol but after volunteering at our Celebrate Recovery she saw where helping others opened her eyes to some issues in her life. Isn't that the way it usually goes. Marie talks openly about relationships in her life and how that affected her in her life. This episode has the potential to help many see that we all have things in our lives that we can ignore or work on. We at 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor are not tr...

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary interviews Katie. This is a story that in Katie's own words has come full circle. Katie went from attending church as a young girl to smoking meth in the same building's basement to running an NA at the same place. She talks about her new job working with the addicted at Coweta Force. This is a story of hope, that if you are filling like there is no hope, that change is possible. We at 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor are not trained professional...

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Amanda talk about Celebrate Recovery and how it has helped them. Here at our meetings, we are quick to say if you feel like you are not getting what you need, we will help you find a place where you feel like you are getting what you need in your recovery. We have a lot of resources because we know that Celebrate Recovery might not work for everyone. We can recommend you to AA, NA, RU, short term rehabs, long term rehabs and many more op...

You're going to enjoy this interview with Alysha. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support

Making friends at first when you have just given up whatever addiction you had is hard. Today on 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary and Amanda talk about this. For them it has been even harder because they are married to each other and have three small children. Everyone tells you to get rid of old people, places and things. This is easy to tell someone and the right thing to tell them but for the one that has to do it it's very hard especially since you are telling me that i have to get rid of my...

On today's podcast of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Sheree interviews Christy. What stands out about Christy is that she has taken all the negativity in her life and has used her experience to help others with the trauma she has been through. Without going into too much detail she now has a job helping women with thins she has been through. Christy sees that we do recover but it is a choice. It is so easy to let past mistakes, past trauma, past relationships and all the negative things that happen...

On today's episode of 4mics 13teeth 1anklemonitor Gary interviews a husband and wife, their names are Donnie and Beth. Both have been in addiction since early teens and have since gotten clean and have turned their lives over to Jesus. Both will talk about different areas in their lives and the struggles that they have endured. They will also tell you about the life they live now. We know that it is difficult to come out of addiction when you have a spouse that is in addiction also. Donnie and B...

On today's episode Sheree talks with Kayla about witchcraft. Kayla has never been in addiction but was into witchcraft for several years. This is a different topic for us however we see similarities in the two. Something that promises to be new and fun something to make you feel accepted something that in the end you wish you had never gotten into. We hope you will listen and that this will help you or someone you know. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dollar/support