Carly just recently celebrated 8 months sober! Like a lot of us, this isn’t her first time in sobriety, things happen, that’s life. Carly and many others are proof that a relapse can be a part of your story to make your recovery even stronger! We talk about growing up in Michigan and how she got into addiction, but also how her sobriety looks! To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

Christa and Steve have a unique relationship because it began in rehab! That’s taboo for most people and they even will tell people not to do what they did. They did though do a lot of the right things in how long they waited to live together and other things. Now they have a baby girl on the way and both doing a lot of great things for their life and recovery. You can follow Christa’s YouTube and social medias at the links below where her and Steve doing Just For Today readings and she has a show among other content! Christa’s links https://linktr.ee/christalivingsober To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

It’s now February so I’m going to be highlighting a lot of different couples in recovery. Whether they’re a couple that met in addiction, found addiction together, met in rehab or even met in recovery. I want to be able to show a lot of different examples of how couples get through things together being sober. This episode is with Roger and Ashley who fell into addiction while already living a regular normal married life together. We also talk about how their addictions progressed together, but also how they found sobriety together. Ashley has an amazing blog where she gets more in depth about their story. You can find all their links below! Ashley’s Blog https://www.herwritetoreign.com/ Ashley’s IG https://instagram.com/ashes.sober?utm_medium=copy_link Rogers IG https://instagram.com/sober.shooter?utm_medium=copy_link To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

Foster has been a good friend to both myself and the show since we met back in September in a recovery Facebook group. Foster messaged me asking for an emergency episode because he said he had stuff he had to come clean about. He was worried that I would hate him after he came clean about a dark secret he had been keeping to himself for a long time. When he told me his secret I didn't hate him, I respect him even more now after opening up to me. Given what he talks about in this episode I decided to release it right away and not hold it. He wanted to come clean about his secret on my show knowing it can reach the people he wants it to reach so they know his secret also. If you want to show Foster some support and love you can find his facebook link below! To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

Nicole and Molly have both already been on the show individually to tell their stories. You can find each of them below. With it being Human Trafficking Month and both of them being survivors of trafficking I wanted to save this episode for last for January. They were both trafficked together by multiple people for years in the Columbus, Ohio area. We talk a lot about their traffickers and how those women are being treated all over the world. They lost touch after they both found recovery. They talk about how about they reconnected on my show and that made me very emotional. I’m getting way ahead of myself because these are all things talked about in the episode. to learn more about their stories alone through addiction to recovery and how they escaped both human and sex trafficking look for their links below! You can also follow their tiktok pages at the links included below. Nicole’s tiktok https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdhGRCSf/ Mollys tiktok https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdhG2H2s/ Nicole - this is her story The One When Nicole shocked everyone with her before and after transformation! To watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/dTti1f0ayfI To listen on audio apps https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/the-one-when-nicole-shocked-everyone-with-her-before-and-after-transformation/ Molly - this is her story The One Where Molly is trafficked for years and now helps girls like her stuck out on the streets To watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/fCzn3_QQrik To listen on audio apps https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/the-one-where-molly-is-trafficked-for-years-and-now-helps-girls-like-her-stuck-out-on-the-streets/ To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

Abbey has been clean and sober now for a few years, but it’s been a very long road! She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her parents are still married to this day growing up never needing for anything as the youngest of three. She eventually found benzos after having a child and suffering postpartum depression. That began the rough and rocky road ahead. We talk about how she found sobriety in Southern California first before eventually having a horrible relapse when she came back home. She now uses her platform on tiktok and IG to recover out loud! You can follow more of her story at the links below. Abbeys social media links https://beacons.page/abbeyfickley To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

LC grew up in southern Alabama a lesbian girl. He had a young mother who did the best she could with two young girls. Unfortunately at one point LC ended up having a very abusive step father. The episode starts out with an extremely traumatic event from when he was 11 after coming forward about the abuse. Like all my episodes always go in knowing there’s probably some trigger warnings. He is doing amazing now that he has multiple years sober, helps out others with LGBTQ support and other the recovery community! I’ve already been on his live show, you can find all the links to everything he does for both the recovery and LGBTQ community at the links below! LCs link tree https://linktr.ee/RecoverySoulfood To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

Alex was born and raised up in the Great White North, Canada! She was a very gifted child that advanced thru school quick enough to graduate high school early and end up in college while most are learning how to drive. Everything she does is intense. Whether she is intense about her recovery now or was an intense drug addict alcoholic for many years. I’ve never said to a guest out right “ohhhh, you were a narcissist!” On my show until this one, always never expected a narcissist to acknowledge and agree! Shows how solid of a program she is working today! You can follow her on IG at the link below. Sober Active Canada (her) IG https://instagram.com/soberactivecanada?utm_medium=copy_link To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

Finally hit 100 episodes done! So I figure for number 100 I should give one of the craziest before and after to date. April definitely might have one of the most shocking before & after I have seen or had on the show in a while! We talk about how drugs would make her spin out of control very quickly. She was born and raised in NJ, so a Jersey girl. Like a lot of us, it can be toxic and we do have a tough time being around there and avoiding people places and things. She’s doing much better now and we talk all about what happened, how she got sober, and how she’s staying sober today. To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support

Mike has had a long career with drinking and drugging while working in advertising. He has also been able to use his creative side in sobriety to start a website to spread peoples stories. He has a unique experience in living in the two (self proclaimed) weirdest cities in our country, Austin and Portland. If you’ve seen Mad Men you know how the drinks flow working in advertising. You can learn more about Mike at his links below! Mikes Sober Press IG https://instagram.com/soberpress?utm_medium=copy_link Mikes Sober Press Website https://www.soberpress.org/ To listen to the full podcast instead of watch https://www.podpage.com/mjs-progress-not-perfection/ To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options https://my.bio/mjspnpmca “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 hours. Join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and MJs Progress Not Perfection listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash MJSPNPMCA. That’s Better H-E-L-P dot com slash MJSPNPMCA HTTPS://www.BetterHelp.com/mjspnpmca --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mjspnpmca/support