RAW Recovery Podcast

The Healed Version Of You Will Be Meaner (The Daily Trudge)

People think healing makes you softer, gentler, more agreeable. But the truth? The healed version of you will look “meaner” — not because you turned into a jerk, but because you finally stopped letting people walk all over you.
Healing doesn’t turn you into a saint. It turns you into someone who values their own peace. Someone who doesn’t apologize for boundaries. Someone who doesn’t shrink to keep other people comfortable. Someone who says “no,” means it, and sleeps fine afterward.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re breaking down:
Why healing makes you look “mean” to the wrong people
Why people-pleasing was your old survival skill
How boundaries get misread as attitude
Why self-respect will offend the unhealed
How recovery hardens your backbone without hardening your heart
Why the healed version of you is actually kinder — just not to everyone
Here’s the truth:You’re not getting meaner. You’re getting clearer. Stronger. Healthier. More honest.And the people who relied on the “old you” — passive, scared, guilty, compliant — will absolutely have a problem with it.
But that’s not your problem anymore.
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A Deep Desire To Live Usefully (The Daily Trudge)

We don’t get sober just to stop drinking — we get sober because something inside us wakes up. A deep desire to live usefully. A desire to stop hiding, stop destroying, and start showing up for life in a way that actually matters.
Living usefully isn’t about being perfect. It isn’t about saving the world. It’s about being honest, present, dependable, and willing. It’s about taking everything we’ve been through — even the darkest parts — and letting it serve someone else who’s still struggling.
In today’s Daily Trudge we talk about:
What it really means to live usefully
Why purpose becomes a powerful force in recovery
How shame and fear get in the way
How to stop thinking usefulness means overworking or overgiving
Simple, real tools for showing up in your life
How being useful heals the parts of us addiction tore apart
Recovery isn’t just about removing alcohol — it’s about adding meaning. And the truth is, most of us are a lot more useful than we think. Sometimes it’s a word, a presence, a story, or just showing up when you used to run.
Usefulness is not about perfection. It’s about willingness.
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Grace Over Perfection — Seeing Beyond Our Flaws (The Daily Trudge)

We’re not here to be perfect — we’re here to grow. And sometimes growth comes dressed up as a slip, a setback, or a moment where our flaws get loud. That doesn’t make you a failure. It makes you human.
Today we’re talking about what it really means to look beyond the flaws — ours and other people’s — and why a slip can actually be progress when it wakes us up, humbles us, or gets us honest again.
In this Daily Trudge, we dig into:
Why flaws aren’t defects — they’re information
How a slip can be feedback, not failure
How shame blocks growth, but grace builds it
How to stop judging yourself harder than the world ever could
How to see the person, not the mistake
Why perfectionism has no place in recovery
The real meaning of “progress, not perfection”
This isn’t about excusing behavior — it’s about understanding it so we can move forward instead of staying stuck. Recovery isn’t a straight line. It’s forward, backward, sideways, through the mud, and somehow still growing.
If you slipped recently, listen: you don’t have to start over. You just have to start again.
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Living In Emotional Sobriety (The Daily Trudge)

Living sober is one thing. Living emotionally sober is where the real work starts.Most of us didn’t drink because life was hard — we drank because feelings were hard. Emotional sobriety is the ability to sit in life without letting our reactions run the show.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re breaking down what emotional sobriety actually means, why it’s harder than putting the drink down, and the simple tools that make the biggest impact. No fluff. No sugarcoating. Just real recovery.
What you’ll walk away with:
How to respond instead of react
How to stop letting feelings become facts
How to avoid emotional hangovers
Tools that keep your head and your heart steady
Why emotional sobriety is the key to long-term recovery
I speak plainly, and I don’t co-sign BS. We talk truth so it stops running our lives — and we trudge through this stuff together.
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Are Feelings Fact or Are They Just Valid?

In recovery, we feel deeply — fear, shame, joy, insecurity, hope.But here’s where a lot of us get tangled up:
We start treating feelings like facts.“If I feel unworthy, I am unworthy.”“If I feel abandoned, they must be abandoning me.”“If I feel anger, someone else must have caused it.”
But feelings aren’t facts — they’re signals.They’re valid, they matter, and they point to something inside us……but they do not automatically represent truth.
Today we’ll talk about how to honor our emotions without letting them run the show, and how emotional sobriety means learning to pause, check our narrative, and choose our response instead of reacting to every feeling like it’s the gospel truth.
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Repairing The Damage (The Daily Trudge)

“Repairing the Damage” is more than making amends — it’s about becoming the kind of person who doesn’t keep creating new wreckage.In recovery, we look back and see the emotional, spiritual, and relational destruction our drinking caused. It’s overwhelming if we stare at it all at once. But the program teaches us a different way:
One conversation at a time.One behavior change at a time.One willingness moment at a time.
Today we’ll talk about how repairing damage isn’t about perfection or groveling — it’s about responsibility, humility, and showing up differently. The people around us don’t need promises… they need consistency. And we can give them that now.
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Let's Talk Plainly (The Daily Trudge)

In recovery, we don’t always need fancy words or deep philosophy — sometimes the truth just needs to be spoken plainly. Today we’re breaking down recovery without the fluff, without the buzzwords, and without pretending everything is fine when it isn’t.
We’ll talk about what’s really going on under the surface:
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In All Of Affairs (The Daily Trudge)

“Practice these principles in all our affairs” — the line every alcoholic skips over until life smacks us in the face.
This isn’t about being perfect. It’s about consistency.
Anyone can be spiritual in a meeting. Anyone can be humble when life is going their way. But real recovery shows up at work, in traffic, in relationships, in conflict, in fear…
In all our affairs means:• When we feel attacked• When we feel tired• When we don’t want to be patient• When our ego is loud• When our character defects want the wheel
It’s taking spiritual actions even when we don’t feel spiritual.
Today we’re talking about the REAL meaning of Step Twelve — living this program everywhere, not just where it’s easy.
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What is a Sponsor, Temp Sponsor and Closed Mouthed Friend? (The Daily Trudge)

Not everyone we meet in recovery plays the same role — and knowing the difference can save your sobriety.
Today we’re breaking down three of the most misunderstood relationships in recovery: the Sponsor, the Temporary Sponsor, and the Closed-Mouthed Friend.
A Sponsor walks you through the Steps, tells you the truth even when you don’t want to hear it, and helps you build a spiritual foundation that won’t collapse when life hits.
A Temporary Sponsor is the person who keeps you from drifting until you find the right long-term fit… someone to get you started, not someone to keep you stuck.
And a Closed-Mouthed Friend?That’s the person you can trust with anything — no judgment, no gossip, no games — just honesty, confidentiality, and compassion.
These three roles are different, but each one is vital to staying sober, staying connected, and staying honest.
Let’s talk about how to find them, how to use them, and how to BE them for someone else.
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The Price of Emotional Sobriety (The Daily Trudge)

Emotional sobriety doesn’t come free — it costs comfort, ego, self-pity, and the illusion that we can control everything. The moment we stop drinking, we start facing the real work: feeling feelings, taking responsibility, letting go, and learning how to respond instead of react.
Emotional sobriety is the point where recovery stops being about not drinking and starts being about living differently. Today we talk about what it costs, why it’s worth it, and how it becomes the foundation for long-term serenity.🔔 Subscribe for more Daily Sobriety Motivation:https://www.youtube.com/@thedailytrudge3367
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