RAW Recovery Podcast

The Truth About Recovery Coaching: Lived Experience, Prevention, and Compassionate Tough Love W/ Stacy K

In today’s episode, Dion sits down with Stacy, founder of Sands of Hope Recovery, for one of the most honest and heartfelt conversations we’ve had on this show. Stacy shares the story behind her recovery business—named in honor of her mother—and opens up about how prevention, lived experience, and compassion shape the way she supports people in recovery.
We dive deep into:
Why recovery coaching matters more than ever
The reality of growing up around alcoholism and dysfunction
Why prevention for youth is critical—and where education takes over
What a recovery coach is and is not
The importance of meeting people where they’re at
Why connection—not control—is the opposite of addiction
How to spot red flags and avoid the wrong “recovery community”
Tough love vs. real love
Why lived experience often outruns formal training
How Stacy keeps her services affordable ($25–$55) with a free consult
If you’re looking for real talk—not sugarcoated, not clinical, but truth from people who have lived it—this conversation is for you.
👉 Learn more or book a free consultation:sandsofhoperecovery.org (also linked below)
👉 If you’re struggling, or you’re not sure where to turn, reach out.You don’t need to do this alone.
As Dion says: “If you found me, or you found Stacy, God’s trying to tell you something. We’re the last house on the block.”
Thank you for listening.Keep trudging.

Turning Hurt Into Healing (The Daily Trudge)

We all walk into recovery carrying wounds — some we caused, some caused by others, and some we’ve kept alive far longer than necessary. The real spiritual work begins when we stop spreading the hurt and start becoming instruments of healing.
Inspired by the spirit of the St. Francis prayer (without the religious packaging), today we talk about what it really means to bring peace where there is conflict, forgiveness where there is resentment, and love where there is fear.
This isn’t about being perfect — it’s about being willing.Willing to pause.Willing to be teachable.Willing to bring a different energy into the room than the one we walked in with.
Join me as we dig into:
How our presence impacts the people around us
Why emotional sobriety is an act of service
Turning reactions into responses
Becoming a channel of peace in chaotic moments
Why healing others starts with healing ourselves
If you’ve been hurting, or hurting others without meaning to, this one’s for you.
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🎙️ The Grace We Give Strangers — But Withhold at Home With Tyler

Why is it that we can give patience, kindness, and understanding to people we barely know — but the second we walk into our own home, our fuse gets shorter, our tone gets sharper, and our grace runs out?
In recovery, we learn that the real test of spiritual growth isn’t how we act at a meeting… it’s how we treat the people we live with, love, and sometimes take for granted.
Today we dig into:• Why it’s easier to be patient with strangers• Why our loved ones trigger old behaviors• How emotional sobriety changes our reactions• Why grace begins at home — even when it’s hard• The spiritual tools that help us show up better
If you’ve ever wondered why your kindness is so easy “out there” and so hard “in here,” this episode is for you.
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We Must Become Neutral To Our Addictions (The Daily Trudge)

Alcoholism And The Dysfuntional Family (The Daily Trudge)

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about a hard truth:Alcoholism doesn’t just destroy the drinker — it reshapes the entire family system.
Families living with alcoholism often become defined by:• chaos,• secrecy,• denial,• emotional volatility,• and roles that no one ever asked for.
The alcoholic isn’t the only one who gets sick — everyone under that roof learns to survive in a dysfunctional environment.
The Big Book tells us that the alcoholic is “like a tornado roaring through the lives of others.” But what it doesn’t fully explore is the aftermath: the children who become caretakers, the spouses who walk on eggshells, and the family members who lose themselves trying to keep the peace.
Today we’ll unpack the patterns, the pain, and — most importantly — the path toward healing for everyone involved.
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No Sympathy? Try standing on the lines with us for ahwile. (The Daily Trudge)

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about something the recovery world doesn’t always want to admit — people judge what they don’t understand.
Ever been told you’re “too much,” “too emotional,” “too intense,” or that you should just “get over it”?
That usually comes from people who’ve never stood on the front lines with us.
The front lines of addiction.The front lines of trauma.The front lines of rebuilding your life from ashes.
Before anyone critiques your journey, your emotions, or your struggles, they should try walking a single day in the shoes of someone recovering from the destruction of this disease.
Today we talk about:• why outsiders misunderstand recovery,• why your experience is valid even when others don’t “get it,”• and why you don’t owe explanations for the pain you survived.
If they want to understand you — let them stand on the lines with you for a while.
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Staying Teachable at Any Length of Sobriety (The Daily Trudge)

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about expectations and the little things — two areas that can either build our serenity or completely destroy it.
Expectations are resentments waiting to happen. They tell us how life should go, how people should act, and how recovery should feel.
But peace doesn’t live in should.It lives in what is.
When we slow down and start noticing the small stuff — a quiet morning, a friend’s text, the fact that we woke up sober — that’s where gratitude grows, and expectations lose their grip.
Big faith is built on little things.
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Avoiding The Trap Of Big Shotism (The Daily Trudge)

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re shining a light on one of the sneakiest threats to long-term sobriety: Big Shotism — the idea that I’ve got this now, I’m different, or the rules don’t apply to me anymore.
The Big Book warns us that when ego takes over, sanity slips out the back door. Big Shotism isn’t loud — it’s subtle. It shows up as:• Thinking you’re “too good” for the basics• Giving advice instead of taking direction• Forgetting where you came from• Confusing spiritual progress with spiritual superiority
The antidote?Humility. Service. God-dependence.
When we stay right-sized, teachable, and grounded, we stay safe. When we drift into Big Shot territory, we drift away from the very things that keep us sober.
Today, we break down what Big Shotism looks like, how quickly it can creep in, and how to stay connected to the principles that actually work.
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Overcoming Lonliness (The Daily Trudge)

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about one of the most common — but least admitted — challenges in recovery: loneliness.
Loneliness isn’t just being alone. It’s the feeling of being disconnected, unseen, or spiritually empty. And for many of us, loneliness was the engine that drove our drinking.
The Big Book tells us we were people who “didn’t belong,” who lived in separation, fear, and self-pity. When we put the bottle down, those feelings don’t magically disappear.
But the beautiful part?
Recovery gives us tools, community, and a Higher Power big enough to fill the emptiness we used to drink at.
Today, we’ll dig into:• Why loneliness hits so hard in early sobriety• The difference between being alone and feeling alone• How connection heals what isolation destroys• Why God, service, and fellowship are antidotes to loneliness
You don’t have to trudge alone — ever.
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The Art Of Delayed Gratification (The Daily Trudge)

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re diving into a skill that most alcoholics struggle with — the art of delayed gratification.
Our disease taught us to chase the quick fix: the drink, the escape, the comfort, the emotional hit. But recovery teaches us something far more powerful:
Not everything good happens instantly — and not everything instant is good.
Delayed gratification is where emotional sobriety really begins.
It’s choosing long-term peace over short-term relief.It’s sitting with discomfort instead of escaping it.It’s trusting that what God has ahead is better than what your ego wants right now.
When we learn to pause, breathe, pray, and wait — we grow. And when we grow, our lives expand in ways we never imagined.
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