Episode 53-It's Just A Season (And Other Lies That Sound Nice)

Episode 53-It's Just A Season (And Other Lies That Sound Nice)

It's just a season." You've heard it. You've probably said it. But nobody ever tells you how long a season actually lasts — three months like spring, a full year like a TV show, or a 52-episode slog you're checked out of by episode 30. This week Gregg unpacks why that phrase — comforting, spiritual, tough-love, whatever flavor you've heard it in — never actually stops the anxiety loop, it just gives it a new lap to run. But in the middle of a real shit storm (a stalled job search, his dog Tucker's heart condition, an upcoming move), Gregg found the one thing that actually interrupts the spiral before it goes too deep: being needed by somebody else. Two real stories — one from inside the rooms, one from a friend outside the program entirely — show how staying "tied to the rim" through service keeps the real tools (the call, the meeting, the sponsor) within reach, even when the anxiety doesn't quit. And by the end, even "it's just a season" gets a second look — maybe the vagueness isn't the problem. Maybe it's grace. Coping strategies for anxiety, recovery tools, and one honest conversation about what actually helps when the tools stop reaching you. #Anxiety #MentalHealthAwareness #Recovery #Sobriety #AnxietyRelief #CopingStrategies #MentalHealthMatters #Sober #RecoveryJourney #Podcast #GriefAndAnxiety #ServiceWork #PanicAttacks #GetBetterAtBeingHuman #TerrificTuesdays #SoberLife #AnxietyManagement #MentalHealthSupport #12StepRecovery #FaithAndRecovery #AnxietyAndDepression #TraumaRecovery #SupportSystem #KeepShowingUp #RecoveryCommunity HASHTAGS

Episode 52_ Rocketed Into The Fourth Dimension-Love One Another

One year. 52 Tuesdays. Never missed one. Episode 52 is the one year milestone — what the Big Book calls being Rocketed Into The Fourth Dimension. Gregg finally understands what that promise actually means from the inside. Goosebumps. Weight lifted. Purpose found. And it all comes down to three words: Love one another. #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #RIFD #RocketedIntoTheFourthDimension #LoveOneAnother #OnYear #MilestoneEpisode #AnxietyRelief #MentalHealth #SoberLife #HealingJourney #Purpose #ShinyPenny #Faith #Surrender #AA #BigBook #YouWereNeverBroken

Episode 51: MindfulnessIsn't Enough. Here's How The Penny Really Gets Uncovered

I lost my ring. The one that started all of this — the anxiety spinner with the Serenity Prayer engraved on it. And instead of spiraling, I got an instant answer from God. Maybe you don't need the ring anymore. Maybe your faith is finally taking its place. Episode 51 is about the journey. Not the destination. The traveling IS the point. And mindfulness alone isn't enough to keep you on the road. #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #Mindfulness #MindfulnessIsntEnough #TheJourney #AnxietyRelief #MentalHealth #SoberLife #Faith #Surrender #HealingJourney #KeepingTheRockOff #ShinyPenny #RecoveryTools #DontGiveIn

Episode 50: Nobody Sees The Penny: Pocket Full of Truth

Follow and like for weekly podcast notification! In 1983 a sign on a church basement wall said "Let Go and Let God." I read it. I moved on. And spent the next 30 years trying to figure out what it meant. Turns out the answer was on my finger the whole time. The Serenity Prayer. The penny. The rock. All the same truth — hiding in plain sight. Episode 50 is out now. Nobody Sees The Penny. #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #LetGoLetGod #SerenityPrayer #MentalHealth #AnxietyRelief #SoberLife #Surrender #ShinyPenny #NobodySeesThePenny #HealingJourney #RecoveryTools #SelfHelp #YouWereNeverBroken #MentalHealthAwareness

Episode 49: Who Am I Now: The Shiny Penny

Internal Title: You Were Never Anything Else After 48 episodes of digging up the past, naming the committee, and finding real tools — there's one question left. Who am I now? And the honest answer might be — fuck if I know. This week Gregg explores what happens when you stop reaching for labels. The old ones like broken, alcoholic, anxious. And even the new ones like healed or healthy. What's left when you strip all of it away? Turns out — nothing needed fixing in the first place. You were never the bug under the rock. You were always the shiny penny. Always have been. And then comes the part nobody warns you about. You find the penny — and you have no idea what to do with it. Next stop — what do I do with the penny? #TerrifcTuesdays #GettingBetterAtBeingHuman #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #WhoAmINow #ShinyPenny #AnxietyRelief #MentalHealth #SoberLife #YouWereNeverBroken #IdentityInRecovery #HealingJourney #RecoveryTools #NotBroken #AA #CopingStrategies