38 minGambling addiction
He lost six figures in 35 minutes, then the casino offered him a free room
Danny/Bet on Reset
10 conversations
Sober living and habits
The unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.
Getting clean is a decision. Staying clean is a routine, and the routine is boring. That is why it works and why nobody makes content about it.
These conversations are about the mechanics: what the mornings look like, who gets called when it is bad, what happens to the body, and the specific habits people credit with keeping them out of it years later.
The conversations
Every episode about sober living and habits
38 min
55 minOther drugs
A Wall Street manager who ended up in crack houses
Dan Ryan/Thirty-eight years sober
41 minHeroin and opioids
I was a heroin addict in Kensington
Westley Morris/Thirteen years sober
53 minAlcohol
Famous at 18, in a psych ward at 25
Jonah Marais/Why Don't We
44 minGambling addiction
He answered 18 of 20 gambling questions yes at age 18
Sal/Gamblers Anonymous, since 1986
46 minHeroin and opioids
From a Level 4 prison yard to 13 years sober
Garet/Thirteen years sober
43 minGambling addiction
Gambling addiction almost killed him by 28
Anthony Natoli/Tech sales, San Francisco
42 minHeroin and opioids
She lied about mahjong to meet her dealer
Jordi/Ten years of hidden opioid use
1 hr 10 minAlcohol
She hid bottles everywhere
Sydney McAllister/Sober Syd
2 hr 3 minHeroin and opioids
I had a $1,200-a-day pill habit
Kevin Lanning/Interviewing me
Elsewhere in the library
Other things people come here for
- Family and relationshipsThe marriages that survived it, and the ones that did not.18
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.17
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.14
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.14
- Debt and moneySix figures gone in an afternoon, and the years spent paying it back.10
- RelapseFour years clean and then one bet. Why it happens, and what comes after.10
Sober living and habits is one of 16 topics every episode of Nothing's Off The Table is tagged against. Search the whole library.
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