<p>Most sobriety podcasts tell you to stay sober. This one helps you figure out what to do with the life you're building.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sobriety... Now What? is for people who are sober — or trying to be — and ready to go deeper than just not drinking or using. Each episode explores what it actually looks like to build a life worth staying sober for.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm your host, Stuart Cline — a licensed therapist, addiction counselor, and Master Addiction Counselor (MAC) with over 25 years in clinical practice — from a locked inpatient psychiatric unit early in my career, to leading an intensive outpatient program, to 18 years of hospital-based clinical work alongside a private practice. In New Mexico I hold two active licenses: Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (LADAC).</p><p>I also bring something no credential can give you. I grew up with two alcoholic parents — one who got sober, and one who didn't. The difference between those two paths shaped my life and my purpose. I know what recovery can cost, and I know what it can give back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each episode offers practical tools, honest conversations, and real strategies for navigating the emotional terrain of sober life — cravings, stress, relationships, purpose, identity, and everything in between. You'll hear from authors, musicians, teachers, business owners, and recovery experts, alongside solo episodes where I break down what works, why it works, and how to apply it.</p><p>There's no single right way to recover. But there are principles that help people thrive — and that's what we explore here.</p><p><br /></p><p>This podcast exists to help you avoid unnecessary suffering and discover what's possible when sobriety becomes a foundation, not a limitation.</p><p>You're not alone — and you don't have to figure this out by yourself.</p><p>🌐 <a href="http://www.sobrietynowwhat.com">www.sobrietynowwhat.com</a> ✉️ <a href="mailto:sobrietynowwhat111@gmail.com">sobrietynowwhat111@gmail.com</a></p><p>Sobriety Now What? — Let's explore what comes next.</p><p><em>Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not establish a therapeutic or counseling relationship.</em></p>
DId this podcast help you. Please let me and others know to support the show. Thank you. In this shorter episode, host Stuart Cline shares a recovered conversation with Nick Jonsson, #1 international bestselling author of Executive Loneliness: The 5 Pathways to Overcoming Isolation, Stress, Anxiety & Depression in the Modern Business World. Nick (joining from Thailand while Stuart was in New Mexico) decided to write the book in 2019 after losing a friend to suicide, about a year into his...
DId this podcast help you. Please let me and others know to support the show. Thank you. How do you stay sober when life falls apart? Joseph Ganci has been in recovery for nearly 30 years. Along the way, he has faced divorce, financial loss, and the devastating death of his daughter—without returning to alcohol. In this episode of Sobriety, Now What?, Joe shares what helped him keep moving forward through grief, loss, and some of the hardest moments of his life. We talk about AA, service, as...
DId this podcast help you. Please let me and others know to support the show. Thank you. What if one of the most powerful tools for feeling better, reconnecting with others, and strengthening your recovery was something as simple as kindness? In this audience-favorite episode, I sit down with Francesca Donlan—journalist, educator, kindness teacher, and my sister—to explore what kindness actually looks like in everyday life. Francesca created and taught a college course on the science and pra...
DId this podcast help you. Please let me and others know to support the show. Thank you. Alcohol does not always call you back through an obvious craving. Sometimes its siren song sounds like self-doubt, regret, loneliness, shame, and the belief that no one understands what you are going through. In Episode 44 of Sobriety: Now What?, Stuart Cline uses the story of Odysseus and the sirens to explore how negative thinking and isolation can quietly pull people toward relapse. One painful though...
DId this podcast help you. Please let me and others know to support the show. Thank you. Winston Churchill and the Black Dog: What Bricklaying Can Teach Us About a Racing Mind Winston Churchill helped lead Britain through World War II. He also battled dark moods he called his "black dog." When those moods showed up, he didn't just wait them out. He painted. He wrote. And strangely enough, he laid bricks, one at a time, until he joined an actual bricklayers union. In this episode, we use Chur...