The Truth About Alcohol (Why Quitting Feels So Hard)

Alex Leclerc on Drinking, Parenting and Divorce

Alex is a 44 years old professional, working as a sales executive in a Global IT company, just beginning podcaster and has been sober for nearly 15 years. He learned his IT skills by himself as his drug and alcohol addiction interfered with his academic path. He is the father of 3 fantastic kids and the husband of a wonderful wife. As an addict in recovery, he started his podcast, named Cold Turkey, to discuss and share what makes someone make a 180 and turn their lives around. In this episode, we focus on the problems encountered when drinking, divorce and different parental philosophies clash. https://www.facebook.com/Podcastcoldturkey/ https://www.1000dayssober.com/

Strive Inspirations: Nick Littlehales

Nick is recognised as the world’s first and leading Elite Sport Sleep Coach, and regarded as a leading human recovery innovator. He has over 35 years’ experience within the sleep and sleeping product industry and over 22 years dedicated to elite sport. His unique, passionate and proven approach, is endorsed by leading sport science professionals, managers, coaches, organisations in sport and now business, health and education worldwide. In this episode of Strive Inspirations, Nick talks about moving through life from a teenage caddy to bending the ear of Sir Alex Ferguson. https://www.sportsleepcoach.com/

The Abstinence Myth With Dr. Adi Jaffe

Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. is a nationally recognized expert on mental health, addiction, relationships and shame. He was a UCLA lecturer in the Psychology department at UCLA for the better part of a decade and was the Executive-Director and Co-Founder of one of the most progressive mental health treatment facilities in the country - until he started IGNTD. Dr. Jaffe's work and research focus on changing the way Americans think about, and deal with mental health issues. He is passionate about the role of shame in destroying lives and aims to greatly reduce the stigma of mental health in this country. In this context, Dr. Jaffe has used his personal experience as an incredibly effective inspirational and motivational tool. Dr. Jaffe now writes a blog on Psychology Today, and several other online and print sources. His goal is to bring the latest knowledge about addiction to the people who could benefit from it most – those who are suffering because of it. His writing combines personal experience with a decade’s worth of fine-detail research regarding the mechanisms involved in the addictive process. To get a free copy of his book (you have to pay for shipping), then check out www.theabstinencemyth.com. If you want to learn more about the work we do at Strive then head to www.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk.

Strive Inspirations - Kimberley Spencer

Kimberley Spencer is a born-n-raised Valley Girl, powered by green juice, Italian espresso, and gallons of glitter, I am proud to have helped hundreds of women (and a handful of men) breakthrough their body barriers, revolutionize their relationships, and rewrite their stories of self-sabotage into a story of success, in all areas of their life. Kimberley has done it all. She co-wrote the movie BRO starring Danny Trejo. She has competed in Miss CA USA and won Miss Congeniality. She learned acting in a prestigious London school. She has owned a Pilates Studio. Ran four marathons. More importantly. She overcame bulimia. And scrapped a script that read. • Not perfect enough.
 • Not smart enough.
 • Not working hard enough.
 • Not skinny enough.
 • Not lovable enough.
 Today she is a high-performance coach, bestselling writer, health junkie, freedom-lover, mother and wife, and unsinkable optimist.

Shanna Wan: helping People in the Australian Outback

Sober in the County (SITC) began as a few blog posts in 2014 by rural woman and newly (then recovering) alcoholic Shanna Whan after her own near-death experience from a twenty-year battle with what she calls 'invisible alcoholism.' ​ She decided to speak up and 'come out' with a simple goal of helping others in remote areas know they weren't alone. Shanna is now healthy, happy, and almost five years fully recovered. She has dedicated those years to being a volunteer one volunteer turned that one conversation into a national movement and is about to go to air nationally via Australian Story - and become a national charity - due to the incredible response and 'me too' movement it's created in the rural space. She is lighting the way for rural professionals and peers to safely come behind her and discuss the previously taboo topic of the outback alcohol culture. Everything she does is self-taught and straight from the heart.

Strive Inspirations: Bernadette Jiwa

Bernadette Jiwa helps people and companies to find, own and tell the stories that set them apart. Her eight bestselling books are modern classics on mastering the art of storytelling to persuade, influence and inspire. Her award-winning blog The Story of Telling is a go-to source of inspiration for leaders from Disney, UNICEF, Louis Vuitton, Adidas, United Nations, Red Cross, Microsoft, Google, Barclays, Lululemon, Clarins, Dyson, Hilton, TED, FedEx, LEGO, Nike, Amazon, Stanford University, Hallmark, World Vision, McKinsey, Uber, Sony, Ford, Salesforce, Twitter, Mini, Oracle, Siemens, Morgan Stanley, Sky, General Mills, IBM, Bupa and more. She advises, consults and speaks with organisations, entrepreneurs and business leaders, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, universities to non-profits, who want to amplify their influence and impact. Named by Smart Company as one of Australia’s Top Business Thinkers, and listed as one of the Top Branding Experts to follow on Twitter, Bernadette is hired by leaders, organisations and companies, from non-profits to billion-dollar brands, who want to increase their influence and impact. She spoke at TEDx in 2012 about ‘The Secret to Spreading Ideas. Bernadette’s books Hunch andStory Driven were longlisted for the 800-CEO-Read book awards in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

 Her book Meaningful: The story of ideas that fly was featured in Inc Magazine’s Best Business Books of 2015. Her previous books have been included on LinkedIn’s 20 Books Every Marketer Should Read.

Veronica Valli on Triggers

Veronica Valli has been joyously sober since May 2nd 2000. Originally from the UK she is a psychotherapist, Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner, Recovery Coach and Author of books ‘Why you drink and How to stop’ and ‘Get Sober Get Free.’ She is also co-host of the Soberful Podcast. Veronica passionately believes that anyone can recover from an alcohol problem if they are given the right tools and support. She has personally helped thousands of women transform their lives. Veronica believes that alcohol is only a symptom of the problem and that to recover, thrive and become the women we are truly meant to be, we need to embrace a process of change. Now based in the USA she works with women all over the world through her online programs and Facebook groups. She is married and lives on Long Island with her husband and two sons. Free Facebook group - Soberful Instagram @lovesoberful Website: Veronicavalli.com Strive We Are Not Alcoholics, And we Refuse to be Anonymous Join Us & Our Community Strive: https://strive.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk/

Nona Jordan: Empowering Women to Find Their Power

Nona Jordan is a master coach, mind-body educator and intuitive guide. She supports women in business who are committed to their personal development work yet secretly wonder why the same unhelpful patterns keep showing up right when they feel ready to take a big leap into the next evolution of life and/or business. Based on cutting edge coaching psychology, the latest neuroscience, and ancient mind-body healing practices, Nona's approach empowers you to shift the core patterns that stand between you and inspired consistent action. Learn more at www.nonajordan.com. The Truth About Alcohol We Are Not Alcoholics, And we Refuse to be Anonymous Join Us & Our Community Strive: https://strive.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk/

The Dangers Of Your Environment

In this week's episode of the AA Podcast, Lee Davy goes solo, talking about the role that our environment plays in keeping us stuck in the web that is alcoholism. The Truth About Alcohol We Are Not Alcoholics, And we Refuse to be Anonymous Join Us & Our Community Strive Community: https://strive.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk/

Lisa Dinhofer: A Thanatologists' View on Alcoholism

Lisa is a certified Thanatologist (grief & loss specialist) with a subspecialty in trauma, trained counsellor, trained mediator and crisis communication expert. She has over 18 years of professional experience training, consulting, coaching, debriefing and speaking to a diverse client base, particularly in high stress occupations. Lisa mentors organisations past traumatic or destabilising events including active shooters, employee violence and workplace abuse. Lisa provides training for the myriad types of losses affiliated with addiction for those struggling with or affected by substance abuse and has personally been impacted by the trauma of addiction within her immediate family. Lisa has served as an adjunct instructor in the Graduate Thanatology program at Hood College in Frederick, MD and is the founder of Koden Consulting Services, LLC: https://www.kodenllc.com/about-lisa-dinhofer.html The Truth About Alcohol We Are Not Alcoholics, And we Refuse to be Anonymous Join Us & Our Community Strive Community: https://strive.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk/