Drunk-ish - A Sobriety Podcast · Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

Best Of: Sobriety That Doesn't Follow a Rule Book - Greg Fitzsimmons

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35 years alcohol-free, but he won't call himself sober—and he uses psychedelics. This is what recovery without dogma looks like.
Greg Fitzsimmons shares his 35-year sobriety journey without calling himself 'sober,' discussing how undiagnosed social anxiety, Irish Catholic family alcoholism, and comedy became central to his recovery. He challenges 12-step orthodoxy while describing intentional psychedelic use, jail time for bar fights, and the moment getting drunk on stage threatened his only source of purpose.

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A frank recovery conversation that favors honesty over a neat version of sobriety.

Greg Fitzsimmons sounds like someone talking from experience, not theory. The conversation traces his 35-year stretch without alcohol, the one time he drank again, and the place comedy, therapy, and psychedelics held in recovery.

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You want sobriety talk that gets specific fast.

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