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Successful Life Podcast

Successful Life Podcast

著者: Corey Berrier
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Successful Life Podcast | Addiction Recovery, Sobriety & the 12 Steps


The Successful Life Podcast is a recovery podcast hosted by Corey Berrier, featuring honest conversations about addiction recovery, alcoholism, sobriety, the 12 Steps, emotional sobriety, and personal transformation.

Each episode explores practical recovery tools, spiritual principles, sponsorship, relationships, mental wellness, and what it really takes to build a meaningful life one day at a time. Corey shares personal experiences from long-term recovery, solo episodes on the challenges and victories of sober living, and interviews with people whose lives have been transformed through recovery.

Whether you’re newly sober, working the 12 Steps, supporting a loved one struggling with addiction, or simply looking for personal growth, you’ll find hope, practical guidance, and authentic conversations that remind you you’re not alone.

Topics include:
• Addiction recovery
• Alcohol recovery
• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
• The 12 Steps
• Sobriety
• Emotional sobriety
• Recovery stories
• Spiritual growth
• Mental health and resilience
• Personal development
• Sponsorship
• Relapse prevention
• Service work
• Living a purpose-driven life

New episodes every week featuring real conversations, practical experience, strength, and hope to help you build not just a sober life—but a truly successful life.

© 2026 Successful Life Podcast
スピリチュアリティ 個人的成功 心理学 心理学・心の健康 自己啓発 衛生・健康的な生活
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  • Sober but Still Surviving: How Recovery Heals What Alcohol Couldn’t
    2026/09/07
    Getting sober stops the immediate damage—but it doesn’t automatically heal the wounds that caused us to drink or use drugs in the first place.In this episode of The Successful Life Podcast, Corey Berrier explores the important difference between simply being sober and actively living in recovery. Many people remove alcohol or drugs from their lives but remain trapped in survival mode—still controlled by fear, isolation, people-pleasing, defensiveness, overthinking, and the need for outside validation.Corey shares how childhood rejection, family dysfunction, financial instability, failed relationships, and painful experiences can become deeply rooted patterns that follow us into adulthood. Although these behaviors may have once protected us, they can eventually prevent us from experiencing emotional freedom.Using personal stories from recovery, relationships, business, and sales, Corey explains how unresolved rejection can cause us to shut down, expect the worst, avoid difficult conversations, and react emotionally. He also discusses why alcohol and drugs were often not the original problem—they were the medication used to escape it.True recovery requires more than abstinence. It requires identifying the patterns that keep us stuck and becoming willing to do the work necessary to change them.Through the 12 Steps, sponsorship, prayer, meditation, service, personal inventory, and connection with a recovery community, we can learn to pause when agitated, accept uncertainty, trust God, and respond to life instead of reacting to it.The work isn’t always comfortable, but the freedom on the other side is worth it.IN THIS EPISODEThe difference between being sober and being in recoveryWhy sobriety alone doesn’t eliminate survival modeHow childhood rejection can affect adult relationshipsPeople-pleasing, isolation, defensiveness, and controlWhy unresolved fear causes us to shut downHow rejection appears in relationships, business, and salesWhy alcohol and drugs were often the medication—not the original problemThe emotional consequences of being a “dry drunk”How the 12 Steps reveal destructive patternsThe importance of sponsorship and accountabilityHow prayer and meditation support emotional sobrietyLearning to respond instead of reactingWhy recovery community and service change everythingMoving from fear and survival into faith and freedomKEY TAKEAWAYRemoving alcohol stops the bleeding, but recovery teaches us how to heal the wounds.You don’t have to continue living scared, isolated, and controlled by old survival patterns. There is a better life available—but experiencing it requires honesty, willingness, connection, and action.If you’re struggling with alcohol, drugs, or remaining emotionally stuck after getting sober, consider finding a 12-Step program, connecting with a sponsor, and becoming part of a recovery community.New episodes of The Successful Life Podcast are released every Monday at 7:00 a.m. Eastern.If this episode helped you, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may need to hear it.CONNECT WITH COREYFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JbPsiir58/?mibextid=wwXIfrInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreyberrier?igsi=MTUycTZxaHI5ZnBtZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qrBUY COREY’S BOOKAudible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0D4SJYD4Q?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflowAmazon: https://a.co/d/0iO67k5KSend us Fan Mailhttps:newpathemployment.com Connect with CoreyVisit The Successful Life Podcast⁠Follow Corey on Facebook⁠Follow Corey on Instagram⁠Buy My Book on Audible⁠Buy My Book on Amazon⁠
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  • A Closed Mouth Doesn’t Get Fed
    2026/08/31

    The patterns affecting our relationships, careers, and recovery often began long before we recognized them.


    In this episode of The Successful Life Podcast, Corey Berrier explores how childhood dysfunction, neglect, addiction, people-pleasing, and the fear of abandonment can shape the decisions we make as adults. When we don’t communicate what we need, resentment builds—and we may begin blaming the job, relationship, or other person for something we never addressed honestly.


    Corey shares how recovery and the 12 Steps helped him recognize his own patterns, find his voice, and become willing to have uncomfortable conversations. He also discusses an unresolved financial amends he has carried for years—and why cleaning up his side of the street matters, regardless of how he feels about the other person.


    Recovery isn’t about becoming perfect. It’s about becoming honest, taking responsibility, making things right, and learning to speak up before resentment takes over.


    In this episode:


    • How childhood experiences influence adult behavior

    • Why people-pleasing can lead to resentment

    • Learning to ask for what you need in relationships and at work

    • The danger of relying on verbal promises

    • Why uncomfortable conversations are necessary

    • Selfishness versus healthy self-advocacy

    • Making amends even when you dislike the other person

    • Giving yourself, your parents, and your children some grace

    • Why discomfort is often part of personal growth

    • How the 12 Steps help uncover destructive patterns


    Sometimes you have to fall off the bike, skin your knees, and experience discomfort before life gets better. Whether you’re considering sobriety or struggling in recovery, the next difficult decision could become one of the best decisions you ever make.


    If this episode helped you, share it with someone who may need to hear it. Please follow the podcast and leave a review—it helps more people discover the show and its message of recovery, hope, and personal responsibility.


    CONNECT WITH COREY


    Facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/share/1JbPsiir58/?mibextid=wwXIfr


    Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/coreyberrier?igsi=MTUycTZxaHI5ZnBtZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr


    BUY COREY’S BOOK


    Audible:

    https://www.audible.com/pd/B0D4SJYD4Q?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow


    Amazon:

    https://a.co/d/0iO67k5K

    Send us Fan Mail

    https:newpathemployment.com

    Connect with Corey


    • Visit The Successful Life Podcast⁠
    • Follow Corey on Facebook⁠
    • Follow Corey on Instagram⁠
    • Buy My Book on Audible⁠
    • Buy My Book on Amazon⁠
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  • The Cliff Between Fear and Freedom
    2026/08/24

    What if getting sober feels like standing on the edge of a 30-foot cliff—terrified, frozen, and unable to trust what’s waiting on the other side?

    After returning from an unforgettable recovery trip to Cherokee, Corey shares how his fear of jumping from a cliff reminded him of the fear he experienced when he first walked into a recovery meeting. He watched other people take the leap safely, but fear still prevented him from following them. Early recovery can feel exactly the same.

    You may see millions of people living sober, rebuilding relationships, succeeding in business, and enjoying lives they never thought possible—but taking that first step still requires courage, trust, and a willingness to ask for help.

    Corey also shares stories from whitewater rafting, tubing down the river, fishing, fellowship, and spending the weekend with an incredible group of men in recovery. These experiences demonstrate an important truth: sobriety isn’t the end of your life. It can be the beginning of a life filled with genuine friendships, new adventures, spiritual growth, and real freedom.

    In this episode, Corey discusses:

    • Why getting sober can feel like jumping from a cliff
    • The paralyzing fear of walking into your first recovery meeting
    • Learning to trust the experience of people who have gone before you
    • Why asking another person for help is a sign of strength
    • The importance of sponsorship, fellowship, faith, and the 12 Steps
    • How recovery creates genuine friendships and unforgettable experiences
    • Why the promises of recovery may take time—but can come true
    • The internal work required to build a life worth living
    • Why alcohol and drugs cannot solve pain, rejection, or relationship problems
    • How one honest decision can completely change your future

    Recovery requires work. You may have apologies to make, consequences to face, money to repay, and painful truths to confront. But the life waiting on the other side can be greater than anything you currently believe is possible.

    You don’t have to overcome every fear today. You only have to take the next step, raise your hand, admit that you need help, and allow someone to show you the path forward.

    If this episode gives you hope, share it with someone who is struggling, considering sobriety, or having a difficult time in recovery.

    Visit SuccessfulLifePodcast.com to connect with Corey and hear more real conversations about sobriety, recovery, personal growth, and building a successful life.

    Subscribe to The Successful Life Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a review, and remember: you never have to face recovery alone.

    Send us Fan Mail

    https:newpathemployment.com

    Connect with Corey


    • Visit The Successful Life Podcast⁠
    • Follow Corey on Facebook⁠
    • Follow Corey on Instagram⁠
    • Buy My Book on Audible⁠
    • Buy My Book on Amazon⁠
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    32 分
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