Al Anonymous

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Reality star/pop music revolutionary/former teen mom/comedian/podcaster/NY Times Best-Selling author/Entrepreneur/12 Stepper/trauma survivor/lifestyle influencer Farrah Abraham is fresh out of rehab and spills her guts with

Artist/Designer/Director/Pop Star/Entrepreneur/Astrologer/Customer Service Representative/Believer/Actual Angel Kyle Hide and

Creative/Writer/Comedian/Trendsetter/Columnist/Employee/Fiancé Eric Schwartau and

Entrepreneur/European (Swiss)/Connoisseur/New Yorker Albon de Pury and Al talk about AL'S, a non-alcoholic beer for everyone. Also the regular drinking and recovery lifestyle stuff. drinkals.com instagram.cin/drink_als

Stylist/Humorist/Actor/Artist/Gay Genius/Gemini Jake Levy and Al talk about a wide variety of addictions present in Jake's family. https://www.cff.org/ patreon.com/alanonymous

The first step: I'm

Andy and

DJ/Producer/Musician/Cool Girl/Renegade/Angel Emma Olson AKA Umfang and

A new addition to the pod. Let's get everyone up to speed. New episodes MAD SOON.

Scammer/Artist/Writer/Influencer/Entrepreneur Caroline Calloway tells her story of deception, drug abuse, multiple book deals, and acceptance. https://www.instagram.com/carolinecalloway carolinecalloway.com patreon.com/alanonymous

Failing to believe in something larger is the first step to worshipping your vices. Kyle Hide and

Sydney Hirsch and

Artist/Designer/Storeowner/Farmhand/Poet Dayton C. and

Designer/Skater/Artist/Traveler/Newly Sober/Mail Correspondent/Philosopher Pat Everman and

Artist/Curator/Room Veteran/Heterosexual Joe Speier and

Artist/Graphic Designer/Beautiful Being Riley Hooker and Al discuss psychedelics and kratom use in recovery and consider some reasons we may suppress our emotions and trauma.

Artist/Videographer/AlienAngel Victoria (Vivi) Cronin and Al discuss their struggles and triumphs with sobriety, tragedy, family, and feeling like an alien. *Al Anonymous Hiatus officially over* instagram.com/funkysalad

Glenn Again. He and

Designer/Consultant/Commentator/Creative/Actual Person Eric Hu discusses being a (reformed) hater, his relationship with alcohol and Jesus, and empathy. https://erichu.info/

Artist/Performer/Filmmaker/Writer/Princess Amalia Ulman takes us on a journey from her childhood to her art practice and the production of her debut feature film 'El Planeta' while making a few pit stops about addiction, drugs, and recovery along the way. https://amaliaulman.eu/ https://elplaneta.info/ https://www.instagram.com/amaliaulman/

Curator/writer/organizer/hipster Nick Irvin and

Actress/Podcaster/Comedian/Cool Girl/It Girl/Chill Gf Ruby McCollister and Al discuss the psychedelic nature of being a girl. https://www.instagram.com/ruby.mccollister

A mere month after Sommelier/Communicator/Miamian Michelle Quintana's father has passed she describes grief, acute grief, love and loss with Al. Instagram.com/michi_quintana

To celebrate her 50th episode Al talks to artist/stylist/humorist/nodel/influencer/BFF Emily Hanson about sobriety and serenity. instagram.com/myangelmindfreak

Writer Suzy Katz and Al discuss bar crawls, walks of shame and the blackouts in between. Suzy Katz is a freelance writer covering mental health, culture, and drugs. instagram.com/suzy_sometimes https://authory.com/SuzyKatz

Julia C. and Al discuss sex, love, addiction, and SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous.) instagram.com/juuliacooke https://books.apple.com/us/book/i-would-do-anything-for-love/id1045263276

Jason is a longtime hometown friend of Al's who has recently quit smoking cannabis. Discussions about addiction, sobriety, recovery and some trips down memory lane.

Meet the other half of the Al Anonymous team, producer/editor/musician/sober person Vasilis Fotopoulos. We discuss how sobriety "gets easier" while life continues to be awful. Happy New Year. https://sivil666.bandcamp.com

Designer/Empath/Cat Person Sean Manchee and I discuss pet therapy, grief, sobriety, and "awareness." But mostly we talk about cats.

Painter/philosopher Jamian Juliano-Villani and Al discuss some of their favorite addictions: shopping, booze, adderall, talking. Jamian's show 'Mrs. Evan Williams' is now open at JTT Gallery in NYC. https://jttnyc.com/exhibitions

Educator/musician/very funny person Louie Glaser and I attempt to define happiness on the eve of Thanksgiving 2020. soundcloud.com/louieglaser instagram.com/booksover twitter.com/blood_napkin

Author/Scholar/Princess Larissa Pham and Al discuss gratitude, nihilism, buddhism, LSD, and ghosts. It's cute. https://larissapham.com/ patreon.com/alanonymous

John Maydick discusses his addiction to sports betting, facing the ultimate loss, and his ongoing recovery.

Kratom bar owner/healer Vanessa Lopez discusses using medicinal plants during recovery and the stigma/guilt associated with it. https://www.instagram.com/misfitkavabar/

Life Coach/Writer Victoria McCooey details warning signs of a potential abusive relationship, advice for leaving a dangerous situation and shares her story of divorcing a narcissist abuser. https://www.victoriamccooey.com/ instagram: @victoria_mccooey ****trigger warning****domestic abuse***

Painter/Cool Girl Brynn Wallner and Al discuss some rock bottoms, sticking with Sober October, and the difference between LA and NY. insta: brynntrill

Professional chess player/teacher Bert Leonard and I discuss logical decision making, sobriety, and how to apply chess wisdom to every day life.

Zach Smith and Al discuss the difficulty and beauty of having nocturnal tendencies in a diurnal society, as Night Owls in a Rise and Grind world.

Occult practitioner Lee Wilson and I sit down in Tompkins Square Park to discuss shadow work and embracing the darkness within. Lee mentions his mentor, Hampus D. Hammarlund. His instagram is @blackwitchdaniel.

Co-Host of Seeking Derangements Ben Mora joins me to talk about sexuality, bisexuality, coming out, staying in, and maintaining mental stability amidst uncertainty and panic. Subscribe to Ben's pod here: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements

When I caught wind of Isaac Peifer going sober for a week I just had to get him on the pod. We discuss social anxiety, drinking to excess, illegal private parties and shared public misery. *Note: Neither Al nor Isaac have attended illegal parties.

Mia Kerin reinforces the foundations of self-care in what becomes an impromptu therapy session amidst a personal spell of my own depression.

Communist co-host of the anti-pedophile podcast TrueAnon, Brace Belden teaches me some podcasting tricks of the trade and we chat about addiction, recovery, and The Program.

Poet/Coder Willis Plummer attempts to read poetry as I beg him not to. We discuss our new quarantine mindset and hobbies, particularly his startling use of ketamine and I attempt to have an intervention.

Though we don't explicitly mention it on the pod, Nick DeMarco is an artist from Seattle. In this episode we discuss our longterm struggles with insomnia.

Longtime member of the Downtown New York Art Scene Jo Shane reflects on her drug use in the 70's and the years of sobriety she's since gotten back. We discuss art, Brandy Melville, the cool person AA meeting in the West Village, and how the 12 step program can actually work.

Artist/Skater Parker Ito and I look at the subtle differences between passion, obsession, addiction and OCD.

Bolt Brown and I discuss our mothers' experience with multi-level marketing platforms such as Melaluca, Avon, Herbalife, and Mary Kay. Shout out to Kacey Musgraves, actual angel.

Poet, mental health advocate, and actual angel David Terry and I discuss homelessness, addiction, mental health, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a very abridged version of The David Terry Experience. *Personal favorite of Al's* https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/get-help/im-in-need-of-housing/ https://therapysafetynet.org/resources/additional-resources-uninsured/ https://www.freerehabcenters.org/state/new_york

Actress/Genius Annie Hamilton and I hang out for literally the first time ever and discover that we are kindred sisters seemingly cut from the very same luxurious cloth. We go over our traumatic childhoods, seeing our dreams die at an early age, acting out online, and our passion for the art of performance.