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Download Episode 071Our one on one with Charlotte, the Freight Riding, recovering junky! Charlotte was kind enough to spend the evening talking to us about her amazing life and her on again off again recoveryWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode SHHRP070Tonight! We welcome you to the third annual SHHRP Holiday Shit Show! We talk about the holidays sober, the holidays NOT sober, the fiction that is 'suicide rates increase around the holidays' and lots more! We hope you stay tuned in the new year, 2017, as there is so much more SHHRP to come.Thanks for you patience. More new episodes coming very soon!-SHHRP CrewWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Episode 069I don't particularly care for Strip Clubs. I've never visited a prostitute. But I have always had respect for the men and women who choose that line of work. Why? Because it takes a lot of balls to get up and dance naked for money, or charge top dollar for the privilege of my sexual company. Let's be honest, if I could make 70 to 100 thousand dollars a year shaking my naughty bits, or pouring the bisquick, I probably would. I'm lazy.But there's a sad reality to sex work in this world, especially in the US and we talk about that on this episode of SHHRP.-Your HostWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Episode 068This one will turn some heads!We discuss the recent events surrounding our wonderful Republican Presidential Candidate and the allegations that he has sexually assaulted women over the years. It would be hard to believe, if the man himself wasn't on tape explaining how his favorite part of being a "star" is being able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, to whomever he wants. Specifically, he likes to meet women and "grab them by the pussy".Stay classy, America.-SHHRP CrewWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Episode 067Hello!On this episode, Robinson is in Hong Kong for a long layover, so we figured we would talk about the city of Hong Kong and the seedy underbelly of drug use and addiction that their media tries to hide.We hope we don't get into any trouble for shedding unwanted light on the situation there. Oops.Google, in all their glory, has removed Hangouts On-air as a service. So, for the time being, we will ONLY be providing the show via podcast. So be sure to rate, review and certainly subscribe to catch all new episodes of SHHRP!Tell your friends!Enjoy,SHHRP Cast.Would you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode 065 of SHHRP!Tonight we discuss the possibility of social media and technology addiction. Is it a real thing? Can someone really be addicted to buying the latest and greatest technology from our favorite technology companies? Social Media addiction, is that a real thing? Does it fit inside the addiction definition we've discussed on this program, many many times?All this and more on this episode 65 of the Sober Happy Hour!Enjoy,SHHRP CastWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode 065 of SHHRP!We don't typically talk a lot of politics on this show, but we just couldn't help ourselves. We have ballot measures to legalize pot in Arizona, and Robinson thinks that 'Shrooms will be the next illegal drug to make its way to the ballot box. I say, fat chance!Enjoy,Your HostWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode SHHRP064 of the Sober Happy Hour! Tonight!We are joined by a very special guest and friend of the show, Azi, our resident Marijuana expert, to talk about legal pot in Washington and Colorado. The good new is, it's going great! We aren't proponents of drug abuse or even drug use on this show, but the good the legal drug moment does in the US for recovery and addiction awareness is enough to get us on this band wagon anyway!Enjoy,SHHRP CrewWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

SHHRP Episode 062!On this episode:We talk about this crazy idea that GHB could be an alternative treatment for alcohol addiction. We find this to be rather crazy, but maybe there's something to it. We also take a few minutes to talk about the recent events in Dallas, Lousiana and other places, where cops are killing unarmed black men, and now people are shooting cops. This has got to stop. And by the way, you CAN be pro cop and pro equal rights at the same time. Just saying.Enjoy!SHHRP Cast

Episode 061On this episode we discuss staying true to yourself. Your sobriety, your life is yours. You don't HAVE to listen to what they tell you, no matter who 'they' might be.Enjoy,SHHRP Crew

Download Episode 060!Super excited to post this episode! We spent the entire show with Dr. Chris, talking about addiction, abuse and treatment of patients in the prison system.Dr. Chris works in a prison and is woefully understaffed for the amount of work and the number of inmates she and her peers are charged with helping. The prison she works in takes a treatment approach to prisoners with drug abuse problems, which is extremely common, and tries to treat the real reasons why this patience are abusing drugs in the first place.We get a Doctors view of addiction in the US prison system, and maybe, what we can do to make it better.The views, opinions and positions expressed by our guests are not necessarily shared by the staff and hosts of The Sober Happy Hour | Radio Podcast!Would you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download SHHRP Episode 059We discuss not smoking bedbugs, the Darwin Award winners, and a brief chat about the prison system becoming a replacement for our mental institutions.Enjoy,SHHRP CastWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

SHHRP 057We know we've talked about the insane prescription drug crisis in the US before. Lot's of times before. But now that it has been confirmed that Prince (and a long list of other celebrities) died from drugs he was taking WITH a prescription, why isn't anybody talking about it?!? Celebrity culture in this country is ridiculous, you'd think this would spark outrage in the streets. But alas, it doesn't, it hasn't and it won't. Doesn't mean the SHHRP crew won't talk about it. So give a listen, get upset, start a dialogue with someone. It has to start somewhere.-SHHRP CrewWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

SHHRP 057Tonight,We didn't know we'd be talking about our love lives, but that's what we spent a lot of the show discussing. It was an interesting look at sobriety, love, relationships and sex. They say, "don't get involved with anyone for at least a year after getting sober." I think that's good advise, Chaz thinks must longer, if ever.Give a listen, tell us what you think!-Your HostSHHRPWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode 056When you hear about an opioid addict deciding to quit using, it's easy to expect them to get off the drugs and quit cold turkey. The problem is, cold turkey leads to relapse with opioid addicts almost every time. They have the best intentions and find themselves back on the drugs, in one form or another, sometimes quickly, sometimes later, but almost always. With a long-term slow weaning treatment with a less dangerous, or receptor blocking medication, they can find long term if not permanent sobriety. Normies don't seem to understand the difference between a heroin user switching from heroin to pills and a heroin user switching from heroin to Suboxone, a drug that doesn't get you high, doesn't build tolerances and can literally prevent the user from using full blown opioids while they are taking it. Ignorant or arrogant 'recovery' people will also tell you that these drugs, Methadone and Suboxone are just as bad as the original addiction its self. I say bullshit! I have known many people who have gotten their lives back thanks to Suboxone. The only reason I would agree that Suboxone is "this generation's Methadone" is due to its popularity in use by addicts trying to kick a opioid addiction.  But the two are not the same, they are incredibly different. We talk about this and more, this week, on The Sober Happy Hour!Cheers,Your HostVisit our sponsor!ItWorks independent distributor, Rachel Sterrett!http://raewrapsyou.itworks.comWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode 055We wanted to have a chat about mothers. Bad mothers. Enabling mothers, addict mothers, absent mothers. We get side tracked talking about Robinson's recent screw job in Vietnam.All this and more on this episode of The Sober Happy Hour!Enjoy,SHHRP CastThis episode sponsored by:ItWorks Global Independent Distributor Rae Sterretthttp://raewrapsyou.itworks.comWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode 054You ever hear a story about something and it just makes your blood boil? Well that's what happened to me before this episode of SHHRP. I decided to rant about it for a while at the top of the show.  Now I've decided to rant about it further here, for all to see.Paul LePage may well be the worlds biggest dick. That would be fine, if he weren't the Governor of the great state of Maine.His role as executive of a US state comes with a responsibility, not just to the constitution of said state, but to the people, the human beings who call Maine home. Contrary to what LePage may believe, some of those citizens are addicts. Gov. LePage believes that an addict's life is meaningless. That it should be sped up so that the inevitable death-by-overdose can come more quickly and quietly, as to not bother those who arrogantly blind themselves to the reality of American life. Addiction, specifically to Heroin, is a very real, very big problem in the United States today.If someone you knew was dying of a Heroin overdose and you had the chance to save their life, would you just let them die?That is why his veto explanation, which discards the lives of the addicted, is beyond the now standard "Shit LePage says" that we have grown used to. Here is why he vetoed the bi-partisan, overwhelmingly popular Narcan Bill:“Naloxone (Narcan) does not truly save lives; it merely extends them until the next overdose -- Creating a situation where an addict has a heroin needle in one hand and a shot of naloxone in the other produces a sense of normalcy and security around heroin use that serves only to perpetuate the cycle of addiction.”Paul LePage, you sir, are a heartless, ignorant buffoon.He goes on to state that the opioid addiction problems facing Maine are the result of "drug traffickers from other states bringing heroin over the border.  Also nonsense.  The heroin problem we are facing in the US, is the result of the incredibly easy access to prescription opioid pain medication and the lower street cost of heroin versus the pharmaceuticals.Making Narcan available to the loved ones of the opioid addicted or to the addicted individual themselves WILL save lives. Similar legislation exists in many other states. My personal opinion about Naloxone saving the life of an addict in overdose is simple; the terror one experiences during and after an overdose can, and often does, change a person. It can be the catalyst to recovery. Though the fear of death may not deter many drug users, the shock of nearly dying can and does.There is a much bigger conversation to be had here. Treatment vs incarceration, the stigma of drug addiction, the accessibility of care.  All things politicians like LePage ignore. We don't turn our backs on the sick and dying of Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimers or Diabetes. We treat them, and yet, millions of them still die every year. In Gov. LePage's twisted universe, a heroin addict doesn't even deserve a shot.To veto this bill for the reasons LePage has given is like standing by to watch a child drown while you've got a ring buoy in your hand. Why? Because, how many times did I tell that kid, "don't run by the pool?"-Your SHHRP Host

Episode 052Tonight!We're back! We had some technical trouble, our hosts were out of town, or performing wedding ceremonies, but we're back! Thanks for your patience. We tried to spread the time between uploading podcasts in hopes you wouldn't realize, but I knew our listeners were smarter than that.The guys spend the episode catching up with each other, a few weeks off and there's a lot you've missed! We also get to hear a scary, albeit funny, story about Chaz forgetting that he hadn't forgotten to take his medication. Thus resulting in a technical overdose of sorts...Chaz made a boo-boo.Enjoy,-SHHRP CrewSupport our sponsor!Rachel Sterrett - Independent distributor for It Works! Global.www.raewrapsyou.myitworks.comWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

SHHRP051Hi there and thanks for listening to the Sober Happy Hour | Radio Podcast!We know we've been away for a few weeks, but we promise we will be back weekly, very, very soon.This weeks episode is special, not only do we spend the evening talking about Meth, we get a Midwestern look at the Meth culture with our very special guest, Sabina!We hope you enjoy,SHHRP Cast

Episode 50! Wow! Hey everybody,After our last episode on Radio Valencia, we say goodbye in this episode of SHHRP.Then, we spend the hour discussing the US war on drugs. A quagmire to say the least. Failure is always an option. We get pretty passionate about how much we hate the idea that drug users should get thrown in prison, while the prison system makes money off their poor addicted backs.All this and more on this very special EPISODE 50! of The Sober Happy Hour | Radio Podcast!Enjoy,SHHPR CastWould you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2

Download Episode RV049!Our final Radio Valencia broadcast. It's been real, folks!So the time has come that we bid farewell to our friends at Radio Valencia. They have been great hosts, and were the reason this show found its format. They say that all good things must come to and end, but that is certainly not true for The Sober Happy Hour | Radio Podcast! We will simply be bowing out of the Radio Valencia lineup, but the live YouTube video stream, and the ever-popular Podcast will continue, uninterrupted. We thank you, RV listeners, crew, DJ's and supporters, for the time we had.This show was recorded with NOBODY in the studio. The audio suffered a bit, apologies. If you catch the two strange audio edits (the recording dropped out in the studio back in Phoenix without any indication that it had happened) you win a prize!Enjoy,SHHRP Cast.Would you like to donate to The Sober Happy Hour? Do so at the Square Cash cashtag $SHHRP or by visiting cash.me/$SHHRPDon’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes and YouTube. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you’re into that kind of thing. And if you like this show, don’t hesitate to simply share it with a friend. All the links you need are right below! The YouTube: youtube.com/c/soberhappyhourradiopodcastEmail us soberhappyhour@gmail.com The Official Blog: soberhappyhour.com Facebook: facebook.com/soberhappyhourTwitter! @soberhapphourDirect link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sober-happy-hour-radio-podcast!/id940296580?mt=2