Untoxicated Podcast
Sheri and Matt Salis just wanted a normal life – normal marriage, normal careers, a normal house and happy kids. Instead, they lived a life of lies and terror as they struggled with Matt’s alcoholism. While their experience sounds rare, with over 15 millions problem drinkers in America, their alcoholic marriage was all too normal.
Matt has been writing about their experiences in alcoholism and recovery for years. On the Untoxicated Podcast, Sheri and Matt talk about it, too.
No subjects are off limits as the couple discusses the trauma of active addiction, the pain of early recovery, the destruction and rebuilding of trust, and the impact on their intimate relationship. If you love an alcoholic, the disease will terrorize your relationship. We hope you’ll listen and find healing in our shared stories.
For more support from Sheri and Matt, check out their Echoes of Recovery program providing connection and healing for the loved ones of alcoholics.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 324
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ep113 – Prodependence with Dr. Robert Weiss
Sheri and Matt welcome Dr. Robert Weiss, the author of Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency, to the Untoxicated Podcast. Dr. Rob has his PhD (he did his dissertation on codependency) and a maste…
01:07:22 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Ep112 – We Can’t Nurture Success with Negativity
How do we expect positive outcomes in recovery when all of the language we use has a negative orientation? Stop drinking. Fix your spiritual deficiency. Don't be codependent. Focusing on positive out…
00:54:47 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
Ep111 – Haunting Memories of Alcoholic Halloweens
Halloween specifically, and autumn in general, is a season with high rates of relapse and drunken trauma. We are intentionally releasing this episode about haunting memories of Halloweens in early No…
01:08:37 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
Ep110 – The Stigma of Codependency with Dawn
There is no doubt that the loved ones of alcoholics are victims, and that they require healing from the disease as the second-hand drinkers. But the label, "codependent," is often misused to make the…
01:05:02 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Ep109 – Joyless Recovery and Underlying Issues
The first year of his permanent sobriety, Matt felt like shit. It wasn't for lack of recovery effort. His pleasure neurotransmitters that had been hijacked by alcohol just took a year or so to adjust…
00:58:08 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Ep108 – Sex with Sheri and Matt
When Sheri and Matt were seeking expert advise on restoring intimacy and growing closer together in their post-alcoholic marriage, they turned to the Emily's: Dr. Emily Morse of the Sex with Emily po…
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Ep107 – The Weight of Unnecessary Decisions
Have you, or has someone you love, ever been absolutely determined to be done with alcohol in the morning, only to be drinking that very same evening? One of the major contributing factors to that al…
00:51:45 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
Ep106 – Confronting and Traversing the Storms with Liz
The popular misperception of an alcoholic marriage is that it always comes down to a frustrated wife trying to decide if she will divorce her alcoholic husband. As is the case with most things relate…
Mon 27 Sep 2021
Ep105 – Disconnected: The Needs of a Couple in Recovery
When Matt thought he most needed Sheri's support and sympathy while he was in early sobriety, Sheri was detached and focused on her own healing and independence. It turns out, Sheri's detachment migh…
00:47:13 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Ep104 – Compassionate Relationship Recovery with Karen
Success stories are too rare when it comes to recovering a marriage from the ravages of alcoholism and the challenges of recovery. We are so pleased to have Karen on the podcast to share her discover…
01:05:04 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
Ep103 – Impact of Gaslighting
The loved ones of alcoholics almost always experience gaslighting - the manipulative conversations alcoholics use to normalize excessive drinking. On this episode, Sheri talks about the impact of Mat…
01:03:43 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
Ep102 – The Worry Hole: Cause or Result of High-Functioning Alcoholism
Worrying about stuff seems a common characteristic of high-functioning alcoholics. The object of concern can be work related, a family matter, or frankly, just about anything big or small. We use alc…
00:59:17 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Ep101 – Relationship Relapse Part 2
We received so much feedback about "Ep99 - Seven Fourteen Twenty-One: Relapse", that Sheri and Matt felt compelled to address it in this unplanned follow-up episode. Some listeners were surprised to …
01:07:34 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Ep100 – A Recorded Session of Our Echoes of Recovery Group
100! This is episode 100! What better way could there be to celebrate than by hosting the people the podcast is for, and who inspire the topics we discuss. For Ep100, Sheri and Matt welcome Jessica, …
01:07:23 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Ep99 – Seven Fourteen Twenty-One: Replapse
No alcohol, nor any other drugs, were involved in the making of this episode. This is about a relationship relapse back into the pit of hell. It is said that when we see devastation, we can't unsee i…
00:53:59 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
Ep98 – Relaxation: Overshooting the Mark with Alcohol
On this episode, Sheri and Matt discuss another way to breakdown alcoholism into two components. Alcohol creates arrogant, rude, unsatisfied drinkers who create arguments and chaos. At the same time,…
00:37:12 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Ep97 – Grace in the Hurricane with Sarah
Warning: Ep97 includes discussions about suicide and domestic violence.
Sarah was born last of six siblings in a house dominated by alcoholism and other mental illness. When her brothers and sister …
Sarah was born last of six siblings in a house dominated by alcoholism and other mental illness. When her brothers and sister …
01:20:34 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Ep96 – Soberaholic: Work is the New Alcohol
Sobriety has brought improvement to the lives of Sheri and Matt and their family, but it has created a whole new set of problems, too. Matt is now reliable, predictable, and even safe and approachabl…
00:59:01 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Ep95 – Is My Spouse’s Alcoholism My Fault?
There are a variety of reasons an alcoholic blames his drinking on his spouse. Matt should know. He consistently blamed his alcoholism on Sheri for all the different reasons. And now, he is here to s…
00:47:30 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Ep94 – Be Careful…You Might get what You Wished For
On this episode, Sheri and Matt discuss the changes in mood and family involvement for Matt in sobriety compared to active alcoholism. Increased input and participation of an alcoholic in sobriety is…
00:53:12 |
Mon 05 Jul 2021
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