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
Sober and Unashamed: Do You See What I See?
New from Sober and Unashamed: “Do You See What I See?”
We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read,…
We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read,…
00:06:23 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Ep303 – Questions for Sheri
Unfiltered and unprepped, Sheri answers a wide range of emotional and tactical questions about how she navigated Matt's alcoholism and sobriety, and what she might have done if faced with different c…
01:06:20 |
Mon 07 Jul 2025
Sober and Unashamed: Insignificance
New from Sober and Unashamed: “Insignificance”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love to…
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love to…
00:08:29 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
Ep302 – Breathing Room Roundtable
We talked about the decision to stay or to go on Ep69. Ep214 and 217 were both roundtable episodes with people who had separated and divorced. On the flip side, Ep242 and 243 were roundtables featuri…
01:29:42 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Ep301 – Foreplay in Alcoholism Recovery
Foreplay is often thought of as erotic touch intended for sexual stimulation. Sheri and Matt have conducted research with thirteen couples recovering their partnerships from alcoholism. The research …
01:13:50 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Sober and Unashamed: An Open Letter to My Children
New from Sober and Unashamed: “An Open Letter to My Children”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or ma…
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or ma…
00:14:51 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
Ep300 – Hummingbird Ninjas Reunion Roundtable
The Hummingbird Ninjas are the OGs of the Echoes of Recovery program - our support group for the loved ones of alcoholics. This reunion roundtable episode is an update on their progress in growth and…
01:35:19 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Sober and Unashamed: Dance Like Everybody’s Watching
New from Sober and Unashamed: “Dance Like Everybody's Watching”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or …
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or …
00:12:35 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Ep299 – A “Living Amends” is Total Crap
Doing the hard work of recovery, for the former drinker and the partner, is how we reduce anxiety, regulate our nervous systems, start to rebuild trust, and grow to our potential. There is no bigger …
00:55:59 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
Sober and Unashamed: Cabbage Overdose
New from Sober and Unashamed: “Cabbage Overdose”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love …
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love …
00:10:27 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
Ep298 – Defining You with Kathy and Nikki
Kathy and Nikki have lived through the trauma and chaos of alcoholism. With both of their husbands now years into sobriety, Kathy and Nikki are evolving their recovery work into continued growth and …
01:12:10 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
Sober and Unashamed: An Evolving Tradition
New from Sober and Unashamed: “An Evolving Tradition”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you …
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you …
00:09:17 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Ep297 – Time Makes Recovery Three Dimensional
For a long time - through early sobriety and years into growth and recovery - Matt shared the blame for his addiction with his father, with Big Beverage, with AA, and with other societal influences. …
Mon 26 May 2025
Sober and Unashamed: Who the f&@% is this guy?
New from Sober and Unashamed: “Who the f&@% is this guy?”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe …
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe …
00:11:57 |
Thu 22 May 2025
Ep296 – Sexual Desire Discrepancy is a Cause and Result of Alcoholism
Sheri and Matt share findings about sexual desire discrepancy in relationships impacted by alcoholism from a year-long study of 13 couples now in recovery. Matt shares an unnecessarily large amount o…
01:11:00 |
Mon 19 May 2025
Sober and Unashamed: Accumulation
New from Sober and Unashamed: “Accumulation”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love to r…
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love to r…
00:12:48 |
Thu 15 May 2025
Ep295 – The Empty Path with Billy Wynne
Billy Wynne has been a student of Buddhism and mindfulness for 30 years, and he teaches and is on the board at the Zen Center of Denver. Billy joins Sheri and Matt to talk about the philosophies and …
01:18:39 |
Mon 12 May 2025
Sober and Unashamed: Momentum
New from Sober and Unashamed: “Momentum”
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love to read,…
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love to read,…
00:11:23 |
Wed 07 May 2025
Ep294 – The Two Requirements for Successful Recovery
Lasting sobriety and recovery from alcoholism requires both commitment and a plan, and the role of the partner in the recovery of the drinker is quite limited. On this episode, Sheri and Matt go into…
01:07:04 |
Mon 05 May 2025
Sober and Unashamed: Numbers
New from the "Underlying Issues" series on Sober and Unashamed: "Numbers"
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and pro…
Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and pro…
00:06:55 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
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