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
Ep213 – Detachment and Separation
Sheri and Matt deal with Matt's hypocrisy about supporting detachment in alcoholic relationships. up to and including physical separation, when the couple never got separated themselves during his ac…
01:00:20 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Ep212 – Curiosity in Relationship Recovery
No transition was more important to Sheri's and Matt's relationship recovery than when Matt stopped telling Sheri what she was doing wrong and started trying to understand why she felt the way she di…
00:57:38 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
Ep211 – The Recovery Revolution with Cory Martin
Comedian and Recovery Coach, Cory Martin, joins Sheri and Matt for this insightful and deep episode That's right, she's not just about laughs. Cory pairs humor with some unconventional and well thoug…
01:18:20 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Ep210 – Is My Husband’s Alcoholism My Fault?
No. That's the short version of the title question's answer. An emphatic, "no," in fact. But as with most of the world's hard-to-solve problems, there is much more to the story. On this episode, Sher…
01:04:40 |
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Ep209 – A Fit for Everyone: Recovery Program Roundtable
Our six panelist share their experiences and perceptions with a wide variety of alcohol addiction recovery programs. Some common themes emerge, like the healing power of finding your tribe, and that …
01:12:38 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Ep208 – The Developing Story Writing Workshop for Teens
Sheri and Matt welcome the most special of guests, their daughter, Cathryn, for a return visit to the podcast. This time, instead of working through the heart wrenching experiences of Cathryn's child…
01:07:34 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
Ep207 – Happily in the Middle
Sheri and Matt discuss the personality type that often underlies high-functioning alcoholism. Removing the alcohol doesn't change the personality, and for Matt, and millions of others, the work of re…
01:00:42 |
Mon 04 Sep 2023
Ep206 – Surviving and Thriving with Kim Augustus
Kim's nervous system, her mental health and her marriage were all suffering from the trauma of addiction. A happy ending seemed woefully unlikely. But with persistence, fortunate timing and openness …
00:59:22 |
Mon 28 Aug 2023
Ep205 – The Addiction Triangle
Addiction sucks so much of the air from any relationship. Then in early sobriety, recovery work replaces alcohol taking priority over the alcoholic's family. As recovery continues, that third energy …
00:59:09 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Ep204 – Love, Loss & Forgiveness with Bhavini
It's the story of a romantic courtship and the rekindling of a spark felt when they were in their youth. Bhavini loved him and wanted so badly for it to work that she ignored the red flags that she r…
01:21:50 |
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Ep203 – Bravery
Bravery is not just about what you do or say or refuse to tolerate. There is another component. Bravery is also about what you are up against. In this episode, Sheri and Matt discuss his relentlessne…
00:55:10 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
Ep202 – LIVE from the Echoes of Recovery Retreat
Who has the right to tell the story and seek support? When you are involved in an alcoholic marriage, your stories are woven together, and opening up means shame and anger. But it also means relief a…
01:20:35 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Ep201 – Alcoholic Parenting: Teaching Dishonesty, Fear & Hatred
Ep200 was Cathryn's story. Sheri's and Matt's insightful and intelligent daughter shared her experiences of growing up with high-functioning alcoholism, and she revealed things on that episode that s…
01:00:42 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
Ep200 – Our Daughter, Cathryn
What better way to honor our bicentennial episode than with the most special guest in the history of the podcast, Sheri's and Matt's daughter. Cathryn describes in painful detail what it is like to g…
01:37:08 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Ep199 – Relapse
There are short-term relapses that last a day or a weekend or a week, and there are long-term relapses that last weeks or months. Can you guess which type of relapse Sheri and Matt have come to belie…
00:57:29 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Ep198 – Roundtable Q&A with Amber Hollingsworth
She is back with her signature combination of charm, empathy and brutal honesty that many of our listeners recognize from her engaging and informative YouTube channel, Put the Shovel Down. Addiction …
01:10:20 |
Mon 03 Jul 2023
Ep197 – The Shame and Hiding Continues after Alcohol
This episode quickly devolves into an hour long therapy session for Matt. He and Sheri talk about judgement, shame and hiding, with a healthy dose of religion and spirituality in reaction to a listen…
00:57:13 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Ep196 – Guilt
Guilt can be a motivator. Guilt can be a moral compass. Guilt is not all bad. But the guilt that builds and festers in a family that is dealing with alcoholism is anything but helpful. On this episod…
00:55:32 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Ep195 – Back Home Again in Alcohol(ism?)
Back home Again in Indiana, and Sheri and Matt were thrust unexpectedly into the deep end of alcohol impact. If you think addiction is required in order for alcohol to leave painful, traumatic memori…
01:00:42 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Ep194 – Vacation Anxiety and Trauma
The bathing suits, blue ocean waves and smiling faces posted to social media don't tell the true story of vacations for families experiencing alcohol addiction or early sobriety. The truth behind the…
01:03:07 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
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