Mike and Glenn bust rhrough a list of descriptions until they settle on the word "Sensitivity" as the focus of their desire to understand, empathize with, and serve those around them.By Mike R and Glenn H

Mike and Glenn explore the power of "NO" and "YES." Protecting and maturing in their sobriety takes effort and confidence; there are times when boundaries and disciplines are most important. Listen in as these important words are discussed.By Mike R and Glenn H

Mike and Glenn take some time to discuss Trust and how the omission of facts bends the truth. They share that they fear the small weights of dishonesty as they can pile up and become risks in sobriety.By Mike R and Glenn H

Steve G, founder of Boiled Owl Coffee, joins Mike and Glenn to discuss sobriety and small-batch coffee bean roasting. Odd combination? Not so, as quality and consistency are present in both's success. The session ends with an offer to send listeners FREE beans, so jump in for a chance to get some quality coffee.…

Mike and Glenn take out the big table in the coffee shop, and "the girl gang"—Kim, Elizabeth, Katie, and Jackie—join in to chat about sobriety, community, and accountability. It's a great reminder that "it works."By Mike R and Glenn H

Author and Counselor Patrick Day joins Mike and Glenn to discuss the storms we all face and how to find safety in the crashing waves.By Mike R and Glenn H

Author and Therapist Liz Kelly join Mike and Glenn for this session, where she shares thoughts based on her book "This book is cheaper than therapy - A no-nonsense guide to improving your mental health" and her private practice. Topics touched on include Self-assessment, Grief, and increasing self-compassion. Liz is a Licensed independent clinical …

The other Mike joins Mike and Glenn at the coffee shop, sharing his experience from slave-to-the-sauce to service while learning to appreciate the peace he found in the ” enough” he possesses today.By Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn tears apart steps 8 and 9 in real-time, challenging all to get after the amends process. With timing and sponsor support, we can open the floodgates of fabulousness.By Mike R and Glenn H

Special Guest Claudia joins the boys, and they talk about life after abstinence and how to keep themselves on track. Awareness - paying attention to the "check engine light"By Mike R and Glenn H

Popular guest Claudia joins the boys in the coffee shop once again to discuss the freedom of facing fear and the value of the fellowship.By Mike R and Glenn H

Mike and Glenn discuss measuring sobriety through inventory, planning, execution, disciplines, and accountability through transparency. Pulling apart page 86 of the AA Big Book, they talk about life into action.By Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn and Mike chat about expectations, people-pleasing, and managing resentments.By Mike R and Glenn H

Author Gigi Langer joins the boys to talk about her extraordinary book Worry Less NOW. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Renowned Speaker and Author Allen Berger, Ph. D., joins Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop for a meaty, can-not-miss session. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Mike and Glenn check in on their 3 year anniversary of the podcast and talk sponsorship, service, prayer and forgiveness. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

The boys take their coffee LIVE through Instagram while Brian, engineer extraordinaire, captures it for replay. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Four lovely ladies join Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop to talk about connection in recovery and share the strength that they have found in sobriety. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn and Mike spend time with 4 other guys, talking about elation and other things sobriety. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn and Mike explore the most important time - the next 24. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Mike and Glenn take on 6'sh sober shots in rapid-fire fashion. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn and Mike take a hard look at self-forgiveness and Living Sorry. Sober.Coffee Website Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting Studio Hosted on Transistor.fmBy Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn shares the transformational evidences found in recovery with the assist from his favorite band Blue October.By Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn and Mike take a look at the sad reality of active addiction in this moving episode.By Mike R and Glenn H

Mike, Glenn and Sarah (sarahsandidge.com) chat about "what's next" -in life and in love.By Mike R and Glenn H

Elizabeth joins the boys for the second of a two-part series. Part two features the joys that the program brings.By Mike R and Glenn H

Sober pal Elizabeth joins Mike and Glenn in part one of a two-part series. Part one features her story - her experience, strength, and hope.By Mike R and Glenn H

Mike and Glenn bust out the noise makers and streamers and talk about the year ahaed.By Mike R and Glenn H

Author Derek Castleman joins Mike and Glenn at the coffee shop to explore the teachings of the Stoics.By Mike R and Glenn H

A Holiday Session, as only sober.coffee can deliver. Mike and Glenn share memories and talk about the true meaning of this special time of the year.By Mike R and Glenn H

@caelyannmariereed stops in to talk creativity, sharing her strength and hope. This episode drops simultaneous to her book launch. You can find her poetry at, of course,, AMAZON, Search "Human: behind the mask by Carly Reed"By Mike R and Glenn H

Mike and Glenn chat about plans, expectations and getting and staying sober-healthy.By Mike R and Glenn H

Glenn and Mike welcome in CJ, the professional restaurateur/ server extraordinaire who shares up his hope one post at a time.By Mike R and Glenn H

Matt C joins Mike and Glenn at the coffee shop for this special pre-thanksgiving day chat.By Mike R and Glenn H

Podcaster Gary Menkes joins Mike and Glenn at the coffee shop to talk about new beginnings and other topics related to sobriety.By Mike R and Glenn H

Table for 3 - Jen in the room! Jen is sharing about sobriety in a big way - with Ted Talks. While the anonymity of AA serves us well in the very beginning of sobriety, Jen found her route to service wasn’t becoming a sponsor, it was becoming an advocate that sober life is pretty amazing once we accept and start living in it. She didn’t see that mes…

Table for 3! Matt C joins Mike & Glenn in the coffee shop to talk about ego. Does ego fuel alcohol consumption? Does alcohol consumption fuel ego? Listen in as Matt, Mike and Glenn each talk about the role ego played in their alcoholism and now in recovery. One thing for sure - the struggle with ego still exists on the other side of sobriety. For m…

Author Will Thatcher is in the coffee shop today! Will writes addiction fiction. Unlike a lot of other books, this book is not is not intended to get people sober, it was written for entertainment purposes. While Will has written novels in his past, this novel came from needing a creative outlet in recovery. Sober for 5 1/2 years, Will always kept …

Table for 3 today! Seamus is in the coffee shop. Truth be told, Seamus is an alias. Why anonymity, why use an alias? Seamus talks about the stigma attached to addiction. When he graduated college and started a career - he was already sober 5 years. They didn’t know him when he wasn’t sober, so what positive would come from talking about his alcohol…

Chicago Director Eileen Tull joins Mike and Glenn, sharing her experience, strength, and Hope - for the artist in all of us. This bonus drop coincides with the world premiere of acclaimed Chicago playwright Mia's McCullough dark comedy about family secrets, shared holidays, and household spirits. The play information can be found online at https://…

Mike and Glenn are back in the coffee shop today talking honesty, bullshit and chocolate chip cookies. As Glenn puts it: Honesty is a core foundational block to getting sober and living a healthy, new purposeful life. If you are bullshitting yourself and others, nothing changes. As Mike puts it: If you throw even a kernel of shat into that batch of…

Recovery is so much more than just ‘quit drinking’. You face the question “I’m not drinking, so now what?” In the coffee shop, Mike & Glenn are joined by Dean Anderson, author of the book “Finding Myself Sober”. Dean recounts the first 10 or more times he tried to get sober, going through the motions to quit drinking but not filling the hole with a…

Following the recovery journey from the previous episode “Boiling the Frog - Anti-Surrender” Mike & Glenn are talking about the same gentleman, but later in his recovery journey when he discovers true surrender. What changed? He knew he was struggling, he had lost his rental house and was staying in extended stay, but in the last week: - Lost his j…

Success in getting on the sober path is surrender. At the coffee shop, Mike & Glenn discuss what surrender and struggle look like when you don’t surrender, anti-surrender, and how it’s like boiling a frog. How do you boil a frog? ‘Boiling the frog’ is referring to the premise that if you stick a frog in boiling water, he jumps out immediately. Put …

The spotlight is on Karen this week! Karen is on the Al-Anon journey while her husband Bruce is on the sober path journey with AA. Desperation brought Karen to Al-Anon and she tells us about changing her mindset from resentment because Bruce made this her problem, to realizing she had to switch the focus to herself, give up control because she coul…

Table for 4 at the coffee shop today! Bruce is on the sober path journey with AA. Karen is on the Al-Anon journey. Married for 34 years, Bruce has been sober for the last 17 years. Bruce and Karen have gone through it. Listen to Bruce’s story today as he tells us about losing his soul to addiction and deciding he didn’t want to spread this disease …

Ninety days is a habit driver - learning and practicing new coping, living skills and tools. So what does that look like? Join Mike & Glenn in the coffee shop as they talk about the most important things to know and what to expect in the first 90 days. In this episode: Previous podcast episode: Boiling The Frog: https://www.sober.coffee/podcast/epi…

In Julianna’s story of experience, strength and hope, she shares with Mike & Glenn the cracks and things she is repairing in her life - and she’s repairing them with beauty, much like the art of kintsugi. An ancient Japanese art for restoring ceramics, kintsugi highlights broken cracks with streams of gold and lacquer. Once repaired, it becomes a u…