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Hi. We're back with another bad boy for ya. This week it's Fred, Aliza, Evan and Mike Heimann is back in the building. We talk about the term Recovered as addicts and alcoholics, character defects, cross addictions such as spending and gambling, and so much more. We had a lot of fun with this one. If you're just looking for helpful info skip to about 12 minutes in because we were on a sick one for a little while. 

We had a last minute cancellation so we just have a check-in episode this week for you guys. We discuss the current state of our sobrieties and some of the behaviors that formed in each of us when we stopped getting loaded. Freddy, Evan and Aliza are here this week. We'll have something more for you next week.

Hey folks. We're back with a doozy. Our friend Page stopped by to tell us her story and did not disappoint. From the islands of Georgia (which are apparently a thing) to Chicago and many, many treatment centers, she is now over a year sober and doing great. Page talks us through her progression from goody two shoes to full blown heroin addict in just a couple years. Thanks for listening!

Remember when we said we were not your average recovery podcast? Nick Morgan is a motivational speaker who has traveled the United States in hopes of ending the stigma surrounding drug addiction. Nick tells us about his experience moving through the treatment world as an addict and eventually hitting a hard bottom in Lake Worth, Fl. Nick also shares about the events that brought him to incorporate Marijuana use into his sobriety without changing his sobriety date. Nick tells us about how he and others have found ways to practice a spiritual, 12-step-based program, while still using Cannabis. Needless to say we had many questions and we didn't hate the answers. 

We are back and full of love after an amazing Valentine's day. We have (name deleted) back again after her interview from a few weeks ago and we discuss our Valentine's festivities, or lack there of. Evan tells us about his accidental run-in with the THC monster while Fred and (name deleted) relate with similar stories. We discuss the feelings we had following the freelapse and how we got back on the horse and stayed sober again. 

This week our friend Serena stopped by to give her experience, strength and hope. She shares about her growing up in a religious, Jewish home and rebelling once she found drugs. She shares her experiences from being in a treatment program in North Carolina and how she is staying sober today. We had a really fun time having her and are looking forward to having her on for some check-in episodes. 

Freddy and Evan get together to discuss their holidays. Freddy catches us up on his trip home to Florida, new events in his career, and some borderline irresponsible financial decisions. Evan discusses his holidays in Los Angeles and his New Year's resolution to actually work a program. This and much more this week on Common Peril.

This week we have Mike Heimann and Billy Cavanagh in the studio for a check-in episode with Evan and Fred. We touch on all types of topics from medications in early sobriety, crossing the imaginary line into addiction, marijuana in the treatment industry, and our theories on what causes addiction in the first place. Billy talks about his stand-up, Mike talks about his new free schedule, Evan is on Tik Tok now, and Freddy takes multiple, lengthy phone calls during recording. All this and so much more!

Garrett Braukman is 12 years sober and an owner of a detox facility in the Hollywood Hills. He stopped by this week to tell us his story of recovery. He talks dropping out of school at age 16, traveling the country touring with hardcore bands, transitioning from straightedge to not so straightedge, his father's death at an early age, and much more. He talks us through what led to him reaching the point of getting sober at age 18. We'll have another one for you next week!

Just a quick check in from your two favorite sober people on the planet earth. Evan is questioning his path in life (again) and he updates us on his sleep experiment. Fred tells us about his weekend jaunt to an abandoned mental hospital in the suburbs of LA. Happy Halloween everyone and don't forget to leave us a review, subscribe and tell your friends. 

We have Mike joining us for this episode out of the kindness of his heart. We discuss the importance of sleep in our lives, how we are staying sober with virtually no meetings (not recommended), and Mike's first impressions of working in addiction treatment. We talk about what we envision for our lives over the next couple years and how that differs between us. This is one of the best discussion episodes we've ever done. Enjoy! #oxfordcommagang

What up children? We (your parents) are back with another episode of Common Peril. Our friend Cesar Flores stops by this week to tell us his recovery story. He talks about growing up in central Jersey, getting into the good stuff at a young age, trying to be a chess champion, and eventually ending up in Palm Springs for treatment for his addiction. He walks us through is not-so-standard approach to sobriety and touches on what he believes are the most important things to maintaining a sober life. We hope you enjoy and will have another episode for you soon :)

We apologize in advance for triggering your yawn response. We were a lot more tired than we thought we were when we decided to record that night. We spend this episode talking about our past weeks in the world of sobriety. We discuss a plan for both of us to enter back into the 12-step world as well as some things we've learned over the last few weeks. We also both took Alpha Brain without each other knowing and it was an interesting experience. Let us know if you can tell how SHARP we are.

Hi. This week we have our friend Jesse stop by to tell us his story of recovery. Jesse walks us through a tumultuous adolescence which led into a full blown heroin addiction before leaving high school. Jesse talks us through his stints in rehab and ultimately finding sobriety through the rooms without it. Thanks, as always, for listening, and tell your friends!

We're glad to be back! We had our friend Ryan Willey stop by to tell us his story and he did not disappoint. Ryan describes his progression from smoking weed in 6th grade to leading police on a car chase through Compton with a safe in his trunk. Ryan is now 17 months sober and thriving in Los Angeles. We missed you and we are happy to be back to our regularly scheduled programming.

This week on the quarantine series we discuss the seedy underbelly of the addiction treatment industry. Freddy enlightens Evan on just how sketchy things can get when it comes to the business side of things. We talk body brokering, piss money, insurance fraud, and many other avenues owners of treatment centers use to make the most off your addiction. In addition to this we catch up about our weeks and some upcoming plans for the week to come. Enjoy!

As the country opens back up we continue our quarantine series. Just Evan and Freddy this week talking about their new potential hobbies, Evan's covers being pulled, Freddy's big life goals, our desire for the world to go back to normal and so much more. We look forward to getting some guests back in the studio to continue with our regular programming, but for now, enjoy!

Our guest for the quarantine series this week is Evan's hometown friend, Nick Moses. We were thinking there might be an audience for a speaker that isn't necessarily an alcoholic or addict, but chose to get off mind-altering substances in order to better their life. Nick calls his sobriety his super power and it's nice to hear his take on what sobriety can do for someone even when it's not a life or death scenario, like it is for a lot of us. We hope you enjoy and hope all of you are healthy and happy.

It's so close we can taste it. Sweet freedom to go out and do whatever we want again, but for now we continue on the quarantine series. This week we have our episode 5 alumni Will Carlson back to talk about everything under the sun. We talk about conspiracies (yes, again), dealing with our common wave of cravings, working with new people in the program and so much more.

This week on Common Peril Podcast we have two guests join us for a quarantine episode. Skyler and Stacy join Evan to talk how they've been handling quarantine, conspiracy theories, space, and of course a dab of sobriety. We had a lot of fun and we think you'll enjoy this one a lot.