The Sober Unicorn
By Holden S
Wr are a gay hosted all inclusive podcast for the LGBT community and all of our Allies. We are not exclusive to the LGBT community as we believe that everyone has something to share that can speak to us and help us along this incredible journey we call recovery. Don't be normal be a unicorn and better yet be a sober unicorn.
The Sober UnicornApr 26, 2024
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Ep.97 - Lasting Changes w/Stacie
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Stacie joins us to discuss her story into addiction. From the lack of love from her father to abusive relationships. She shares her hope on how she came to recovery and what she does to keep herself clean.
Apr 26, 202429:08
Ep.96 - The Frog No More w/Charlie
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Charlie - Author of The Frog No More trilogy joins us to share details regarding his recovery memoirs third installment. We catch up, we reflect and we share what the future has in store for both of us.
The Frog No More - https://a.co/d/aJhb5VH
Charlie - Author of The Frog No More trilogy joins us to share details regarding his recovery memoirs third installment. We catch up, we reflect and we share what the future has in store for both of us.
Mar 29, 202454:56
Ep.95 Wired For Addiction w/Dr. Higgins
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Dr. Higgins joins us to discuss the complexities of mental health and addiction. She shares what shifted her medical focus into addiction and how mental health has a huge influence. She discusses the physiological changes that occur on the path to addiction and discover how understanding this spectrum can transform lives.
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Dr. Higgins joins us to discuss the complexities of mental health and addiction. She shares what shifted her medical focus into addiction and how mental health has a huge influence. She discusses the physiological changes that occur on the path to addiction and discover how understanding this spectrum can transform lives.
Mar 15, 202426:17
Ep.94 Whatever it Takes w/Tyler
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Tyler joins us to discuss his experience managing a sober living while in early recovery. He also shares the tools that he uses when the urge to drink comes over.
Tyler joins us to discuss his experience managing a sober living while in early recovery. He also shares the tools that he uses when the urge to drink comes over.
Mar 07, 202424:13
Ep.93 - Safe Spaces w/Joey
Joey - Owner of Rainbow Hill recovery and Rainbow Hill Sober Living joins us to discuss the important of safe spaces for the lgbt community. From sober living to gender affirming care Joey discusses the importance and impact of offering such services
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Contact
Insta @rainbowhillrecovery
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Contact
Insta @rainbowhillrecovery
Rainbowhillrecovery.com
Rainbowhillsoberliving.com
Feb 16, 202426:31
Ep.92 - Motherhood w/Nicole
Nicole - Addict: Nicole shares her story of recovery and how she explains her journey to her kids. We gossip about some of the realities of recovery, but also share how it can positively impact one’s life.
Jan 27, 202433:09
Ep.91 - Shame w/Chris
Chris - Published author Chris sits down with us to discuss how shame can play a factor in recovery. We discuss on whether shame is brought on by parents, society, or even the LGBT culture, there is a way to heal your inner most self and come out on the other side. Find us
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Raising LGBTQ Allies
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Raising LGBTQ Allies
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Jan 12, 202433:24
90 - Sober Holidays w/Mark
Mark - Reoccurring guest mark joins us to share his experience with his first holidays clean and sober. Mark and host Holden also share some tips and tricks on how to get through the holidays clean. linktr.ee/HBSwanson
Dec 22, 202337:50
89 - One Whole Year w/Jaycee
Jaycee - We flip the script and have past guest Jaycee interview host of The Sober Unicorn for his one year anniversary of being clean. We discuss what’s difference this time and catch up. linktr.ee/HBSwanson
Insta @officialjayceek
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Dec 14, 202333:26
88- Surviving The Shadow w/Samantha
Samantha - Addict: Author Samantha shares her story of drug addiction and her history of being human trafficked. From manipulative boyfriends to underground music scenes, she opens up about her past and shares hope about her new found recovery. Find her book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/crmyEb3 or find her on instagram @thegratitudegirlinc
Oct 16, 202333:45
87 - New Normal w/Lana
Lana - Addict: Lana shares her experience with accepting the reality of the new normal when it came to recovery. She shares her experience with geo-graphical relocation to benefit her journey.
Sep 23, 202328:25
86 - It Finally Stuck w/Siler
Siler - Addict: Siler sits down with us to discuss what finally stuck. With multiple relapsed in her past she shares what finally changed for her to stick around in recovery
Sep 09, 202332:55
85 - It’s Raining Men w/Leigha
Leigha - Addict: Leigha shares the triumphs and downfalls in addiction and in recovery. She shares one thing that has been kyptonite and has nearly taken her out. She also shares words of hope for those who are still in active addiction.
Aug 25, 202327:12
84 - Old Habits Die Hard w/Holden
Holden - Addict: Holden host of The Sober Unicorn shares an update on his life and where he is in his journey. Holden also shares how easily old habits can creep up.
Aug 18, 202325:03
83 - Fabulous and Fearless w/Reace
Reace - Alcoholic: Reace shares what it’s life being a performer while juggling his sobriety journey. He shares how addiction was put before his love of preforming. He also shares how preforming sober has allowed him to come out of his shell. CONTACT: Insta @more_reace
Aug 04, 202336:35
82- Acceptance/Self love w/Jason
Jason - Alcoholic addict: Jason shares his experience with coming to terms with his addiction. He shares his journey of self acceptance and the work it takes to gain self love.
Jul 21, 202338:12
81 - Mixed Addiction W/Rachel
Rachel - Alcoholic: Rachel shares her experience that her addict tendencies went beyond just a substance. Things get real when we discuss prior suicide attempts and how she had to battle more than on addiction in her recovery.
Jul 08, 202326:10
80 - Community w/Sonia
Sonia - Alcoholic: Sonia shares her experience with navigating through sobriety with a divorce. She talks about the importance of community and shares how she is helping build a sober support community. CONTACT: joineverblume.com
Jun 29, 202330:58
79 - Dry Humping w/Tawny Lara
Tawny - Alcoholic: Tawny shares her inspiration behind her new book Dry Humping. She shares her experience with staying sober and shares her hope to let everyone know that you are not alone. CONTACT: Tawnylara.com Insta @tawnymlara
Jun 23, 202335:33
78 - Purpose w/Brian
Brian - Alcoholic: Brian sits down with us and shares his experience with his drinking, seizures, and covid. He shares how his daughter was a factor in his recovery. He also shares how recovery has given him a new purpose on life. CONTACT: TikTok @teacherhootnhowl
Jun 15, 202337:51
77 - Codependency w/Casie
Casie - Casie shares her experience with codependency and addiction. She shares how she is able to recognize when old codependent behaviors creep up and present themselves in her current relationship.
Jun 02, 202333:58
76 - Brown Bag and Number w/Brian
Brian - Addict: Brian shares his experience starting addiction early in life. He shares his legal troubles and how they ended up on Tosh.O. He shares his hope of recovery and how 12 step programs redirected his life.
May 26, 202338:52
75 - Meth’d Up w/Dallas
Dallas - Addict: Dallas shares his experience with getting clean and being a father. He also shares how Ayahuasca opened his eyes and gave him a major spiritual experience. CONTACT: Insta @Drdallasbragg
May 19, 202337:37
74 - Let’s Get Honest w/Nadia
Nadia - Addict: Nadia sits down with us and shares the importance of getting honest with yourself and your recovery. She also shares her experience working with only fans and being in recovery
May 12, 202336:60
73 - It’s Ok to Struggle w/Stephen
Stephen - Addict: Stephen sits down with us and shares how sometimes we struggle and that’s ok. The rough times in recovery makes the good times even better
May 05, 202328:54
72 - Normy Dating w/Julia
Julia - Normy: shares her experience dating someone in recovery. Communication, respect, and boundaries. Sharing how experiences from her past helped her appreciate her partners recovery journey
Apr 20, 202330:49
71 - Sober Explorer w/Isabella
Isabella - Addict: Isabella shares her journey of recovery and her love for traveling and gives us some tips she uses to stay sober during her traveling. CONTACT: Insta @soberexplorer.Isabella
Apr 13, 202331:56
70 - Freedom w/Mark
Mark - Addict: Mark shares his experience finding freedom from addiction. He shares his experience strength and hope that he has found in recovery. CONTACT: Facebook @Mark Notmarc Insta @marcbutwithak
Apr 06, 202333:06
69 - Catching Up w/Charlie
Charlie - Alcoholic: Charlie author of At least I’m Not The Frog and The Frogs Bottle joins Holden to catch up and just chat. Breaking the seriousness of recovery and showing that we can still have laughter fun and friendship even though we are clean and sober. Find Charlie Gray’s memoir on Amazon
Mar 30, 202342:27
68 - experience, Strength, and Hope w/Renee
Renee - Addict: Renee shares her experience of active addiction and the night she chose using over her son. She shares her strength in recovery and being an amazing mother to her child. She then shares some hope to the fellow struggling addict that it’s possible to get clean no matter how far into addiction you are. CONTACT: Insta Sadd_dripp
Mar 23, 202332:57
67 - Gifts of Recovery w/Chris
Chris -Addict: Christ shares the gifts he has received from being in recovery, but also dives into what he lost during his active addiction days
Mar 16, 202330:35
66 - Anxiously Sober W/Allison
Allison - Sober curious: Allison shares how you don’t have to be an alcoholic to choose the sober way of life. She gives insight on how alcohol affects your brain and shares how mental health can be a big impact of addiction. CONTACT: Insta @anotefromyourtherapist Website anotefromyourtherapist.com
Mar 10, 202337:49
65 - Life on Life’s Terms w/ciara
Ciara - Addict: Ciara shares how she learned to understand life’s on life’s terms through her father and brothers passing. She shares that no matter how tough things may getting in life it’s better to deal with them clean rather than using
Feb 24, 202334:21
64 - G.O.D w/Jeremiah
Jeremiah - Addict: Jeremiah and golden discuss what god means to them. With very different perspectives we share how there is still a lot of commonality in how we use god in our journey of recovery. CONTACT: Insta @Jeremiah_Crumety
Feb 17, 202347:29
63 - This Is Life Long w/Brett
Brett - Addict: Brett discusses when he realized that the journey of recovery is long term. That even though we take this day by day this is for the long haul.
Feb 10, 202331:30
62 - Parental Relationships w/Alex
Alex - Addict: Alex shares his history with addiction and how overtime the relationship with his parents have improved through his journey of sobriety. CONTACT: Insta @motel.rwanda Spotify - Motel Rwanda
Feb 03, 202338:06
61 - Early Recovery Relationships w/Forester
Forester - Addict: Forester shares her experience getting sober at a very young age. She also discusses the pros and cons from her experience of dating in early sobriety. CONTACT: Insta @fosbacknbetter
Jan 27, 202339:26
60 - Wha ha happened was w/Holden
Holden - Addict: Holden shares why he took a month hiatus from The Sobet Unicorn, where he is now in his recovery and what the future looks like for the sober unicorn.
Jan 19, 202316:54
59 -Fellowship w/Elisa
Elisa - Addict: Elisa shares her story of begging addiction later in her life and how fellowship became such an important role for her to stay clean in the fellowship.
Jan 13, 202328:58
58 - The Frogs Bottle w/ Charlie Gray
Charlie - Alcoholic: We discuss what Charlie has been up to since coming on our podcast to discuss his first memoir about his recovery. He shares what he did to celebrate Two years in recovery and shares with us the details of his next installment of his recovery series featuring his second book The Frogs Bottle. You can find his blog, first book, and newest book here linktr.ee/charliemgray CONTACT: Insta @hismajestycharles3rd
Dec 13, 202255:25
57 - Workplace Triggers w/Brandon
Brandon - Alcoholic: Fellow Texan Brandon discusses the importance of working in a non toxic workplace when taking on sobriety. CONTACT: Insta @hitmebrandononemoretime
Nov 25, 202241:35
56 - Smart Recovery & CBT w/Ricky
Ricky - Alcoholic: Ricky host of Rick or Treat podcast shares his experience with getting sober with tools from smart recovery and cognitive behavioral therapy. He also gives us an insight on his newly released podcast Rick or Treat which is a podcast about everying horror. CONACT: Insta @rickortreatpod
Nov 12, 202246:17
55 - N/A Drinks w/Beck
Beck - Alcoholic: Beck shares his experience getting sober while working in the brewing industry. He also shares how he started his N/A drink pop up bar. CONTACT: Insta sober.salida.bar
Nov 03, 202243:37
54 - Disposing Lifes Toxins w/Megan
Megan - Alcoholic: Megan discusses the importance of Disposing lifes Toxins in sobriety. CONTACT: meganswanwellness.com
Oct 27, 202246:25
53 - Night Life w/Drew
Drew - Alcoholic + Cross addiction: Drew Valentino shares his story of alcohol and drugs with being involved in circuit parties and the adult film industry. He shares how he can now attend these events staying sober and makes sure he leaves sober. CONTACT: Insta @drewcyfrootxl @drewvalentinoxl Website: drewvalentino.com
Oct 21, 202242:19
52 - Flip The Script w/Daniel
DISCLAIMER: This episode does get sexually explicit regarding addiction and sex. Daniel requested to interview the host of the Sober Unicorn Holden regarding relapse and the trials of coming back into sobriety after falling off the wagon.
Oct 13, 202254:25
51 - Self Care w/Skye
Skye - Alcoholic: Skye author of Unexpected Alchemy shares her stories of her additive addiction, Mommy wine culture, and the importance of Self Care in her sobriety journey. CONTACT: Insta @souls.truth.coaching Website: soulstruthcoaching.com
Oct 06, 202237:57
50 - You're Not Alone w/Jim
Jim - Alcoholic: Jim discusses the importance of your inner circle when getting sober. No matter if you are in active addiction or in early sobriety you are not alone in the support available. CONTACT: insta @jcorn104
Sep 30, 202240:60
49 - Finding Your Sparkle w/ Patrick The Sparkle King
Patrick - Methamphetamine + cross addiction: Patrick aka The Sparkle King shares his experience overcoming addiction and finding one owns Sparkle. He shares about his published books and his 7 Sparkle skills that help people find joy. CONTACT: Insta @the_sparkle_king
Sep 16, 202240:12
48 - Living Your Truth w/Landyn
Landyn - Alcoholic: Landyn shares his experience with going through a marriage with a narcissist, child hood trauma, and the importance of living your truth. CONTACT: Insta @Landynbrooks44
Sep 09, 202226:46