Recovery Rocks

Ever wonder what it's like to go on your first sober date? Or survive a wedding without liquid courage? How about dancing stone-cold sober or dealing with your first breakup without wine? If so, you're in luck because you can join bestselling authors and longtime sober friends Lisa Smith and Anna David as they talk to guests—and each other—about addiction and recovery, including all the “firsts” that come with sober living. From awkward to amazing, cringe-worthy to surprisingly poignant, they’re discussing what it’s like to experience life without substances. Lisa is the author of the award-winning memoir Girl...

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Recovery Rocks

Episodes (319)

Feb 27th Why Does Rehab Fail So Often? Ask Jimmie Applegate
Feb 20th “Eat, Pray, Love”—But Make it Addiction with Carly Schwartz
Feb 13th Calling All Swifties!

Recovery Rocks

Feb 27, 2026
27½ minutes
36 MB

If rehab worked the way it’s supposed to…why do so many people end up right back where they started? After more than 30 years in the trenches of addiction treatment, Jimmie Applegate has some theories. In his recently released book Addicted to Failure: Why the Rehab System Doesn’t Work and What Must Change, he pulls back the curtain on the myths, blind spots and outdated models that keep people stuck. We talk trauma, brain rewiring, why “just go to rehab” is wildly oversimplified and what real, lasting recovery support sh...

Recovery Rocks

Why Does Rehab Fail So Often? Ask Jimmie Applegate

Recovery Rocks

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