Daily Dose of Dr Marry & DD

John M's journey into alcoholism sounds like so many other people's journeys: difficult childhood, divorced parents, a house will mental illness and more. But in the 30+ years since he got sober, John's journey has been truly unique to him and the gifts he has been given. To learn more about John's work, go to Sober Speak https://www.soberspeak.com/

What else have Dr Marry and I been up to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_lUkv8ujQ7vynBtfPn6dCTI-azbnUREp  

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What else have Dr Marry and I been up to: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_lUkv8ujQ7vynBtfPn6dCTI-azbnUREp

 #DailyDose #Addiction #Sobriety #DrMarryandme #extraordinary #addictionrecovery #joyfulmarriage #NoMoreShame #alcoholism #mugsofdailydose #normalizeNAdrinking #moderation #celebratesobriety

Be sure to listen to this conversation because there are a number of incredibly insightful moments, despite the occasional freeze in zoom. 

Daily Dose now records on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our mission is to openly share our experiences with alcoholism so others feel less alone. And, while we're at it, we're trying to help minimize the shame and stigma of this disease, too. All while laughing and crying, depending on the day.

Thanks for listening!

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What else have Dr Marry and I been up to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_lUkv8ujQ7vynBtfPn6dCTI-azbnUREp  

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Our mission is to openly share our experiences with addiction so others  feel less alone. Each podcast is around one focused idea on alcoholism,  sobriety and/or the blessings we have discovered by taking this path  together. They are a quick, mindful way to start your day with tips,  ways to reframe your thinking or an important idea to consider.  #guestThursdays have a guest to join us to talk about their experiences,  too. Having additional perspectives and stories has been invaluable for  us and our audience. #dailydose #addictionrecovery #joyfulmarriage  #nomoreshame

Please meet two of my longest friends, Joel and Ryan. They were interesting nearly 30 years ago, and that hasn't changed. To call them quirky and idiosyncratic is not hyperbole; they really are both of those things. And, of course, I recognize those traits in myself, so I am naturally drawn to our like mindedness. Plus, they just plain make me laugh out loud, and I adore that quality in anyone. Hope you'll take a listen.

Produced by Danica McDonald. The Fox and the Phoenix by Quinn Del Val.

Meet my friend Heather Zinger. Artist, entrepreneur, healer and joy maker. Heather is the most intrinsically artistic person I know because she pursues her path from a total commitment to artistic integrity. A lot of it I don't particularly "get," but I love that she's so authentic and real. And I think you'll enjoy that, too.

World, please meet my longtime friend Tom Schwans. 

Tom and I went to college together. One of the great gifts you discover as you get older is that the people  who knew you when you were young, naive (maybe just I was naive?) and practicing wing spreading have a sacred position in your life. They experienced your first forays into adulthood with you. They had front row seats to watching, and often participating in, the optimism, the despair, the fear, the youthful exuberance, the failures, the successes and everything else. And in looking back, you can see they played a much  larger role in helping to mold and shape you than you can ever understand in the moment. Tom fits squarely into that position.

I hope you'll take a listen to our conversation. It's far reaching, flits here and there and is a little bit rambling--not unlike my self proclaimed honey bee approach to life. But I've discovered that if you allow your mind (and your conversations) to wander off to where it wants to go, you find the best, most unexpected things.

Visit my blog extraordinaryextraordinary.com to learn more about Tom and many of the other things we talked about in our conversation.

"The Fox and the Phoenix" by Quinn Del Val. Produced by Danica McDonald. Recorded April 7, 2020.

Join me as I talk a little bit about my own journey of pivoting from a, for me at the time, life changing failure to finding extreme happiness on the other side of it and avenues of passion I never would have pursued without hitting that first big fork in the road. And then we'll talk about some tips I think you can employ in this incredibly uncertain time to recognize your stresses and offer yourself a little grace.  

Visit extraordinaryextraordinary.com to learn more. 

In this, our final podcast and post of this journey, we wrap up this nine-week multi-media experience about Dr Marry's fall into alcoholism and our shared path back to sobriety.

But mostly, this podcast is about gratitude.

Dr Marry and I take a meandering stroll through all kinds of things--some alcohol-related and some not. Side note, Dr Marry chose the underscore this week because it felt the most "Jane Austen like" of our options. LOVE it! 

Talking with Dr Marry about how our micro experience actually lends itself to the macro parallel of Covid-19 and other details from this, my final post, before we wrap up with Dr Marry's last blog and our epilogue.

A quick conversation regarding my latest blog post.

Join us in hearing about week 4 from Dr Marry's perspective. Special thanks to a number of people, two big conversations and some clarification on Dr Marry's blog post from earlier this week.

Dr Marry and I have been so overwhelmed by all the comments we have received this week--thank you for taking the time to not only read and watch but to write and lift us up or tell us a personal connection you have to this disease. We have felt your support, and we are both so grateful.

In this podcast, we talk about some points that were raised from some of you, and we attempt to try to dig a little deeper into what our reaction to something like this would have been when we were in the thick of it.

Hope you'll tune in, and, as always, thanks for taking this journey with us!

Dayna and Dr Marry

My longtime friend, godmother to my son and extraordinary princess party planner, Lester Fenstad joins me to talk about our 30-year friendship, that "distinct smell," and what it's like to be where we are today, lamination and all.

To get started on my podcast, it seemed only fitting that I would introduce the world to Dr Marry. He's prominently featured in my blog, and now you get to hear him, too. Isn't it dreamy?  The best part of it all is that his accent is like icing on a perfectly made cake. I'm lucky in love, and I *mostly* know it.