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COLIN M.'s push for sobriety
The team was back together for a full episode of fresh original content. We welcomed Colin M. into the fray tonight. We were honored to share in his early recovery and hear how he's overcoming real life, difficult situations. These things ran us back to the bottle or pill or needle and now, what a surprise, things are easier when you're not sabotaging your life. Our very own Jim Leibel celebrated 1,500 days of continuous sobriety tonight live on the program. Jim is a big part of our organization and is committed to helping the newcomer in whatever way is necessary. A true ambassador for recovery. Will's just... Will. We love him too. Thanks for your support and thank you Colin for your impactful appearance.
DEPRESSED OF DEPRESSION
Welcome to 2026. It's much like 2025 and we're still in recovery. We were shorthanded a province but Will & Tim managed to fumble one across the finish line like the veterans they are. The boys talked about life experiences and recovery tools. Relapse prevention was the show's theme but in retrospect, relapse prevention is something we live day in and day out. We set measures in place as accountability to ourselves and for our recovery. Never put your keys to your happiness in someone else's pocket.
HAPPY NEW YEAR?
The guys stumbled and fumbled their way into the New Year's Eve End Zone in true stroke of luck, perseverance, motivation... and a touch of class. Spoiler alert: the texting shorthand vernacular for bc is not British Columbia. It was a good show, the team were in rare form after and very long, and very trying bit of peak season podcast. Talkin' Trash runs twice a week. It's a podcast at its baseline, but we're producing crazy stuff.
DEPRESSED OF DEPRESSION
Where there's a Will, there's a way. Except tonight, there was no Will, which is a tremendous loss. The other two dummy's managed to chop it up hibachi style, breaking news... Will's coming to work on Wednesday looking sharp rocking his new headset and all is well. The holiday's are coming to a close in just a few days, we hope our efforts enhanced your day in some small way. The hard truth is that many addicts will repeat the same behaviors and aren't reached in time. We have to be active participants in our recovery, however that looks. We gotta' put some work into it like, journaling, praying, 12 step-meetingssponsor,etc. The help is there and it's probably closer than you think.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
We celebrated Christmas Eve together by having a fun episode and looking at "The art of Losing". As we get older, we learn how to fall gracefully. The art of losing is about how we land. Whether we have a good landing or not is all about how we fall. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when, and when we fall are we prepared for the landing? Minimize the collateral damage. Life is going to happen and if need be, we lean on one another when the weight gets too heavy to bear. In other news, the boys dusted off the board games and played Christmas Recovery Jeopardy by light of their Christmas Trees and counted themselves grateful for the moment. Merry Christmas everyone.
CANADIAN INVASION
We kicked off our holiday shenanigans tonight as we gratefully welcomed a recored number in viewership for this show. The Canadian influence continued as we invited fellow brother in recovery, Brad the Canadian. The panel all identified with some part of his story and he had a great way of telling it. Dennis Leary made his yearly appearance. As did Tim's dad. Brad Mansfield from Wawota jumped in the trenches with the guys and told a story we all connected to on some level. It was 90 minutes long and was TVMA throughout.
MANNY IN THE HOUSE
You ask a recovering addict that's put multiple years together how they did it, all unanimously say, "One day at a time". Speaking of which, we invited our old friend and "OG" Manny Vitale back on the program. Manny has his own recovery show My Fight Our War and has almost a cult following which both shows share in, and share to. Different show formats but ultimately we find ourselves with recovery at the forefront of both ventures and corporately we feed off each other, sometimes without knowing it. Manny's a legend and we're grateful for his dedication and friendship.
Timothy Snyder • Producer/Host
Short in stature, big in heart. Call him Tim & if you really wanna butter his bread, you can call him "Timmy" but that's for close colleagues & friends so be responsible using it. Tim is the founder & host of the podcast. He's been in & around the recovery scene his entire life. The production & promotion of the Talkin' Trash brand is all him. Tim is in the midst of a journey he feels compelled to share. He's been clean for 2+ years from opiates, benzos, cocaine & alcohol. He'll be the first one to tell you that he couldn't do it without the support of his fellow hosts in recovery.
Jim Leibel • Host/Community Relations
Jim Leibel hails from the great white north in Regina, Saskatchewan. Jim's 4 years clean & sober. A recovery advocate & an all around stand up guy, Jim eagerly gives back the gift of recovery that's been freely given to him. He'll tell you, he does this to protect his own sobriety because like everyone on the show, he believes you can only keep what you have by giving it away. Jim's battle with alcohol went hand in hand throughout his life. He ran fitness classes with vodka in his water bottle. The "Big Shot" alcoholic. His family sought out treatment a few years ago and Jim caught fire while working the A.A. program and living the promises. Jim's 61 years old and is the father to 2 beautiful daughters. Jim handles all the communication for the show and is a cherished ambassador and lifelong friend of Talkin' Trash. He schedules regular guests & formats the shows catering to a wide range of audiences.
William Douglas • Big Shot
Willy D. Will's the longest tenured show member aside from Tim. He's got 2 years clean & sober. Like Tim, Will hails from the peach state & has had enough of enduring the pain incurred by living a life of addiction. Will is 43 years old, a proud uncle & an honest, trustworthy son. Will is self-employed and donates his time to the cause in the hopes to save people from enduring the pain & heartache that goes hand in hand with a lifestyle of addiction. His D.O.C. was Methamphetamines and GHB. The ramifications were taking its toll on both his physical & mental well being. As he began to suffer legal consequences, he finally gave in to a life of peace & sobriety. Like the entire panel, he's taken his own path of sobriety. Our cast is a united front that there's wrong way to recover but there is a right way to live.
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