Recover Outloud

About Recover Outloud

Recover Outloud is a space for honest conversations about recovery, healing, and rebuilding life without labels or performative positivity. Hosted by Sean Young, the channel explores sobriety, addiction, trauma, mental health, and personal accountability through real stories and lived experience. No preaching. No gurus. Just unfiltered dialogue, practical insight, and growth, said out loud.

Publisher

Sean Young

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

28 May 2022

Latest episode

25 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

166 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Mar 2026

   Recover Outloud: Ep 127: Rewiring the Mind in Recovery

   Alex shares his journey from early substance use in the Midwest to heavy drinking, cocaine, heroin, and meth addiction that eventually led to homelessness, legal trouble, and years of relapse. After multiple trips to rehab and hitting what he calls the true “jumping off point,” Alex realized that getting sober wasn’t the hardest part staying sober was. His turning point came when he began studying mindset, meditation, and neuroscience, discovering that recovery required more than willpower. It required retraining the brain. In this episode, Sean and Alex dive into the science behind addiction, the role of subconscious thinking, why negative thought patterns keep people stuck, and how tools like meditation, breathwork, affirmations, and disciplined habits can help rebuild a life from the inside out. Alex explains how learning to separate yourself from your thoughts, develop awareness, and take intentional action can lead not only to sobriety, but to purpose, peace, and freedom. Now a sober life coach with a high success rate helping others stay clean, Alex uses science-based tools alongside traditional recovery principles to help people create lasting change. This episode is about more than getting sober. It’s about rewiring the mind, finding purpose, and proving that no matter how far you fall, you can rebuild your life one decision at a time.

2. 

   18 Mar 2026

   Recover Outloud: Ep 126: Recovery, Consciousness & The System

   This episode explores the role of higher power, personal responsibility, and collective consciousness in recovery, while also diving into uncomfortable but necessary conversations about the war on drugs, incarceration, systemic barriers, and how addiction intersects with society, culture, and opportunity. Jeff speaks openly about his lived experience, the realities of prison and reentry, and why recovery requires more than just quitting substances it requires a shift in mindset, environment, and awareness. Sean and Jeff also discuss how distraction, ego, and lack of support keep people stuck, and why consistency, community, and spiritual connection can change the trajectory of a life. From street survival to self-awareness, from prison statistics to personal transformation, this episode blends real talk with deep reflection. This is not just a conversation about recovery. It’s a conversation about freedom, responsibility, and waking up. If you’ve ever felt like the system was built for you to fail, this episode will make you think and remind you that change is still possible.

3. 

   11 Mar 2026

   Recover Outloud: Ep 125: Metal, Mayhem & Sobriety

   Rich opens up about growing up in instability, chasing validation, and how alcohol and drugs became both an escape and a way to feel in control. What started as social use quickly evolved into a destructive cycle that impacted his relationships, career, and sense of self. Beneath the surface was a deep struggle with identity, ego, and the constant need to prove himself. As his world narrowed and consequences mounted, Rich found himself at a breaking point physically exhausted, emotionally depleted, and spiritually empty. In this episode, he shares what it was like to finally surrender, to ask for help, and to confront the hard truths he had avoided for years.Now in recovery, Rich talks candidly about rebuilding from the ground up: repairing relationships, redefining masculinity, learning humility, and finding strength in vulnerability. He reflects on how service, accountability, and daily discipline became the foundation of his sobriety and how the life he once thought was over is now more meaningful than he ever imagined. This episode is about letting go of ego, embracing growth, and discovering that recovery isn’t just about staying sober it’s about becoming the person you were meant to be. If you’re struggling to surrender or wondering whether change is truly possible, Rich’s story is one you won’t want to miss.

Who has been a guest on Recover Outloud

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Cheyenne Moore
• Catherine Machowski
• Amber Schultz
• Rob Childs
• Lorayne Michaels

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

11,002

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

87

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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