Recovery Dialogues and Sober Stories (RDSS) is an addiction and mental health recovery podcast hosted by Antonio Matta, exploring recovery as self-improvement—a self-directed process of reaching your potential through deliberate change. Episodes draw on lived-experience experts, clinical insight, and journalistic commentary to confront the cultural and systemic forces shaping who gets well. RDSS surfaces overlooked truths and builds momentum that lasts. If you want to engage with the show further, visit https://recoverydialogues-soberstories.show for the RDSS blog, voicemail and more.
Recovery Dialogues & Sober Stories
Claim This Podcastby Antonio Matta
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44 episodes
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Recovery Dialogues and Sober Stories (RDSS) is an addiction and mental health recovery podcast hosted by Antonio Matta, exploring recovery as self-improvement—a self-directed process of reaching your potential through deliberate change. Episodes draw on lived-experience experts, clinical insight, and journalistic commentary to confront the cultural and systemic forces shaping who gets well. RDSS surfaces overlooked truths and builds momentum that lasts. If you want to engage with the show further, visit https://recoverydialogues-soberstories.show for the RDSS blog, voicemail and more.
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Recent Episodes
July 4, 2026
A Declaration of Interdependence
<p>On the day this country celebrates independence, we asked what freedom actually means in addiction and mental health recovery. Seven real answers—from faith to found family to living fully despite an ongoing diagnosis—surface one of the most overlooked truths this show has covered all season.</p><p><a href="https://recoverydialogues-soberstories.show" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Official show site</a></p><p><a href="https://gofundme.com/recoverydialogues" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">GoFundMe</a></p><p><a href="https://recoverydialogues.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Merch with Meaning</a></p><p><br /></p>
June 16, 2026
The Connection Paradox: Overlooked Truths About Relationships in Recovery
<p>Mental health, addiction recovery, and self-improvement all have one overlooked truth in common: getting better is hard to do alone—and yet building new relationships may be the hardest part of recovery nobody talks about. In this solo episode, Antonio Matta breaks down why trust, connection, and attachment feel so difficult when you're living with mental illness or co-occurring disorders, and shares five evidence-based strategies to help you build, protect, and sustain the relationships your recovery depends on. If you've ever wondered whether real connection is still possible for you—this episode is your answer.</p><p><a href="https://givebutter.com/donate-to-city-voices" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Donate</a> to <a href="https://cityvoicesonline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">City Voices</a></p><p><a href="www.recoverydialogues-soberstories.show" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Official RDSS website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/recoverydialogues" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">GoFundMe</a></p><p><a href="https://www.recoverydialogues.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Merch with Meaning</a></p>
May 20, 2026
Why Mental Health Awareness Month Isn't Enough
<p>61.5 million Americans are living with mental illness—and nearly 30 million of them received no treatment last year. In this special Mental Health Awareness Month bonus episode, trauma-informed peer support counselor and author R. Antonio Matta reads from his spoken word album to be released soon, shares raw testimony from years of lived recovery, and makes the case that awareness without access—and clinical language without humanity—is failing the people who need help most. Season 5 of Recovery Dialogues & Sober Stories is coming, and this is where it starts.</p>
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