Off The Elevator: Recent Episodes
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Long time friends Joe and Jessy talk and share about their current experiences in life, from their addiction to alcohol to the incredible growth in their faith. They will be taking deep looks into the mental and physical aspects of all addictions. As well as discussing unique perspectives from different backgrounds on faith, religion and spirituality. All inspired by their current journey, down to earth guest, historical facts and current life events.
Joe and Jessy talk about the past couple of months and how we have been trying to live life on life's terms. We also talk about our thoughts and feels on "doing hard things". We hope you enjoy our conversations! We would love to hear from you so email us at offtheelevator@gmail.com or hit us up on Instagram!
Joe and Jessy talk about several promises of sobriety and how they continue to come true in their lives!
Join us as we talk with our amazing friend Kevin Rose about his sobriety walk and new found faith!
Join us as we continue talking about promises of sobriety! We marvel over the blessings!
Egotism & Humility? We chat about what that means to us and how it plays apart in our lives now vs when we were active alcoholics.
Jessy and Joe talk about the promises that are coming true in their lives in sobriety! Jessy gets promoted to Host!
Joe and Jessy discuss what a trigger means to them and how they overcome them. Join them for an interesting discussion from two different perspectives!
Joe and Jessy chat about "mocktails" also known as alcoholic mixed drinks with NO alcohol.
Joe and Jessy talk with Kelly Wyman about her sobriety journey! Jessy and Kelly met through Instagram after Kelly started following OTE! Kelly shares her story of how she started walking out sobriety alone and how social media and podcast supported her She also tells of the gratitude she has now and how it just keeps getting better!
Joe and Jessy talk about how they were fake while in active addiction. They share their experience in the process of learning who God says they really are!
Joe and Jessy finish catching up on the last few months and chat about how Jessy decided on her new job.
Joe and Jessy are back from their hiatus and spend time chatting and catching up on the last 3 months!
In sobriety, Joe and Jessy are learning to deal with life on life's terms daily. Join them as they chat about the loss of Jessy's job, reliance on God's will, and their thoughts on sharing the message.
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Joe and Jessy are back from a little hiatus. They discussed "talking recovery" and how they handle being ask about it. They also chat about dealing with new disappointments sober by trusting God's redirection!
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Have you ever ask yourself why you keep doing the same things or going through the same stuff? How do you battle complacency with the same ol' same ol'? What breaks the monotony in your life?
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Joe and Jessy talk about the constant current addiction we all have to our phones, including social media, games and messaging. Have you ever thought how much time is wasted or used to distract you from life? Have you noticed when a different season of your life begins? Do the actions God puts into place stick out to you? How do memories of past seasons affect our current sobriety?
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Have you ever been completely exhausted? Mentally, Physically, Spiritual? What do we do when we finally realize we need REST? We talk about how perceived rest while we were active in addition and how we accept true rest in sobriety.
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Joe and Jessy talk about the affect positivity and negativity has on their attitude, circumstances and sobriety. They also discuss the importance of have a positive circle of influence and how they feel surrounding themselves with positive people keeps them right sized.
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Join Joe and Jessy as they talk about the words that come out of their mouths. Conversations on making light hearted jokes about drinking alcohol to being frustrated and blurting out ridiculous comments. Can you plan a relapse with the words coming out of your mouth? Does cursing strengthen anger and stress? How do Biblical principles guide you to talk?
Getting up late, a so called bad morning, work stress and so many other things can work against our Spiritual Fitness. When your attitude shifts, do you become unreceptive? We talk about how vivid thoughts of addiction creeps in and how we battle the spiritual funk.
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Join us for our conversation with ultra runner and host of The Unknowns Podcast, Darby Hopper. Darby shares with us his story of experiencing his mother's fight with alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness. His story displays faith, hope and perseverance from a very young age, all of which propelled him into a passion for running and charity work.
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In this episode, Off The Elevator meets Red Blooded Outdoors and digs into 40 Days of Deliverance with John Grdina. We talk with John about how he was lead to start the 40 Days of Deliverance challenge. John talks on the aspects of the program. He and Cornbread, AKA Joe talk about Joe's experience of going through the challenge while in the midst of celebrating his 1 year anniversary of quitting alcohol.
Join us as we celebrate Jessy's first year of sobriety in our true form!!!
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Have you ever thought you work too much? Has your family ever said "Are you really working now?" while you should have been attentive to them? We talk about our work ethics, habits and experiences, raising the question between us "Are we workaholics or had we been?"
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We are joined by Jessy's dear friend Steve Harding. Steve tells the story of how being an introverted child and adolescent made him feel different and alone. He shares his experience of alcohol and drugs which lead him to believe he wouldn't live past 30 years old. Steve's story shares incredible hope and life after many years of darkness.
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We talk about our old drinking patterns from hanging at the bar, drinking in the parking lot after work, kickin' back at the cow pasture, and get-togethers at friend's house TO drinking alone at home. We also talk about the dynamics of our social circles and how they have changed.
We would love to hear about your experiences so hit us up at offtheelevator@gmail.com or Facebook or Instagram!
Within our first year of sobriety we are experiencing so many first! The slightest things awaken our realization of those moments. In this episode we talk about a few of our eye opening first. We also offer to open up our podcast for anyone who wants to talk about their recovery!
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From a great childhood, Shane entered high school where he discovered his inability to learn like others. This made Shane feel different. Late teenage years, a little alcohol and marijuana, until one night during a softball tournament Shane was offered a "pick-me-up" that changed his life forever. We talk about his 15 year addiction to Meth and celebrate his 18th year of sobriety. He shares his story with us and how God changed his life.
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Joe and Jessy talk about the current worker shortage and lead into discussing "Are there enough workers for Christ?". They also chat about some common addiction definitions and the differences as well as touched on several "firsts" in recovery.
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We discuss several different addictions as well as raise questions about treatment options. Addiction is respecter of persons and can plague anyone....teachers, truck drivers, homeless, wealthy, moms, dads, sons and daughters!
Have you ever thought of the origin of your own faith? Do you think your faith was ever stifled by circumstances? We discuss our faith from childhood, through our addiction to our present sobriety.
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We both grew up in families that were rooted in faith with "normal" teenage years. Then life happened, marriage, careers, children AND booze. This is the cliff note version of our life experience, from the first drink to the last, all in under and hour!
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Have you ever felt like you were speeding down on an elevator fearing the crash at the bottom? Were you able to get off or did you hit bottom? Joe and Jessy introduce the Off The Elevator Podcast describing their experience in getting off the speeding elevator of addiction.