The Modern Meeting

Ep. 133 - Getting Sober Wasn't the Hard Part | Janice & Katie Dowd

Janice Johnson Dowd is in long-term recovery from alcohol. Her daughter Katie Dowd Walker was a teenager watching it happen. Together they host the podcast Recovering Rel

Ep. 132 - Fire Your Evil Caddie | Sean Bourgeoise

Psychotherapist and gambling specialist Sean Bourgeoise joins The Modern Meeting to break down what effective gambling treatment actually looks like. We talk about why fo

Ep. 131 - Not Quite Ready For Never | Mary Santora (Part 2)

Mary Santora is 118 days removed from her last bet, but she isn't pretending the desire disappeared with it. In Part 2, she's brutally honest about what early r

Ep. 130 - You Can't Take It With You | Mary Santora (Part 1)

Mary Santora is a nationally touring stand-up comedian with two full-length specials that hit number one, and this is the first time she's telling her gambling story

Ep. 129 - The Long Road to Surrender: My Gambling Addiction Story

For those of you who've been here since the beginning, you've heard a lot of this before, scattered across ninety-something cold opens. For those of you who hav

Ep. 128 - Twenty Cents of Hope | Austin P.

Austin P sits down with Adam just after celebrating one year without a bet and a day away from celebrating one year sober from alcohol. Austin first recognized his gambli

Ep. 127 - It’s More Than a Financial Problem | Jimmy Morris

Jimmy Morris is a compulsive gambler in recovery from Chicago, and the host of the podcast Gambling Recovery: Taking Back Your Life. Jimmy grew up in Little Italy, where

Ep. 126 - My Proudest Moment (So Far)

Back in 2016, I took another bailout from my Dad, but this time it came up with some serious strings attached. Then it's the full NCPG recap. Four days in Nashville.

Ep. 125 - The Compulsive Guest | John B.

John B. is a compulsive gambler in recovery from Oxnard, California with over 20 years since his last bet. In 1994, John moved to Las Vegas to get away from drugs and alc

Ep. 124 - The Biggest Misconceptions About Meetings

As long as people keep struggling with gambling, and refuse to go to meetings, I will keep talking about them. This week I posed a question to the listeners who are in re

Ep. 123 - Hang Around Till the Miracle Happens | Rocky M's Story

You've heard Adam talk about his clean date, February 8th, 2022, and the meeting in Austin, Texas that changed everything. Rocky is the man who chaired that meeting.

Ep. 122 - Losing Chris, Finding Myself | Tom Farley Jr.

If you grew up in the '90s, Chris Farley was probably the funniest person alive to you. Tom Farley is his older brother, and he's in recovery himself. For years

Ep 121 - One Year of The Modern Meeting Meeting

For most of my life I never stuck with anything. Jobs. Relationships. Addresses. And now, thanks to recovery, I actually stick with things. And I'm not doing it alon

Ep. 120 - Five Hard Truths About Gambling Recovery

A delayed flight, a karaoke bar in Missouri, and a $248 decision I knew I shouldn't make. What happened next at the gate was the closest I've come to that old f

Ep. 119 - Raised in It, 108 Days Out of It | Carmey B's Story

Carmela aka Carmey B — grew up in Omaha's Little Italy, in a loud, proud Italian American family whose whole world revolved around gambling. Her father owned an Ital

Ep. 118 - Secretly Self-Destructing | Scott Meyer's Story

From the outside, Scott Meyer had the picture-perfect life. Married his high school sweetheart, five kids, his own accounting firm, a home in the community he grew up in,

Ep. 117 - The Power of This Disease

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sonya — a Marine, an adventurer, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, and a friend, who passed away on May 27th after a nearly twenty

Ep. 116 - He Turned Himself In | Paul Buck, EPIC Global Solutions (Part 2)

When we left Paul Buck, the real number had just come into focus, and the obvious question was: how did he get caught? He didn't.  In Part 2, Paul picks up at the

Ep. 115 - Every Day for 17 Years | Paul Buck, EPIC Global Solutions (Part 1)

Before founding one of the world's leading gambling harm prevention consultancies, Paul Buck placed his first bet in October 1994. It was a £10 each-way on a 33-to-1

Ep. 114 - Going Back to Springfield, Six Years Later

I went back to Springfield, MA for the first time in over six years. I went for a conference, and I ended up walking through the casino for the first time since I entered