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Ep. 138 - Gambling Addiction: For The People Who Don't Understand

This episode is for the people in our lives who just don't get it. Drawing from my own 20 years of compulsive gambling, I do my best to explain and educate those wh

Oct 21
45 min

Ep. 137 - How a Binge Gambler Found 17 Years of Recovery | Jennifer Krimmel

After 17 years in recovery, Jennifer Krimmel is now the Executive Director of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling. Jennifer shares how she moved from hidden binge ga

Oct 13
1 h 15 min

Ep. 136 - The Starting Over Episode

Life has thrown me some unexpected challenges recently, forcing me to confront fear, uncertainty, and some uncomfortable truths about myself. In this episode, I reflect o

Oct 9
32 min

Ep. 135 - Different Games, Shared Experiences (Part 2) | A Recovery Month Panel

Four different breaking points. Four different paths back. For this special Recovery Month episode of The Modern Meeting, Adam continues his conversation with Rachel M.,

Sep 26
46 min

Ep. 134 - Different Games, Shared Experiences (Part 1) | A Recovery Month Panel

Gambling addiction doesn’t always look the same. Sports betting. Online casinos. Scratch tickets. Casino gambling. The games may be different, but the experiences underne

Sep 23
55 min

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

Sep 17
1 h 16 min

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

Sep 11
1 h 10 min

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

Sep 7
52 min

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

Sep 3
1 h 06 min

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

Aug 26
1 h 36 min

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

Aug 19
1 h 11 min

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

Aug 11
1 h 06 min

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.

Aug 3
1 h 04 min

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

Jul 29
1 h 00 min

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

Jul 19
42 min

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.

Jul 15
1 h 12 min

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

Jul 7
1 h 22 min

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

Jul 2
38 min

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

Jun 25
49 min

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

Jun 16
1 h 16 min

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Adam’s approach to gambling is met with a combination of genuine and sincere space for others. He can sit with a difficult conversation, disagree, inquire, and find space to learn. It’s clear his passion drives him to be a loud resource in a space that is too often met with silence. Highly recommend.

AJS (TalkAR) · Feb 2026

This pod is one of the best I’ve ever listened to. The design with Adams personal shares at the beginning is calming, funny, interesting, relatable. I’ve often thought the way he tells his story is like listening to an audiobook. Thank you for showing up in a meaningful way. Sending my love, respect and support.

CoMoJess · Jan 2026

Adam does a great job at sharing his story and bringing light to gambling issues and thoughts that many compulsive gamblers and even those who aren’t can benefit from. Thank you Adam.

prpigeon · Aug 2026

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