SoberCity

This episode explores OneHeart, a Rapid City nonprofit providing transitional housing and comprehensive services to people overcoming poverty, addiction, and trauma, and the city committee vote to issue a notice of non-renewal for its lease.

We hear from the CEO about OneHeart’s full campus model—91 units, on-site partners, sober living programs, and success stories of residents rebuilding integrity and stability—plus concerns about the impact on children and families if the lease is not renewed.

The conversation covers the nonprofit’s trauma-informed, long-term approach, community resistance and stigma, recovery and housing challenges, and the personal story of resilience behind the organization’s leadership.

Today is 2 years of sobriety for me.

And I planned on talking about my sobriety journey.

Instead, this last episode is dedicated to all of you affected by people like me. I am thinking of you today. I am thinking of you every day. We all deserve to be happy, joyous, and free. And no one should be given the power to rob us of that. I hope you find the power to remove the anchors that keep the wind from pushing your sails. 

I love you all. I can't thank you enough for listening. For encouraging. And for reaching out.

Life really is beautiful. And sobriety is absolutely worth it. And I truly thank God for today, because today is all I have.

Brittany’s Experience with my Alcoholism, Addiction, Lies, and eventually, our Separation

My most personal episode yet.

I sit down with my wife, Brittany, to share our journey through my addiction, recovery, and the toll it took on our marriage. This is a conversation we’ve never had publicly before.

From the early days of our relationship to the breaking point that led to separation, Brittany opens up about what it was like to be married to me during my darkest moments. She shares the fear, the gaslighting, the resentment, and the emotional toll of loving someone struggling with alcoholism and addiction.

In this episode, we discuss:

💔 The lies, manipulation, and broken trust 

💔 The moment Brittany finally said "I’m done,” and the fear of possibly not being strong enough to stick with it. 

💔How sobriety changed our marriage (and the challenges that came with it) 

💔 The PTSD spouses often face and why their healing matters too 

It’s not pretty, but if it helps even one person, it’s worth it.

(Thank you to our friends and family who jumped into the trenches with us. We love you and are so incredibly grateful for you ❤️)

Here are Brittany’s recommended resources:

Meetings:

• SMART Recovery: https://smartrecovery.org/
• AL-ANON: https://al-anon.org/

Influencers:

• Annie Parker
  • Instagram: instagram.com/Anniethesafeparent
  • Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AMParker
• KC - Mental Health Matters
  • Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kc_mentalhealthmatters
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kc.mentalhealthmatters/\
• Till The Wheels Fall Off
  • Website: www.twfo.com
  • Facebook: facebook.com/TWFOCouple
  • Instagram: Instagram.com/twfo_couple
  • Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/till-the-wheels-fall-off/id1645024674
  • YouTube: youtube.com/@twfo_couple/featured
  • TikTok: TikTok.com/@twfo_couple

☎️ Need help or know someone who does? Reach out anytime: 

📧 sobercitypod@gmail.com 

📞 605.545.2609 

 

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✅ Instagram: instagram.com/sobercitypod 

✅ Facebook: facebook.com/sobercitypod 

✅ TikTok: tiktok.com/@sobercitypod

✅ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SOBERCITYPod

“The Other Side of Addiction: Amy’s Inspiration and Encouragement for Daughters, Wives, and Mothers”

 

Seth sits down with Amy, a survivor of generational addiction, for a heart-wrenching yet hopeful conversation about growing up in chaos, breaking toxic cycles, and finding peace without a single drink. This episode reveals:  

 

🔹 Finding her mom unalive at 13 and why she calls it "the best-case scenario"

🔹 How Amy’s mom used her as a pawn, the years of gaslight, and her attempt to abandon her at the Salvation Army  

🔹 The effects of being a child of an alcoholic. Hyper-vigilance, “drink counting,” and imposter syndrome 

🔹 How Amy repeated the past she wanted to escape until a biker and musician named Tony tricked her into healthy love. 

 

This episode is for those of you who:  

✅ Have you ever loved someone who chose addiction over you  

✅ Still believes "chaos = love"  

✅ You’ve been told "forgive and forget,” but still feel the weight of betrayal  

 

☎️ Need help or know someone who does? Reach out anytime:  

📧 sobercitypod@gmail.com  

📞 605.545.2609  

 

Follow SOBERCITY:  

✅ Instagram: instagram.com/sobercitypod  

✅ Facebook: facebook.com/sobercitypod  

✅ TikTok: tiktok.com/@sobercitypod  

✅ YouTube: youtube.com/@SOBERCITYPod  

"From 3 DUIs to Private Jets, Drew started from the bottom, now he's here.”

Seth sits down with Drew H., a close friend and fellow recovery warrior, for a raw conversation about addiction, redemption, and the hard-won freedom of sobriety. This episode uncovers:  

🔹Drew’s shocking workplace breathalyzer moment, which led to the ultimatum that saved his life.   

🔹 How alcohol went from being a way of life to an obstacle to living.

🔹 Drew’s embarrassing alcohol fueled adventures and how he overcame the guilt, shame, and remorse.

🔹 And why it’s the random and illogical things that might ultimately lead us to sobriety.

Drew is another excellent example of how sobriety is a superpower, and once achieved, the sky is the limit. Literally.

☎️ Need help or know someone who does?Reach out anytime:  

📧 sobercitypod@gmail.com  

📞 605.545.2609  

Follow SOBERCITY:  

✅ Instagram: instagram.com/sobercitypod  

✅ Facebook: facebook.com/sobercitypod  

✅ TikTok: tiktok.com/@sobercitypod  

✅ YouTube: youtube.com/@SOBERCITYPod  

“This is your Brain. And This is Your Brain on Booze"  

Seth sits down with Dr. Koupal, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who’s treated many who suffer with mental illness and addiction, including Seth himself during his darkest days. This no-holds-barred conversation reveals: 

🔹 Why alcoholics lie to their therapists and how Dr. Koupal secretly redirected Seth’s addiction-fueled political rants to rebuild his brain  

🔹 The 3-phase addiction cycle every alcoholic follows (binge → withdrawal → obsession) and why willpower fails  

🔹 Naltrexone’s "drawbridge effect" and how this miracle drug blocks 50% of alcohol cravings, and why the other 50% is where recovery happens 

🔹 Genetics, addiction, disease, and choice. What is involved when it comes to addicts and alcoholics

☎️ Need help or know someone who does? Reach out anytime:  

📧 sobercitypod@gmail.com  

📞 605.545.2609  

Follow SOBERCITY:  

✅ Instagram: instagram.com/sobercitypod  

✅ Facebook: facebook.com/sobercitypod  

✅ TikTok: tiktok.com/@sobercitypod  

✅ YouTube: youtube.com/SOBERCITYPod  

“From Chaos to Serenity – Chelsey’s Survival Guide for Loving an Alcoholic”

Seth talks with Chelsey, the wife of Delta pilot David (Episode 21), who shares what it’s really like to navigate marriage with an active alcoholic. This honest conversation reveals the hidden toll of alcoholism on families, the lies spouses tell themselves to survive, and how she rebuilt trust after his 0.32 BAC rock bottom.

This conversation covers:
🔹 The heartbreaking realization that her husband had a serious alcohol problem
🔹 Being 37 weeks pregnant and alone, receiving a call from the hospital
🔹 Why alcoholics weaponize texting, avoidance, and passive aggression, and how to recognize manipulation.
🔹 The 987-day journey back from selling everything, living with family, and carrying the weight of someone else’s mistake
🔹 Why she stayed and how she managed it

Chelsey’s story is a lifeline for anyone loving an addict or alcoholic and proof that boundaries aren’t betrayal, and miracles are found in the mess.

☎️ Need help or know someone who does? Reach out anytime:
📧 sobercitypod@gmail.com
📞 605.545.2609

Follow SOBERCITY:

✅ Instagram: instagram.com/sobercitypod
✅ Facebook: facebook.com/sobercitypod
✅ TikTok: tiktok.com/@sobercitypod
✅ YouTube: youtube.com/SOBERCITYPod  

“From a Blackout in a Parking Lot to Sobriety on the Runway – David’s Miraculous Journey of Acceptance and Surrender”

Seth sits down with David, a Delta pilot whose black out drinking led to losing his wings, his home, and nearly his family, only to reclaim it all through radical honesty and a zero-tolerance sobriety program that will monitor him the rest of his life. This episode is a masterclass in how alcoholism is a rapacious creditor, how rock bottom is necessary, and why we sometimes need to lose it all in order to have it all

This discussion includes:  

🔹 A 0.32 BAC in a parking lot that cost him his pilot’s license for 987 days  
🔹 The humbling experience of going from pilot to professional painter
🔹 His Facebook video that went viral and the importance of life experience and sharing

🔹 Sometimes what we don’t want, is exactly what we need. And our life experience is of supreme value.

David’s story proves addiction doesn’t care about your job title, income, status, or privilege, but rather that through recovery we get to rewrite our future.

☎️ Need help or know someone who does? Reach out anytime:  
📧 sobercitypod@gmail.com  
📞 605.545.2609

Follow SOBERCITY:  
✅ Instagram: instagram.com/sobercitypod  
✅ Facebook: facebook.com/sobercitypod  
✅ TikTok: tiktok.com/@sobercitypod  
✅ YouTube: youtube.com/SOBERCITYPod