Thank you Matt Zerilli for sharing what you've learned from your journey through addiction, recovery and comedy!
We cover a lot in this episode. Here's some of the words that jumped out at me from each segment.
Who is Matt Zerilli?
Comedian
Person in recovery
Traverse City, MI
15 years sobriety
Recovery
Certified recovery coach
Drank to excess
Ambivalence
Identity
Connect with people
Acquaintances
Comfort
Crutch
Social identity
Stigma
Treatment
Disease model
Legal vs good
Can vs should
Social media
Gambling
Pornography
Workaholism
Shoplifting
Dopamine
Drunk driving
Knucklehead
Internal vs external
Awareness
Pattern
Intention
Distraction vs enhancement
Therapy
Manic depression
Self medication
Peel back the onion
Sponsor
My problems
Pathways
Impulse to reaction
Relapse
Consistent work
Addictive personalities
Pride
Tears of joy
Feelings
Sober at 27
Control
Joyous and positive
Standup
Writing
Nerd
Obsession
Jokes
Big laughs
Studio Anatomy in Traverse City
Perspectives
Love
Spiritual experience
Laughing together
Magical
Electricity
Stage time
Coronavirus
Challenging
Working out
Practicing
Part of the crowd
Transparent
Positive and enjoyable
The message of recovery
Bars
Questions
Engage
Relate
Mental health
Suicidal thoughts
Human feelings
Kick the door open
Existential comedy
Manic Depression
Therapy
Attacking the stigma
Helping people
Carrying the message forward
What I needed to hear
Laugh at yourself
What's going well?
Quarantine
Overworked
overcommitted
Overweight
Saitic event
Gym
Holistic
A plan
60 minutes a day
40 pounds down
Meditation
Healthy
It sucks
Physical trainers
Running
Marathons
White space
Margin
Healthy habits
Physical self-care
A screeching halt
A collective inhale
Definite mindfulness available
What's one thing your struggling with?
Anxiety
Social
Tom Hanks
WWII
Struggling with addiction
Losing people
Overdose
Try
Loosing touch
Social distancing
Quarantine
Tactics
Check in
Stress
Starting to break
Recovery coach training
Covid shock
Control
Depression
Suicide
Addiction
Tough
Control
Yanked away
Uncharted
Challenges
Good days and bad days
Check in with your people
Doing ok or not
Faith
Mind and heart
Follow through
Connect
A lot can come from a chat
A quick chat
How can people reach you?
MattZerillicomedy@gmail.com
@reallyzerilli instigram & twitter
The Thing podcast on all platforms
theThingPod.com
Reach me at
theUnemployedAlcoholic.com
Cleancomedytime.com
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