187 The Rise Beyond Recovery Summit187 The Rise Beyond Recovery Summit
You're Sober! Now What?
Tamar Medford shares how complacency in her sixth year of sobriety pushed her to create the Rise Beyond Recovery summit, focused on life beyond simply staying sober. The episode touches on gratitude, authenticity, connection, and using recovery experience to build a purposeful future.
19:04•9 Mar 2022
Rising Beyond Recovery: Tamar Medford on Turning Sobriety into Purpose
Episode Overview
- Gratitude and focusing on what’s appreciated in each experience can strengthen recovery and shift perspective.
- Complacency in long-term sobriety can be dangerous, making it vital to stay engaged and connected to recovery practices.
- Personalities should not be confused with programmes; staying open-minded to the material and support on offer is key.
- Relatability and shared experience in recovery create powerful connection and can help people feel less alone.
- Energy once spent on getting loaded can be redirected into building a purposeful, fulfilling life beyond recovery.
“What if you took even half that amount of energy, and put it into something that would help you create a life that you actually enjoyed waking up every day?”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This episode of "You're Sober! Now What?" follows host Tamar Medford as she shares how a single idea grew into the Rise Beyond Recovery virtual summit, aimed at people who are already sober but craving something more from life. You’ll hear Tamar talk candidly about gratitude, authenticity and the scary moment in her sixth year of sobriety when complacency crept in and relapse felt dangerously possible.
She explains how reconnecting with her passion for recovery and purpose led her to gather nearly 30 entrepreneurs and long-term recovery advocates to share how they built meaningful lives beyond simply staying clean and sober. The style is warm, honest and conversational, with Tamar speaking directly to those who feel stuck in a “recovery bubble” and aren’t sure what comes next.
She reflects on her own journey through 12-step recovery, the importance of finding the right people rather than blaming programmes, and the power of relatability: sitting across from someone who says, "I understand how you feel. I've been there too." The summit centres on stories plus practical tools: mindset shifts, overcoming limiting beliefs, finding purpose, and turning years of addiction into a kind of hard-earned education.
Tamar challenges the idea that sobriety alone is the end point, asking what could happen if you poured even "half that amount of energy" once spent on getting loaded into building a life you’re excited to wake up to. For anyone in recovery who’s solid in abstinence but restless, discontent or unsure where to point their energy, this episode offers a preview of a community focused on rising beyond recovery and supporting others through initiatives like Touched by Addiction.
If you’ve built your foundation and are wondering what’s next, could this be the push to start writing the next chapter of your story?
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