The Castro Country Club
The Castro Country Club
Borrowing Love in Recovery ❤️ Let Us Love You Until You Can Love Yourself with Michael M 🏳️🌈 A Queer Recovery Podcast 🎙️
Borrowing Love in Recovery ❤️ Let Us Love You Until You Can Love Yourself with Michael M 🏳️🌈 A Queer Recovery Podcast 🎙️
Borrowing Love in Recovery ❤️ Let Us Love You Until You Can Love Yourself with Michael M 🏳️🌈 A Queer Recovery Podcast 🎙️
Monday 6th October 2025
Explore the power of borrowed love in recovery with Michael M. on At The CCC podcast, fostering trust and healing in queer recovery spaces.
Explicit
31 minutes
Inspiring
Authentic
Supportive
Encouraging
Honest
About this podcast
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Overview:
Categories:
Recovery Reimagined
Sexual Empowerment & Identity
Creative Recovery Journeys
Understanding Addiction & Recovery
Financial Health in Recovery
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Episode Overview
- Accepting love from others can aid in self-love development.
- Community support is crucial in early recovery stages.
- Healthy boundaries prevent enabling behaviours.
- Shared vulnerability fosters trust and healing.
- Peer support networks enhance recovery journeys.
Let us love you until you can love yourself.
How do people find hope in the darkest times? This episode of At The CCC offers a unique glimpse into the queer recovery community, exploring the concept of 'borrowing love' during recovery. Michael M., a guest co-host, shares his personal journey through recovery from crystal meth and alcohol, highlighting the importance of accepting love from others when self-love feels out of reach. The conversation is peppered with humour and candid moments, making it relatable and engaging.
The hosts and Michael delve into the challenges of maintaining healthy boundaries and the struggle of balancing support with enabling behaviour. Michael discusses how his work in mental health and substance abuse recovery allows him to make amends to his community while also helping himself. There's a refreshing honesty in how the guests talk about the messiness of recovery, emphasising that it's okay to be vulnerable and that shared vulnerability can foster trust and healing.
You'll find yourself laughing at their witty banter while contemplating the deeper issues of recovery. It's a reminder that community support is vital, and sometimes you need to let others love you until you can love yourself. How do you feel about letting someone else love you during your journey to recovery?