Ep: 235: Wins Once, Right?

Ep: 235: Wins Once, Right?

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This Since Right Now episode brings a messy, funny and very honest catch‑up with hosts Jeff, Matt and Chris as they talk about plant medicine, Dry January and what “recovery” looks like for them right now. Chris shares how a brutal bout of social anxiety – swearing at family and upsetting his partner – pushed him to try a low‑dose medical cannabis vape pen designed specifically for anxiety.

He walks through the “ratio” products he uses, how the haptic feedback limits each dose, and why three tiny puffs were enough to remind him of that unnerving “time‑travel high” feeling he doesn’t want. Used in small amounts, he says it “helps manage anxiety remarkably well” alongside antidepressants and therapy. Matt, by contrast, has stepped away from weed after taking huge doses of THC syrup that were clearly about escape rather than support.

He’s now throwing himself into meetings, facing responsibilities, and trying not to set up self‑sabotaging traps like unpaid bills and unfinished tasks. His stories about hosting an 11‑year‑old’s sleepover while fighting social anxiety are equal parts painful and hilarious. Jeff checks in from a much calmer place: less rage, more acceptance, and a marriage that finally feels like both partners are on the same team.

He credits therapy tools and AA principles with helping him let go of control and stop “resisting the reality of life” so fiercely. Throughout, they wrestle openly with whether medical marijuana fits inside their recovery, how to handle blended families, and what it means to grow up emotionally without losing their sense of humour. As one of them bluntly puts it, “Substances do not fix you. They never will.

You have to do work.” If you’re questioning your own relationship with substances, anxiety, or responsibility, this raw, jokey chat might leave you asking: what actually helps me – and what’s just hiding the problem?