Lindy Somers on Addiction, Motherhood, Loss, and Finding Purpose in RecoveryLindy Somers on Addiction, Motherhood, Loss, and Finding Purpose in Recovery
Recovery On-Air
Lindy Somers shares how addiction, lost custody of her children and a broken martial arts career led into treatment, fellowship and a new life in recovery. The conversation focuses on motherhood, shame, support for pregnant women who use, and finding purpose beyond court requirements or family expectations.
49:04•21 Aug 2026
Addiction, Lost Custody and a Fresh Start: Lindy Somers Shares Her Story
Episode Overview
- Doing recovery for yourself, rather than for courts, kids or family, can make sobriety more stable and meaningful.
- Honesty about using while pregnant or losing custody helps reduce shame and opens the door to genuine support.
- Strong fellowship and women’s groups can carry you through moments when loss or court decisions could trigger relapse.
- Multiple treatment attempts and severed rights don’t mean you’re beyond help; change can still begin with one honest decision to seek support.
- Healthy relationships in recovery need boundaries, communication and both partners actively working on their own trauma.
“Those things that feel so horrific at that point in time end up being the biggest blessings that you don't know about until you get recovery.”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? Recovery On-Air brings that question to life through Lindy Somers’ story, stitched together with addiction, motherhood, heartbreak, and hard-won purpose. From the start, you’ll hear how “both my parents are addicts” shaped Lindy’s early years, making substances feel normal long before she chose them herself at 16.
Lindy talks openly about detoxing at home when pregnant, going missing for three days on her “first night out” as a new mum, giving one child up for open adoption, and later having her rights severed: “I was five months sober and I got a call from the court saying, you got sober too late.” Kristen Day keeps the tone raw but funny, swapping war stories and talking about shame, CPS fears, and the reality of “choosing men, choosing drugs over my kids.” They highlight the women’s CA subcommittee for pregnant and parenting women, creating a space where you can say, without flinching, “I used while I was pregnant” and still be met with support instead of judgement.
A high-achieving martial artist and triple crown state champion, she jokes about being a “bad bitch”, yet explains how losing taekwondo felt like losing her whole identity — a void she filled with heavy clubbing, ecstasy, meth and heroin. The conversation speaks directly to parents who use, or grew up around addiction, and anyone tangled in child welfare systems.
You’ll also hear how treatment at Scottsdale Recovery Center, sober softball, sponsorship, and women “who loved me until I could love myself” helped Lindy build a new life. Today she’s engaged to a partner in recovery, co-parenting, working in treatment with Plugged In, and learning to do recovery for herself — not for court, kids, or family.
If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re too late, too broken, or too guilty to start again, this conversation might make you ask a better question: what if this pain is the beginning of your blessing?
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