Successful Life Podcast

Successful Life Podcast | Addiction Recovery, Sobriety & the 12 Steps The Successful Life Podcast is a recovery podcast hosted by Corey Berrier, featuring honest conversations about addiction recovery, alcoholism, sobriety, the 12 Steps, emotional sobriety, and personal transformation. Each episode explores practical recovery tools, spiritual principles, sponsorship, relationships, mental wellness, and what it really takes to build a meaningful life one day at a time. Corey shares personal experiences from long-term recovery, solo episodes on the challenges and victories of sober living, and interviews with people whose lives have been transformed through recovery. Whether you’re newly sober, working the 12 Steps, supporting a loved one struggling with addiction, or simply looking for personal growth, you’ll find hope, practical guidance, and authentic conversations that remind you you’re not alone. Topics include: • Addiction recovery • Alcohol recovery • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) • The 12 Steps • Sobriety • Emotional sobriety • Recovery stories • Spiritual growth • Mental health and resilience • Personal development • Sponsorship • Relapse prevention • Service work • Living a purpose-driven life New episodes every week featuring real conversations, practical experience, strength, and hope to help you build not just a sober life—but a truly successful life.

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  Keep Climbing When Fear Comes Back

  Sep 28, 202622 min

  Last week on The Successful Life Podcast , Corey Berrier talked about taking the first step despite fear. This week, he asks what happens when you wake up the next day and the fear is still there. Corey reflects on his first seven years attending AA while keeping himself emotionally on the outside. He shares how honesty, asking for help, and small repeated actions changed his experience of recovery. He also tells a story from a roof inspection: when he admitted he was afraid to continue, the person with him helped him make the right decision to stop where he was. Fear returning doesn’t erase the progress you made yesterday. The question is whether you’ll take the next honest step today. This week’s challenge: Choose one place where fear has been making decisions for you. Write down one action you can take in the next 24 hours, tell someone you plan to do it, and afterward ask yourself: What did I expect? What actually happened? What did I learn? Connect with Corey The Successful Life Podcast: https://successfullifepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JbPsiir58/?mibextid=wwXIfr Listen and subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/successful-life-podcast/id1486100211 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oH6xuInZETJTkGYMTXATH Buy Corey’s book Amazon: https://a.co/d/0iO67k5K If this episode helped you, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs encouragement to take their next step. Send us Fan Mail https:newpathemployment.com Connect with Corey Visit The Successful Life Podcast ⁠ Follow Corey on Facebook ⁠ Follow Corey on Instagram ⁠ Buy My Book on Audible ⁠ Buy My Book on Amazon ⁠

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  Climb the Ladder: Why Recovery Requires More Than Going to Meetings

  Sep 14, 202619 min

  You can study roofing, learn the terminology, and watch other people inspect roofs—but eventually, you have to climb the ladder. Recovery works the same way. In this episode of The Successful Life Podcast, Corey Berrier compares overcoming his fear of climbing onto roofs with his first seven years of sobriety. During those years, Corey attended meetings and remained close enough to recovery to experience some of its benefits—but he stayed emotionally guarded and never completely joined the fellowship. He knew he was an alcoholic, but he focused on the differences between himself and the people in the rooms instead of identifying with their similarities. Fear of judgment, vulnerability, surrender, and depending on others kept him standing on the outside. You can attend meetings without participating. You can hear about the Steps without working them. You can know people in recovery without allowing them to truly know you. Like standing at the bottom of a ladder, it may feel safer to watch from the ground. But some things cannot be understood intellectually. They must be experienced through action. Corey explains how confidence didn’t arrive before he climbed the ladder—it developed because he climbed it. The same is true in recovery. Faith and courage grow through repeated action: one meeting, one phone call, one honest conversation, one Step, and one day at a time. You don’t have to wait for the fear to disappear. You only have to take the next step. IN THIS EPISODE The difference between attending meetings and joining the fellowship Why Corey remained emotionally outside AA for seven years Looking for differences instead of identifying with similarities How fear keeps us isolated and unwilling to ask for help The fear of judgment, vulnerability, surrender, and dependence Being physically present while remaining emotionally guarded Why sobriety without emotional recovery can become a “dry drunk” What climbing onto a roof taught Corey about courage Why confidence follows action instead of coming before it How repetition builds confidence, faith, and trust The relationship between fear and procrastination Why recovery cannot be fully understood from the sidelines Taking recovery one meeting, one phone call, and one day at a time How sponsorship helps us recognize patterns we cannot see alone Choosing the next right action while fear is still present KEY TAKEAWAY Confidence doesn’t come before you climb the ladder. Confidence comes because you climb it. Courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s taking action while fear is still present. Whether your next step takes you onto a roof or deeper into recovery, you don’t need to see the entire path. You only need enough willingness to take the next step. If you’ve been attending meetings while keeping people at a distance, consider stepping fully into the fellowship. Find a sponsor, work the Steps, make the phone call, and allow people to know the real you. The view changes when you stop watching from the ground and start climbing. New episodes of The Successful Life Podcast are released every Monday at 7:00 a.m. Eastern. If this episode helped you, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may need to hear it. CONNECT WITH COREY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JbPsiir58/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreyberrier?igsi=MTUycTZxaHI5ZnBtZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr BUY COREY’S BOOK Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0D4SJYD4Q?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow Amazon: https://a.co/d/0iO67k5K Send us Fan Mail https:newpathemployment.com Connect with Corey Visit The Successful Life Podcast ⁠ Follow Corey on Facebook ⁠ Follow Corey on Instagram ⁠ Buy My Book on Audible ⁠ Buy My Book on Amazon ⁠

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  The Cliff Between Fear and Freedom

  Aug 24, 202632 min

  What if getting sober feels like standing on the edge of a 30-foot cliff—terrified, frozen, and unable to trust what’s waiting on the other side? After returning from an unforgettable recovery trip to Cherokee, Corey shares how his fear of jumping from a cliff reminded him of the fear he experienced when he first walked into a recovery meeting. He watched other people take the leap safely, but fear still prevented him from following them. Early recovery can feel exactly the same. You may see millions of people living sober, rebuilding relationships, succeeding in business, and enjoying lives they never thought possible—but taking that first step still requires courage, trust, and a willingness to ask for help. Corey also shares stories from whitewater rafting, tubing down the river, fishing, fellowship, and spending the weekend with an incredible group of men in recovery. These experiences demonstrate an important truth: sobriety isn’t the end of your life. It can be the beginning of a life filled with genuine friendships, new adventures, spiritual growth, and real freedom. In this episode, Corey discusses: Why getting sober can feel like jumping from a cliff The paralyzing fear of walking into your first recovery meeting Learning to trust the experience of people who have gone before you Why asking another person for help is a sign of strength The importance of sponsorship, fellowship, faith, and the 12 Steps How recovery creates genuine friendships and unforgettable experiences Why the promises of recovery may take time—but can come true The internal work required to build a life worth living Why alcohol and drugs cannot solve pain, rejection, or relationship problems How one honest decision can completely change your future Recovery requires work. You may have apologies to make, consequences to face, money to repay, and painful truths to confront. But the life waiting on the other side can be greater than anything you currently believe is possible. You don’t have to overcome every fear today. You only have to take the next step, raise your hand, admit that you need help, and allow someone to show you the path forward. If this episode gives you hope, share it with someone who is struggling, considering sobriety, or having a difficult time in recovery. Visit SuccessfulLifePodcast.com to connect with Corey and hear more real conversations about sobriety, recovery, personal growth, and building a successful life. Subscribe to The Successful Life Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a review, and remember: you never have to face recovery alone. Send us Fan Mail https:newpathemployment.com Connect with Corey Visit The Successful Life Podcast ⁠ Follow Corey on Facebook ⁠ Follow Corey on Instagram ⁠ Buy My Book on Audible ⁠ Buy My Book on Amazon ⁠

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  Rejection Isn't the End : Take the Next Right Action

  Aug 17, 202631 min

  Send us Fan Mail Rejection can make you question everything—your recovery, your career, your relationships, and even your place in the world. But what if rejection isn’t proof that you’re failing? What if it’s simply part of the process leading you somewhere better? In this episode of The Successful Life Podcast, Corey Berrier shares how starting a new roofing sales position reminded him of the emotional connection between rejection, fear, and recovery. Whether it’s knocking on doors, making an uncomfortable follow-up call, walking into an AA meeting, or reaching out to someone for help, fear can convince us to avoid the very action that could change our lives. Corey reflects on feeling like an outsider during his first seven years in recovery, believing he was different from everyone else in the rooms. Although nobody rejected him, the stories in his head made him feel as if he didn’t belong. It wasn’t until the pain became great enough that he became willing to work the steps, listen to others, and stop relying solely on his own plan. This episode explores the importance of taking action without controlling the outcome. Corey discusses how recovery, service, Transcendental Meditation, meaningful relationships, and his move to Wilmington have helped him trust the process and recognize the gifts he couldn’t initially see. Sometimes the breakthrough comes from making the phone call you’re afraid to make, attending the meeting you want to skip, asking for help, or simply doing the next right thing. You may not receive the result you expected—but it could be better than anything you planned. In this episode: Why rejection feels so personal in recovery, sales, and relationships How “head trash” convinces us that we don’t belong The danger of comparing differences instead of identifying similarities Why knowledge alone cannot replace action How fear prevents us from making important calls and connections The role of meditation in calming anxiety and managing rejection Why letting go of the outcome can create unexpected gifts How working the 12 Steps helps uncover childhood wounds The difference between being sober and actively working a recovery program Why God’s plan may be bigger than the plan we create for ourselves How doing the next right thing can completely change your life If you’re struggling with alcohol and believe it may be time to get sober, you do not have to do it alone. Help is available wherever you live. Reach out to someone in recovery, attend a meeting, or contact Corey through TheSuccessfulLifePodcast.com. Subscribe to The Successful Life Podcast, leave a five-star review, and share this episode with someone who may need to hear its message. https:newpathemployment.com https://www.audible.com/pd/9-Simple-Steps-to-Sell-More-ht-Audiobook/B0D4SJYD4Q?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Steps-Sell-More-Stereotypes-ebook/dp/B0BRNSFYG6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OSB7HX6FQMHS&keywords=corey+berrier&qid=1674232549&sprefix=%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreysalescoach/

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  The Gifts of Sobriety

  Aug 10, 202628 min

  Send us Fan Mail Sobriety doesn’t mean life suddenly gets easy. Relationships still fall apart. Money gets tight. Jobs change. Fear shows up. Life still happens. But sometimes the hardest moments in recovery become the greatest gifts. In this episode of The Successful Life Podcast , Corey Berrier shares how his perspective on sobriety has changed over the years—from trying to control outcomes and expecting life to go his way to learning how to let go, trust God, make amends, help others, and recognize the gifts hidden inside difficult seasons. Corey shares personal experiences with heartbreak, financial struggles, moving to a new city, making amends, overcoming isolation, and learning to become comfortable in his own skin. He also shares a powerful story about a young man making a difficult amends—only to discover that the person on the other side of the door had been sober for 30 years. Recovery isn’t simply about not drinking. It’s about becoming free from the things you’ve carried for years. In this episode: Why difficult seasons can become gifts in recovery Letting go of expectations and the need to control outcomes The freedom that comes from making amends Why asking God and other people for help matters Getting comfortable being uncomfortable How helping other alcoholics strengthens sobriety Why 30, 60, and 90 days sober are enormous accomplishments Finding gratitude in ordinary moments Why money alone doesn’t create a successful life Doing the next right thing when life isn’t going your way If you’re struggling in early sobriety—or wondering whether life really gets better without alcohol—this episode is a reminder to keep going. Nothing in your life gets better by picking up a drink or a drug. But recovery can give you a life worth living. https:newpathemployment.com https://www.audible.com/pd/9-Simple-Steps-to-Sell-More-ht-Audiobook/B0D4SJYD4Q?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Steps-Sell-More-Stereotypes-ebook/dp/B0BRNSFYG6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OSB7HX6FQMHS&keywords=corey+berrier&qid=1674232549&sprefix=%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreysalescoach/

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