Cheryl Brown Merriwether, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CPRC, CRSS, CM CoFounder, Vice President, Executive Director, International Center for Addiction & Recovery Education™(ICARE) Cheryl shares her personal story of growing up as an adult child of an alcoholic, facing challenges in her family of origin, and confronting her issues with codependency.  Prevention  Behavioral health merging brings positive change while also creating an additional burden on an already overwhelmed system.  Prevention programs focus on education and awareness, changing workplace cultures to make resources a ..read more

Cross-over episode!  Today, DeAnn is joined by half of the Through the Glass Recovery podcast team, Steve Knapp, to talk about sobriety, the workplace, and vulnerability.  This is a candid conversation about difficult things that many are rarely willing to discuss with such self-awareness and humility. We are so grateful to Steve for sharing so much of himself here. It makes for an authentic and grounded episode. Recovery, addiction, and workplace stigma. Fear of blowback and lack of safety are common concerns for those in recovery, making it challenging to navigate workplace envir ..read more

In this week's episode, DeAnn speaks with Earl Murphy.  Earl is the current president of Soberforce, the peer-led sober community within Salesforce that was started during the pandemic.  Conversation Includes:  Earl's journey from deep entrenchment in drinking culture to leading a business resource group for sobriety at Salesforce. Soberforce at Salesforce creates inclusive space for recovery and allyship. Sobriety, workplace dynamics, and personal growth.  Educational insights on the realities of early sobriety and the impact of alcohol in the workplace emphasize the nee ..read more

In this week's episode, DeAnn speaks with Earl Murphy.  Earl is the current president of Soberforce, the peer-led sober community within Salesforce that was started during the pandemic.  Conversation Includes:  Earl's journey from deep entrenchment in drinking culture to leading a business resource group for sobriety at Salesforce. Soberforce at Salesforce creates inclusive space for recovery and allyship. Sobriety, workplace dynamics, and personal growth.  Educational insights on the realities of early sobriety and the impact of alcohol in the workplace emphasize the nee ..read more

Welcome to January and 2024.  This episode introduces the content we will be dropping in January. We have FIVE great interviews coming this month, including an episode when Craig interviews me about a recent shared experience that did not go as expected.  Today's episode is a quick reflection episode to set up for the interview I do with Craig and the other upcoming interviews we are excited to share with you this month.  Topics include:  school update  tattoos  false confidence  Help us reach 1,000 LinkedIn followers on the Sober Positive Workplace Showc ..read more

Welcome to January and 2024.  This episode introduces the content we will be dropping in January. We have FIVE great interviews coming this month, including an episode when Craig interviews me about a recent shared experience that did not go as expected.  Today's episode is a quick reflection episode to set up for the interview I do with Craig and the other upcoming interviews we are excited to share with you this month.  Topics include:  school update  tattoos  false confidence  Help us reach 1,000 LinkedIn followers on the Sober Positive Workplace Showc ..read more

In this week's episode, we connect with Dr. Masica Jordan-Alston of Jordan Peer Recovery.  Dr. Jordan-Alston and her team have worked systematically to create change through diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all, starting with peer recovery training and certification in every US state and internationally.  She also has some powerful stories to share.   Gaps in inclusion both in research and human services: Lack of cultural diversity in delivering services while neglecting marginalized groups (LGBTQIA, black indigenous people of color, and people incarcerated ..read more

On this week's episode of our Sober Positive Workplace Series, DeAnn speaks with Karolina Rzadkowolska, author of "Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You".  Karolina is a powerhouse in the alcohol-free movement.  She has helped countless gray-area drinkers reconsider their relationship with alcohol.  The episode discusses alcohol culture and its impact on the workplace, generational considerations for how we think about alcohol and alcohol-related marketing, and the shifting expectations of the next generation who are the future leaders of our workforce ..read more

Host, DeAnn Knighton, and Janet Hadley, founder of Choose Sunrise (UK organization), review considerations for employers in building alcohol safety into their organizations  Stigma and workplace. 7:37 Reaching out to the gray area drinkers in the workplace Stigma is a result of our evolution to put people into groups, which is useful, but creates blind spots for gray areas. "Drink Responsibly" is a powerful slogan that enforces stigma  Who has a bigger problem with alcohol? 13:22 Alcohol is the number one risk factor for premature death of individuals ages 25 to 49, according to t ..read more

Welcome to the first official episode of the Sober Positive Workplace Series brought to you by Show Up and Stay and hosted by President and Co-Founder, DeAnn Knighton. This week is a quick background on the host and some general information about the Sober Positive Workplace project.  When we use the power of normalization to change the narrative. 1:46 Of the 46 million Americans who struggle with at least one substance use disorder, 60% of those over the age of 12 have a job, according to the National Survey on Drug Use.    Source:  https://fortune.com/longform/drug-addi ..read more