Options Save Lives Podcast

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Season 4, Episode 11 - TSM Coach and founder of Thrive Alcohol Recovery, Katie Lain joins the Level Up! with Your Sinclair Method Coaching podcast for our final episode of the season. In this episode, we discuss the topic of extinction - what it is, how it works, and why understanding this key concept of the Sinclair Method is critical to setting realistic goals that are achievable and reduce frustration for those on TSM.

Air Date: 12/2025

Season 4, Episode 10 - Featured guest and Certified TSM Coach Jodi Green joins Options Save Lives Executive Director and TSM Coach Jenny Williamson to talk about working smarter, not harder. They discuss the tools for finding success on TSM and how they can be utilized, as well as the importance of spreading the word about TSM as a treatment for AUD

Air Date: 10/2025

Season 4, Episode 9 - TSM Coach and Options Save Lives founder Claudia Christian joins Executive Director and TSM Coach Jenny Williamson to talk about unlearning behaviors and the many layers of recovery. They address how challenging it can be to recognize progress during recovery and embrace positive changes. Claudia also breaks down the importance of understanding why you drink and discusses how it impacts the entire recovery process.

Air Date: 9/2025

Season 4, Episode 8 - Featured guest and Certified TSM Coach Steve Roe joins Options Save Lives Executive Director and TSM Coach Jenny Williamson to talk about control over drinking, how it affects self-worth, and the process of learning to trust yourself. They also discuss working as a partner with the medication and some of the differences between TSM and other abstinence-based approaches.

Air Date: 8/2025

Season 4, Episode 7 - Matt Brindley, Certified TSM Coach with Your Sinclair Method Coaching and co-founder of Rethink Drink joins Options Save Lives Executive Director and TSM Coach Jenny Williamson to talk about progress over perfection on TSM. Matt describes the challenges that arise from focusing too much on the “numbers game” of drinking and shares advice on how to make sustainable progress.

Air Date: 7/2025

Season 4, Episode 6 - Featured guest and Certified TSM Coach Jodi Green discusses the importance of acknowledging your comfort zone and when to push yourself out of it. We also talk about extinction as a learning process and the discomfort that comes with a process built on acknowledging failures.

Air Date: 6/2025

Season 4, Episode 5 - Matt Brindley, Certified TSM Coach with Your Sinclair Method Coaching and co-founder of Rethink Drink joins Options Save Lives Executive Director and TSM Coach Jenny Williamson to talk about the importance of context when giving advice to people on TSM. Matt also discusses the importance of feeling like you have control over your choices, and the ways a coach can support you in making those choices.

Air Date: 5/2025

Season 4, Episode 4 - Samara Ibanez, Certified TSM Coach with Your Sinclair Method Coaching joins Options Save Lives Executive Director and TSM Coach Jenny Williamson to talk about self-compassion, overcoming internal judgement after relapse, and why having personal support can speed up the TSM process. Additionally, resilience is explored in the context of alcohol-free time.

Air Date: 4/2025

Season 4, Episode 3 - Featured guest Katie Lain discusses the importance of building connection while on TSM. She talks about how shame affects one’s ability and desire to ask for help, and addresses the ways alcohol use disorder can deplete personal integrity. She also discusses how goals should be the driver of progress on TSM, with an emphasis on celebrating small wins.

Air Date: 3/2025

Season 4, Episode 2 - Featured guest Bruce Rose talks about the two sides to the TSM process, scientific and psychological. He addresses the differences between cravings and habits, and how those impact psychology during TSM. We also discuss the ways a coach can help distinguish between cravings, habits, and triggers around alcohol.

Air Date: 2/2025

Season 4, Episode 1 - We are kicking off season 4 with a new name: Level Up with Your Sinclair Method Coaching. In this episode, we talk with our 2024 Your Sinclair Method TSM Coach of the Year Steve Roe as he trains for the Seville Marathon. Learn how running a marathon and success with TSM are similar.

Air Date: 1/2025

Season 3, Episode 12 - In our season finale, Claudia Christian reflects on the accomplishments and struggles of the C Three Foundation in the organization's first decade, and shares her hopes and dreams for propelling the Sinclair Method into the future.

Air Date: 1/10/23

Season 3, Episode 11 - Featured guest Rebecca Dean covers a wide array of topics including the need for support systems to give their loved one on the Sinclair Method space to direct their recovery journey. We also talk about the benefits of combining TSM with SMART Recovery.

Air Date: 1/2/2023

Season 3, Episode 10 - Featured guest Hannah S. talks about her winding path from addiction to sobriety, back to addiction again, and eventually to the Sinclair Method. She shares her struggles with the process and why she proclaims herself a "poster child" for why medication adherence is critical to the process.

Air Date: 12/27/22

Season 3, Episode 9 - Featured guest Gabrielle Loomis-Annett offers her professional insights to talk about trauma, some myths we have about it, and how addiction and trauma can be interlaced with one another - even if we don't realize it.

Air Date: 12/20/22

Season 3, Episode 8 - Featured guest Kristen shares her compelling story in this extended-length episode, including how the trauma inflicted by traditional alcohol treatment and detox continues to be a hurdle to overcome even with her success on the Sinclair Method. We also talk about the difference between therapy before and after TSM and adding non-alcoholic beers to help moderate.

Air Date: 12/13/22

Season 3, Episode 7 - Featured guest Corey B. shares her personal story of the impacts of alcohol in her life, how she "protected" alcohol and struggled with alcohol free days, and her successful journey to recovery using the Sinclair Method.

Air Date: 12/6/22

Season 3, Episode 6 - Featured guest Brian Noonan, APRN of SinclairMethod.org by Ballard Psychiatry dives into nearly everything you've ever wanted to know about using telemedicine to access the Sinclair Method, give us some straight talk on side effects, and shares his reflections on that often talked about 78% success rate.

Air Date: 11/29/22

Season 3, Episode 5 - Featured guest Claire Cazier of Your Sinclair Method Coaching shares how she got involved with the Sinclair Method, the importance of becoming a partner with the process, and she flips the interview to help loved ones see how easily they can find common ground to build empathy for the person in their life who is using TSM.

Air Date: 11/22/22

Season 3, Episode 4 - Featured guest Bruce Rose of Alcohol Recovery Scotland and Your Sinclair Method Coaching discusses some of the obstacles to accessing the Sinclair Method in the UK, challenges in educating the medical/addiction community, and about his unicycle quest to raise awareness of TSM.

Air Date: 11/15/22

Season 3, Episode 3 - Featured guest Samara Ibanez of Your Sinclair Method Coaching shares her experience with TSM and provides an in-depth look at a protocol she developed called The Purposeful TSM Blueprint, which she uses to help her clients reach their alcohol reduction and elimination goals.

Air Date: 11/8/22

Season 3, Episode 2 - Featured guest Andy M. shares his journey from hiding his drinking in the basement to success on the Sinclair Method. He also discusses the importance of support, both from his wife and the TSM community, in helping him reach his alcohol reduction goals.

Air Date: 11/1/22

Season 3, Episode 1 - Featured guest Katie Lain of Thrive Alcohol Recovery shares her journey from finding success on the Sinclair Method to becoming a change maker in the lives of countless others who struggle with alcohol use disorder.

Air Date: 9/27/22

Season 2, Episode 26 - Christina T. Veselak, MS, CN, LMFT (CO), founder of Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition shares her insight on the importance of nutrition in recovery.

Air Date: 5/27/22

Season 2, Episode 25 - Gabrielle Loomis-Annett joins the show to discuss the complex nature of the addiction/trauma connection and to help individuals break free from these constraints.

Air Date: 5/20/22

Season 2, Episode 24 - Dr William Nelson of Explore Health joins the Options Save Lives broadcast to talk about the importance of connection for long term recovery.

Air Date: 5/13/22

Season 2, Episode 23 - Options Save Lives Board Member Stephanie Sinclair Lappi joins the Options Save Lives broadcast to talk about her father’s work and legacy.

Air Date: 5/6/22

Season 2, Episode 22 - Claudia Christian joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about the value of intentionally seeking out and celebrating successes while on the Sinclair Method.

Air Date: 4/29/22

Season 2, Episode 21 - Dr John Umhau joins us to discuss how to boost endorphins on alcohol free days, which is a key component to Sinclair Method success.

Air Date: 4/22/22

Season 2, Episode 20 - AUD is a serious matter, recovery doesn't have to be. In fact, better results can sometimes be achieved with a combination of TSM and Play. That's right, play, creativity and imagination, are the basic tenets of children's learning, so let's re-incorporate them back into ours. Through play, creativity and imagination, new habits can, and should, be learned in recovery, optimizing TSM results. Imagination will triumph over willpower every time, so learn to reconnect with yours.

Air Date: 4/15/22

Season 2, Episode 19 - Bruce Rose of Alcohol Recovery Scotland returns to talk about parts two and three of the Sinclair Method support process.

Air Date: 4/8/22

Season 2, Episode 18 - TSM Coach Danni El joins the Options Save Lives stream to talk about ways to overcome boredom in recovery to enhance success on the Sinclair Method.

Air Date: 4/1/22

Season 2, Episode 17 - Claudia Christian joins our stream to continue our discussion on ways to support a loved one who is using the Sinclair Method - while also taking care of yourself.

Air Date: 3/25/22

Season 2, Episode 16 - Katie Lain from Thrive Alcohol Recovery discusses the need for, and ways to develop, patience in the process of the Sinclair Method. We'll talk about extinction, goal setting, and what's needed to see lasting change - even though that change doesn't happen immediately.

Air Date: 3/18/22

Season 2, Episode 15 - Brian Noonan, APRN of SinclairMethod.org by Ballard Psychiatry joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about common challenges that people face on the Sinclair Method.

Air Date: 3/11/22

Season 2, Episode 14 - Certified TSM Coach Samara Ibanez joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about medication adherence, aka compliance, and it's importance in both short and long-term Sinclair Method success.

Air Date: 3/4/22

Season 2, Episode 13 - Join C Three Foundation as we look back at highlights from the first half of Season 2 of the Options Save Lives weekly stream.

Air Date: 2/25/22

Season 2, Episode 13 - Join C Three Foundation as we look back at highlights from the first half of Season 2 of the Options Save Lives weekly stream.

Air Date: 2/25/22

Season 2, Episode 12 - Special guest Crystal L. Fedeli, MCAP, MSRA from A Way is Made joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to share her powerful story and talk about how she is paving the way for others to access the Sinclair Method and other services. Co-hosted by Claudia Christian.

Air Date: 2/18/22

Season 2, Episode 11 - Special guest Bruce Rose of Rethink Drink joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about the importance of support while on the Sinclair Method.

Air Date: 2/11/22

Season 2, Episode 10 - Special guest Michele Perron, PhD joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about the importance of adding additional recovery tools to your TSM "toolbox" to enhance success.

Air Date: 2/4/22

Season 2, Episode 9 - Special guest Claudia Christian joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about ways you can support your family member or friend who is using the Sinclair Method.

Air Date: 1/28/22

Season 2, Episode 8 - Special guest Brian Anderson, also known as the Sober Barkeep, joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about non-alcoholic beers and spirits and how they can help contribute to moderation and sobriety.

Air Date: 1/21/22

Season 2, Episode 7 - Special guest Katie Lain, Co-founder & TSM Coach at Thrive Alcohol Recovery, joins the Options Save Lives weekly stream to talk about Shifting Habits for recovery success.

Air Date: 1/14/22

Season 2, Episode 6 - Mary Reid, Executive Director of Moderation Management, joins the Options Save Lives stream as a special guest to talk about the benefits of Dry January.

Air Date: 1/7/22

Season 2, Episode 5 - It's an annual global phenomenon - the setting of New year's Resolutions. But have you set yourself up for failure, or for success? Learn how to better keep these annual promises you make to yourself.

Air Date: 12/31/21

Season 2, Episode 4 - If the holidays get you down, stress you out, or simply annoy you with schedule changes and event requests, we hope you'll find some tips and tricks in this video to help you survive the holidays when you're not a holiday person.

Air Date: 12/24/21

Season 2, Episode 3 - Stuart Fisher, the developer behind the TSM Drink Log mobile drink tracking app, joins the Options Save Lives live stream as our guest this week. We talk about the importance of tracking drinks on the Sinclair Method, the history of the app, and take a deep dive into the newest features and improvements.

Air Date: 12/17/21

Season 2, Episode 2 - Claudia Christian, David Belenky, and Kali Lux join the stream as guests to publicly reveal the theme of the 3rd Annual Virtual Sinclair Method conference to be held June 10-12, 2021.

Air Date: 12/10/21

Season 2, Episode 1 - Claudia Christian, Founder and CEO of C Three Foundation helps launch our second season with a special Giving Tuesday episode.

Air Date: 11/30/21

Season 1 - The entire first season of the Options Save Lives podcast can be seen exclusively on our YouTube channel.