The Modern Meeting
de Adam Lyons
Ep. 140 - The Growing Divide in Gambling Recovery | Jaime Costello
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A podcast about addiction, recovery, and mental health — with a focus on gambling, alcohol, and substance use.
Hosted by Adam Lyons, a compulsive gambler in recovery, The Modern Meeting shares real stories, support, and strategies for anyone impacted by addiction.
🎧 New episodes every Tuesday.
If you’re struggling, supporting someone who is, or just looking for connection, this is for you.
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- Ep. 140 - The Growing Divide in Gambling Recovery | Jaime Costello · 1 h 17 minAfter more than 20 years in public health and nearly 16 years working in problem gambling prevention, Jaime Costello has seen the gambling industry and the organizations working…
- Ep. 139 - The Gambling Addiction She Never Saw Coming | Rachel C · 1 h 10 minRachel C didn't start gambling until her mid-30s, but in less than three years, it took over her life. What began with watching casino influencers on YouTube and discovering…
- Ep. 138 - Gambling Addiction: For The People Who Don't Understand · 45 minThis episode is for the people in our lives who just don't get it. Drawing from my own 20 years of compulsive gambling, I do my best to explain and educate those who struggle to…
- Ep. 137 - How a Binge Gambler Found 17 Years of Recovery | Jennifer Krimmel · 1 h 15 minAfter 17 years in recovery, Jennifer Krimmel is now the Executive Director of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling. Jennifer shares how she moved from hidden binge gambling…
- Ep. 136 - The Starting Over Episode · 33 minLife has thrown me some unexpected challenges recently, forcing me to confront fear, uncertainty, and some uncomfortable truths about myself. In this episode, I reflect on the…
- Ep. 135 - Different Games, Shared Experiences (Part 2) | A Recovery Month Panel · 46 minFour different breaking points. Four different paths back. For this special Recovery Month episode of The Modern Meeting, Adam continues his conversation with Rachel M., Stephen…
- Ep. 134 - Different Games, Shared Experiences (Part 1) | A Recovery Month Panel · 56 minGambling addiction doesn’t always look the same. Sports betting. Online casinos. Scratch tickets. Casino gambling. The games may be different, but the experiences underneath them…
- Ep. 133 - Getting Sober Wasn't the Hard Part | Janice & Katie Dowd · 1 h 16 minJanice Johnson Dowd is in long-term recovery from alcohol. Her daughter Katie Dowd Walker was a teenager watching it happen. Together they host the podcast Recovering…
- Ep. 132 - Fire Your Evil Caddie | Sean Bourgeoise · 1 h 10 minPsychotherapist and gambling specialist Sean Bourgeoise joins The Modern Meeting to break down what effective gambling treatment actually looks like. We talk about why focusing…
- Ep. 131 - Not Quite Ready For Never | Mary Santora (Part 2) · 53 minMary Santora is 118 days removed from her last bet, but she isn't pretending the desire disappeared with it. In Part 2, she's brutally honest about what early recovery actually…
- Ep. 130 - You Can't Take It With You | Mary Santora (Part 1) · 1 h 6 minMary Santora is a nationally touring stand-up comedian with two full-length specials that hit number one, and this is the first time she's telling her gambling story anywhere…
- Ep. 129 - The Long Road to Surrender: My Gambling Addiction Story · 1 h 36 minFor those of you who've been here since the beginning, you've heard a lot of this before, scattered across ninety-something cold opens. For those of you who haven't, here it is…
- Ep. 128 - Twenty Cents of Hope | Austin P. · 1 h 11 minAustin P sits down with Adam just after celebrating one year without a bet and a day away from celebrating one year sober from alcohol. Austin first recognized his gambling…
- Ep. 127 - It’s More Than a Financial Problem | Jimmy Morris · 1 h 6 minJimmy Morris is a compulsive gambler in recovery from Chicago, and the host of the podcast Gambling Recovery: Taking Back Your Life. Jimmy grew up in Little Italy, where everyone…
- Ep. 126 - My Proudest Moment (So Far) · 1 h 4 minBack in 2016, I took another bailout from my Dad, but this time it came up with some serious strings attached. Then it's the full NCPG recap. Four days in Nashville...from my…
- Ep. 125 - The Compulsive Guest | John B. · 1 h 0 minJohn B. is a compulsive gambler in recovery from Oxnard, California with over 20 years since his last bet. In 1994, John moved to Las Vegas to get away from drugs and alcohol…
- Ep. 124 - The Biggest Misconceptions About Meetings · 43 minAs long as people keep struggling with gambling, and refuse to go to meetings, I will keep talking about them. This week I posed a question to the listeners who are in recovery…
- Ep. 123 - Hang Around Till the Miracle Happens | Rocky M's Story · 1 h 12 minYou've heard Adam talk about his clean date, February 8th, 2022, and the meeting in Austin, Texas that changed everything. Rocky is the man who chaired that meeting. By a…
- Ep. 122 - Losing Chris, Finding Myself | Tom Farley Jr. · 1 h 22 minIf you grew up in the '90s, Chris Farley was probably the funniest person alive to you. Tom Farley is his older brother, and he's in recovery himself. For years Tom told Chris's…
- Ep 121 - One Year of The Modern Meeting Meeting · 38 minFor most of my life I never stuck with anything. Jobs. Relationships. Addresses. And now, thanks to recovery, I actually stick with things. And I'm not doing it alone. We've…







