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Pondoff's Anonymous

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 Pondoff's Anonymous is the unfiltered recovery podcast that says the quiet part out loud. Hosted by Chris Pondoff, Jeff Allen, and Jakob Miller, this show brings real conversations about addiction, recovery, and everything in between — no sugarcoating, no bullshit. It’s not polished. It’s not perfect. It’s honest. Each episode dives deep into the stories behind relapse, trauma, shame, growth, and the hard f*cking work of getting better. You’ll hear from addicts, sober warriors, and the people who walk beside them — including friends, family, and the ones who stuck around when shit got dark.Chris Pondoff, Jeff Allen, Jakob Miller Hygiene & Healthy Living Psicología Psicología y Salud Mental
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  • S2 E19 Angela Schenewerk

    S2 E19 Angela Schenewerk
    Jun 2 2025

    Who this episode is for:
    • Anyone battling booze, burnout, or both
    • Moms hanging on by a thread with a wine glass in hand
    • Those who think “functioning alcoholic” means everything’s fine
    • Anyone who ever woke up and said, “How the hell did I get here?”
    • People not in recovery who’ve ever run from themselves and called it “freedom”

    Episode Title: "Closet Wine & Corporate Flights: Angela’s Fight for Herself"

    Angela Schenewerk shows up and blows the roof off. From Cahokia childhood to hidden booze bottles in adulthood, she takes us through what it’s like to lose yourself in motherhood, wine, work trips, and bad relationships—and still come crawling back with a pulse. This one’s got fake arrests, rehab denial, blackouts, stalking boyfriends, air mattresses with wine underneath, and the dangerous myth of “having it together.” It’s wild. It’s heavy. It’s very Pondoff’s Anonymous.

    Episode Timestamps:

    • 00:00 - Bertarelli Cutlery shoutout & intro 🔪
    • 01:26 - Angela enters the chat: Cahokia pride, first kisses & frozen rinks 🏒💋
    • 05:01 - Bullied, broke & beloved: childhood chaos with JJ the underdog 👧💔
    • 10:06 - Fake cops at a party, chipped teeth & her first wine cooler 🚓🍷
    • 15:33 - Marriage, the bar biz, and wine as a coping strategy 🥂🏗️
    • 20:48 - Work trips = escape hatch: hotel drinking begins 🏨🍾
    • 25:57 - Freedom or isolation? India trip blurs the line 🇮🇳😶‍🌫️
    • 30:39 - Skipping a wedding to drink alone: the addict’s choice 👰🚫
    • 35:14 - Closet wine rituals, motherhood pressure & boxed denial 🧃🧠
    • 39:58 - Bottles hidden everywhere, vodka refilled with water 💧🍸
    • 44:15 - The trash bag moment: caught red-handed & broken 🗑️😵
    • 45:41 - Rehab round one: denial, comparison & zero humility 🚫🏥
    • 50:03 - Apartment after the split: air mattress, no furniture, lots of wine 🛏️🍷
    • 54:17 - Trying to drink “normally” and failing fast 🌀📉
    • 56:40 - Enter: the GPS-tracking boyfriend & Punta Cana chaos 📍🌴
    • 01:01:19 - Alcohol over everything—even all-inclusives & love 💔🍺
    • 01:03:33 - Stood him up for Cabo so she could drink freely at home ✈️🏠
    • 01:06:08 - Hacked emails, blackmail & rock bottom behavior 💻🕳️
    • 01:09:44 - Drinking before the kids woke up & donut-lie mornings 🍩🥃
    • 01:14:27 - From motherhood to misery: drinking to function 👩‍👦‍👦💀
    • 01:18:56 - Rehab roulette: detox, flights, and every excuse in the book 🎢✈️
    • 01:22:35 - Still not ready to stop. Still not done breaking her own heart ⏳💣
    • 01:26:47 - Final reflections: lost dreams, missed weddings & brutal truth 🪞🧨

    Angela Schenewerk – Mom, ex-wife, closet drinker, blackout flyer, and survivor with a mic.
    This is the kind of episode you share with someone who's still out there, hiding it all and thinking nobody sees them. Angela was that person. And she made it back.

    Need help? Know someone who does?
    Illinois Recovery Center

    Keep your knives sharp (literally):
    Bertarelli Cutlery

    Pondoff’s Anonymous – where we call bullshit on silence, shame, and fake recovery stories.
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    2 h y 19 m
  • S2 E18 Christopher Schenewerk, M.D.

    S2 E18 Christopher Schenewerk, M.D.
    May 26 2025
    Who this episode is for:Anyone who thinks addiction can't touch high-achieving professionals 🧠💉People who think "functioning alcoholic" is a badge of honor 🥃🏆Those stalling on help because \"work is too busy\" 🏃‍♂️📅Anyone who's survived a brutal divorce 💔Healthcare workers, therapists & rehab skeptics 🩺🧪Family members who don’t get why their addicted loved one keeps spiraling 😔👨‍👩‍👧‍👦People NOT in recovery but know they’re circling the drain 🚨🌀Dr. Chris Schenewerk is in the building. And if you think doctors are immune to the wreckage addiction brings, buckle the hell up. Chris, Jakob & (a Jeff-less) Pondoff dive into a no-holds-barred convo with the Medical Director of Illinois Recovery Center—who also happens to be a recovering alcoholic with one hell of a story.From vodka before work & blacking out mid-interviews to meeting his now-wife in rehab & launching a recovery movement across Southern Illinois, Dr. Chris drops wisdom & one-liners like it’s second nature. This episode is raw. It’s real. It’s redemption in action. 🔥We hit everything: colonoscopy prep as a diet plan, trauma in kids, why "functioning addict" is bullshit, & how the Three Amigos AA group grew from four in the back of a doctor’s office to 50+ strong at Life Community Church in Columbia, IL. Oh, & don’t worry—dude still remembers Halloween riots at Carbondale. 🎃💥Highlights:The look in the mirror that scared him sober 👀Checking into rehab instead of waiting for an intervention 🚑Why Angela’s 12th rehab stay was the one that stuck 💪Letting go of a dream home for an 800 sq ft apartment & a new life 🏚️➡️🏠Building a recovery group where loved ones, doctors, students & misfits all get a seat at the table 🪑❤️Get ready for a mix of heartbreak, laughter, truth bombs & a whole lotta hope. 💣💬✨Timestamps:00:00 - Bertarelli Cutlery shoutout & intro 🔪01:23 - Dr. Chris Schenewerk joins the chaos 👋03:00 - Colonoscopy prep & weight loss dreams 💩💭05:07 - Sober date & first (only) rehab 🗓️🍷06:09 - Meeting Angela in rehab 💞08:40 - War stories vs. character defects 💥⚙️11:38 - His kids were sponges absorbing the wreckage 🧽👶13:42 - The trauma that never leaves kids 😢15:20 - Divorce, drinking & blame 🥃💔19:15 - Functioning alcoholic is a lie 🚫🍻21:50 - Blood alcohol levels & reality checks 🧪🧠26:06 - Interview gone wrong & mirror moment 🪞😨29:30 - Checked in before the intervention could happen 🙏31:36 - Why he refused the \"doctor-only\" rehab 🩺🚷35:26 - Humility is the key to first-time success 🙇‍♂️🔑39:01 - Angela's old bar used to be his watering hole 🍺🏠41:13 - Her blood alcohol was nearly 0.5 before they shocked her back ⚡🩸44:18 - Moved from mansion to minimalism to rebuild life 🏰➡️🛏️47:32 - You won't die without your job, but you might without rehab 🚫💼➡️🏥50:07 - Therapist laid it down: \"You can't fix anyone but yourself\" 🛠️🙅‍♂️54:59 - The birth of the Three Amigos meeting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🔥1:01:06 - Why their AA group is different ✨👐1:03:07 - Medical students are now required to attend 🎓📖1:08:47 - If you clown, expect to get called out 🤡🛑1:10:15 - Triggered by truth? Good. Sit with that. 💥🧠1:12:00 - Calling BS in meetings—why coddling doesn't save lives 🚫🍼1:15:33 - Why victim mentality keeps people stuck 🧱😩1:20:10 - Creating recovery community beyond the meeting walls 🏘️🧑‍🤝‍🧑1:24:44 - Getting honest with yourself in step work 🔍🧾1:30:19 - The holy ground of AA: why this stuff works 🙌📿1:37:52 - Final thoughts on service, healing & legacy 💬🕊️1:44:59 - One last bomb from the Doc: stay humble, or get humbled 🔚😤Books & Resources:The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkThree Amigos AA Meeting:Fridays @ 7PM at Life Community Church in Columbia, IL(Yes, it’s open to the public. Yes, it’s raw & real.)Sponsored by:Illinois Recovery CenterBertarelli Cutlery
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    1 h y 51 m
  • S2 E17 Victory Palmisano-Bruckner

    S2 E17 Victory Palmisano-Bruckner
    May 19 2025
    Guest: Victory Palmisano-Bruckner – Hollywood Producer, Stunt Industry Survivor, and Daughter of a Vietnam Vet/AddictWho this episode is for:Anyone with an alcoholic parent or a complicated grief storyDaughters who loved their dads even when it hurtFolks haunted by the war they never fought inSurvivors of church trauma, spiritual abuse, and Hollywood bullshitCreatives chasing their own IP dream (and still broke)Anyone who’s ever loved someone they couldn’t saveAND anyone not in recovery who thinks “just stop drinking” is solid adviceThis one hits the gut and the funny bone in equal measure.Victory Palmisano-Bruckner stops by the studio for a raw, hilarious, and soul-punching convo with Chris, Jeff, and Jakob. She may be Hollywood through and through—raised on sets, daughter of a legendary stuntman turned director—but she’s also as grounded as a St. Louis brick house and just as scarred.Her story is soaked in love and loss. Growing up the daughter of a Vietnam vet and lifelong alcoholic who doubled as a real-life action hero, Victory paints a brutal but beautiful picture of what it means to carry the legacy of a man who could survive car crashes, war, and fire—but not himself.There’s talk of strip club scouting (for a low-budget film, we swear), the trauma of church camp cults, daddy issues, and how alcoholism shape-shifts through generations. She helped her dad detox in her damn living room, only to watch him go back to the bottle. She buried him a year and a half ago. He was in the In Memoriam at the Oscars. Big time.You’ll laugh. You’ll ugly cry. You might want to call your dad. Or curse his name. Or both.Also: Chris drops one-liners like “flop a titty out” that are now canon in the Palmisano family. Jeff nerds out on stunt IMDBs. Jakob gets exposed as ChatGPT-ing guests. And Victory, despite growing up in the biz, reveals her realest role ever—daughter of an addict, and survivor of it all.Episode Timestamps:00:00 – Intro, sponsor shoutouts01:25 – Victory joins the chaos03:00 – Stunt double stories, Hollywood roots08:00 – Her path into podcasting, NBC Universal10:00 – Church trauma & leaving evangelicalism13:00 – Titty jokes, family legends15:00 – Launching Quantum Spin Studios19:00 – Husband’s script: Sopranos meets This Is Us22:00 – Her dad’s legacy: stunt safety & SAG activism28:00 – Oscar’s stunt category & grief spike33:00 – Vietnam trauma, PTSD, and substance abuse38:00 – Alec Baldwin, stunts, and industry danger41:00 – ACA & Al-Anon, strip club scouting horror46:00 – Making cocktails for dad at age 752:00 – Detoxing dad at home, COVID chaos56:00 – The rare apology before it was too late1:00:00 – Loving someone who doesn’t love themself1:05:00 – Boundaries, therapy, codependency truth1:10:00 – *World of Vesser* and the loneliness cure1:13:00 – Braves talk, Chipper Jones & Daniel nerd-out1:15:00 – Advice for people with addicted parents1:18:00 – Al-Anon’s power to make you feel less alone1:22:00 – After he died: health crashes, then calm1:23:26 – Naming the episode: Dad’s Club1:27:00 – Weekend at Bernie’s stunt reveal1:28:15 – Gino Lucci black car story, NYC-style sendoff1:30:00 – Viola, Serenity Prayer, and future visits1:31:36 – Game name slip: World of Vesser1:31:59 – Closing gratitude, grief, and fanboy loveResources Mentioned:Adult Children of AlcoholicsIllinois Recovery CenterBertarelli CutlerySponsored by:Bertarelli CutleryIllinois Recovery CenterEpisode Title: Dead Dad’s Club
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    1 h y 33 m
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