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Recovery talk with room to play.
3-21 No Kiddin' is a recovery-centered interview show with a practical, conversational streak. Its episodes move from gambling addiction into kratom, nonalcoholic drinks, relationships, sleep apnea, personal values, and the everyday work of staying well.
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3-21 No Kiddin' is a recovery-centered show with a wide view of what recovery can require. Gambling addiction is the home base. From there, the conversations move into substance use, alcohol-free social rituals, nervous-system tools, health habits, values, relationships, and the awkward work of rebuilding a life. The show has an interview-first shape, with Bobbi the Awesome guiding guests through story, explanation, and practical takeaway. It does not sound overly polished. It sounds present. That matters here, because the subject matter often needs room for pauses, clarifications, and plain English. In the kratom episodes, Jordan Richard talks about heroin addiction, childhood trauma, the kratom industry, cultural history, and the confusion around strains and bans. In the beverage conversations, Max and Mylon Martin talk about mushroom elixirs, zero-proof cocktails, retail education, pricing objections, and adults wanting play without alcohol. Other episodes turn inward. A bonus episode on values uses treatment memories and personal boundaries to think about who belongs in a healthy life. The sleep apnea conversation with Pitts Quattrone brings in the didgeridoo as a surprising recovery-linked practice. Dr. Vicki Matthews frames relationships through elemental patterns, quizzes, behavior, balance, and conflict. The show is not a tidy medical program or a single-path sobriety manual. It is more like a working notebook for adults trying to live differently. Some episodes are educational, some are promotional-adjacent, and some are plainly personal. The throughline is harm reduction, curiosity, and the belief that recovery can include better drinks, better sleep, better relationships, better boundaries, and more room to play.
Made for: Best suited for adults interested in gambling recovery, sobriety, addiction education, and practical wellness tools. It also fits people who like casual interviews that connect lived experience with products, practices, and relationship ideas.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating recovery as a storefront-and-life conversation: gambling, alcohol, kratom, sleep, values, drinks, and relationships all sit on the same table. Its rough-edged interview style makes the education feel immediate rather than packaged.
Bobbie the Awesome discusses gambling addiction, self care, sobriety and recovery strategies for problem gambling, alcohol and addiction. Raising awareness around gambling addiction has become a passion for Bobbie as she continues her daily journey away from a bet while striving to be a better human. 3-21 No Kiddin' is now a podcast, a store front in Naugatuck CT, an online store and a PERSONAL MISSION for Bobbie. She continues to work towards helping adults live their best lives and recover from whatever has impacted them on this journey. You will gain education about gambling disorder, various addictions and be exposed to different methods for recovery, abstinence and a better way of livin…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Bobby connects recovery to everyday decisions through candid guest interviews about substances, relationships and alternatives to familiar drinking habits.
3-21 No Kiddin' Gambling Addiction Recovery Podcast follows recovery outward into the choices, products and relationships that shape everyday life.
Kratom labels meet zero-proof cocktails here, so your recovery toolkit never gets mistaken for a rulebook.
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A recovery story that opens into a blunt, messy kratom history lesson.
Jordan Richard's story hits hardest when it stays close to lived experience: a childhood shaped by an eating disorder and sexual abuse, the descent into heroin, and the uneasy split between working with kids full time and smoking in the parking lot while still getting employee…
A mushroom drink discussion that turns into a practical case for education, distribution, and small-store adoption.
Max Serprenance, Odyssey Mushroom Elixirs' Director of National Accounts, acting Head of Sales, and one of the co-founders, gives the conversation its most grounded shape.
A warm, practical look at zero-proof cocktails, flexible menus, and drink value beyond ethanol.
Nonalcoholic spirits give this conversation between Bobbi the Awesome and Free Spirits founder and CEO Mylon Martin a clear subject: how choice can make alcohol-free drinking feel less like restriction and more like play.
Matthews turns a five-element relationship framework into something grounded in motive, habit, and honest self-reading.
Dr. Vicki Matthews keeps the focus on relationships, tracing how her work as a naturopathic physician led into relationship coaching and The Five Elements of Relationships.
Jordan Richard connects his heroin addiction history to the claims and labels surrounding kratom.
The episode frames kratom through Jordan Richard's account of addiction, starting with heroin use, two overdoses in one week, and a low-speed police chase.
Recovery stories without polish or distance.
Clarity after the first milestone.
Bobbie discusses day nine of a Fearless 30 Challenge, reframing a prompt about ideal clients to talk about values and the people she doesn't want in her life, while promoting her podcast class.
Bobbie the Awesome hosts Dr.
Jordan Richard, a former heroin addict turned kratom advocate, shares his personal recovery story and explains how kratom saved his life.
Jordan Richard opens with a tough origin story.
Bobby the Awesome opens with Odyssey Mushroom Elixirs and Max Serprenance.
Bobbi the Awesome interviews Mylon Martin, founder and CEO of Free Spirits, about creating nonalcoholic gin, bourbon, tequila, vermouth, and Milano products.
Bobby the Awesome announces Sips Club, a monthly curated box of nonalcoholic and functional drinks connected to his Naugatuck, Connecticut store.
Marina Shakour Haber frames a 46-year-old man's job loss and her own major life disruptions as possible prompts to reassess purpose.
Bobbie discusses day nine of a Fearless 30 Challenge, reframing a prompt about ideal clients to talk about values and the people she wants in her life.
Bobbie the Awesome interviews Pitts Quattrone about the role of the didgeridoo in his recovery from gambling addiction.