EP 387: And Sobriety- Spirituality Gary Menkes
Host: Dana White-Guerrie aka Peanut5280
Guest: Gary Menkes
This Sober Town Podcast episode features Gary Menkes (19 years sober) discussing spirituality in recovery. Both Gary and host Peanut, raised Catholic, explore how surrendering to a higher power became essential to their sobriety. Gary emphasizes there's no single "right way" to approach spirituality in recovery and advocates for unity among different recovery methods. He shares his daily prayer practice and describes his transformation from expecting an early death to having more dreams and ambitions at 51 than ever before, crediting his spiritual growth and recovery work for opening doors to personal development and a purpose-driven life focused on helping others.
About Gary Menkes :
Gary Menkes is a man whose life was saved by sobriety. After hitting rock bottom, he rebuilt himself from the inside out — one day at a time. Driven to share stories of transformation, he launched The Begin Again Podcast, a platform that celebrates the strength, resilience, and purpose found in recovery. That same mission led him to create RCVR (re*cov*er) — a lifestyle and apparel movement built to help people wear their recovery with pride and power. From darkness to purpose, Gary now lives to inspire others to Recover Out Loud.
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About Dana:
Weaving intuitive insights with spiritual healing, she celebrates the magic of the divine while releasing the relics of the past. Exploring the interconnectedness of sobriety and spirituality, she journeys through recovery and reclamation—retrieving fragments of self across many lifetimes.
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