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Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! | A Mental Health Podcast On Lived Experiences & Dark Humor

If you live with mental illness—or love someone who does—and you’re tired of sugar-coated wellness talk, this show is for you.

Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! blends dark humor with real recovery so you feel seen, steadied, and a little lighter. We tell it like it is, so you don't have to.

You’ll get:

Lived-experience truth from “The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective” (host) + grounded insight from "IndyPocket" (co-host and music therapist).
Edgy, stigma-smashing and often, controversial conversations about life with mental illness mixed with social commentary, relationships and messy real-world coping as it relates to mental health.
Some challenging takeaways you can ponder after each episode—along with laughs that punch up, down, left, right... EVERYWHERE.

Perfect for: people juggling therapy, meds, and everyday chaos who want honest talk, gallows humor, zero judgment and acceptance for who they are.

Guests include survivors, clinicians and everything in between... Any human being who is willing to share their story with our listeners.

Content notes are provided when necessary.

We (the hosts) are NOT providing professional mental health services. We are simply sharing our lived experiences and our perspectives on these topics while offering support to this community.

If you are in the U.S. and you need help, call or text 988 (24/7) and seek professional psychiatric care immediately.

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Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! | A Mental Health Podcast On Lived Experiences & Dark Humor

Alcoholism & Recovery | Reclaiming Life After Addiction w/ Jake Miller

September 06, 2025 • Nicholas Wichman - Mental Health Advocate • Season 1 • Episode 23

Alcohol is the most dangerous drug most of us normalize. Recovery is daily and relentless—but it’s how you get your life back.

A candid mental health episode about what alcoholism really costs, losing your main coping skill to injury, life changes that isolate you, and what it takes to start over when this drug destroys your life.

Content note: explicit language; alcoholism; pancreatitis; medical/sensitive topics.

If you’re struggling (U.S.): Call/Text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7).

Episode focus: alcohol as a drug (and why “legal” ≠ safe); the functioning alcoholic myth; pancreatitis as a brutal wake-up call; losing a core coping skill; life changes, social discomfort, and isolation; practical early-recovery steps when your old tools aren’t available.

We cover:

Alcohol as a drug: normalization vs. danger; real costs to body, mind, and life
“Functioning” that isn’t: showing up at work while everything else erodes
Car wrecks & Pancreatitis (3x): deadly wake-up calls and why they forced the change
Coping-skill loss: how do you survive when your outlet is gone?
Life changes & isolation: shrinking circles and avoiding relationships
Early recovery: tiny steps, accountability, and rebuilding routine without the old crutch

Hosts/Guest: Host: The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective (Nick) • Guest: Jake Miller

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The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective (Nick)