Serenity Sitdown Podcast

Resilience, recovery, and light in the darkness of addiction, Serenity Sit Down will uplift and inform with joyful possibilities of recovery. No candy-coated chatter, experts and everyday people shed convention and explore raw, honest options for help and hope.

Struggling to find actionable options for your recovery? Serenity Sit Down, hosted by Fr. Jim Swarthout will surprise you with raw conversations, poignant and funny moments, as well as unique perspectives on topics relevant to you.

Upcoming topics include: 12-steps, the family, forgiveness, shame, grief and loss within treatment, recovery, prevention, addiction trends, challenges with clients, and lean forward recovery. Guests include regionally and internationally recognized experts as well as individuals with addiction and recovery stories to motivate and influence.

Expand your recovery journey with insight and inspiration from this weekly podcast bursting with messages from those touched by addiction personally, as well as leading treatment professionals. Listen and learn about the evolution of treatment and how millions of people recover through new ideas and techniques.

Serenity Sit Down is hosted by Fr. Jim Swarthout, a 30-year addiction treatment professional with expertise in “Invitational Intervention”, the measured outcome process for treating addiction and mental health concerns with compassion. As a certified “Invitational Interventionist”, Fr. Jim focuses on inviting resilience instead of guilt and shame. He is a collaborator on the ARISE program and expanded this approach using a “conspiracy of compassion” initiated by “premeditated mercy” an approach that he is teaching to leaders to improve recovery results nationwide.Fr. Jim and his distinguished guests - those who work at the frontline of addiction and behavioral health medicine such as the doctors, psychiatrists, and hospital presidents – share their knowledge and insights to help people in recovery and people looking for recovery find a better purpose in life. Tune in to their raw conversations every week and find the opportunity to find a better sense of who you are, what you want to be, and how you can find joy in your life.