Recovery and The Rest...
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Episodes
Friday Mar 27, 2026
Friday Mar 27, 2026
We're back!
This week we continue our theme of taking a word and discussing it in relation to early sobriety, and how it has changed/remained and developed in the long term. This week we talk about the word INTEGRITY.
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
This week we continue our theme of taking a word and discussing it in relation to early sobriety, and how it has changed/remained and developed in the long term. This week we talk about the word COURAGE.
We will be taking a break due to travel for the both of us, we will be back soon!
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Friday Feb 13, 2026
Friday Feb 13, 2026
This week we continue our theme of taking a word and discussing it in relation to early sobriety, and how it has changed/remained and developed in the long term. This week we talk about the word SURRENDER.
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Friday Feb 06, 2026
Friday Feb 06, 2026
Continuing with the theme, taking a word and discussing it in relation to early sobriety, and how it has changed/remained and developed in the long term. This week we talk about the word HOPE.
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Friday Jan 30, 2026
Friday Jan 30, 2026
This week we start a new series of topics, taking a word and discussing it in relation to early sobriety, and how it has changed/remained and developed in the long term. This week we talk about the word HONESTY.
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Season 2, Episode 1
Happy New Year, we're back! This episode we're checking in on life, and where we are at in the 15th month of January.
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
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Thursday Oct 02, 2025
Thursday Oct 02, 2025
Episode 12
This is the last episode for season one - we talk about why we started this podcast, what it means to have friends in and outside of recovery and how to navigate these relationships to be healthily interdependent.
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Episode 11
This week we talk about triggers and strategies we use to take care of our sobriety.
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Episode 10
This week on the podcast, we talk about recovery being expansive and what that means for us.
Resources mentioned:
https://susanjeffers.com/books/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=p3JLaF_4Tz8
https://www.sobrietysisterhood.com/post/living-your-whole-life-in-sobriety-expanding-your-grid-of-fulfillment
https://open.substack.com/pub/milliegooch/p/i-think-ive-made-my-world-too-small?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Episode 9
This week on the podcast, we talk about our changing relationship with movement and exercise. Moving away from our old goals based off the toxic messages we had received about our body, to holistic mindful movement.Mandy's fundraiser https://give.sherecovers.org/team/576131
Resources mentioned:
https://join.whoop.com/26052B83
R&R with Ellen Woods and Mandy Manners discusses recovery and the rest. The real story of what it’s like to be in long term sobriety, how we have and continue to discover what it means to be well, take care of ourselves and grow through life challenges. For both of us being sober is the cornerstone of our lives. This podcast is the anything and everything that comes up along the way.
R&R is intended to be conversational rather than instructional, we encourage each person to design, discover and be proud of their own sobriety tools. We celebrate all roads to recovery and criticise none. This podcast is our own personal stake in the sand, to our own continued commitment to nurturing our recovery.
To connect with Ellen www.sobrietysisterhood.com
To connect with Mandy www.mandymanners.com
If you feel in crisis please contact your GP, or use the resources listed here
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help-now







