Episode 1633: The Creative Stickup with Chris Aguirre, Founder of Since Right Now

The Creative Stickup

Recovering Creative Director. Chris Aguirre leads the Recovery Revolution. After nearly 20 years of sobriety and a few years out of the ad business, Chris Aguirre found himself at the point in his life where something had to give. His own battle with depression and social anxiety mixed with a creative’s dark cynicism had pushed him out of the ad business. Worse, it kept him out of ‘the rooms’ as it were, so there was no where to take this sudden desire to give back to those still battling their demons. So he started Since Right Now (sincerightnow.com/), a highly evolved brand that has become one of the authoritative voices (and by far the best looking) in challenging the old thinking that stigmatized those in recovery. Since it’s inception 3 years ago, the site has featured interviews, musings, articles, poetry, art, music, comics, merch and wisdom from a venerable who’s who in the space and one theme is woven throughout – the link between getting sober and finding your creativity. With a possible printed magazine on the horizon, SRN has helped shape the dialogue, soundtrack and visual sensibility of recovering out loud. It’s a place for anyone who may have a problem to go and identify with others who’ve been there before. It’s been my pleasure to be along for the ride as a co-host the SRN podcast. Check them all out here. http://sincerightnow.com/pdcst/ http://sincerightnow.com/srn-ntwrk/ Thanks Antidote STL! http://www.antidotestl.com/ Music by Flaming Death Trap.