gAy A: The Queer Sober Hero Show

Send us Fan Mail Steve discusses his experience about his first conference about sobriety and a Twelve Step program. Topics include flying solo at a conference, Drop the Rock, meeting new fellows, and an LGBT+ workshop he attended. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Steve invites Chelsea from Recovered Life Podcast to share her experience, wisdom, and hope. Topics covered include sobriety, anxiety, mental health, podcasting about sobriety, and more.  Check out Chelsea's podcast, Recovered Life Podcast, wherever you listen to us! You can also find her website here: https://www.chelseananderson.com/podcast and follow her online @justbchels...

Send us Fan Mail Steve reflects back on his first 60 days of sobriety with what's helped and some of the lessons he's learned. Highlights include: Learning how to get AND stay sober The importance of fellows and service The struggles with finding the 'right' sponsor Expectations are just premeditated resentments Identifying triggers and knowing when to step back Staying account...

Send us Fan Mail Steve welcomes Abby on to share her experience, wisdom, and hope with us. Abby is a content creator who shares her story and information about sobriety, grief, and being queer on her account @thesobergaygriever . She is the chapter leader of @1000hoursdrylgbtqia and she hosts free LGBTQIA+ support meetings on @reframe_app zoom. You can sign-up for these zoom meetings by clicking t...

Send us Fan Mail Host Steve Bennet-Martin shares what his experience getting to and through Step Two of his twelve step program was like. "We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity" Thank you for listening. Please rate and review if you have found this information helpful. If you need help immediately, please call SAMSA’s National Helpline at 1-800...

Send us Fan Mail Steve invites guest and recovering addict Richard to share his experience, widsom, and hope with us. As a meth addict who has been clean for 3 years he shares how that has affected his place in the LGBT+ community, as well as how he had to change careers to stay sober. Thank you for listening. Please leave a review if you found this information helpful.  If you need help immediate...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Bennet-Martin shares some of the resources he uses to stay sober, including: Websites www.gayandsober.org www.aa.org Books The Big Book LGBT narrators are p.338 and 359 in the 4th edition) 12 Steps and 12 Traditions GLAD Day by Joan Larkin (Daily Affirmations) Workbook/Journal Sober as F*ck Workbook by Sarah Ordo 12 Steps Journal when you finish ^ Facebook Groups Gay and Sob...

Send us Fan Mail Host Steve Bennet-Martin shares some tips and tricks to sobriety that he's learned along his first 30 days. From remembering not to HALT to trying to learn to meditate, there should be some good advice for newcomers and regulars alike. Stay sober! Thank you for listening. Please leave a review if you found this information helpful.  If you need help immediately, please go to...

Send us Fan Mail "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable" Steve Bennet-Martin reflects back on what going through Step One was like for him. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail With how scary the unknown can be, Steve Bennet-Martin takes an opportunity to review what you can expect from Meetings, how to find the right one for you, and what the format of the meetings means to him. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Steve reports back on the research he did on alcohol statistics. Topics covered include: What is "one drink"? Binge Drinking for LGBT youth Binge Drinking vs. Heavy Drinking LGBT statistics involving alcohol Suicide statstics involving alcohol Thank you for listening. Please leave a review if you found this information helpful.  If you need help immediately, please go to...

Send us Fan Mail In our first episode of gAy A I take a moment to introduce myself as host of this podcast. I'm Steve Bennet-Martin, I'm an alcohol, and my daily affirmation is that I am worthy of love. I quickly give the major bulletpoints of who I am before jumping into my first memories or drinking followed by my last ones.  Thank you for listening. Please leave a review if you found...

Send us Fan Mail Coming soon!  gAy A is a podcast about sobriety in the LGBT+ community.  Steve shares this announcement trailer to share his plans of what's to come. Follow/subscribe to get full episodes when this podcast launches on August 26th, 2021. Support the show