Spiritual Underground Podcast

I had the honor of being asked to share my story at The Women's Healing Place in Louisville February 8 2021. The day before was the fifth anniversary of my mother moving on to the next great adventure. It was February 7, 2016 Super Bowl Sunday, and yesterday was Feb. 7 Super Bowl Sunday again, I trust I did my mom proud. I'm guessing there were 150 women in attendance, a powerful group. From their...

Matt is another friend from Jerry's meditation meeting, our sobriety dates are on top of one another so I have had the pleasure of witnessing his journey from a broken alcoholic/addict, to a super successful real estate agent. Matt is one more piece of solid proof that if you take/do/work these steps, and then practice these principles in your daily life - your possibilities are limitless. Matt ha...

Ash, as he's known, is from Salina Kansas, a veteran of two deployments in Iraq, and a new friend of mine. we met on a social networking app called Clubhouse. It was a cold call, I made it known there that the Spiritual Underground Podcast is always looking for guests who are willing to share their recovery journeys, Ash raised his hand almost immediately. Our contact has been limited to say the l...

Mark, Shane and Travis came to the woodshed to start discussing the 2021 Colorado elk hunt, these three went on that adventure in 2020, and I'm joining them this year - We decided to take you along this journey - Plus it mixes the up the content, a little variety is always a good thing.. Many exclaim "How am I ever going to have fun again?" after ceasing the drinking and/or doping, we are here to...

This episode is a tribute to our Brother Jesse Simpson (January 20, 1979 - October 31, 2020) There's a lot I'd like to type out to let you know what kinda of guy Jesse was, and what happened. I will not, listen to the following and you will get way more than I could ever write here. I love you Jesse...

It was Christmas night and all through the podcast,  Not a guest could be found, Who was willing to broadcast, So I said with a "Ho", and I said with a "Hee", It appears the whole dang show is now up to me. Enjoy!!

Esther's very being is heartwarming, such a easy going style, awesome smile and beauty from inside out. She's a Miracle as the result of these Steps. I met Esther a year and a half ago at a TSSR meeting in Louisville, a long way from her hometown of Nairobi Kenya. Arriving here to attend University, alcoholism was the furthest thing from her mind and certainly had no place in the game plan, didn't...

Beau has it going on, celebrating two years of sobriety not long ago at the wonderful age of 20, it touches me in some special way when I witness folks harnessing the 12 Steps so early in life, the world is his oyster!! It's so difficult to accept one has a problem during those years (shoot, anytime!), we think "it'll never happen to me", or "I can stop when I'm ready" - the crux of step one is ac...

Shannon is one of the earliest TSSR miracles, after working the steps in another fellowship, she still felt like something was missing. She stumbled into her current sponsor and was taken to another level through TSSR methodology. I've watched her bloom over the past months to become a leader. The Twelve Steps will transform you into who you were meant to be, this is not a "some get it and some do...

Shawn brings such an energetic message! I heard him give a lead at one of the local outdoor meetings and the old HP tapped me on the shoulder (more like punched me) and said "ask that guy to be on the show". His wonderful daughter joined us in the DTM Studio playing with some of my crystal collection, and of course, she left with a few :-). Shawn certainly has a storied past that has since become...

2020 Sober Dudes Deer Hunt - Fargo Hunt Club, Orange County Indiana Neither 2020 nor covid is going to impact my deer season, I enjoyed eight straight days at the cabin by myself during the first week of November, and then five of my best friends joined me for a long weekend of chasing deer, great food, telling stories, and talking recovery. Getting to know each other better, four of us are season...

Eddie was the first guy to grab my hand at my very first Spiritual Underground meeting, he explained that what is happening here is unique and is not found often, I shrugged it off, "yeah yeah yeah - everyone thinks they're special". He was right, there was something special and I felt it that first night, little did I know that my life was forever changed. Eddie carry's the message fully, and his...

The very first TSSR Retreat was held this weekend, nine souls came together at a Southern Indiana campground to grow and become more deeply connected. That high octane energy was still percolating when seven arrived at the DTM Studio on their way home, do you hear that? These ladies stopped by to carry this message to YOU before going back their homes and going back to their lives. This is powerfu...

This is a special one, Mark, Travis and Shane just came back from a nine day trip Colorado elk hunting trip. Most of us are initially concerned, worried, about what they will do for fun without the dope and/or booze, well let me tell you, life is so much more than just that, and Recovery is so much more than just stopping the dope and the booze. These men, all close friends of mine, just put anoth...

Just a quick explanation for the lack of new content for Sunday morning Oct. 4, and an exciting promise for Sunday night - Elkaholics 2020

Lindsay was recommended by Holly, I had seen Lindsay around the rooms, specifically in a Sunday night meeting near my house which was one of my regular haunts in my first year or so. She's always carried that secure aura that makes this program so damn attractive. I've spent a little time with Lindsay's husband and hope to have him as a guest in the future, one great thing about being the host of...

Pam Savino is my guest today, the universe connected us recently and I was instantly drawn to her message, there is a ton of positivity going on in our world but it seems the low vibration stuff makes the most noise - you have to listen through the "noise" to hear the "signal" and when you are tuned into high vibration, the "signal" can easily be heard - and that is how the two of us intersected.&...

Jason celebrates 33 years in Recovery in November, that is a lot of dedication to one's sobriety. He and I are the same age and have so many things in common that it's almost scary, the big difference is he put his disease in remission while we were both still in high school and I spent another twenty something years while my disease progressed. He's been all over the country and landed back home...

Carrying the Afterglow Juice from a Thursday Night Juice Box Heroes TSSR Meeting, Holly and I sat down to chat about the Twelve Steps, Twelve Step Spiritual Recovery, and the decision to take control over the destiny of your remaining earthly years. Holly's mission aligns with mine as we both spend a great deal of energy helping others find their true selves. Tune in, perhaps something will energi...

Ya'll are in for a treat! Dennis is another soul who had an impact on my recovery from the start, his entire heart is in how he can serve, and he places all of his energy in helping others, through treatment centers, prisons, and many other avenues. I'm super glad I was able to sit and chat, reconnect, hear much of his story that I'd never known. Enjoy!!

Hi there you! So Covid took my guest this week, he did not die, it did't take him that way, but he was exposed and we decided that a podcast was probably not important enough to take the risk - I haven't heard if he tested positive or not - I need to call him and reschedule. The rest of that story is in the episode, along with a lot of other things that happened to come to mind as I keep my commit...

Every so often, Christopher and I feel drawn to check in here together and let ya'll know what's happening in the world of Juice, an update on what's happening in the world of TSSR, and just plain ole pour some Juice out for all to absorb. I'm not sure there's much more to say at this point, listen in and see what you think, what you feel - lets keep beating this drum together, the world need the...

Thank YOU Travis for coming in on your ONE YEAR DATE, yep, DAY 365 - Congratulations!! To watch this man from early on, watch that "Hope this shit works, but don't think it will" attitude, desperately struggling for relief while still unconsciously maintaining the wall that separates the "dis-ease" from "recovery".... because we think this can't be real, we think that this can't happen for us... T...

I met Teresa at MyPath 2019, a yoga retreat held at Terrapin Farm near Harrodsburg KY, it was a beautiful event at a beautiful location with beautiful people - Teresa was one of those. She was a vendor at the event with wonderful body creams, soaps and my favorite beard oil (that oil is now off limits to all others, I am in the process of buying the secret formulation :-) ) Teresa owns Soulrebelex...

This is a bit of a spoiler alert... Rebecca is a huge reason why I fell in love with Yoga, she instructed the very first class I ever attended, a Yoga 12 Step Recovery "class" (Y12SR), where the two super effective philosophies are combined, bringing the body fully into the "Mind, Body, Spirit" trinity. Rebecca is immediate love, love her personality, love her authenticity, I just love her entire...