The 4th Step Podcast

A heart wrenching and hope giving episode. With a trauma filled childhood of unthinkable abuse to being diagnosed with cancer in recovery, Crystal shares from the heart about her journey.   Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Steven shares his experience of a rocky childhood and the effects his addiction played later in his life.   Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Trauma therapy!!! This episode is about both the 4th step and the trauma that gets uncovered along the way. We talk a lot about what we went through as far as abuse and what we did in both the 4th step work and the outside help. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Growing up in trauma and abuse, Francis shares his journey with us. An NA historian of sorts thats has lots of great insights about recovery. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Steve M2 is the second Steve we've interviewed and was also in the same area that my sponsor Steve was from, hence the M2. Our friend shares his struggles on the east coast and the military, to eventually getting clean in California. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In this episode we interview 2 best friends who have been sharing recovery for over 40 years. Vickie M, my former sponsor's wife and her best friend Vickie B. We chat about losing their husbands to cancer and staying clean through it. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

A very personal episode for me. This one is just myself and my dear friend going through all of life's trauma and life''s joy. When we say family of choice, this is what we are talking about. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Special edition of 4 different recovery podcast platforms getting together for a chat in hopes to further support the community. Please check out our friends!!   Send us Fan Mail Support the show

From heart wrenching beginnings to authentic love in recovery, Jason walks us through coming out as gay and his journey in recovery. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Ryan the sponsor and Greg the sponsee work a 4th step with us. Lots of authentic sharing about character defects and assets. Very interesting journeys with these two. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

This episode hits home for many of us addicts that also suffer with mental illness. Dan gets very vulnerable and shares from the heart about his experience.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Childhood trauma, racial awareness and not feeling enough all leads Anthony to addiction and recovery.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show

She shares about the struggles growing up and not wanting attention because she was different. Her journey to recovery and the outcome of working a program shows young women how there is hope for them. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Tracy's beautiful soul comes through when we hear her recall her childhood and all the hard work she puts into recovery today. Lot's of feelings. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Michelle navigates a childhood of love, chaos and self discovery. Reflections of active addiction shows where she came from and how she lives her program today. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

A young struggling addict deals with her childhood sexual trauma only to overcome and share her dramatic experience of becoming a mom. Being labeled "The Free Hugs" girl and also her love of service for the program she belongs to. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

This episode is myself and my sponsee brother Ray, remembering the wisdom of our recently passed sponsor Steve M. Guest host Jen W sits in on this one as well. Ray shows his deep respect and love for Steve. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Coming from a family of addicts, Ryann shares about witnessing her parents get clean and her journey in getting there. Lot's of deep exploration about feelings and the process of gaining our authentic self. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In this episode we went off track and just recorded a session of 4 guys talking about general recovery and some interesting stories. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Frank recounts his struggle with getting to recovery. Battling his demons with anger and breaking the cycle with his kids. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Ross deals with the need to fit in and finds himself using drugs to be accepted by others. Ross then discovers the path to recovery through the gift of desperation. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Joey gets real authentic in this episode about the pain he caused others and how he came to understand his role in recovery. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

The path to recovery often starts off with a small bit of hope. Joel gives us that small bit of hope. From 'walking the yard' to creating positivity. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

From convict to Konnected. Tommy shares his story about his incarceration and how it lead him to giving back to the community.   Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Dominic goes in depth of how addiction affected relationships in and outside his family. He also shares the reprieve that working a program gives him. This episode ran long but you'll see why we just couldn't shrink this down, we covered some really heavy issues. This episode had some technical difficulties with recording but we did the best we could.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show