The Recovery Radio Podcast - KMP3 - Long-Term Sobriety in A.A.

In this episode I talk about how simple it is for me to forget the basics. The problem always seems much too complicated to be solved with simplicity.   But it never is. 

In this episode I talk about taking people and things for granted.

On another casual Friday, I discuss a variety of things. Website. Instagram. 

In this episode I simply hang out with you in case you are sad.  In my experience, sometimes this kind of thing is important.  

In this episode I talk briefly about my thoughts on Independence Day.

In this episode I talk about how I used to beat myself up mercilessly when I was new. I also talk about why I don't anymore. 

In this episode I talk to my friends about the ability the steps have given us to create wonderful things out of seemingly bad events. 

In this episode I talk about how much the 12 Steps have changed me. - When I got sober: I was obsessed with alcohol; I knew there was no God;  I felt separated from everyone; people were merely extensions of my needs; I had no hope; I had zero faith in people

In this episode I share my understanding of the meaning behind the Third Step Prayer. Website. Instagram. 

On page 19 it says "most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others."

In this episode I talk about my experience concerning being afraid to share in meetings. www.sarcasticbigbook.com My Instagram here . 

In this episode I read  from Emmet Fox, and from the Big Book, and then connect them through a discussion of my own experience. - We don't have to ask for good - Open the blinds  - "Evil is a false belief about the power and availability of good" (Emmet Fox)

What is spiritual help?  In this episode, I talk about how difficult it is to accept it. I read about the two choices described on Page 25 of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous.

In this episode I read some things from Emmet Fox and I connect them with my understanding of the directions in the Big Book. - The tools in Step Four

THIS IS MY 200th EPISODE! To celebrate here,  I spontaneously call a bunch of my friends who are sober, happy, joyous & free.  These are some of the many people I know who, to me, make sobriety look good. Thank you for supporting this show! My website is here . My Instagram is here . 

In this episode, I read sections of the Big Book connecting   the steps suggested as a program of recovery, illuminating its blatant message that we are to stay in action. My website. My Instagram.

In this episode I read something from Emmet Fox where he discusses the fact that we only ever have one thing to deal with - our thoughts. - Assigning meaning - Controlling what I think about Website. Instagram.

In this episode I talk about the fact that tomorrow is not promised to any of us. - Expressing love - Receiving compliments - Celebrating people who are still alive

THANK YOU ALL FOR 90,000 LISTENS!  In this episode I read something from Emmet Fox about those periods of time when we feel unable to pray and/or connect with God. My website. My Instagram.

In this episode I talk about the the passage on page 53 in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous where it talks about God being either everything or nothing. 

- Nothing Without God - No Better or Worse Than Anyone - Receiving Compliments - Embracing Flaws While Maintaining a Sincere Desire to Continue to Grow My WEBSITE. My INSTAGRAM.  

In this episode I talk about my experience with Zoom. - My initial resistance - Metacommunication - Connection

In this episode, I continue with the information from the "What Does the Big Book Say?" workshop. In this episode: Step Twelve - not pushed or prodded - not chased -not talked down to - under no obligation My website . My Instagram . 

In this episode I talk about one of the things that was instilled in me when I was in early sobriety, and that is one of the reasons I know I'm still sober today. 

In this episode I talk about getting annoyed in AA meetings, and go over my understanding of why I do it, and go over some tools I use to counteract my feeling this. - Tradition Three - Listen without eyes - I don't know  - Playing God