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

In this episode I finish up reading and discussing The Traditions Checklist . Today it's Traditions Nine, Ten, Eleven & Twelve. Here is my website . Here is my Instagram . 

In this episode I share three simple things that indicate to me I'm playing God within the fellowship.

In this episode I talk about some of the reasons that a lot of people I know do not like the 12 Step fellowship.

The results of applying spiritual principles in one's life get better and better over time.  - Practice  - Frustration in early sobriety - The "Pink Cloud"

In this episode I talk about what my mindset has been in 2020, and what my aim is always.

In this episode I interview my friend Christian, who is also "Fred" on A PODCAST GREATER THAN YOURSELF.

This episode is for people who are in rehab or sober living.  I worked in treatment for roughly ten years.  Here I share, from my own experience, the attitudes residents can have that will guarantee either desirable and undesirable results.  And I share a simple analogy I have...

I'm not going to make the holidays about me.  People are hurting.  Life is hard enough already. In this episode I talk about the responsibility I feel I have to make the lives of others easier.

In this episode I share about my first sober Christmas.  I was afraid and I felt alone. And I discovered that giving was the best gift. 

Here I continue going through The Traditions Checklist and discuss Traditions 6, 7, & 8. (Thank you for 50,000 listens!)

In this episode I talk about humor, which elevates the spirit. Seriousness usually does not do this.  I tell the story of what led me to what I'm doing in my life today.

In 31 years, I've never seen the program of action not work.  In this episode, I talk about this. 

We hear so much about unrealistic expectations. What are the realistic ones?

In this episode I read something from Emmet Fox regarding the existence of, in truth, only two emotions - love and fear.  I discuss how easy it is to defend one's fears, despite the fact that fear always only destroys. 

Today I read something called "Big Book Myths." It briefly describes some of the differences between what we commonly hear and what the book says. 

In this episode I discuss something powerful I heard one time: "I do not own my sobriety. I rent it. And rent is due every day."

Yet another "Casual Friday" episode where I talk about several different things.   - Change is friendly - Trying to live a life that was worth saving - A Sarcastic Meditation - Birthday wish

In this episode I talk about how common it is to hear people express that they've tried the steps, and they do not work. Here, I share my experience regarding all of this. 

In this episode I talk about the fact that the real truth is never confusing or complicated. The truth is always simple. And it's always freeing. 

In this episode I talk about my experience with being present and not being present. I have an analogy  that helps me personally, which I share here.

In this episode I read passages from my book "Sarcastic Daily Meditations." I share about some of them, how the opposite makes the true message more powerful, and about how they all have come from healed pain.  It's also funny. 

In this episode I talk about how important it has been in my life and recovery to be able to follow my own conscience.  Do the people in your life allow you to do this?  Do they encourage it? Discourage it? 

In this episode I talk about the person who taught me by being a living example of how well the 12 Steps can work.

In this episode I talk about the one thing I personally feel I have done best, which is consistently seek a power greater than myself .  Sobriety has been, at times, messy, a roller coaster; I have felt lost many times. Yet I have consistently sought God as I understand Him. 

It is, sadly, a common belief amongst AA members that we should not use our brains, that our brains don't work. In this episode I talk about what the actual "Big Book" says about intelligence, and our need to use it.