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 seasoned hunters, and for two, this was their very first time, how cool is that! Hunting is a thing where ...
Nov 22, 2020•2 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 184
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 plane on the service side is beyond compare - Listen and Enjoy! 1...
Oct 18, 2020•2 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 183
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 powerful stuff, Twelve Step Spiritual Recovery is moving in the lives of these gals and it is shifting thei...
Oct 11, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 182
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 another item on their miracle lists. I’ll let the story be told; connection, life long bonds, spirit cent...
Oct 04, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 181
Just a quick explanation for the lack of new content for Sunday morning Oct. 4, and an exciting promise for Sunday night - Elkaholics 2020
Oct 03, 2020•10 min•Season 2Ep. 180
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 this show, is it gives me the opportunity to know folks better, in my opinion "Connection" is the nu...
Sep 27, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 179
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. Meet Pam: I founded Live Authentically to enrich lives by empowering others to live as their best an...
Sep 20, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 178
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 in Louisville, as he explains hitting some tough times, he was searching for connection and found th...
Sep 13, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 177
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 energize your current spiritual journey, or, maybe you are feeling "that something is missing" from your l...
Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 176
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!!
Aug 23, 2020•2 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 175
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 commitment (to myself) to generate new content every week - there's a call to action that you may be inter...
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 20
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 Juice. Contact dan@spiritualunderground.org and/or twelvestepspiritualrecovery@gmail.com and give us...
Aug 09, 2020•2 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 19
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... To watch him turn the seemingly slow corner as is customary on this 12 Step path, then to see the mom...
Aug 02, 2020•2 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 174
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, a yoga studio and body care product creator/supplier in Lexington KY Her story crosses the nation,...
Jul 26, 2020•3 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 173
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 vibe and being; and that was super effective in making me feel comfortable my first time on a mat. T...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 172
Sometimes you roll the dice, throw a dart and see what it hits... I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and was chuckling at some of Matt's posts, he definitely is not one who takes himself too damn seriously - but some other folks were - I thought "folks, lighten up". Well, I got the nudge, it said send Matt an invite to the show, he seems like a fun dude and seems to be enjoying his recovery. He accepted and met me at the studio, I was right, it was a fun time and although Matt doesn'...
Jul 12, 2020•2 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 171
As I state in the intro, the Universe keeps placing awesome souls in my path, that sells Holly way short, she's much more than simply awesome!! Her glow, her beautiful smile, and energetic personality is super inviting, she has a heart for service and places helping others at the forefront of her being. I have been thinking a lot lately about trauma recovery and overcoming codependency, and in walks Holly, someone from which to draw inspiration - speak it and the Universe provides. I'm honored t...
Jul 05, 2020•2 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 170
Set your course and the Universe will provide the wind for your sails, that's what happened here... Brandon and I met on a site that matches up folks as podcast guests, I've passed on a few and frankly did not feel the vibe with anyone until he hit my inbox, the term "Spiritual Dope" was there, as that's the name of his show - That makes allot of sense to me, dope was my spiritual medicine for a long time, until it quit working, it's a dead end road. The Real Spiritual Dope lies in this complete...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 169
Ross is one of a kind, so much so that I didn't even know the was his last name for months after first meeting him! He exhibits an energy and intensity for the passion he has in recovery and with this Twelve Step lifestyle in which we thrive. He recently hit that first year sober milestone and I've been trying to get him on the show for a few months, I put him on the spot last week and he agreed. Few folks understand the TSSR methodology as well as Ross, he is student of the work and one look at...
Jun 21, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 168
What a wonderful person!! I just love that exchange of smiles that happens in the driveway as two souls on the same path meet for the first time. You'll definitely want to hear the passion Rachel has for recovery, her drive to be of service to those who suffer from our disease, and especially one specific story that brought tears to my eyes. I chalked up another friend, another ally in the battle against the disease of addiction and alcoholism. In addition, during the intro, which was actually r...
Jun 14, 2020•2 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 167
Among other things, Henry is a recovered soul, an MKP Brother, a therapist, and an author - and an all around great guy. I first met him during my New Warrior Training weekend, an initiation into the Mankind Project brotherhood, that was September 2019, a hell of a great year for me, an initiation year of sorts. Henry struck me immediately, his intense gaze, his compassionate eyes, the solidness of his being, I knew I needed to know him better and today I had the opportunity to do so, and now yo...
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 166
Now and again I'll toss a call out to the universe for guests, I feel led to expand my perimeter, Jamie responded to one of these calls. I love when this happens, there is no making sense of how it happened, we were not friends on Facebook, so how she saw my post is beyond me, her, like myself, believe things happen for a reason, so to ignore the "nudge" can be passing up an opportunity afforded to you by the universe, or passing on a gift from God, if you will. She arrived with a smile, and lef...
May 31, 2020•2 hr 53 min•Season 2Ep. 165
The 2020 Retreat is in the books, and what a time it was, the most powerfully moving weekend I've been a part of. Don, Marshall and Shane came to the studio to share some of the Juice from the event, enough said.... Enjoy!!
May 24, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 18
I'm so glad to have reconnected with my friend Debbie, she was present in my very first Twelve Step meeting, and her smile and energy had a long lasting effect, it still does today, one of a group of folks who offered me the experience, strength, and especially HOPE that was so needed that night. We continued to bounce around the same places for a few years, attending a meditation meeting together that impacted both of our recovery's. Debbie just celebrated 20 years, she is a testament that reco...
May 17, 2020•3 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 164
Once again a guest shows up on the driveway and I’m immediately impacted by their energy. Angela took a leap and contacted me in response to a call for guests that I put on Facebook. We chatted on the phone for a few minutes and I knew I wanted to have you hear her story, I wanted to hear it! To attempt to tell you more would take away from the her words. I continue to be amazed at the souls who are willing to come in and drop their guard, speak their truth, be vulnerable, and to stand firmly in...
May 10, 2020•3 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 163
Greg has a long history finding his way to recovery, his first meeting was some 26 years ago, he is approaching three right now. It's interesting how each must find their way, the journey, there is no single recipe when it comes to the timeline - some never do... Greg has definitely found his groove now, he mentions the old adage of "when the student is ready, the teacher appears", and that's what happened in his case; two teachers appeared when he was ready and Greg's life was transformed forev...
Apr 26, 2020•2 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 162
Nate's a guy that almost everyone knows, a first impression is of a relatively quiet guy, one of those men in recovery who has a warm inviting smile, a man who has that "attraction rather than promotional" quality that is so inviting to folks investigating recovery. The story of my meeting Nate is in the front end of this episode, and it was divinely inspired as I see it. Today, we sat down to chat about his road to recovery, he lights up when telling his story and does so in an entertaining and...
Apr 19, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 161
Shane is Pure 100% Juice, he is the “Bear in Pants”, and most recently “Yogi Bear”, a solid Recovery Warrior, he is my Spiritual Brother and my Sponsee Brother. Shane joined me in the studio this morning to talk Recovery. He is such an enigma, he lives on a spiritual plane that few understand, and that helps me grow, his impact on my life and my recovery has been immeasurable. He spends a tremendous amount of energy in both his own recovery and the recovery of others, he strives to be a better v...
Apr 12, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Season 2Ep. 160
Chase was the very first "Story" on the podcast, Episode 100, as a sponsee of mine, it was an easy first pick. He and I have known one another for a year or so previous to our current sobriety dates, having met in a treatment center. He has truly implemented the Twelve Steps into his life and has also "added to" the quality of his recovery through many avenues. Today, we met virtually in this new era to chat about the current Covid-19 pandemic, and to share about what living in a recovered state...
Apr 05, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 159
Face to Face Recovery meetings have screeched to a halt, virtual online meetings have popped up everywhere. You can now visit a meeting almost anywhere in the country, possibly the world. Kevin is approaching 90 days, he joined me in the studio to talk about his experience in this ever changing climate, the impersonal nature of online meetings, the difficulty in doing so in a house with family, and much more. One day at a time living means more than ever... Enjoy!
Mar 29, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Season 2Ep. 158
