What if I told you ... would you believe it? How could you? How many times do we hear in the Rooms about lives that are second to none, lives worth celebrating, when, at one time, all was lost? Do we believe them? Have we ever heard the converse? Of course not. Rarely have we seen a person fail ... So why are we so stubborn, why don't we believe? We need to see for ourselves, and we few, we proud few who are lucky enough to stick around until the miracle happens, well, we truly "came to believe....
Aug 18, 2022•31 min•Season 4Ep. 57
LUCKY SEVEN. Today marks seven years of continuous, uninterrupted sobriety. On Father’s Day 2015, I wrote a letter to God petitioning Him, begging Him to save me. I needed an angel, in a bad way. My Higher Power didn’t send me one angel, He sent me a program of angels in the earthly form of a group of drunks just trying to stay sober and stay alive called Alcoholics Anonymous. Since getting sober, I have endured death of loved ones, ruin and wreckage in many forms as well as victory and glory. I...
Jul 19, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 2
The Judgment of Paris: Discordia throws the golden apple into the banquet (to which she was not invited), and the rest, as they say is history. Unprecedented carnage, an Odyssey, the fall of Troy, death of Gods and Mortals alike, a stolen bride, and of course, the death of Paris himself. All because of one bad apple. Like the Waylon Jennings song goes, "there's one in every crowd, for cryin' out loud, why was it always turning out to be me?" Why indeed?
Jul 07, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Recovery and the Twelve Steps are both living breathing organisms, institutions, theories, and principles, but they are solid and fundamental at the same time. That is the beauty and the mystery of our Program.
Apr 01, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 54
We get the conduct we tolerate. This is nowhere more important than the conduct we tolerate in ourselves.
Feb 08, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 53
In this episode, we continue the discussion and theme from our last episode regarding Outside Issues, and how they lead to emotional dysregulation and instability, which is the precursor to a relapse for sure.
Jan 20, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Due to the chaos in our country and the impact it has on a lot of us staying sober, this episode leaves our current topic and addresses the important concept of “outside issues” and keeping our focus and equipoise when all around us are losing their minds. This is apolitical and ideologically neutral.
Jan 07, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Today we continue our exploration of the 1903 treatise the “Homely Virtues,”particularly Chapter I entitled, “Straightness.” While this term may connote many things to many people in today’s parlance, in 1903 the term was used to mean “honest,” “earnest,” and “genuine.” Aren’t these the bedrocks of our recovery?
Jan 02, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 50
This episode begins our study of the work The Homely Virtues, focusing on the Prelude or "Introductory," called "Ordinary People," and the intersection with programs of recovery. I find it fascinating that a book that predates the 12 & 12 by almost fifty years or more could so eloquently and exactly mirror the last paragraphs in Step 12 of that seminal work. My Disease "wants" me to think I am special, wants me to constantly compare myself to others in an effort to be "extraordinary." My Hig...
Dec 23, 2020•35 min•Season 3Ep. 49
This episode focuses on my journey over the past twelve months, why I stopped podcasting for a bit, and how I stayed sober and strengthened my program of recovery and serenity through the global pandemic.
Dec 16, 2020•45 min•Season 3Ep. 47
This is the beginning of Season 3 of the EPP. Show notes: -- December 9 is an important day for me, for my life, for my Program. Why? -- While it is true that you may be able to get sober alone, it is a lot harder, and I do not know anyone who has succeeded. I am not saying it isn't possible, or that there aren't viable programs of recovery other than Alcoholics Anonymous, I just haven't seen or heard of them working. So too, you can get and stay sober without a Higher Power, but it is a lot har...
Dec 09, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 47
God’s power to forgive is greater than our power to sin.
Jan 15, 2020•21 min
“On with the show ...” Motley Crue. This is the first episode of Season 2, and the first of the Solo Meetings, in which I am offering as a form of service a meeting-like format so that those who are unable to attend a meeting in person or through another format or platform can get relief and recovery as if they were in a meeting and listening.
Jan 08, 2020•27 min
Control-freaks, please apply.
Dec 15, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 44
What will other people say? What will other people think?
Dec 12, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 43
The Divine Spark is inside us all ...
Dec 10, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 42
I once was blind, and now I see ...
Dec 09, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 41
“The fundamental tenet of Buddhism is not, ‘Every man for himself.’ I know. I looked it up.” Wanda (A Fish Called Wanda)
Dec 06, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Burn, baby burn ...
Dec 05, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Continuing to “adult” the shit out of life ...
Nov 03, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 38
It is, after all, a spiritual axiom.
Oct 10, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Look it up ... Here’s to the sunny slopes ...
Oct 09, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Choose your words wisely.
Sep 16, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 35
“I wish her a lucky passage ...” Richard Wilbur.
Aug 11, 2019•35 min
Who, Me?
Jul 30, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 33
“Ay, ay, a scratch; marry, ‘tis enough ...” Romeo and Juliet, ACT III. Scene I.
Jul 25, 2019•33 min
1461 Twenty-four hours. How did I do it? I didn’t drink, and I didn’t die. Here’s how ...
Jul 19, 2019•21 min
The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz. The First Agreement. Tonight.
Jul 05, 2019•24 min
“Physician, heal thyself ...”
Jul 04, 2019•23 min
Send not to know, For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee ...
Jul 03, 2019•14 min
