This week Jack and Alex chat to Anna about applying the principles of recovery in day to day situations. They discuss bringing humility, compassion and patience into situations with friends, family and colleagues and how our recovery can have a ripple effect into every area of our lives.
This week Josh and Alex talk to Malory about her experience of giving back in recovery. They discuss what service is, and why it is important for our own recovery as well as others, and share their experience of their best moments paying it forward.
This week we chat to Kat about chapter 7 in the Big Book of AA; "working with others'. We discuss experiences of being supported by other alcoholics as well as how we can be of service to others in our recovery and how important that is.
This week Alex, Dan and Josh chat about Step 5; we “admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs”. They share their experience of the step along with discussing resentment, compassion, getting honest and feeling understood and accepted in recovery.
This week we chat to Sarah about "Into Action" the next in our series of chapters of the Big Book of AA. We discuss living a double life, getting honest and trying to avoid getting complacent as our recovery progresses.
This week we chat to Dan about 'How it Works' the next chapter in our series on The Big Book of AA. We discuss making amends, taking responsibility and crossing moral lines.
Christian and Molly talk about tackling Step 4 with the guidance of a sponsor. Molly is a journalist and 2.5 years sober.
Christian speaks to Jodie about coming to believe in a higher power once getting into recovery, touching on paragraphs from chapter 4 of the Big Book; We Agnostics. Jodie talks about the 'Fake till you make it' approach that she adopted in her early days until she finally came to believe in a higher power of her own understanding after working the 12 steps.
This week we chat to Theo about "More About Alcoholism", a chapter in the Big Book that describes the lengths we can go to to convince ourselves that we are not alcoholics. Theo shares her experience, and we discuss all the ways we tried to stop drinking alcoholically before we finally found recovery in AA.
Christian and Patrick take a deep dive into Chapter 2 of the Big Book; 'There is a Solution', as it relates to their own personal experience of recovering from alcoholism. During the episode, Christian and Patrick talk about how having 'psychic change' as a result of working the 12 steps has had an impact in their lives and how it has helped them recover from the hopeless state of mind and body that is alcoholism.
This week we talk to Josh about Bills Story, starting at page 1 of the big book. Bill's story details the danger of the first drink and his rock bottom leading to the willingness to pursue recovery in the founding stages of the AA program. Josh and Alex share their experience while discussing aspects of the chapter.
This week we chat to our guest about "They Stopped in Time", the section of the Big Book that discusses Alcoholics who got sober before they had lost everything. Toni shares her experience, and we cover the realisation that although we had not lost everything yet, that didn't mean we weren't alcoholics or headed towards a much deeper rock bottom.
“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” Step 3 is theme of episode 27 and we have Tony on the show to discuss what this step means to him. Tony has been sober from alcohol since age 29. During the episode, Christian, Alex and Tony also dig into some of the AA literature around this action based step including the Big Book and the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions.
In episode 26, Christian and Jack chat with Charlie. Charlie is in his 3rd year of recovery and got sober aged 26. During the episode, they reference touch on geographicals, 'busyness', vein attempts to change drinking habits, self esteem and the benefits of attending meetings. They also reference a story from the Big Book of AA titled The Keys of The Kingdom.
This week we chat to Noelle about her experience of working step 2. Noelle is our youngest guest, getting sober at 16 and now sober for 3 years! We loved chatting to her, and hope you are as inspired as we are.
Christian, Jack and Irma explore the theme of acceptance. From accepting they were alcoholic in their early days to accepting their own concept of a higher power in order to work a successful programme of recovery in AA. (Please excuse some of the audio quality on this one!)
This week Alex and Christian talk to Dave about his Sobriety Journey and reading the doctor's opinion; the part of the introduction to the Big Book of AA that talks about the phenomenon of craving and evidence for the success of AA for treating alcoholism.
This week, Christian, Alex and Jack discuss handling boredom. During the episode they impart some advice that they were given in their early days as well strategies and self care practices that they've since put in place in order to look after themselves.
This week Jack and Christian chat to Nick about sponsorship and getting a sponsor. They share their experience of working through the steps with another alcoholic, and in turn helping a newcomer to work through the steps.
This week Alex and Jack talk to John about his experience of working step one. He shares his experience with recovery, and they each discuss the effects that step one has on their sobriety.
This week Christian and Alex talk to Josh about his sobriety story, and how being a child of an alcoholic has impacted him and his recovery. They discuss the practicalities of looking at their childhoods and how that can inform behaviours and thinking patterns.
This week Alex and Christian talk to Alex about her experience of relapsing, and how she finally found sobriety. She shares her experience of the shift in her thinking, and how she always kept coming back.
This week Alex and Christian talk to Ellie about their experience of discovering their identity in recovery. Ellie shares their experience of coming out and navigating that in active addiction, and how they found their true identity in Sobriety.
This week, Alex talks to Dmitri about the importance of physical health in recovery. They cover the damage we did to our bodies in active addiction, as well as ways we can promote a healthy lifestyle and take care of ourselves physically when we get sober.
This week, Christian and Rob talk to Jojo about working in the creative industry in sobriety. They cover the nature of the industry and preconceptions people have about needing pain to create. Jojo shares her personal experience of being inspired and successful while working the program.
This week Alex and Christian talk to Jack about getting sober during a global pandemic. They discuss the difference between getting sober on zoom and at in person meetings, and talk about the peaks and troughs of staying sober through lockdown.
This week, Alex talks to Rob and James who share their experience of grieving in recovery. They discuss grieving people who have passed away, both in active addiction and sobriety, as well as grieving relationships and past experiences.
In today's episode, Alex and Christian talk to Amy about managing mental health issues in sobriety. Alex and Amy discuss their dual diagnoses and the three discuss getting outside help alongside sobriety.
This week Alex and Christian talk to professional footballer, Steven C. about ambition and how ideas of success can change in recovery. They talk through their experiences with pressure, expectation and internal vs external achievement.
This week, Christian and Alex chat to Becki about managing celebratory events sober. They chat about birthdays, Christmas, New Year and weddings, and the strategies they have learned to navigate them all in sobriety.
