Episode 157: Sober Distancing
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This episode features a discussion about how the Covid 19 pandemic is affecting AA groups, and AA members. We talk about online meetings and other…
Episode 155: Jamison M. and the No Pews Required Group
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Angela B. provides an ICSAA update and talks about the One Big Tent Secular AA Conference to be held in Langley, British Columbia on May…
Episode 152: Jaren C.
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Jaren recently completed an ultra marathon, a 100 mile trek, and while running his thoughts took him back to when he was twenty-five years…
Episode 151: Tom S.
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Tom S. was the featured speaker on January 5, 2019. Originally from Alabama, Tom shared his story of addiction and recovery. After he spoke, an…
Episode 148: Lisa K.
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Lisa K. spoke at the KC Secular AA Speaker Meeting on December 8, 2018. Lisa shares her experience as an adoptee and how it impacted…
Episode 147: Step 11 with Angela and John
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Angela and I had a nice conversation about Step 11, which in its traditional wording seems difficult for a secular person to even be interested…
Episode 146: Starting a Secular AA Meeting Live Stream
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John talks about starting a secular AA meeting from his own experience as well as what he has learned from others. After defining what makes…
Episode 144: Bill H.
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Bill H. has been sober in Alcoholics Anonymous for 52 years and he was our featured speaker on December 1, 2018. Bill talks about his…
Episode 143: Step 10 with Angela and John
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Angela and John discuss Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. A step that many see as…
Episode 142: Emotional Sobriety, the Next Frontier
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Archer Voxx, author of The Five Keys: 12 Step Recovery Without A God, and Alcoholics Anonymous Universal Edition spoke on the topic of emotional sobriety…
Episode 140: AA Beyond Belief Live Call In Show. We’ll do it live!
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On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, at 7:00 pm Central Time, the AA Beyond Belief Podcast will be posted as a live stream on our…
Episode 138: Christmas at the Paseo Group
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A few days before Christmas, I spoke at the Paseo Group’s Alkathon in Kansas City, Missouri. I wasn’t terribly prepared for my talk…
Episode 137: Secular Al-Anon Boise
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In this episode, you will meet Kim L., who helped start a secular Al-Anon meeting in Boise, Idaho. While Kim isn’t entirely uncomfortable…
Episode 136: Are the 12 Steps Relevant?
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Are the Twelve Steps really relevant in the 21st Century, and is there any point for an atheist or agnostic to work out secular interpretations…
Episode 135: Steps Six and Seven with Angela and John
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Angela is back to discuss the steps from a more secular point of view, and in this episode, we take a look at steps six…
Episode 134: Wes B.
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This episode features a talk by Wes B., who attends meetings at the Freethinkers and We Agnostics groups in Kansas City, Missouri. Addiction to drugs…
Episode 132: International Conference of Secular AA-An Update
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In this episode, Gregg O. Chair of the Host Committee for the International Conference of Secular AA provides an update on the conference to be…
Episode 131: Step Five with Angela and John
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In this episode, Angela and I continue our discussion of the 12 steps. Today, focusing on step five, which involves sharing our story with another…
Episode 130: Dancing on a Piece of Wood
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This episode features a conversation with Douglas S. from my home group, We Agnostics Kansas City. Douglas has been skateboarding his entire life and recommended…
Episode 129: Dave E.
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In this episode you will meet Dave E. from Toronto, Ontario. Our conversation begins with Dave sharing his personal story of recovery, the difficulty he…
Episode 128: Twelve Secular Steps
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This episode features a talk by Bill W., author of Twelve Secular Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide. Bill’s book is an excellent resource for…
Episode 127: Benn B. at the KC Secular AA Speaker Meeting
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This episode features a talk by Benn B. from Omaha, Nebraska who visited Kansas City last summer to speak at the KC Secular AA Speaker…
Episode 126: Step Four with Angela and John
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In this episode Angela and John discuss Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. We will continue discussing this step as…
Episode 124: Step Three
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Step Three, in its original form reads as “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as…
Episode 123: Joe C. at the KC Secular AA Anniversary Celebration
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This episode features a recording Joe C. speaking in Kansas City, Missouri at the anniversary celebration for the We Agnostics and Freethinkers groups. Joe is…
Episode 122: Step Two
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Angela and John respond to listener email and then have a conversation about Step Two. In its original form, Step Two reads, “came to believe…
Episode 121: SOAAR 2019 Panel “The Practical 12 Steps”
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This episode features a panel discussion about the twelve steps that was conducted by Jeffrey Munn, author of Staying Sober Without God, and myself. It…
Episode 120: When a Man Loves a Woman
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This episode features a discussion of the 1994 film, When a Man Loves a Woman. The film starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia does an…
Episode 119: The First Step
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In this episode, Angela B. and John S. discuss the first step in the recovery process, which for many of us is whatever happened that…
Episode 118: Wally K.
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This episode features Wally K from the Atheists, Agnostics, and All Others group in Boise, Idaho. Wally has been sober for 47 years, and he…
Bonus Episode: Secular Ontario AA Roundup
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On September 7, 2019, the Secular Ontario AA Roundup will be held at the First Unitarian Church at 170 Dundurn Street South, Hamilton, Ontario. Registration…
Episode 117: Taking Steps
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This is the first in a series of episodes dedicated to understanding and working the Twelve Steps as an atheist, agnostic, freethinker, or anyone interested…
Episode 116: The Sober She Devils
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If you would like to attend a secular AA meeting, but don’t have one in your community, there are now several online meetings listed…
Episode 115: Sugar Addiction
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Today’s episode features a conversation with Mike Collins, founder of sugaraddiction.com and Chair of the Food Addiction Institute, an organization that is making…
Episode 113: An AA Beyond Belief Update
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In this episode, I talk about my experience at AA Beyond Belief, both the podcast and website. I discuss the challenges and rewards that come…
Episode 111: We Agnostics North Bay
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This episode features a conversation with Lena R. from the We Agnostics Group in North Bay, Ontario. Lena discusses her experience of working with her…
Episode 110: Safe Injection Comedy Fundraiser Toronto Edition
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The opioid epidemic is a crisis, it’s an emergency, and thousands of people are dying. In fact, more people have died from the opioid…
Episode 109: Simon P.
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For this episode, I spoke with my friend Simon P., who I met a few years ago at the We Agnostics group in Kansas City…
Episode 107: Esprit Ouvert
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“Esprit Ouvert” translates from French to English as “Open-mindedness”, and it’s the name of a new secular AA group that meets in Saint…
Episode 106: John S. at the Paseo Group’s Alkathon
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In this episode, I share my experience, strength, and hope at an Alkathon hosted by the Paseo AA Group in Kansas City, Missouri. I talk…
Episode 104: Sober Speak with John M.
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Today’s episode features a conversation with John M. from the Sober Speak podcast. John is coming up on 30 years of sobriety this year…
Episode 103: Voices in Recovery
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Voices in Recovery is a new website created by Cindy from the Agnostics and Others group in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Cindy’s idea is to…
Episode 102: Freethinkers in AA Denver
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In this episode, I will be speaking with Jeb B from the Freethinkers group in Denver, Colorado. Jeb was a guest on our podcast about…
Episode 100: Max Brockmann
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Today I’ll be speaking with comedian Max Brockmann based out of Eugene, Oregon. Max is a person in recovery, an atheist, and I think…
Episode 98: Creativity in Recovery
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A few months ago, I read a poem that was posted on our Facebook group, written by Robert B from Madison, Wisconsin. In his post…
Episode 97: Many Paths Secular AA Group In Urbana IL
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Can the 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous be enforced? Can AA groups or AA members be punished for not conforming? Can special-purpose groups within…
Episode 95: Bruce H. from Seattle’s Many Paths Group
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In today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with Bruce H from the Many Paths group in Seattle, Washington. Bruce has been sober for over…
Episode 94: Tomas L.
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Today, I’ll be speaking with Tomas L., from Gothenburg, Sweden. I met Tomas in the secret Facebook group for AA Beyond Belief. One day…
International Conference of Secular AA: An Update from Carol M.
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In today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with Carol M., the Host City Chair for the International Conference of Secular AA. Carol will update…
Episode 92: The God Word
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Today’s episode features a conversation with our friend, Joe C. from Rebellion Dogs Radio, and author of Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step…