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

The book says that above everything I am to be rid of my selfishness.
In this episode I share with you a visual tool I use daily, which helps me a lot.


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In this episode I talk about how simple it is to quietly continue playing God.
And the things I do and have done to try and not do that.



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For the first couple years of my sobriety, I really believed that who stayed sober was just sort of random. You could do all the right things and still relapse. 

In this episode I talk about those years, and about how I no longer believe that sobriety is random. 

In this episode I read some ridiculous things from "More Sarcastic Daily Meditations."


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The Big Book says, "We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle."

In this episode I talk about this.


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In this episode I talk about my experience concerning earning the trust of my loved ones.


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In this episode I talk about practice.
When I was in early sobriety I wanted instant results.
I wanted to be good at this sobriety stuff immediately.

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In this episode I share my car wash analogy about what it's like being in AA.


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In this episode I talk about my relationship with God throughout the day, in terms of how I go about seeking God through thought.  I also talk about how much it's changed over the years.



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In this episode I interview, "Jim."
He has had multiple sponsors and varying experiences in AA.
Here he talks about them, and about his experience with the Big Book that set him free.


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In this episode I read something from Emmet Fox about love and fear.
And I talk about how much this helps me practice the principles in the Big Book.



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In this episode I read some things Emmet Fox says you can do in order to make yourself  unhappy.

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In this episode I talk about accepting compliments.
It used to be hard to do, but now I feel the compliment really goes to God.
Also, the rejection of a compliment is the rejection of love.



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In this episode I read the 11th Step Prayer and discuss my understanding of the very simple plot of the steps.


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Page 29 of the Big Book says it contains "clear cut directions."
How closely do I try to follow those?


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In this episode I talk about my experience with giving and receiving unsolicited advice.


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In this episode I talk more about the roller coaster of my early sobriety.
I was happy. Sad. Lonely. Depressed. Upbeat. 
Hopeless. Hopeful. Horny.  Etc.


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In this episode I talk about how acceptance often feels like endurance in disguise.
And about how an attitude of "what can I contribute?" feels different than,
"I'll just accept this."

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In this episode I talk about how things got easier for me once I started simply aiming at chiseling away at things that didn't look like God.

In this episode I share with you the simple things upon which I have learned to focus, which enable me to be more present. And therefore more helpful to the people around me.


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In this episode I read and discuss, "Slips and Human Nature" by Dr. Silkworth.
Originally published in 1947 in the AA Grapevine.
(In the podcast I wrongly guess that it was published in the 1950's.)


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In this episode, I talk about some of the lasting  lessons I learned from an old-timer when I was in early recovery - one of them being that I don't have to use the steps just for damage control.



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Is your program fussy? Is it full of unnecessary detail?
Mine for sure used to be, but it's not today.
And this is what I talk about in today's episode.

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In this episode I read a couple emails and answer some questions. Mostly, I talk about my answer to the inquiry: "How do you approach sharing in meetings?"


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In this episode I talk about making mistakes, doing it wrong, coming up short, and how that's all just part of doing it perfectly.



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In this episode I read more from the book, "More Sarcastic Daily Meditations."


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In this episode I discuss pages 60-63, how they are describing most human beings, alcoholics included.


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In this episode I have a very special guest return...to talk about ACA (and some other stuff).



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In this episode I talk about what is known as "The 13th Step."


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In this episode I read something from Emmet Fox about change being a very necessary and positive part of life. And I talk about my experience with my learning slowly this.


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In this episode I read something from Emmet Fox about the lesson contained in the transformation of caterpillar to butterfly.  What spurs about such a change is described as "divine discontentment." After I read it, I discuss this from several angles of my own experience.



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In this episode I try to summarize my own understanding of all 12 Steps.


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In this episode I share about early sobriety, about how afraid I was that I would never again get to do the things I really loved.

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In this episode I talk more about my ongoing experience with spiritual arrogance. 


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In this episode I talk about what it says on page 132 of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous: "Those of us who have tried to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them." 

When I was new I was untrusting of everyone and their motives.
In this episode I talk about my experience with overcoming cynicism.


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In this episode I read some Emmet Fox, and talk about my experience with focusing all day on my defects, and how selfish that kept me.


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In this episode I talk about the practice of not giving self-centeredness any attention as soon as I am able to recognize it as self. 



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When I was new, I struggled heavily with, amongst many other things, meditation. 
So much so that there was a period of time I flatly refused to meditate, or pray, at all. 

In this episode I talk about these struggles, what helped me, and how I go about meditating currently. 

In this episode I read a meditation from the "24 Hours a Day" book.
It perfectly summarizes the process described in Step Four in the Big Book.

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In this episode I read things from the Big Book stating that, as important as working with other alcoholics is (and it's actually vital for my sobriety), there is a demonstration that is "much more important." 

I'm going to try to live a life that was worth saving.
I hope you'll do the same. 

In this episode I talk about working for one's sobriety.
No one will do this for me.
I have to do all the wanting.



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In this episode I talk about my experience with the drastic change that  happened to me as a result of my trying as best I can to live the principles of the twelve steps. 

In this episode I read from pages 60-63 in the Big Book and discuss my experience. 

In this episode I read from the Big Book about the dismal day where co-founder Bill Wilson's plans didn't work out.  He met Dr. Bob instead.



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In this episode I talk about Stephen Karpman's "Triangle of Drama."
I share about how I got out of living in that triangle through AA's 12 Steps, and my wife escaped its clutches through the ACA program.

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In this episode I talk about relationships.
I talk about the fact that I used to not give the purpose of intimate relationships much thought.  And about how and why I started asking, "what is the purpose of a relationship?"

For the first few years of my sobriety my head wouldn't shut up. 
In this episode, I talk about the biggest reason I believe my head is quiet today.

In short,  I learned things that made the book louder than the fellowship. 

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In this episode I read from "More Sarcastic Daily Meditations"  and from the Big Book, and I talk about my experience of learning that love is indeed a verb.



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In this episode I talk to a friend of mine who shares and lives the solution.



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I'm to practice principles all day long. 
In this episode I talk about this...




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In this episode I talk about a phrase that I took out of context for years. 

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In this episode, I read the beginning of the chapter, "There is a Solution" from the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. 

There's a lot there! 
We have recovered, and the problem has been solved. And we shouldn't lecture anyone. 

In this episode I share a simple little analogy I learned from Emmet Fox.
I think of it often, as it's a good way to tell whether or not I'm playing God.


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In this episode I read from page 164 in the Big Book and talk about what was taught and explained to me when I was new about finding people I can help.

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In this episode I talk about how easy it is to get tangled up and feel like this is all complicated. 
I share about how it is I'm able to keep it simple now. 

In this episode I talk about how hard it was for me in early sobriety. 
And about how I almost gave up many times. 

I'm so glad I kept seeking. 
I haven't considered giving up for many many years. 

Do I feel an obligation to God?
In this episode I talk about what I feel are my responsibilities to my Higher power. 

In this episode I talk to an amazing woman who got sober young, in 1992. 
She's actually happy, joyous, and free, and is having an experience that only gets better as time passes. 

This episode is comprised of highlights from episode #267.

Here, I read Emmet Fox and tie it to my understanding of the Big Book.

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In this episode I talk about what it was like for me when I was in early sobriety, for the first few years: afraid of people, afraid of the future, afraid of relapse, etc.

And I share about the freedom I feel today, and try to explain why.

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In this episode I talk about a variety of things, including giving and receiving unsolicited advice.
Do you know who likes unsolicited advice?  No one I know.
Know who likes giving it? All of us. 

In this episode, I read Step Three from the Big Book and share the information that changed my life many years ago, and continues to guide me on a daily basis.


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In this episode I talk about how common it is to make column two in the fourth step really detailed and long.

Also, I read what the Big Book says about column two., and why I think they have us keep it brief.



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In this episode I share some of my experiences and beliefs about God as I understand God.


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In this episode I talk about what ACA calls, "The Spiritual Bypass", where a person has an awakening but then doesn't actually demonstrate spiritual principles in their daily life through action. I share about my experience with doing just this many times in AA. 

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In this episode I talk about perseverance, particularly in early sobriety. I discuss how many times I wanted to give up, how often I told myself I couldn't make it.  And how glad I am I continued to try. 

People talk a lot about "unrealistic expectations."
There is a very realistic expectation in my experience. I talk about it here.


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For many years I believed deeply that God wanted me to be boring and constrained, forever doing things univiting or undesirable. 

Here I read from Emmet Fox, and from the Big Book, and I discuss my experience. 

In this episode I read about self-sufficiency from the book, Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions.
It describes non-alcoholics as filled with fear and anger, and poetically opines that self-centeredness will destroy us.  I feel very fortunate that drinking bullied me into not living by self-propulsion.


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In this episode , I read an e-mail from a listener and discuss how I went through the Big Book in the way that really changed my life some thirty years ago. 

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In this episode I read from page 18 where it says that a person "properly armed with facts" concerning alcoholism can generally earn the trust of another alcoholic quickly, and until this happens, "little or nothing can be accomplished."

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"Pray. But as soon as you open your eyes, play God."

                - August 5th,  Sarcastic Daily Meditations

I am on vacation, so I'm reposting episode #267, "God Gave Us Brains to Use."


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I'm on vacation, so I'm reposting episode #275, "Take the Big Book Quiz."


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(A rebroadcast of episode #263, as I am on vacation.)

I'm back from vacation, and in this episode I talk about the good and bad advice I received all the time when I was new. 

For years, I deeply believed that God wanted me to be miserable.
I don't feel this way anymore.
In this episode I talk about all this.

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I used to blame almost every thought I had on my alcoholism.
When alcoholism according to the Big Book was shown to me, I stopped doing that and everything about my life and my sobriety changed.


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Do the steps work? 

Here, I share my thoughts and  experience.... and my corn muffin analogy.

In this episode I talk about using "The 11th Step Prayer" as a guide throughout the day.


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In this episode I share my thoughts about A.A. co-founder, Bill Wilson. 

In this episode I share about how maintaining fit spiritual condition is the most important thing in my life, as it arrests the insanity of alcohol.


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When I got sober, the idea of being in a drama-free relationship sounded boring.
I wanted to be with someone I could blame, or save.
I needed to be a victim or a victimizer.  I actually needed drama of some kind. It was exciting. 


In this episode I talk about some of my experience concerning relationships in sobriety. 
And how different things are currently. 
 

In this episode I share about the one and only practice that actually solves my daily problems.
Actually, it doesn't solve the problems. It erases them.


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In this episode I share a story about a time in early sobriety where I was freaking out because my life had never been better.
And I talk about the pivotal conversation that followed.


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In this episode, I talk about unplanned, pivotal moments in my own sobriety.


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In this episode I read something about 'fear' from Emmet Fox, and I share about my experiences at a local A.A. Convention. 

In this episode I talk about how important it is for me to continue to keep it clear and simple. It's easy to complicate this to no end. Without realizing it, or meaning to, I can think about my defects so much that I become more self-centered than ever.


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In this episode I talk about all my experience with having, and not having, the desire to drink.

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My wife joins me in this episode.
We get serious for a bit. She talks about ACA.
And then I guzzle coffee like a psycho.


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