Podcast Episodes

Ep 175 The 12 Days of Leaving AA

Episode 175

Join us for a fun Holiday episode as Carrie (Carrie's Substack) and I sing about the 12 days of leaving Alcoholics Anonymous.

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📚 Depro…

Published on 8 hours ago

Ep 174 The Gifts of Leaving AA

Episode 174

Join us for a fun Holiday inspired episode as Carrie (Carrie's Substack) and I share the gifts of leaving AA from our perspective.

Timestamps:

00:00 Gifts of Leaving AA Intro

01:13 The Gifts When Start…

Published on 2 days, 8 hours ago

Ep 173 Rehab Repeat Customers — Burnie + Bestie

Episode 173

Today we are exploring the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of 12 step rehab treatment centers.

Resources for deconstructing AA:

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

🧰 Esc…

Published on 3 days, 8 hours ago

Ep 172 Spiritual Bypassing in AA

Episode 172

Today we're unpacking spiritual bypassing, the use of spirituality or spiritual practices to override our feelings. We'll cover what spiritual bypassing can look like inside 12 step, how our brains a…

Published on 6 days, 8 hours ago

Ep 171 Nick Reiner: Mental Illness and Alcoholics Anonymous

Episode 171

I've received a lot of DM's after yesterday's episode on Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner so am coming back today to answer the top questions. You wanted to know is Nick Reiner mentally ill and was he sobe…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Ep 170 Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner: Addiction, Relapse + Recovery

Episode 170

Today's episode is a bit heavy, heartbreaking and also a deep dive into the addiction movie the now late iconic director Rob Reiner made in 2015 with his son Nick Reiner called "Being Charlie."

We'll …

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Ep 169 Bill W.'s White Light Spiritual Experience

Episode 169

It's the 91 year anniversary of BIll W.'s "White Light Spiritual Experience" so we're going to unpack it all in this episode. We'll cover what drugs Bill was on, some of Towns history (the founder of…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Ep 168 AA Preys On The Vulnerable

Episode 168

December 11th 1934 is Bill W, the Founder of AA's, last day drinking and the day he went into Town's Hospital for alcohol addiction treatment.

Today on Sobriety Bestie pod we're diving into how Bill …

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Ep 167 From AA Famous to Ostracized Completely – Lilly's Story

Episode 167

Ostracized for leaving AA. Told she’d die if she walked away. Came back anyway. Left again. And is still here, and finally free.

In this raw, funny, and brutally honest conversation, Lilly and I talk …

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ep 166 The AMA's 1939 Review of AA's Big Book

Episode 168

Today we're reading a book review for AA's Big Book or the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" that was featured in JAMA, the Journal of American Medical Association back in 1939, 6 months after the Big Book…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago