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Ep 230 Autistic Gaslit in a 12 Step Teen Cult — Keller's Story
Episode 230
Keller shares his experience inside Full Circle, a 12-step program for teens and young adults, and how years of indoctrination, gaslighting, and pres…
2 hours ago
Ep 229 Did Bill W. Relapse?
Episode 229
Did Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, consume alcohol after getting sober in 1934?
According to his wife, Lois Wilson, yes—but there's a ca…
1 week ago
Ep 228 What's Keeping AA Members 'Stuck on Stupid?'
Episode 228
No more groupthink and being "powerless" over critical thinking... This episode is our reminder to not turn our thinking and judgement over to "autho…
2 weeks ago
Ep 227 Is Deprogramming AA a Cult?
Episode 227
I saw a comment in a Facebook deprogramming group that asked if that group was a cult. So I thought we'd dive on in and discuss it on the pod today..…
3 weeks ago
Ep 226 What AA Old Timers Get Wrong — with Carrie
Episode 226
Carrie is back! Between the two of us, we have 54 years of recovery—and a lot to say about AA old-timers. What even makes someone an old-timer, and w…
4 weeks ago
Ep 225 Deprogramming AA with Quackaholics Anonymous
Episode 225
Today I join Victor from Quackaholics Anonymous for a wide-ranging conversation about Alcoholics Anonymous, indoctrination, and what happens when rec…
1 month ago
Ep 224 Why Leaving AA Conversations Are Going Viral
Episode 224
Why are conversations about leaving AA suddenly going viral? People who have left are speaking openly about deprogramming, shunning, fear, loss—and t…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ep 223 The AA Problem Addiction Experts Keep Missing
Episode 223
What happens when a leading addiction expert acknowledges that AA is a cult, says that’s precisely why it works, and then dismisses criticism of 12-s…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 222 Was AA Born Through Medical Malpractice?
Episode 222
I read an interesting piece of AA history this week and thought I'd share it with you to see what you think. The book is Not-God: A History of Alcoho…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 221 We’ve Been Treating Addiction Backwards with Dee-Dee Stout
Episode 221
What if the way we’ve been taught to think about addiction and recovery is actually getting in the way of helping people? In this episode, I sit down…
2 months ago