Podcast Episodes

Episode #324 - “Unnecessary Detail"

Season 1 Episode 324

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 episo…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Episode #323 - "Avoiding Unnecessary Suffering"

Season 1 Episode 323

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 …

4 years, 2 months ago

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Episode #322 - "The Doctor's Opinion About My Defects"

Season 1 Episode 322

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 wro…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Episode #321 - "How I Keep a Quiet Mind"

Season 1 Episode 321

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…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Episode #320 - "One Simple Aim"

Season 1 Episode 320

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.

4 years, 2 months ago

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Episode #319 - "Acceptance or Endurance?"

Season 1 Episode 319

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 differ…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Episode #318 - "The Roller Coaster of Early Sobriety "

Season 1 Episode 318

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

4 years, 3 months ago

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Episode #317 - "Is Giving Unsolicited Advice Playing God?"

Season 1 Episode 317

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


My website.

My books are here.

My Instagram.

4 years, 3 months ago

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Episode #316 - "If I Follow a Cake Recipe I Won't End Up With Pizza"

Season 1 Episode 316

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


My website.

4 years, 3 months ago

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Episode #315 - "The Simple Plot"

Season 1 Episode 315

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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Thank you for over 5,000 l…

4 years, 3 months ago

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