Podcast Episodes

Ep 44 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 4 of 8: Cult of Confession

Episode 44

In this episode, we dive into Lifton’s fourth marker of mind control: The Cult of Confession — and how AA uses this tactic to break you down and keep you dependent.

We explore how Alcoholics Anonymous…

Published on 7 months ago

Ep 43 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 3 of 8: Demand for Purity

Episode 43

Welcome to Part 3 of our 8-part series: “8 Signs AA Is Controlling Your Mind” — today we’re diving into Demand for Purity 😇➡️🩸

In high-control groups, purity isn’t about health — it’s about obedience.…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ep 42 AA's Harm Runs Deeper Than You Think

Episode 42

AA is worse than I thought — 5 weeks of speaking out is changing everything.

I was in AA for 10 years — from 2009 to 2020. I left five years ago. But it wasn’t until I started talking about it publicl…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ep 41 Ten Reasons Why AA Holds You Hostage

Episode 41

— Here's 10 ways Alcoholics Anonymous benefits from keeping you trapped inside the rooms of AA.

Ever wonder why AA wants you to stay forever?

In this episode of the Sobriety Bestie Podcast, I’m breakin…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ep 40 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 2 of 8: Mystical Manipulation

Episode 40

Mystical Manipulation is when AA reframes your emotional responses, coincidences, or discomfort as “spiritual guidance” to keep you loyal to the program. It’s when sponsors are treated like prophets,…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ep 39 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 1 of 8: Milieu Control

Episode 39

Welcome to a powerful 8-part mini-series based on Dr. Robert Jay Lifton’s Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism — originally used to study brainwashing in Maoist China, and disturbingly relev…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ep 38 Why I'll Never Go To AA Again

Episode 38

I was an AA true believer. I cried on Bill W’s grave. I did AA across the world.

But once I saw the truth—it all fell apart.

In this episode of the Sobriety Bestie Podcast, I break down how AA hooked m…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ep 37 What's The Hardest Part of Leaving AA?

Episode 37

Let's open up about the reason leaving Alcoholics Anonymous is so hard. For me, it was probably the phobia indoctrination, the deeply ingrained belief that to leave is to die.

✨ But today is about you…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ep 36 The Mindf*ck of Being Half In and Half Out of AA

Episode 36

What if you're going to meetings, working with a sponsor, maybe even doing the steps… but deep down, you don’t believe it anymore?

Today’s episode is for you.

This is a living f*cking amends to anyone …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep 35 Finding A Good Therapist After AA

Episode 35

When you're deprogramming from Alcoholics Anonymous or any high-control group, finding the right therapist can make all the difference.

In this episode of the Sobriety Bestie Podcast, I walk you throu…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago