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Ep 141 Five Ways To Stop Second Guessing Yourself After Leaving AA
Episode 141
Have you ever caught yourself spinning on a decision — looping between “what if” and “maybe not”? You’re not alone.
In this episode, I’m sharing 5 powerful ways to stop second-guessing yourself, espe…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Ep 140 Six Months Speaking Out About AA Changed My Life
Episode 140
Six months ago I finally hit publish on my first video about leaving AA—and it changed everything.
What started as fear turned into freedom, growth, and a whole new life. In this episode I reflect on…
Published on 1 month ago
Ep 139 Quackaholics Anonymous: AA Kept Him Relapsing, Leaving Set Him Free – Victor’s Story
Episode 139
Victor from Quackaholics Anonymous shares his powerful journey of breaking free from Alcoholics Anonymous and finding the power to quit drinking on his own.
In this candid conversation, Victor opens u…
Published on 1 month ago
Ep 138 AA Invented This Term to Control You #CultyComments
Episode 138
In this episode of the Sobriety Bestie Podcast, I’m unpacking a culty comment that accuses my podcast of being “alcoholic thinking and behaving at its finest.”
🚫 Here’s the truth: there is no such thi…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Ep 137 Deconstructing Sobriety Birthdays and AA Sober Time
Episode 137
Welcome to our sobriety birthday party podcast. Today September 29th I'm 16 years sober and Carrie (here's her Substack) turned 26 years sober on September 17th, the day we recorded this. You're in f…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Ep 136 AA Across The World Same Book, Same Control #CultyComments
Episode 136
In today’s Culty Comments episode of the Sobriety Bestie Podcast, we’re breaking down a classic AA defender argument: “You got sober in the wrong country — AA is different elsewhere.”
I’ve been to mee…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 135 How Charlie Sheen Got Sober (And His Thoughts on AA)
Episode 135
Charlie Sheen has been one of the most outspoken celebrities about his relationship with Alcoholics Anonymous and sobriety.
From his infamous “winning” era in 2011 to creating his own Sober Valley Lo…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 134 Alan Carr's Quit Drinking Without Willpower — Book Review
Episode 134
Alan Carr flips the script on alcohol. Instead of using willpower to fight cravings, he shows how to remove the desire to drink altogether. 🎉
In this episode, I review Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Quit Dr…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 133 Deprogramming AA From the Inside — Bobby C.’s Story
Episode 135
Bobby C from Anonymous Addiction Podcast spent 35 years inside Alcoholics Anonymous — but he was never fully at peace with the ideology. Trapped by cognitive dissonance, he questioned the slogans, th…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 132 AA Doublespeak: Your Best Thinking Got Your Here
Episode 132
AA loves to say “Your best thinking got you here.”
But when I arrived at AA, I was in survival mode with my worst thinking—traumatized, anxious, medicated, and terrified. To call that my “best” is pu…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago