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Ep 179 It Works If You Work It Mythology — Burnie + Bestie
Episode 179
Today we are exploring AA's "It Works If You Work It" mythology.
We'll bring in thoughts and research from experts (you know I like to read a little f…
3 months, 1 week ago
Ep 178 New Freedom, New Happiness After Leaving AA
Episode 178
Happy New Year!! Woot woot 2026.
Today we're exploring "New Freedom and New Happiness" from the AA promises and what that looks like in deprogramming…
3 months, 1 week ago
Ep 177 Twelve Step Trauma + Self Fulfilling Prophecy – Rene’s Story
Episode 177
Rene joins us today to share about how AA became a self prophecy leading him to be in and out of the rooms for twenty years.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 176 You're Not Powerless: AA's Pickle Myth Busted — Burnie + Bestie
Episode 176
Today we are exploring AA's powerless idea and pickle mythology.
You know how in AA they say "once a cucumber becomes a pickle, there's no going back…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
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.
👉 Deprogram Lounge (comm…
3 months, 2 weeks 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 Gi…
3 months, 3 weeks 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 (co…
3 months, 3 weeks 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 bypass…
3 months, 3 weeks 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 t…
3 months, 4 weeks 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…
3 months, 4 weeks ago