Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Ep 190 The AA Deprogrammer's Baloney Detection Kit (Carl Sagan)
Episode 190
Today we're exploring Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit from his book The Demon Haunted World and how it applies to deprogramming Alcoholics Anonymo…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 189 MARA: A Non-Judgemental Alternative to AA – Bob's Story
Episode 194
MARA is a recovery path and stands for Medication Assisted Recovery Anonymous. It has 12 steps but is NOT affiliated with AA or even that similar to …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 188 The 13th Step with Monica Richardson – Burnie + Bestie LIVE Ep 11
Episode 188
Today on Burnie + Besite LIVE Tara Grace and I are joined by The 13th Step film maker and OG Deprogramming Badass Monica Richardson. We discuss her T…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 187 Most Effective Alcohol Addiction Recovery Path with Katie Lain
Episode 187
Introducing the Gold Standard for alcohol addiction recovery! This is the path I wish I knew about back in 2009 when I was getting sober. Or better y…
9 months ago
Ep 186 How AA's "Sharing The Message" Is Harmful
Episode 186
Today we're unpacking the AA saying "Share the message, not the mess" and how it can be harmful. We'll cover how sharing the message not the mess:
Tim…
9 months ago
Ep 185 The Real AA – Book Review
Episode 185
I LOVED the book The Real AA by Ken Ragge. I definitely recommend reading it to help in your deprogramming AA journey.
I've compiled a list of all the…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ep 184 How Principles Before Personalities Is Problematic
Episode 184
Today we're unpacking the AA slogan and line from the 12th tradition, "Principles Before Personalities."
We'll cover what this is, how it happens in …
9 months, 1 week ago
Ep 183 Recruited Into 12 Step + Barely Survived – Jon's Story
Episode 183
Jon barely survived 12 step. His courageous story highlights the harm inherent in 12 step ideology and the importance of trying something different i…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 182 The Business of Recovery (movie) – Burnie + Bestie
Episode 182
Today on Burnie + Bestie Live we are exploring the movie The Business of Recovery.
I'm joined today of course by my cohostest Burnie aka Tara Grace fr…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 181 Why You Feel Shocked After Leaving AA
Episode 193
A lot of us can feel shocked or shell shocked after leaving AA or 12 step. Today we're going to unpack what shell shock is, how it applies to leaving…
9 months, 2 weeks ago