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What do we know about the beliefs of Alcoholics Anonymous members? How have AA's adjusted to the gains and pains of online (ZOOM) AA; what bridges and barriers has this brought? Well, we know the answer to these questions, at least for a meaningful sample size. Meet Mani Mehdikhani, psychologist and non-alcoholic trustee for the General Service Board of AA Great Britain. Mani is the architect of the 2020 membership survey which asked members in Gret Britain and Central Europe Region English-speaking members these questions and more; who is religious, who is secular, who loves the new virtual recovery, who feels left behind? cLiCk 2 HeAr, HeRe :-)

 

BEYOND BELIEF, "Paperback or eBook? But I just can't decide!"  We reward indecision - Get both, save money: $US 20.00 from Rebellion Dogs for both. Or, support your favorite online or brick-and-mortar booksellers. CLICK the Book PIC above

 

who, who, who are you? Last 30 days visitors from 304 cities, top 12: New York, Montreal, Toronto, Dallas, London, LA, Cancun, Phoenix, Chicago, Columbus... thanks everyone, by the way

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Online secular AA meeting 16 hours per day from around the world, contemporary, irreligious 12-step books, podcasts and social media links - CLICK HERE 

PODCAST PIT-STOPS with JOE C.  - we stopped by three fellow recovery podcasters (click to listen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How many podcasts do you listen to? Is it like a meeting-on-demand, you can tune into for free anytime, any place? Maybe every home group should have a podcast, sharing member's unique stories or your group's meeting-after-the-meeting coffee talk.

 

So what's everyone looking at?

What is the latest in 12-Step culture? The 2020 Membership Survey of Great Britain just out and asks members who has a higher power and for those who do, is it a religious or an irreligious power greater than yourself? Check this out; results are in. And how is AA doing so far in the 21st Century? Have we made progress in the last two decades? Well let's talk about that too, on Rebellion Dogs Radio Episode 69 Our musical guest (pictured below) are ON, a cross-boarder trio from Toronto/New York City. CLICK the pic to read and hear all about it...

 

A messaging crisis in AA? what crisis? We know that culture and innovation both foist a new way of talking about things; our language changes... AND at times, AA (who we are collectively) resists change. That said, if there was a long era of fundamentalism and craving closure and certainty, we see millennial stewardship gently taking chances, embracing vulnerability and bringing innovation back to ye olde peer2peer, Alcoholics Anonymous. Listen up and/or join the conversation; CLICK the PIC to get started.

NOW Available on YOUTUBE on Herb K's site from our co-hosting 1/2 day workshop Saturday April 23, 2022. Our topic is Step Two and Three. An atheist and a Big Book-literalist discuss the secular, practical path to AA sobriety's legitimate equivalency to the spiritual/religious version.

INFO HERE   Watch or Listen here on YOUTUBE

 

 

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Hear the talk (audio only) CLICK Recovery Speakers with Joe C View the presentation slide deck seen at the meeting Power Point: History of AA Atheist and Agnostics by Joe C. Note: it's hard to say every interesting fact about the troubles and triumphs of secular AA members. This is a work in progress; if you can add anything or correct anything, email us.

 

The Urge: Our History of Addiction - new Rebellion Dogs Radio Episode

Join in on a discussion with Columbia University's Carl Erik Fisher, podcast host, teacher, psychiatrist and someone who's been on both sides of the person with addiction meets with psychiatrist dynamic. Yeah, it's quite a story. And his search for answers were not satisfied by science and medicine alone. Come along on Carl's trip that visits history, art and philosophy of Episode 68 CLICK HERE

 

Goldilocks syndrome? Let's add this to our AA inventory taking.

January 24th, 1971, 51 years ago Bill W died. How would he have weighed in on this: Another AA central thinks it can kick out an AA meeting for being to "out there." I know, according to AA creed, central offices never rescind the rights of members and groups. The service structure serves--never governs--groups. But drunk-on-power rogue General Service Offices "servants" do drunk thinks: they act with impulsivity instead of thoughtfulness, they react to emotion and regret it later. As Bill W wrote about trusted servants acting in haste, and realizing our wrongs later, "...that we who condemn them are the Pharisees whose false righteousness does AA the deeper spiritual damage." So GSO (UK) booted out some Jesus freak AA's, removing them from the list for being too religious. That's right, just last decade, it was the secular AA groups being excommunicated for not being religious enough. That's Goldilocks Syndrome. Overreaching stewards want AA to be just right... not too hot, not too cold.

This GSO has AA in the news again with journalists having their way with our foolish ways. So we're looking at what happened, and what our play book (our AA Service Manual) says about inalienable rights are and how we can better deal with unpopular and peculiar groups of AA. Read/Listen or both to Episode 67

Rev. Ward B Ewing has been engaged with AA since 1975. As a class A trustee (non-alcoholic), he was voted to the AA General Service Board chair from 2009 - 2013. He has been a champion of inclusivity in AA. Ward's efforts to make AA a more welcoming place for atheists and agnostics got him invited to be one of our speakers at the International gathering of secular AA members in Santa Monica in 2014. He has a new book. Based on lessons learned in AA and the changing demographic of creed in America, Ward has written Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality: The Power of Spirituality with or without God (2021). Ward is our guest on Rebellion Dogs Radio. Rebellion Dogs Radio.

 

I suppose turn around is fair play, Allen Berger was a guest on Rebellion Dogs Radio and now Joe C visits Thom, Patrick and Allen as a fourth musketeer on Emotional Sobriety Podcast #22. iTunes - Spotify - Amazon Podcast or click the pic for Stitcher Pod page

The Beatles said, "All You Need is Love." Alcoholics Anonymous says, "Love and tolerance of others is our code." Check out [Revised 10/10/2021] our blog that takes a spot inventory of offering the same love and the same tolerance we want and expect. CLICK the PIC

 

Do you want a 40% change at sustained, engaging recovery? Or would you prefer an 80% chance? Some of that will be informed by decision you make in the first days, months and year of sobriety.

Joe Nowinski is back on Rebellion Dogs Radio. Recovery After Rehab: A Guide for the Newly Sober and their Loved Ones is like the owners manual to your new sober life. "So, I'm finished my stint in rehab; what do I do now? What do I do first?" For all the $$$ you spent and/or your health provider spent on your in (or out) patient care to treat alcohol use (or other drug) disorder, the $28 for this book will help improve outcome rates. Listen now or download from your favorite podcast sites
 

SECULAR AA Meetings on Demand: Listen to International Conference of Secular AA speakers and panels any time, anywhere CLICK HERE

We kicked off 2021 with... would y,ou call it "a bang"? This was January 1st to kick off the year with an explosive topic on Here's Tom With the Weather click to hear the January 1 show

 

Click the pic for audio of Our June 19th, EURO ICSAA meetings + more or follow this link for audio + commentary from the first virtual event of its kind International Conference of Secular AA December 5, 2020

For the one-on-one interview CLICK HERE for Rebellion Dogs Radio

CLICK THE PIC or HERE to hear the show:

Joe C as a guest on other podcasts:

CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK to STREAM or DOWNLOAD episode 325 of Humanize Me - Bart Campolo of Humanize Me Podcast and Joe yackin' it up.

Share The Shair Podcast 138 to your heart's content. http://theshairpodcast.com/shair-138-atheists-agnostics-and-addiction-recovery-with-joe-c/