It was the Fall of 2019, Writing the Big Book: The Creation of AA by William Schaberg was about to be published and Joe C sat down with the author to talk about the soon-to-be-unveiled book born of eleven years…
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Jun 27 2023
Rewriting Your Recovery and new workshops to come
Welcome to the JULY 2023 Rebellion Dogs Radio podcast.
Our guest, back by popular demand: Marya Hornbacher.
The backstory: We have worked together before, putting our recovery-workshop heads together for some future workshops. It's an idea in the making and…
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Mar 15 2023
the story behind The Secret Diaries of Bill W
In 1972 Bill Wilson was dead and AA was learning to live sans-founder. In Episode 72, The Secret Diaries of Bill W by bob k bring him back for another lap around the track. We spend, well pretty much the…
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Jan 26 2023
We Sober Agnostics on Rebellion Dogs Radio
We have the author of We Sober Agnostics as our guest talking about his journey in recovery, what he has to offer in terms of The Survival Guide for Agnostics, Atheists And Non-Believers in 12-Step Programs. Our musical contribution…
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Nov 13 2022
A Non-alcohoic trustee of the AA Genereal Service Board of Great Britain talk about the 2020 Membership Survey
Meet Clinical Psychologist at Greater Manchester West NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust, Mani Mehdikhani.
Mani is one of AA Great Britain’s non-alcoholic trustees on their General Service Board. Among other duties, Mani and his committee prepared the quinquennial AA membership…
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Sep 2 2022
Modernity and Fundamentalism dance to new facts about AA from the Great Britain 2020 Membership Survey
With or Without God: the latest Alcoholics Anonymous Membership Survey from Great Britain identifies how many members are religious vs. secular.
Episode 69 of Rebellion Dogs Radio looks at our more enlightened understanding of AA members, at least…
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Feb 24 2022
Dr Carl Erik Fisher THE URGE: Our History of Addicton on Rebellion Dogs Radio 68
Rebellion Dog Radio (addiction/mental health and recovery) EPISODE 68 features our guest Carl Erik Fisher, Columbia University Psychiatrist, host of Flourishing After Addiction podcast, and author of THE URGE: OUR HISTORY of ADDICTION.
Our musical feature…
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Jan 10 2022
What a CONCEPT Why AA guidlines cannot prevent self-inflicted public controversies
Alcoholics Anonymous starts the year—January 1, 2022—in public controversy:
TRANSCRIPT (Enjoy in PDF reading format)
"The way our ‘worthy’ alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the ‘less worthy’ is, as we look back on it, rather comical…
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Dec 29 2021
Episode 66 History AA memorial for Jim B September 1974
Heard Around the Rooms:
"We don't care if you're from Yale or jail, here." Jim Burwell (March 23, 1898 - September 8, 1974) "Action is the magic word; you can't get goosed by the spirit if you don't get…
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Dec 2 2021
Spirituality without Religion with Ward B Ewing on Rebellion Dogs Radio
“A person’s spirituality, then, is built on three internal processes:
- the way we perceive the world about us,
- how we feel about that world, and
- the choices we make—conscious and unconscious—in response to our perceptions and our sensations…

Oct 26 2021
We Are Not All Egomaniacs Beth Aich talks about 12 steps for people with Low Self-esteme Episode 64
A young fab-four asked, "Will you still want me; will you still need me, when I'm 64?"
Episode 64 asks about addicts/alcoholics with low self-esteem, people who need empowerment--not ego deflation at depth. Beth Aich is here to talk…
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Sep 23 2021
Exploring the fronteir of Emotional Sobriety with Dr. Allen Berger on Eepisode 63
Rebellion Dogs Radio # 63 features Dr. Allen Berger. Here is one of many gems from 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: Getting Your Recovery Unstuck:
“In our lives, emotional stability is achieved by becoming aware of…
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