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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Alcoholics Anonymous starts the year—January 1, 2022—in public controversy:

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"The way our ‘worthy’ alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the ‘less worthy’ is, as we look back on it, rather comical…

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…

“A person’s spirituality, then, is built on three internal processes: 

1.  the way we perceive the world about us, 
2.  how we feel about that world, and 
3.  the choices we make—conscious and unconscious—in response to our perceptions and our sensations…

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…

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…