Sober Enough: Just Show Up for Life, That’s Your Job
A kind and wise teacher in my life could see I was anxiously managing my perfectionism. I was embarrassed that, as is the human experience, I am still learning life.…
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Rebellion Dogs Publishing celebrates this 10th ANNIVERSARY 3rd PRINTING hardcover Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life - for a limited time $29.90 + shipping. Buy a bunch for friends and save on shipping $. CLICK the PIC for get your copy or order a stash for holiday giving. This 3rd Printing includes a new PREFACE, updated links and hard cover options added to paperback and eBook offerings.
AA Grapevine Podcast wanted to hear about and broadcast about secular AA meetings and we did; we talked about all special composition groups and how they build bridges for young people, LGBTQIA+, women, BIPOC members etc.
CLICK the PIC for a link to the ½ hour weekly AA Grapevine Podcast.
So far in 2024, visitors from 188 cities have connected with us. The Top 12 so far this year: LA, Austin, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Miami, Dallas, Calgary, London, Amsterdam, Phoenix, Vancouver. Welcome all.
JANUARY we Blog about early Recovery - two blogs for Dry January: 1) How we test for alcohol use disorder? It's a 50 year look from John Hopkins to DSM-5 to our own sniff-test, and 2) HOT OFF THE PRESS, JUST for TODAY, how the One Day @ a Time concept changed how people with addiction cope, the science of it and history of where we found it. READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE
As requested, we now offer Rebellion Dogs SWAG silliness - a rebellious approach to gifts, apparel and fun on our recovery journey - "We are not a glum lot!: For every season there a garment. Hoodies to t-shirts, beverage mugs, and more. One of a kind, we offer two-sided tee shirts and sweatshirts:
One Day @ a Time on the back,
Beyond Belief on the front.
See our Gift & Merch page for mugs, pillows, ball caps and other designs.
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2023 in review and homework for 2024 from AA - yes they want YOU to tell them: Re-write or Reify the BIG BOOK. Leave it as is, OR change it. PLUS the results from our latest Membership Survey. It's good… and bad, bad-light, I'd say, just needs some help from us. CLICK THE PIC for Rebellion Dogs Radio #75
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228 Cities and Communities are represented in everyone who visits from every continent. Top 12 communities: Chicago, LA, Columbus, Calgary, NY, Toronto, San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, Bristol, Glasgow, Atlanta, Phoenix, Vancouver, Dallas (four tied for 12th)
Now available: the 10th anniversary 3rd Printing of Beyond Belief Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life
what's new about the 3rd edition?
It's been over ten years since we published Beyond Belief (2013); change has happened.
We have a new PREFACE, relating our experience of the last decade in the world of recovery.
Corrections, hyperlinks and notes and census data has been updated.
There are substantial changes inside the book, but some have judged a book by our cover and we listened. As well as the 31,000 eBook and paperback versions out there over the decade we now offer a HARDCOVER version.
Some of you, seven years or more into daily readings have asked and now, you got it!
Order from us, or your favorite online or brick and mortar bookseller. Thank you everyone for your continued support, your recommendations to others and your friendship with Rebellion Dogs Publishing.
Back together again: Coffee-talk with Writing the Big Book: The Creation of AA author, Bill Schaberg 4 years after the release of his book, Bill and Joe discuss what “more has been revealed” with some 12-step history, personal experiences and a look at AA meeting culture over the last six decades and what may become of 12-step life between now and the 100th anniversary of the book Alcoholics Anonymous. EPISODE 74
rEbeLLIOn dOgS SWAG, because (some of) you asked for merch, now you have:
“Rebellion Dogs our every sip at first” coffee mugs, ha, ha, ha.
T-shirts, hoodies plus these selections of drink-ware. Now something to sip from or wear while musing on daily reflections or being seen and heard at your local group or clubhouse. More of what you don't really need but sometimes we want - fridge magnets, throw pillows etc. CLICK the PIC and browse - great gift ideas; we are still in design mode if you have some good ideas.
NOW on YOUTUBE:
Survey Says: A look at 50 years of demographics and trends revealed from membership surveys from 1968 to 2022.
CLICK to watch the slides and listen.
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.
Available on YOUTUBE on Herb K's site from our co-hosting 1/2 day workshop. 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
SECULAR AA Meetings on Demand: Listen to International Conference of Secular AA speakers and panels any time, anywhere CLICK HERE
The quasi-official hang out online for freethinkers in 12-Step recovery is AASECULAR.org Please join up and lurk to your delight or join the conversation.
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The Spirituality Series is sponsored by Mary & Joseph Retreat Center Herb K & Joe C will discuss their respective approaches: Traditional VS Non-Traditional and dialogue about their understanding and experience then open the workshop to participant questions. Herb K will unpack his understanding and experience with the Big Book from the “spiritual” perspective – helping participants clarify the practical meanings of: FAITH; CHOICE; DECISION. Joe C will share his approach from the “secular” viewpoint – addressing the % of people coming from or drawn toward atheism or agnosticism, modeling how to have an effective personal experience.
From Joe C.: “Step Two and Three are a process for a freethinker like me--not an event. My unaided will was insufficient to sustain sobriety. What resources would suffice; where would I go or what/whom would I turn to for the care that I needed? None of these are original ideas, but I heard them at AA meetings and applied them to my life: a) the power of example, b) a Group of Drunks, c) a higher purpose. As ideas and practical tools, these three touchstones have all been instrumental throughout my AA recovery. I see in these principles the same practices and hope of Steps Two and Three that others find who ‘call it God-consciousness’."
Herb K’s journey ~ 7 years in Claretian seminary, a graduate education in psychology, 40 years in human resources consulting, certification as a Spiritual Director, active participation in 12 Step Fellowship since 1984 and the publication of 3 books on spiritual awakening. www.herbk.com
Joe C’s search for a secular daily reflection book for people in recovery came up empty, leading to his writing “Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life” (2013). Joe is a broadcaster & author, clean and sober since Disco music. His writing, research and reporting efforts have been directed towards music, finance, travel, mental health and addiction/recovery. Joe hosts a syndicated show on IndieCan Radio, devoted to the emerging music scene and Rebellion Dogs Radio, a contemporary look at 12-step life. Contact Joe at https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/
Cost: $25 - Zoom information and links will be emailed to you a few days before each event. info: https://maryjoseph.org/event/steps-2-3-we-agnostics-a-choice-a-decision/ register: https://giving.ncsservices.org/App/Form/ca432038-394c-4a06-992f-f6485beca71e
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EMOTIONAL RANGE: Skillfully navigating highs, lows and in-betweens... While recovery frees us from the emotional, physical, and mental hell that is active addiction, it doesn't grant us a pass on the emotional ups and downs of regular life. As addicts, we often lived in a state of nonstop emotional emergency, where every feeling, good or bad, led us back to our substance or behavior of choice. In recovery, learning to live "life on life's terms" means becoming aware of our whole emotional range and developing the skills to navigate the ever-shifting terrain of our own inner world. This talk will focus on how we can become more adept at handling both the internal experience and the external impact of our own highs, lows, and everything in between.
https://youtu.be/DnfV1PZP9Iw for a recording of the presentation featuring Rebellion Dog's Joe C, Dr. Allen Berger, author Marya Hornbacher and host, John R from Cottonwood AZ.
Zoom ID for Friday: 882 1549 8348 passcode TOM
Panels, speakers, entertainment and a town hall meeting hosted by the Washington DC ICSAA 2021 host-committee