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Rebellion Dogs Radio is guest-hosting Here's Tom With the Weather podcast while David G is on sabbatical in America and Joe was the best guest-host available in the Here's Tom budget. So, November 19 was a guest Joe happens to know well. Chaplin John McAndrew and Joe C co-moderated a weekend workshop called, "A Theologian and an Atheist go on a 12th-Step Call together." So in this show we talk about AA and 12-step language; how and why is the vernacular of AA changing and will it be enough to ensure AA's see our 100th birthday in 2035.
Beth Aich is changing the conversation in a good way. Our guest on Rebellion Dogs Radio talks about her book, We're Not All Egomaniacs: Adopting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with low Self-Esteem. CLICK to Listen, download and/or get show notes.
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
Fun Facts...Who are you? Who, who, who who? I don’t know. But where, we have some information on the top dozen hometowns for visitors to Rebellion Dogs in the last 30 days:
London, Clifton NJ, Los Angeles, Dublin, Toronto, Portland, Sydney, New York, Montreal, Chicago. There have been 426 hometowns in the last month. Everyone matters. Thanks for stopping on the busy Internet highway.
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
THE LATEST FROM REBELLION DOGS RADIO: Getting Emotional with Dr. Allen Berger
All about Emotional Sobriety in one hour with Dr. Allen Berger. This 2021 outline for a more mature and peaceful sobriety is the latest in a well-received series of life and sobriety enhancing books. It's not hard work; it's about developing a sound relationship with reality and a contemporary look at what Bill Wilson called in Grapevine in January 1958, "the next major development in AA - the development of much more maturity and balance," the next frontier: Emotional Sobriety. Be a fly on the wall with Joe C and Allen B, then have your say. CLICK to stream/download FREE.
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
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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/
The quasi-official hang out online for freethinkers in 12-Step recovery is AABeyondBelief.com & AASECULAR.org Please join up and lurk to your delight or join the conversation.
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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
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Panels, speakers, entertainment and a town hall meeting hosted by the Washington DC ICSAA 2021 host-committee
Emotional Sobriety and our Center of Gravity... Presentation by Dr. Allen Berger, followed by panel discussion and Zoom participant sharing
Sep 28 2021
TOLERATE:
allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference. accept or endure (someone or something unpleasant or disliked) with forbearance.
[The truth, according to Google.com]
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Aug 4 2021
downloadable PDF copy of essay to read, print, share, :-D
First, most atheists and freethinkers AA meetings lean into the practical aspects of AA life, employed widely by 12-Step members, regardless of worldview.
If you are secular-curious—sincerely…
Jul 1 2021
Rebellion Dogs is pleased to welcome guest-journalist, David G. Few will doubt, reading his account of the new Millennial era of AA - Online sobriety, he is specially placed to comment on AA's transition of the AA meeting medium to…
Jun 18 2021
It’s like being hit by a car. We are in shock. We struggle to access our best reasoning skills. We are coming to terms with the problematic substance use (or other addiction) of someone we love. With few exceptions, friends…
Apr 6 2021
Is it the mess or the message that shines a light on recovery?
This musing is an alternative to reductionist thinking that pervades our recovery community discourse. Who’s heard or said, “Carry the message—not the mess"? There’s some…
Mar 3 2021
When going through a difficult time in your life, going it alone has limits. If you feel alone, chances are you are isolated... and community is a few clicks away. Have you heard, “The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety…
The Little Book: A Collection of Alternative 12 Steps by Roger C.
Two great ways to start the day, Beyond Belief & The Little Book
