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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Rebellion Dogs Radio #62 Recovery After Rehab

Joe Nowinski is back in Rebellion Dogs Radio sights as we think his new book satisfies a previously unmet need. Recovery After Rehab: A Guide for the Newly Sober and their Loved Ones is like the owners manual to…

RDR 61 Bigger than the Big Book? Asking if Zoom is the single biggest breakthrough in Peer2Peer support with David G of Heres Tom With the Weath

Episode 61 turns the microphone on David G, host/producer of Here's Tom With The Weather podcast. What books would he read if stranded on a desert island? I know - finally, we find out. If you're out of the loop…

RDR 60 with Deirdre Sinnott The Third Mrs Galway

Welcome to Episode 60 of Rebellion Dogs Radio

Rebellion Dogs Radio, Episode 60 features a longtime friend, author/activist Deirdre Sinnott. July 6, 2021 marks the launch of The Third Mrs. Galway and we’re talking about…

He said, "What She Said!" Marya Hornbacher on Episode #59

It's been ten years:

In 2011, on assignment from TheFix.com, Rebellion Dogs interviewed Marya Hornbacher about her new book, Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power.

Today, our New York Times bestselling author, professor and person in long-term recovery…

Ep 58 Summer 2021 Millennials take the helm for mutual aid groups

Rebellion Dogs Blog Summer 2021

In many ways, we are now in the era of Gen-Y stewardship of peer to peer recovery.

Read the PDF full Episode 58 Summer 2021 Report CLICK HERE

Thanks for your service…

Episode 57: Inside Higher Palooza, a secular AA extraveganza

Can Higher Palooza save the world. No sweat, but help is needed.... yeah: you and me, that's who they're looking at :-P

I can never refuse a Higher Palooza!

While there's so much to dislike about a…

Episode 56: AA takes inventory of the relatability and accessibility of Literature

The Years of Living Sober(ly): A personal look at how AA was different in our early years and conference agenda items for 2021 on AA literature

Podcast: Join Joe C and his lock-down co-host Algo Rhythm (not a…

Re-write the Big Book? We did already!

Is AA a fellowship of storytelling? Or is AA a publisher? Is AA recovery told, heard, read or written? I was asked "Should the Big Book of AA be re-written. It has been; did you miss it? We'll tell you…

Episode 54 The Art and Science of Mutual Aid Recovery

Rebellion Dogs Radio, Episode 54, looks at the evidence of mutual aid’s efficacy - through the latest scientific review, and and through the latest art.

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The highlight of Episode 54 are:

Discussion…

Episode 53: I'm new here, tell me about secular AA

A “Welcome” letter to people new to secular recovery.

Have you notices that secular AA zoom meetings have a lot more participants lately? Me too. Episode 53 of Rebellion Dogs Radio welcomes people new to our irreligious brand…

Peer2Peer in Pandemic Times - Zoom mutual aid meetings

Episode 52 of Rebellion Dogs Radio (April 2020) looks at mutual-aid groups in a social-distance world.

Peer-to-peer groups, navigating substance use disorder and mental health--which notoriously isolated us--are now navigating recovery without the face-to-face support. Our home group has…

Meet The Chronicles

Do you remember when Rock was fun? The Chronicles do; Billboard Magazine says, "Here's an Iggy Pop meets Billy Idol feel with infectious melodies and witty lyrics."... The Chronicles are a recording act featuring Jesse and Joe, a father and son song writing team who have compiled about one-hundred songs since 2004. Jesse and Joe are joined by indie veteran Andre Skinner of Canteen Knockout and Tim Cassidy, former front man of the Jeff Healey house band.

“We've enjoyed some critical acclaim, regular spins on college radio, pod casts from Calgary to Ottawa in the Great White North, Michigan to Florida in the U.S.A., most recently Europe + the odd SIRIUS/XM and CBC feature. “Joe and Andre founded IndieCan Radio, a one-hour weekly radio show that is syndicated to FM Stations across Canada, SIRIUS/XM The Verge Tuesday Nights and podcasted to indie loving music fans in 126 countries at http://www.indiecan.com/ . All the members of this band have had a hand in making IndieCan Radio “the best music you’ve never heard. “ Listen to the lyrics and you can hear a touch of recovery based philosophy.

CHRONIC MALCONTENT is an anthem for the restless, irritable and discontent. "I am discontent and proud, that's why I sing it out-loud."
NOT THE LEAD DOG When you're not the lead dog, the view never changes. Not an acceptable lot in life for any rebellion dog.
A HOUSE IS ON FIRE is a metaphor for a life plagued with outside issues. A house is on fire, a house is on fire, a windfall for the six-o-clock new, A house is on fire, a house is on fire to a chorus of primordial ooohs.
TORONTO to MIAMI, a driving song about the flaws of the ever popular geographical cure to relationships.
CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER, a Pirate's of the Caribbean meets Rock 'n' Roll ballad of yearning for the unattainable.

Listen to The Chronicles free on SoundCloud.

Hear Joe C's weekly radio show featuring the best music you've never heard: IndieCan Radio

Featured Song...
When You’re Not the Lead Dog© Joe C, Jesse Beatson, The Chronicles

Like jumping from a ledge or retreating to a burning building
Time to choose the uncertain or settle for breaking even
A parable comes to mind from one of life’s wise Eskimos
I don’t remember it exactly but here is how it goes:

When you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes
Life’s a crowded room full of faceless strangers
When you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes
I can’t settle for getting by so bring on the dangers

You confess you have a dream – the other’s just don’t get it
Like an aging hipster, you don’t want to be pathetic
So you’re torn between a good living and a good life
You ask if it’s worth the risk, the sweat, the strife. You asking me?

When you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes
Life’s a crowded room full of faceless strangers
When you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes
I can’t settle for getting by so bring on the dangers

I won’t bah like a sheep, so I fight what I seek
You won’t put me to rest with my concerto incomplete
Life is not a punishment – more like a treasure hunt
So I’m jumping from the ledge and taking a run for the front