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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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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…
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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…
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Widows-In-Law Michele W Miller on Episode 51
Widows-In-Law - a chat with author Michele W. Miller about her new book(s), writing and recovery :-)
Episode 51 of Rebellion Dogs Radio: Widows-In-Law by Michele W. Miller
Clean and sober for 30 years, author Michele W…
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Episode 50 - Carry the message beyond the meeting
Rebellion Dogs Radio Episode #50 – January 2020 Download a PDF if you like (click here)
“Carry the message” beyond the meeting
Warm wishes to you for 2020, Happy New Year, happy new decade, happy one-day-at-a-time. Episode…
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Writing the Big Book-talking with author William Schaberg
Have you ever seen someone pick up The Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous and say, "How did I get sober? The same way as the first 100 members did, working the Twelve Steps, exactly as written in this book!"
…
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Recovery Capital Conference 2019 on Rebellion Dogs Radio 48
Rebellion Dogs Radio Episode #48 – October 2019 View/Download as a PDF CLICK HERE
Recovery Capital Conference “chimes” in with the latest in recovery policy and practices
”Hello, from the New Westminster 2019 Recovery Capital Conference main-stage,”…
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What was Rebellion Dogs Publishing barking about at NAADAC last Fall? Cultural Humility, ethical and legal peril to treatment professionals facing a growing demand for a more secular approach to Twelve Step Facilitation.
Episode 47 of Rebellion Dogs - a YouTube version of the NAADAC 2018 Annual Conference (October 7, in Houston) presentation: No God? No Problem! Meeting the growing demand for a secular view to Twelve Step Facilitation.
What is…
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July Blog: Founders, Followers, Flounderers - Today's AA
Since 2012, Rebellion Dogs has brought to light some interesting recovery ideas along with the challenges and turmoil facing AA. This includes divergent factions in AA, each of whom feel their…
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Bill W film makers and Jackie B from AA History Symposium Ep. 45
Rebellion Dogs Radio #45 goes back to California for The Fifth A.A. History Symposium from the San Francisco Bay Area February 1-3, 2019.
Welcome to Rebellion Dogs Radio Episode 45.
Rebellion Dogs Radio is a contemporary look at recovery from addiction, now with less dogma and more bite. Our focus on our April 2019 episode will be the second episode devoted to the Fifth Symposium on A.A. History, held February 1, 2 and 3, 2019 in San Altos at El Retiro San Inigo, a Jesuit monetary/retreat center.
Click to listen to stream Rebellion Dogs Radio #45 with our guests: Filmmakers Dan Carracino and Kevin Hanlon along with writer/director/researcher, Jackie B.
Dan Carracino & Kevin Hanlon co-produced and directed the Emmy-winning PBS documentary film Bill W: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous. In making this film, Dan and Kevin visited over two dozen archives and private collections and interviewed over 75 people during the eight years they worked on Bill W. For some time, we have looked forward to bringing these two filmmakers to Rebellion Dogs Radio. If you’re inspired to see the documentary, from listening to their interview, we’ll hook you up with links et al.
Jackie B. (San Francisco, CA), historian and playwright, had her hands full as committee chair for the Fifth Symposium on A.A. History. We talk to between the end of the February weekend symposium and the opening of the tenth anniversary of her first recovery play, In Our Own Words. Jackie’s plays have been enjoyed from AA Conventions in San Antonio (2010) and Atlanta (2015) to black box theaters and county jails. Some attendees of the Toronto International Conference of Secular AA in the summer of 2018 could tell you that Jackie is one of the leading historians of under-served populations in A.A., having done primary research on early LGBTQ, people of color, young people and women in the fellowship. Her presentation in Toronto was considered a highlight to those in attendance.
Buy, watch on demand or see the trailer for Bill W: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous CLICK HERE
Learn more about - keep in touch with A.A. History Symposium CLICK HERE
From the AA History Lovers Symposium page you can buy individual presentations or the whole collection for $20 (for MP3s).
On this show we talk more about Dr. Earle M's Physician Heal Thyself: 35 Years of Adventures in Sobriety by an AA ‘Old-Timer’
Here’s a gem from the book on p. 203
“All of my life I yearned to meet someone who would simply hear me—not advise me, not criticize me, not even agree with me—just hear me. And my listening, nonjudgmental friend does just that. Being heard this way makes me eager to tell more. And my friends know that through really listening, he or she will connect with me. So, he or she listens to me with even more intensity.
And the two of us connect through the art of listening.”
See an interview with Dr. Earle CLICK HERE
From the Album Canary in a Coal Mine, we heard from Tomato Tomato, the Kite Song. Like to add it to your playlist? Apple Music, Band Website
More Musings on San Fran: February 2018 - our March Blog CLICK HERE
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Symposium on AA History - The Debate Over Special Purpose Groups
If it sounds weird or nerdy to you, we Rebellious Dogs understand..Yes, it's true: The Fifth Symposium on A.A. History sold out. That's right, even if you wanted to invest an entire weekend listening to speakers presenting their primary research…
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