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A discussion about recovery from alcoholism using the Sinclair Method and AA.
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A chat with Monica Richardson about her film "the 13th step" which you can see for free in a screening at The Crown Plaza Hotel in Screening Room 1 Crowne Plaza on Wednesday Feb 15th
Royal Victoria Dock, Western Gateway, London E16 1AL
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The first podcast of 2017 for alcoholism recovery radio between myself and Jon. As many decide to stop drinking as a New Years Resolution, we decided to describe some of the options available and discuss some of our experiences in early recovery. We talk about AA, The Sinclair Method along with Smart Recovery and also giving up on your own. Good luck to anyone who has decided to stop at this time.
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Bob K lives in Ontario, Canada, and has been sober in AA for 25 years. He is a well-known AA historian and published author. His book "Key Players in AA History" is a revealing account of the true stories behind the people who founded and developed Alcoholics Anonymous.
As an atheist activist in AA Bob as also a prolific contributor to the websites "AA Agnostica" and "AA Beyond Belief". He is well informed about the controversial developments in Toronto, where the local AA Inter Group threw out some atheist meetings who had revised the 12 steps by taking out all references to God.
Changing the 12 steps is something you just don't do in Alcoholics Anonymous -- but if the programme discriminates against atheists, how will the fellowship accommodate this? -
We have decided to talk about the positive side of AA after having a few comments claiming we are simply AA bashers. I actually find much of the anti AA stuff rather embarrassing these days. We have both left Aa but acknowledge there were good things about the fellowship.
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This weeks podcast is again concentrating on The Sinclair Method which uses Naltrexone or another simialr opioid blocker to beat alcoholism or other drinking problems. I talk to Ben who has been using the method for about a year and is doing very well, after having problems with other approaches.
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This week I talk to Jo who has just started The Sinclair Method to beat her issues with drinking and alcoholism. Before finding out about this soultion she went to AA, but did not feel it was the right solution for her. The Sinclair method seems to be working straight away and I hope to come back to her in a few weeks to see how things are going.
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This week we talk about who having a blog about recovering from alcoholism and being part of online recovery networks has helped me. We talk about setting up wordpress blogs and other sites and discuss a recent Ted Talk by Claudia Christian on the Sinclair Method in London. We also mention the bad side of the online recovery world.
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A skype discussion with Adrian from London about taking a slightly more casual approach to AA after 8 years of sober life. We feel that many benefit from becoming less dependant on AA and being more independent.
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This is a discussion with Jon Stewart about how AA fits into the Lifton's critera for thought control. Some say AA is a cult and we feel it has some cult like ideas. Here is a link to a description of Liftons's criteria which we mention in the podcast http://www.exitsupportnetwork.com/artcls/mindctrl/lifton.htm
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Here is a lookback over the past year about some of the things that myself and Jon have been involved in such as blogging, and talking about the pros and cons of AA. We mention films that we have seen and talk about the sad side of recovery such as the death of Audrey Kishline.
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This weeks podcast is a follow on from the last and is looking at the comments left after the piece in the Observer paper about Jon Stewart's experience in recovery and why he left AA but still feels it helped him
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Here is a great discussion with Jon Stewart about an article in the Observer newspaper today which is about his experiences in AA.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/29/alcoholics-anonymous-saved-my-life-but-i-lost-my-faith It is a well balanced piece which talks about the good and bad things in AA and mentions other solutions such as the Sinclair Method and Smart Recovery. We read out some of the comments that have been left on the online edition. -
Here is the latest podcast which is a skype discussion with Gary who runs his own blog http://freepigeonpress.com/ . We talks about the Sinclair Method which has enabled Gary to change his life after many years battling Alcoholism, and discuss the good and bad sides of Blogging and online interaction in recovery. We mention "trolling" which is an issue on some recovery sites, and has generally come from those with "Anti AA" views.
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In this podcast we discuss the pros and cons of the three final steps of the 12 step solution, as well as broadening the discussion into other recovery areas. We talk about why some people are put off recovery by the ideas about God and why they help others.
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This is another alcoholism recovery podcast with Jon, discussing the pros and cons of two of the 12 steps of AA, step 8 and step 9. We discuss how making amends can be a great thing but also urge caution, and as usual drift off the subject a bit and talk about other recovery issues!
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This is a new podcast on www.Alcoholism-Recovery-Radio.com and www.recovering-from-recovery.com about step 6 and 7 of AA. We talk about the good and bad sides of these steps and how they are worded, which can seem old fashioned and religious. We also talk about some other related alcoholism recovery issues.
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A discussion about the pros and cons of step 4 and 5 of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)with Jon who was a long term member of AA and who has sponsored many people, but who has since left AA.
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This is the second discussion on the steps of AA, and we talk about step 2 and 3 of alcoholics anonymous which can help or hinder your progress in beating alcoholism, depending on your point of view. We talk about the conceptof a "Higher Power" and why that helps some but not others.
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