Category: Interviews from 2021 Shows

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:24 — 52.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ernie’s story is a fascinating excursion into a high-class lifestyle of fast cars, flashy clothes, and glittery nightclubs, all underwritten by a…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:17:56 — 61.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Though he started drinking alcoholically from the age of 13, John’s constant nemesis was marijuana, amphetamines, LSD, prescription opioids, and ultimately heroin….

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:19 — 48.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Marty is one of the most colorful people I know in Alcoholics Anonymous. Because Marty and I attend many of the same…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:33 — 48.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Chris G. found AA over 15 years ago, but after the first year and a half, he decided to go back out….

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:03 — 43.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!The wisdom MaryCeline conveys is that of one who’s fought hard and suffered much in her battle for sobriety. With multiple stints…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:55 — 47.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Alcoholic, drug addict, and crazy are three of the self-proclaimed monikers Preston D. wore as a teenager. I first met him when…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:50 — 49.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is an encore of Episode 46, originally released September 29, 2021].  The original episode is available on this podcast by searching for…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:27 — 47.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Can someone be too smart or important to get sober in A.A.? My guest, Scott B. had his Ph.D. in neurobiology and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:17:50 — 53.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is an encore of Episode 5, originally released January 6, 2021].  The original episode is available on this podcast by searching for…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:16:02 — 52.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is an encore of Episode 17, originally released August 18, 2021]  The original episode is available on this podcast by searching for…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:24:01 — 57.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!  [This is an encore of Episode 10, originally released February 23, 2021]  The original episode description is available on this podcast…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:30 — 49.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is a replay of Episode 22, originally released April 15, 2021] Sue C. is one of those rare people whose presence in…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:14 — 46.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is a replay of Episode 19, originally released March 29, 2021] Would a court-mandated breathalyzer and the fear of going to prison…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:05:06 — 44.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Paula squeezed an amazing amount of alcoholic destruction into the years between her first drink at 14 and the day she ultimately…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:17:03 — 52.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!John started using alcohol and drugs when he was just 13. He drank alcoholically from the start, but his constant nemesis was…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:45 — 45.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Wes’ love of writing songs as a kid grew into a hectic, alcohol-infused career in the music business. Whether it was writing,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:37 — 46.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ever wonder what staying “dry” for years without AA would feel like? My guest on today’s show is Julie H., a woman…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:09 — 48.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ray’s difficult road to sobriety was paved with many failed attempts to get sober over the years. Each attempt was thwarted by…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:08 — 96.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Marty’s rapid journey to the bottom included multiple relapses and a suicide attempt. The illusion that self-will could keep him sober dogged…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 55:07 — 45.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Kristy’s exceptional story is one of early addiction evolving into a 5-year struggle with alcoholism in her 30’s. Though she spent only…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:32 — 48.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Dow’s revolving-door story of getting sober, slipping, and struggling to get sober again and again should be heard by AAs everywhere. It’s…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:13:01 — 50.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!It’s our 50th episode of AA Recovery Interviews! The podcast where AA members share their extraordinary personal stories of experience, strength, and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:43 — 41.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Nicknamed “Happy Jackie” by her meeting mates, Jackie first came to Alcoholics Anonymous to grudgingly fulfill the once-a-week AA meeting requirement set…

Podcast: Download (0.0KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Patty’s erratic, wild, and reckless behavior began when she first started black-out drinking at age 11. By the time she was 16, that behavior brought…

Podcast: Download (0.0KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Alcoholic, drug addict, and crazy are three of the self-proclaimed monikers Preston D. wore as a teenager. I first met him when he got sober…

Podcast: Download (0.0KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!At age 13, Amanda was challenged by her parents to drink half a bottle of Crown Royal. It left her sick and passed out on…

Podcast: Download (0.0KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jason’s moment of clarity materialized with the barrel of a cocked revolver resting against his head. That he didn’t pull the trigger, and managed to…

Podcast: Download (0.0KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Sarah’s journey from the bleakness of active alcoholism to the hopefulness of sobriety has been fraught with challenges that lots of alcoholics frankly don’t survive….

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:03 — 48.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Born and raised in London, Leigh’s love affair with alcohol began in neighborhood public houses, or pubs. These establishments were and still…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:05:33 — 45.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Rosemary started drinking at age 6 with a sip of beer. But unlike other children, whose experience with beer was an occasional…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:54 — 43.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Dan D. showed up in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous at the tender age of 18. His undeniable qualification for the Program…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:13:36 — 50.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Diane’s story is wrought from a difficult childhood in which being the youngest of four meant being largely ignored by her parents,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:03 — 48.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!As an alcoholic and drug addict throughout his teenage years, Randy L. got sober before being old enough to legally drink.  His…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:59 — 46.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Given up for adoption at 18 months old by a mother who later committed suicide, Jane was raised by an older loving…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:14 — 45.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!At age 13, Charlie suffered hydrocephalous and underwent the first of 5 brain operations over the next 8 years. By 15, he…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:13 — 48.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Alisha’s story will resonate with those who have battled not only alcoholism and drug addiction, but mental health issues as well. The…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:21 — 41.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ernie’s story is a fascinating excursion into a high-class lifestyle of fast cars, flashy clothes, and glittery nightclubs, all underwritten by a…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:48 — 46.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!With an astonishing 48 years of sobriety, Dyanne credits her longevity to the AA service work she has done since the earliest…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:30 — 46.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!A Viet Nam veteran from a family fraught with alcoholism, Bob’s post-war progression into the disease of alcoholism accompanied a long and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:36 — 43.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!After a long period of sobriety, Marcia let up on her Program and plunged into a 7-year relapse. Seduced by the disease,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:09 — 46.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!As a toddler, Jim accompanied his siblings to parties where he got his first taste of marijuana and alcohol. For his 10th…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:53 — 43.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Aileen’s story will strike a responsive chord for many AA members: Tough upbringing punctuated with violence and abuse; early use of drugs…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:04 — 47.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jim H. is one of those alcoholics whose unabated drinking created serious medical problems amidst all the other destruction of career and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:23 — 42.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!The wisdom MaryCeline conveys is that of one who’s fought hard and suffered much in her battle for sobriety. With multiple stints…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:01 — 48.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Sponsorship is essential to recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous. An effective sponsor can literally save the life of a fellow alcoholic by guiding…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:38 — 45.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Some alcoholics go to AA meetings even though they haven’t stopped drinking. They may fulfill AA’s only membership requirement, expressed in the…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:32:45 — 63.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Gordon R. got sober AA four months before Neil Armstrong put his foot on the moon. By the age of 28, in…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 53:41 — 36.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!As the daughter of a Louisiana bar-owner, Teska’s father would spike her Coca Cola with whiskey when she was a child. But,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:21 — 45.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Effective sponsorship stands out as a major tenet in the success of Lee’s AA Program. Though sponsorship is often discussed, the role…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:15 — 48.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Sue C. is one of those rare people whose presence in my early meetings was an important factor in my willingness and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:44 — 46.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!After a difficult adolescence, prison sentence, and series of dead-end jobs, Jimmy finally hit the jackpot. He was hired by a California…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:28 — 42.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Lucy G. is one of those rare members of Alcoholics Anonymous who found the 12-Steps by participating in another program for many…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:00 — 46.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Would a court-mandated breathalyzer and the fear of going to prison be enough to keep Matt dry? Or should he embrace AA’s…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:04 — 42.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Diana’s love of AA is unmistakable. In her words: “AA is at the center of my life. It keeps me sane. It…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:13 — 51.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Diane G. first met her husband, John, in AA nearly 45 years ago. As uncommon as that is, what’s rarer still is…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:59 — 43.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!The term functional alcoholic generally refers to someone whose personal and work lives appear largely unaffected by their alcoholism and/or drug addiction….

Podcast: Download (Duration: 57:35 — 39.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Imagine living most of your life as a normal drinker, then finding out in your early 60’s that alcoholism has slowly taken…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:20:42 — 55.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ever heard anyone say, “Getting arrested was the best thing that ever happened to me”? As crazy as that sounds to normal…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:03 — 51.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Maryann G., is one of those rare recovering alcoholics who has successfully implemented the tools of the Program to both stay sober…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:08 — 42.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Think back: If you had lost your eyesight—went blind—would you have stopped drinking? If an alcohol-induced stroke then paralyzed half your body,…