Allen, Thom, and Patrick read another emotional sobriety anecdote from the AA Grapevine and discuss early sobriety, sponsors, and attempting... more

Thom and Patrick discuss a friend whose wife and baby are in the hospital this weekend in dire straits, as... more

Allen mines some lessons from a death in the family and Thom reflects on an inspiring recent phase of good... more

The Grapevine story Carol, Allen, Thom, and Patrick get into this week has to do with a longtime AA member... more

Carol Carter joins the pod again (and will be returning next week!) to discuss depth and stages of recovery, culling... more

This week we discuss the “peaceful leveling” that occurs in fellowship, how with greater emotional sobriety our alienating differences can... more

Allen, Thom, and Patrick welcome Sara Stromberg, a many years recovering student of Gestalt therapy who discusses her sobriety and... more

Allen, Thom, and Patrick reflect on small simple actions, our claiming of experiences rather than allowing them to claim us,... more

Howard Malitz returns to the pod to chat with Patrick and Thom about the deeper levels of recovery he discovered... more

Joe C. and surprise drop-in guest Howard Malitz discuss the next Grapevine Emotional Sobriety article and go into an intimate... more