Mike and Glenn explore why the church is so important in this, the last, of the 10-part ROOTED series.
29: Rooted Week 10 “Why is the church important?”
A spirited conversation with Eileen Tull
Chicago Director Eileen Tull joins Mike and Glenn, sharing her experience, strength, and Hope – for the artist in all of us. This bonus drop coincides with the world premiere of acclaimed Chicago playwright Mia’s McCullough dark comedy about family secrets, shared holidays, and household spirits. The play information can be found online at https://www.theaterwit.org/
The Power of Honesty
Mike and Glenn are back in the coffee shop today talking honesty, bullshit and chocolate chip cookies.
As Glenn puts it: Honesty is a core foundational block to getting sober and living a healthy, new purposeful life. If you are bullshitting yourself and others, nothing changes.
As Mike puts it: If you throw even a kernel of shat into that batch of chocolate chip cookies, which cookie are you going to eat? Just a single kernel of dishonesty is enough to ruin the whole batch.
They both say it very differently, but agree on this: lying eats your soul, but living in honesty and the truth is very freeing.
For more about this podcast:
– Visit Sober.Coffee website: https://www.sober.coffee
– Sober.Coffee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sober.coffeepodcast/
– Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting: https://www.audiohivepodcasting.com
– In collaboration with Care Addiction Center: https://www.careaddiction.com
28: Rooted Week 9 “Why and how should we tell others?”
As Glenn and Mike near the end of the 10-week ROOTED series, they discuss “Why should we tell others?”
Finding Myself Sober – with Dean Anderson, Author
Recovery is so much more than just ‘quit drinking’. You face the question “I’m not drinking, so now what?” In the coffee shop, Mike & Glenn are joined by Dean Anderson, author of the book “Finding Myself Sober”. Dean recounts the first 10 or more times he tried to get sober, going through the motions to quit drinking but not filling the hole with anything new – which led him back to the bottle again.
At rock bottom, Dean went to AA and realized it wasn’t just about being dry. Finding himself sober and working the steps of AA he also found he needed to simplify things – the more simple it is, the easier it is to work the steps and less chance to step off the path. That’s the basis of his book.
In this episode:
– Book: Finding Myself Sober by Dean Anderson: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Myself-Sober-Dean-Anderson/dp/B0CCK7L59B
For more about this podcast:
– Visit Sober.Coffee website: https://www.sober.coffee
– Sober.Coffee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sober.coffeepodcast/
– Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting: https://www.audiohivepodcasting.com
– In collaboration with Care Addiction Center: https://www.careaddiction.com
27: Rooted Week 8 “How does God view money?” with Rick
Yikes… the money talk. Tune in for this transformational conversation with our friend Rick as we explore the benefits of good stewardship.
“Boiling the Frog” – What does Surrender look like?
Following the recovery journey from the previous episode “Boiling the Frog – Anti-Surrender” Mike & Glenn are talking about the same gentleman, but later in his recovery journey when he discovers true surrender.
What changed? He knew he was struggling, he had lost his rental house and was staying in extended stay, but in the last week:
– Lost his job and was not working
– Still drinking and drugging
– His family cut him off
Dive in with Mike & Glenn as they talk about what it took for this gentleman to reach true surrender and what it looked like.
In this episode:
– Sober.Coffee episode “Boiling The Frog – Anti-Surrender”: https://www.sober.coffee/podcast/episode/2b4dd42e/boiling-the-frog-what-does-anti-surrender-look-like
For more about this podcast:
– Visit Sober.Coffee website: https://www.sober.coffee
– Sober.Coffee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sober.coffeepodcast/
– Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting: https://www.audiohivepodcasting.com
– In collaboration with Care Addiction Center: https://www.careaddiction.com
26: Rooted Week 7 “How can I make the most of my life? – Part 2” with John
John joines Mike and Glenn and talks purpose and service for this week seven of a ten-week spiritual ROOTED journey.
“Boiling the Frog” – What does Anti-Surrender look like?
Success in getting on the sober path is surrender. At the coffee shop, Mike & Glenn discuss what surrender and struggle look like when you don’t surrender, anti-surrender, and how it’s like boiling a frog.
How do you boil a frog? ‘Boiling the frog’ is referring to the premise that if you stick a frog in boiling water, he jumps out immediately. Put him in warm water then raise up the water temperature a little at a time, he doesn’t notice – then he’s boiled. Alcoholism is progressive, it gets worse and worse and worse. It’s like turning the temperature up on the water the frog is swimming in.
Glenn talks about the recovery journey of a gentleman he sponsored in AA who started with an attitude of anti-surrender – and the pain, suffering, refusal and ego that accompanied the anti-surrender.
After listening to this episode, jump into the next one where Glenn talks about the same person – but later in his journey when he discovers true surrender.
For more about this podcast:
– Visit Sober.Coffee website: https://www.sober.coffee
– Sober.Coffee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sober.coffeepodcast/
– Recorded at Audiohive Podcasting: https://www.audiohivepodcasting.com
– In collaboration with Care Addiction Center: https://www.careaddiction.com
25: Rooted Week 6 “How can I make the most of my life? – Part 1” with Matt
Matt stops in to guest with Mike and Glenn and chats about purpose and service for this week six of a ten-week spiritual ROOTED journey.