What is the 13th step of AA? It’s not a positive next step after #12, in fact it’s a bad rep for AA. Mike & Glenn discuss the 13th step, bad behavior in AA, and steps to avoid it starting with building a wall or a healthy boundary around your sober zone.
Glenn B joins Mike & Glenn in the coffee shop sharing his story of experience, strength and hope. Glenn B relates that for him it was easy to put down the bottle – it’s easier to deal with life sober. Unfortunately, his sobriety came through legal action and the judge chose for him. His life changed completely in 10 days: got a dui, got out of jail, got a restraining order and wife filed for divorce.
Listen in as Glenn B talks about his experience, his sobriety and three things that matter: Gratefulness, Balance, and Awareness.
You can call it a slip…but that’s bullshit. It’s relapse. Mike and Glenn are in the coffee shop talking about relapse. While Mike has stayed on the recovery path, Glenn was known as the relapse king before he found AA. Listen in for real talk about a serious threat to recovery.
In the coffee shop with Sonia talking about connection. The need for connection during her sober journey led Sonia to EverBlume. As the founder, Sonia created a sobriety group and new way to get support by connecting in small online meetings with people matched to you. Listen in to learn more about Sonia and EverBlume – and find out what’s in Sonia’s sober toolkit. Hint… #1 is Connection.
What do running marathons and sobriety have in common? Both are extremely difficult and both have no shortcuts. Mike & Glenn are in the coffee shop with Coach Luc talking about recovery, fitness, shortcuts, being open to change and more. Listen in as Coach Luc shares how he found sobriety and how someone who always hated running now trains and runs marathons.
The only way to the top of Mt Everest is the same as the path to recovery – one step at a time. Mike and Glenn are in the coffee shop talking about the similarities and differences of climbing Mt Everest and following the path to recovery. From the necessary preparation, the path, who you are traveling with and challenges along the way, listen in to two guys on the sober road to recovery.
“I didn’t care about anything – except Vodka.” That’s the opening line of Lisa Avellyra’s book, and she joins Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop to talk about her story of experience, hope and strength.
Lisa was a lifelong drinker – drinking in college, drinking after college. After 40 years of drinking it caught up with her. Lisa didn’t want to live without drinking, but she knew she couldn’t sustain how she was drinking – so the easiest path in her eyes was to not live anymore. She failed at that objective. The beginning of her book starts here, at rock bottom. It could have been the end of her story, but it was just the beginning.
Big scientific studies and addiction centers tout the results of AA or their programs. But is it all bulls&^%? How do they measure the data? Mike and Glenn talk about data surrounding the success of AA, their experiences, and challenge others: the success on the path of recovery in AA is directly correlated with the amount and level that you have surrendered and placed priority on working the steps of AA.
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Claudia is at the coffee shop today discussing recovery and specific challenges it presents for women. Recovery is a hard road to navigate and it takes intense focus. It’s a selfish program. For women who have been taught their whole life to give – to families, to children, to spouses – it’s hard to shut down that part and focus on themselves.
Not only are there challenges to giving up the obsession with alcohol – but also navigating relationships, trying to fight stuff that’s not good for you (codependency, toxic behaviors) and the emotional aspects of why we chose to drink. There is a strong connectivity to emotional sobriety. For Claudia, it’s been a real challenge. Listen in as she shares her experiences with Mike and Glenn.
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Friend in the house! It’s a table for 3 today with Claudia joining Mike and Glenn in the coffee shop sharing her story of experience, strength and hope. Claudia shares that you are never too old to get sober – she started her recovery journey at 50.
Claudia didn’t have alcoholic parents, she came from a comfortable family and always had good grades, was thoughtful of others and sometimes a shy girl. But at 26 she found herself divorced without the confidence or emotional sobriety she needed and was navigating life half-heartedly – looking for people, places and things to bring her back security. She started dealing with daily life with a drink. It wasn’t until her second DUI and a night in jail that she knew she was ready to stop drinking.
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