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Beyond Belief Sobriety

A podcast for people seeking a secular path to addiction recovery.

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Episode 23: Step Five and Sponsorship

Episode 23: Step Five and Sponsorship

Admitted to God, to Ourselves and to Another Human Being the Exact Nature of Our Wrongs. I was transformed by the Twelve... Read more

29 Jun 2016

58mins

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Episode 13: Steps One and Two with Benn B.

Episode 13: Steps One and Two with Benn B.

These podcasts are a great deal of fun and I am fortunate to have such an opportunity to speak with so many people in th... Read more

16 Mar 2016

1hr 3mins

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Episode 156: Deprogramming from Traditional AA

Episode 156: Deprogramming from Traditional AA

John H. from the We Agnostics Group in Washington DC makes another appearance on the podcast to talk about deprogramming... Read more

15 Mar 2020

Ranked #4

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Episode 141: Toward a Secular Recovery

Episode 141: Toward a Secular Recovery

In this episode, John H. from the DC We Agnostics Group talks about his secular recovery as described in a series of art... Read more

5 Jan 2020

1hr 13mins

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Episode 2: A Conversation with Kevin P. | Freethinkers in AA Kansas City

Episode 2: A Conversation with Kevin P. | Freethinkers in AA Kansas City

Many years ago, maybe twenty or more, I would occasionally attend a speaker meeting on Friday nights and at those meetin... Read more

28 Oct 2015

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Episode 93: Dr. Ray Baker-The Science of Addiction and Recovery

Episode 93: Dr. Ray Baker-The Science of Addiction and Recovery

In today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with Dr. Ray Baker, an expert in the field of Addiction Medicine. Recently, Dr. Bak... Read more

13 Jun 2018

48mins

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Episode 24: Not Alone Anymore

Episode 24: Not Alone Anymore

June of 1989 was my original sobriety date. I was what is described in our literature as a classic “two-stepper.” You co... Read more

3 Jul 2016

51mins

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Episode 119: The First Step

Episode 119: The First Step

In this episode, Angela B. and John S. discuss the first step in the recovery process, which for many of us is whatever ... Read more

25 Aug 2019

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Episode 154: Jeremy P. | What Makes an Alcoholic?

Episode 154: Jeremy P. | What Makes an Alcoholic?

As storm Ciara tore its path across the United Kingdom, somewhere in London, Jeremy P. hunkered down and spoke with me f... Read more

1 Mar 2020

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Episode 38: Yvonne H. Mainely Agnostic

Episode 38: Yvonne H. Mainely Agnostic

In today’s podcast we meet Yvonne H. from the Mainely Agnostics Group in Portland, Maine. The group celebrated its first... Read more

26 Oct 2016

1hr 16mins

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Episode 128: Twelve Secular Steps

Episode 128: Twelve Secular Steps

This episode features a talk by Bill W., author of “Twelve Secular Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide.” Bill’s book is a... Read more

10 Nov 2019

48mins

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Episode 99: Sugar and Food Addiction with Dr. Vera Tarman

Episode 99: Sugar and Food Addiction with Dr. Vera Tarman

Transcript 00:00 John S.: This is Episode 99 of AA Beyond Belief, the Podcast. [music] 00:25 John S.: Dr. Vera Tarman ha... Read more

8 Aug 2018

39mins

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Episode 142: Emotional Sobriety, the Next Frontier

Episode 142: Emotional Sobriety, the Next Frontier

Archer Voxx,  author of The Five Keys: 12 Step Recovery Without A God, and Alcoholics Anonymous Universal Edition spoke ... Read more

8 Jan 2020

31mins

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Episode 32: Mark C: Recovery, Holy Wars and Doubling Down on Honesty and Tolerance

Episode 32: Mark C: Recovery, Holy Wars and Doubling Down on Honesty and Tolerance

Last week we published Mark C.’s story in which he described from his own experience, the insidious progression of alcoh... Read more

7 Sep 2016

1hr 9mins

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Episode 111: We Agnostics North Bay

Episode 111: We Agnostics North Bay

This episode features a conversation with Lena R. from the We Agnostics Group in North Bay, Ontario. Lena discusses her ... Read more

14 Apr 2019

30mins

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Episode 136: Are the 12 Steps Relevant?

Episode 136: Are the 12 Steps Relevant?

Are the Twelve Steps really relevant in the 21st Century, and is there any point for an atheist or agnostic to work out ... Read more

18 Dec 2019

46mins

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Episode 18: Mike M Sobriety and Serenity without God

Episode 18: Mike M Sobriety and Serenity without God

Mike started drinking early in life, and by the age of 18 he had already been to jail and treatment. Though he loved alc... Read more

24 Apr 2016

1hr 1min

Ranked #18

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Episode 6: Podcast Interview with Jon Stewart | Leaving AA and Staying Sober

Episode 6: Podcast Interview with Jon Stewart | Leaving AA and Staying Sober

Jon Stewart from Brighton, England was kind enough to join me for a conversation which I found immensely interesting, an... Read more

23 Dec 2015

1hr 11mins

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Episode 124: Step Three

Episode 124: Step Three

Step Three, in its original form reads as “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we ... Read more

9 Oct 2019

Ranked #20

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Episode 3: Myth of the Angry Atheist

Episode 3: Myth of the Angry Atheist

In episode three, I interview John H. from the We Agnostics AA Group in Washington DC. We talk about his story, the begi... Read more

15 Nov 2015

1hr 1min

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