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Join Joel and Jennifer, Husband and Wife, who share sobriety and and faith for over 30 years. They challenge AA organization and apply the 12 steps and their faith to help keep them living with purpose and void of the influence of drugs and alcohol.
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Average audio length:
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English
United States
14 episodes
since March 9, 2026
episodic
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Most people can explain the Twelve Steps. Far fewer can point to the moment they actually changed on the inside. We go straight at that gap by walking through the Big Book language around Steps 5, 6, and 7 and asking a blunt question: if the spiritual experience the book describes …
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A lot of damage gets done by people who sound kind. We’re seeing it in the culture, in recovery rooms, and all over social media, where empathy gets weaponized into a free pass and the victims get treated like an inconvenience. That’s the heart of what we mean by toxic empathy, and…
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The Fifth Step gets talked about like a dreaded confession, but what if it’s actually the moment the “essential psychic change” finally becomes real? We sit down with the Big Book open and ask the uncomfortable question: why do so many people complete the steps and still don’t feel…
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What if the reason sobriety feels flat isn’t a lack of meetings, but a lack of surrender? We pick up our walkthrough of the 12 Steps by recapping Step 3 and stepping into Step 4, and we don’t soften the point: Alcoholics Anonymous was built to lead to a spiritual awakening and a li…
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Step Three gets treated like a speed bump, but it’s the hinge that swings the whole door of recovery. We dig into why “we decided to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God” is not a vibe, a slogan, or a box to check. It’s a decision that changes your direction, and if …
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If you’ve ever wondered why some people stay stuck in recovery even after years sober, we go straight to the uncomfortable answer: they may have stopped drinking without ever finding the power that actually changes a life. We take on Step Two in Alcoholics Anonymous and the Big Boo…
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If you’ve ever wondered why you can be totally convinced you “shouldn’t drink” and still pick up anyway, we go straight to the Big Book answer: Step One isn’t about shame, it’s about reality. We unpack what “powerless over alcohol” really means in Alcoholics Anonymous, including th…
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If you have ever said, “I can stop drinking, I just can’t stop thinking,” this conversation goes right at the nerve. We talk about why the real fight is not only the bottle, but the mind that keeps trying to run the show, even when we are sober and doing “all the right things.” We …
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AA doesn’t fail because people don’t try hard enough. It fails when we replace surrender with strategy, swap a living relationship with God for a safe set of rituals, and then act shocked when the relapse rate stays brutal.We go straight at the uncomfortable question: why do so man…
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What if the reason so many people stall in recovery is that we’ve quietly edited the solution out of the story? Joel and Jen take a hard look at how AA’s center of gravity shifted from a bold surrender to God toward a softer, more palatable message—and why that change matters when …
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