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If you are a person of extremes - emotions, moods, behaviors, addictions, obsessions, all-or-nothing thinking, this podcast is for you. We’re going to get deep into healing from behavior patterns that disconnect us from our true selves.
Welcome to The Middle Kath, where we are finding the middle path to a balanced life through self worth, self love, self compassion and forgiveness. I am your host, Kathie. Follow me to be notified of new episodes, and thanks for listening.
14: Healing modality: 12-step recovery - Interview with my brother
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1 hour 20 minutes 11 seconds
1 year ago
14: Healing modality: 12-step recovery - Interview with my brother
For this first ever interview episode, I am grateful my brother agreed to share his experience in 12-step recovery with Alcoholics Anonymous. Having experienced many meetings myself at Al-Anon, a 12-step program for friends and family members of alcoholics, I know firsthand how transformative 12-step can be.
In this episode, Ben shares the experiences that brought him to AA, how he found good meetings, how he chose his sponsors, and what he learned from sponsoring others. We discuss the experiences that prompted him to leave AA after 11 years of sobriety, and what brought him back. We also cover criticism and common misconceptions about 12-step programs. We close with Ben’s thoughts on how to find balance, or the “middle path” in recovery, leveraging it to live a fuller and healthier life.
Notes:
12-step programs covered in this episode:
Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.aa.org/
Al-Anon https://al-anon.org/
Books:
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon II
https://al-anon.org/for-members/members-resources/literature/feature-publications/courage-to-change-one-day-at-a-time-in-al-anon-ii-b16/
Alcoholics Anonymous - The Big Book
https://www.aa.org/the-big-book
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/240358/call-sign-chaos-by-jim-mattis-and-bing-west/
The Middle Kath
If you are a person of extremes - emotions, moods, behaviors, addictions, obsessions, all-or-nothing thinking, this podcast is for you. We’re going to get deep into healing from behavior patterns that disconnect us from our true selves.
Welcome to The Middle Kath, where we are finding the middle path to a balanced life through self worth, self love, self compassion and forgiveness. I am your host, Kathie. Follow me to be notified of new episodes, and thanks for listening.
