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Episodes
144 episodes
Secular AA Global Speaker Tour - Beyond Belief of Ottawa, ON - Nov 3, 2024
November 2024: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by Beyond Belief from Ottawa, Ontario. Our speakers this month are:Andy MNick DStacy C..with Michel D as emcee.
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Season 3
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Episode 69
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1:36:15
Secular AA Global Speaker Tour - Beyond Belief of Ottawa, ON - Nov 3, 2024 (Traducción Española)
Traducción EspañolaNovember 2024: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by Beyond Belief from Ottawa, Ontario. Our speakers this month are:Andy MNick DStacy C
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Season 3
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Episode 69
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1:35:22
ICSAA 2024 Our (Troublesome?) Relationship to AA Literature, Experience and Strategies for the Future
Discuss our troublesome relationship to AA literature, including the current GSO controversy about changing "the founders" writings. Alternate steps and the problems they bring. Can the Big Book be rejected entirely and still be AA? Is new lite...
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Season 4
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Episode 86
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1:13:03
ICSAA 2024 The Young Faces of AA: Stories of Early Entry and Ongoing Recovery
Embarking on the path to sobriety at a young age and continuing the journey into later years presents a rich tapestry of experiences, challenges, and triumphs. This presentation brings together the stories of individuals who have embraced...
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Season 4
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Episode 85
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48:12
ICSAA 2024 Long Timers' Panel
This is a Q&A panel with long timers in sobriety sharing their secular experience strength and hope, including Penny, Dale, Marty, Dennis, and Joe with Mary C as emcee.This recording is from ICSAA 2024, Sunday 10:30 AM, September 22...
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Season 4
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Episode 85
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1:15:24
ICSAA 2024 Broken Anonymity and Gossip
This workshop focused on the primary dangers of broken anonymity in 12 step fellowships. Topics include the dangers of privacy breaches and how this can expose individuals to judgment or harm from employers, family, or the public. This...
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Season 4
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Episode 84
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1:17:33
ICSAA 2024 Working Under Cover (or Exposed!)
Many of us stay involved in "traditional" AA; in fact some of us only (or at least mainly) go to such meetings and are active in AA General service. Of these, some are "out there" as unbelievers, others not so much. Some see Secular AA as an at...
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Season 4
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Episode 83
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1:18:36
ICSAA 2024 Relationships in Recovery: Platonic and Romantic
Recovery from addiction significantly influences relationships, both romantic and platonic. No matter how we interact, relationships with others significantly impact our recovery. This panel will discuss how we engage with other people in recov...
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Season 4
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Episode 82
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1:18:25
ICSAA 2024 We’re Not All Egomaniacs: Adapting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem
Beth Aich is the author of We're Not All Egomaniacs: Adapting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem. Some of us come to Alcoholics Anonymous feeling terrible about ourselves and are to...
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Season 4
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Episode 81
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1:03:28
Secular AA Global Speaker Tour - We Agnostics of Tempe, AZ - Sep 1, 2024 (Traducción Española)
Traducción EspañolaSeptember 2024: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by We Agnostics from Tempe, Arizona. Our speakers this month are:Andrew NGary SDiana E<...
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Season 3
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Episode 67
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1:30:37
ICSAA 2024 Gender, Sexuality, and Sobriety
In this panel, speakers discussed the dual themes of 'tolerance and diversity', as well as the experience of a person who identifies as a sexual and/or gender minority within AA. Attendees were invited to share their diverse experiences within ...
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Season 4
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Episode 78
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1:15:55
ICSAA 2024 Emotional Sobriety in Relationships with Allen Berger
Negotiating closeness and autonomy in a relationship, leaning into conflict and dealing with it--this is an introduction to Emotional Sobriety and Relationships with Dr. Allen Berger, clinical psychologist and author of 12 Essential Insight...
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Season 4
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Episode 77
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1:11:05
ICSAA 2024 Limitless Expansion through Practice of THESE Steps, a Lifelong Adventure
Last month (August 2024), JEB celebrated 46 years of sobriety, and he is a retired Licensed Professional Counselor. In an interactive session, we will explore what has been for JEB the most important part of Step 12 practicing the Steps as a pr...
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Season 4
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Episode 76
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1:23:21
ICSAA 2024 Who is Hank Parkhurst?
"Who is Hank Parkhurst and his role in the founding of AA and why is he forgotten?"This recording is from ICSAA 2024, Saturday 10:30 AM, September 21, 2024, in Orlando, Florida, led by Geri B.The presentation slides can be found...
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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41:14
ICSAA 2024 Healing Our Relationships in Al-Anon
Alcoholism is a family disease. If you have been impacted by another person's drinking, Al-Anon is for you, whether that person is still drinking or not. Come share the experience, strength and hope of panel members, who each have different rel...
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Season 4
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Episode 74
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58:44
Secular AA's Biennial General Membership Meeting - Oct 6, 2024
October 2024: This month's speaker tour is instead Secular AA's Biennial General Membership Meeting, held on Sunday October 6th, 2024. During this session, general membership votes were held on:the location of ICSAA 2026,
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Season 3
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Episode 68
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1:08:36
ICSAA 2024 Trauma & the 12 Steps with Dr. Jamie Marich
What a great talk by Dr. Jamie Marich based on her studies, practice and lived experience with addiction, recovery, the 12 Steps and Trauma. Hosted/introduced by Zanner, Jamie tells the ICSAA 2024 Orlando crowd that they had their Dr. Jamie Mar...
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Season 4
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Episode 73
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1:12:48
ICSAA 2024 Penny M Saturday Keynote Speaker
Will-I-Am, chair of the Board of Secular AA, opens this keynote address and introduces Penny M., from Virginia, who found sobriety January 29th, 1968, at the age of 30. This recording was from the International Conference of Secular AA,...
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Season 4
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Episode 72
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41:02
ICSAA 2024 CHIME & Recovery Science by Joe C
Friday September 20th: Keynote from the International Conference of Secular AA 2024 in Orlando...From research done and reported @ Rebellion Dogs Publishing, Joe C (Toronto Beyond Belief Ag...
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Season 4
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Episode 71
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59:30
ICSAA 2024 Dr Trysh Travis AA in the age of Polarization
Trysh Travis is a professor of Women's Studies and History (U of Florida) who focuses on:gender popular cultures in the 20th-century United Statesthe culture of addiction and recovery. Dr...
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Season 4
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Episode 70
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1:23:21
ICSAA 2024 Loss, Change and Grief & the 12 Steps
the Journey With Love® with Dr. Noeréna https://thejourneywithlove.com/ from the International Conference of Secular AA, Sunday, September 22, 2024, Orla...
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Season 4
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Episode 69
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1:06:34
ICSAA 2024 Zanner W from Sobriety to Recovery
Welcome, this is the kick-off to the 2024 International Conference of Secular AA in Orlando, Florida, September 20-22 with Zanner W.Will-I-Am and Alcohol-Free Margarita offer opening comments and introduce Zanner W from Toronto, speakin...
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Season 4
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Episode 68
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1:19:10
Secular AA Global Speaker Tour - We Agnostics of Tempe, AZ - Sep 1, 2024
September 2024: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by We Agnostics from Tempe, Arizona. Our speakers this month are:Andrew NGary SDiana E..with Beth H as emcee.<...
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Season 3
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Episode 67
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1:27:54
Secular AA Global Speaker Tour - Share What Works For You - Aug 4, 2024 (Traducción Española)
Traducción EspañolaAugust 2024: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by Share What Works For You out of southern California. Our speakers this month are:Amanda RTommy W<...
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Season 3
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Episode 66
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1:26:30
Secular AA Global Speaker Tour - Share What Works For You - Aug 4, 2024
August 2024: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by Share What Works For You out of southern California. Our speakers this month are:Amanda RTommy WLaila..with Tommy W ...
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Season 3
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Episode 66
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1:29:49