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Year-End Community Update
Well, goodbye 2021 and hello 2022. Good, bad, ugly, and indifferent, 2021 is not a year any of us will soon forget. Here are the big...
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Does Cali Sober Really Mean Sober?
The short answer? No, Cali Sober isn't the same as sober sober, but it doesn't mean it's bad. Demi Lovato's appearance on the Joe Rogan...
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Braving the Journey Podcast
Braving the Journey this week talks with Tyler Matheny. Tyler is one of the cofounders of YANA - an exclusive community of sober and...
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I Tried the 12 Steps – It Didn’t Work
We’ve heard this from so many people over the years it’s crazy. The more a person is exposed to recovery, but fails to recover, the more...
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How Do You Help an Addict or Alcoholic?
For many people this seems like a loaded and unsolvable riddle, but it's not as complex as it seems. Before we dive into the answer, we'd...
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Sober Things to Do, Quarantine Edition
While we’re all pretty much over Corona Virus, staying and keeping others healthy is still really important, so what do you do once...
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Am I an Alcoholic?
Okay, let's just call a spade a spade and say that if you find yourself Googling, "Am I an alcoholic/addict?" the chances are pretty slim...
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Why Do Addicts and Alcoholics Relapse?
In order to adequately answer this question we need to first define our terms as to what an alcoholic or addict is. While the DSM-V gives...
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Review: AA vs. Other Approaches
The New York Times recently ran an article entitled, "Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In" showing that new...
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What Makes a "Good" AA Meeting?
Preface: This post is filled with opinion. With that being said, if you read something that differs from what the Big Book or your...
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A Brief Overview of The Big Book and 12 Steps of AA
Disclaimer: Work all the steps, in order, with a person that has done likewise if you choose a 12 Step Program as your path to recovery....