The Secret Sauce [Season 8, Episode 26]

Penny was drinking in dive bars and alone at home mostly, but after being pulled off the field at a softball game, she called AA "for a friend." She tells Don and Sam how she was told to approach the ...

15 Sep 202538min

Andrew tells Sam and Don that he doesn't do anything half way, true when he was drinking and true now in his recovery and service to AA. The three also discuss a few of the many ways AA seems counteri...

8 Sep 202535min

Snow, whose article appears in the September 2025 issue of Grapevine magazine, tells Don and Olis that her bottom came with little drama, just alone in her kitchen. Now she's determined not to hoard h...

1 Sep 202526min

Mary tells Don and Sam that she was a real closet drinking, scrunched up in there with a warm beer. Mary describes her moment of clarity and the opportunity it gave her to act. She says that the harde...

25 Aug 202531min

Don, Olis and Sam report on their wonderful experiences at the 2025 International Convention in Vancouver. Don took in the convention and described the scenes, and with microphone in hand interviewed ...

18 Aug 202537min

Leslie joins Olis and Don and tells them about her early reluctance with AA. It was at ICYPAA that she first felt the spirit and saw the benefit that drew her in. She was also reluctant with her first...

11 Aug 202535min

Karen, whose article appears in the August 2025 issue of Grapevine, tells Don and Sam that her feeling of despondence and knowing that drinking was not good for her brought her to AA. It was out in na...

4 Aug 202528min

Celebrating 90 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous at the International Convention in Vancouver, BC, our podcast team Don, Olis and Sam welcomed a live audience to participate in the recording of the 200th ...

28 Juli 202556min