Tom's AA Podcast

More About Alcoholism, third chapter of AA's Big Book, explains why it is that alcoholics can't rely on self-knowledge to stay sober.

10 Feb 18min

This podcast shows how to use part of Chapter 5 to better understand Unmanageability.

31 Jan 8min

This short podcast focuses on the second half of the first step, unmanageability, and the Bedevilments found on page 52 of the Big Book.

30 Jan 5min

This podcast focuses on how to find a conception of a Higher Power, aka God, suitable for a successful Step 2.

28 Jan 11min

We dig into the Doctor’s Opinion from the AA Big Book and test its claims against our lived experience. We focus on physical craving, loss of control, and how to read the text line by line to see the ...

22 Jan 12min

We direct this podcast to those of us uncomfortable with the concept of God or anything that might be described as religious. (We'll get into the difference between "spiritual" and "religious" in late...

22 Jan 7min

The focus of this short, six-minute audio only podcast is an introduction to why a person might choose to do the steps as outlined in the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

22 Jan 6min

This episode introduces the concept of powerlessness, why the first step is crucial, and why self-knowledge gets alcoholics drunk.

22 Jan 5min