S9E5 Juli shares her experience with Step 5. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "ISM - I Seek Misery", "Fear is a mile high and a mile wide - but paper thin", "There are no victims, only volunteers". If you have suggestion, question or comment you can reach Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S9E4 Bentley shares his experience with Step 4.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Expectations are premeditated resentments", "You will never get ahead as long as you keep trying to get even" and "Emotions are not instructions!"  If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S9E3 Hugh shares his experience with Step 3.  In Meeting Shrapnel we discuss "God - Grace Over Drama', "Don't tease the disease:, and "If you don't do the work the only thing that will change is your sobriety date".  Send comments, suggestions and questions to [email protected] 

S9E2 Stephanie shares her experience with Step 2 and Coming to Believe.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Listen to learn and learn to listen", "Play the tape all the way through", and "I'm not responsible for the first thought that pops into my head but I am responsible for what I do with it". Contact Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S9E1 Eileen shares her experience with Step 1 and being Powerless and Unmanageable. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Don't count the days, make the days count", "In times of trouble don't take a nip, take a nap", and "If I don't have a problem, I don't need a solution".  Contact Alcoholics Alive at [email protected] 

S8E13 Shank and Wayne read some excerpts from Into Action from the Plain Language Big Book and give their final analysis of the much debated book.  If you have a question, comment or suggetion you can email Alcoholics Alive at [email protected] 

S8E12 Shank and Wayne discuss the explanation of the 12 steps in the Plain Language Big Book.  Meeting Shrapnel aka. Cliche Carnage looks at the terms "Higher Power" and "God as we understood/understand God" from the Plain Language Big Book Glossary.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcholics Alive at [email protected] 

S8E11 Tatiana shares her experience with the difference between a Group and a Meeting.  Meeeting Shrapnel discusses "Open Discussion Meeting", "Speaker Meeting" and "Newcomers Meeting".  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S8E10 Shawn shares his experience with the differences in the book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Plain Language Big Book.  Meeting Shrapnel is translated into "Cliche Carnage" and we discuss the words "Dry/Dry Drunk", "Craving" and "Fellowship" from the PLBB Glossary.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S8E9 Lauren shares her experience on Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous.  In Meeting Shrapnel we look at "My disease wants me dead", "Alcoholics Anonymous is more powerful than alcoholism" and "AA is not where you wind up - its where you start over".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Anonymous at [email protected]