BILLWARDLIFE-CAST (formerly The UDRCast)

Bill and Gord P welcome you to the fifth episode of the 2024 Big Book Study! Bill and Gord wrap up discussion on the chapter More About Alcoholism which includes the “mental obsession,” and the lies that our disease tells us in active addiction. We then start into the chapter We Agnostics and discussion of the spiritual solution that can restore us to sanity, including how lack of power was our dilemma, making the concession to change and opening the door to a Higher Power.

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Bill welcomes his good friend Richard C to the UDRCAST. Richard discusses: growing up in group homes, getting arrested and quitting school in his teens; his addiction and life of crime; and his powerful story of entering Sunrise Healing Lodge and his path to recovery and helping others.

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Bill and Gord P welcome you to the fourth episode of the 2024 Big Book Study! Bill and Gord discuss one of the most important chapters in the Big Book—Chapter 3 titled More About Alcoholism. This chapter touches on all three aspects of the disease concept: the physical allergy, the mental obsession, and the spiritual malady. But this chapter explores in depth the mental obsession (or the “insane idea,” the “curious mental phenomenon”), what types of thoughts enter our minds before we take the first drink, how the disease of alcoholism centers in our minds, and why we need a working spiritual solution in our lives to release us from this obsession.

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Bill welcomes Debra Gopher to the UDRCast. Debra discusses working with (and the importance of) our Indigenous youth, the re-learning of her Indigenous culture and the importance of finding her true identity, and stories of her own journey which includes education, recovery, and work.

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Bill and Gord P welcome you to the third episode of the 2024 Big Book Study! Bill and Gord discuss from the chapter There Is A Solution, an introduction to Step 2, the “bedevilments,” the necessity of a spiritual solution that heals our mental obsession/mental blank spots and spiritual malady,  and how a spiritual solution begins to accomplish things which we could not do ourselves.

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Bill welcomes his good friend, and past Big Book Study host, Jesse P to the UDRCAST. Jesse and Bill discuss solution based recovery that is rooted in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, the practical application of the 12 Steps, dishonesty vs honesty, and the spiritual malady and the spiritual solution.

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Bill and Gord P welcome you to the second episode of the 2024 Big Book Study! Bill and Gord conclude the discussion of Doctor’s Opinion, the alcoholic cycle (including the spiritual malady, the mental obsession and the physical allergy), the spiritual solution and the complete psychic change, the different types of drinkers. They also discuss Chapter 2 There Is A Solution, “the tremendous fact for us all is that we have discovered a common solution,” and the purpose of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Bill welcomes Robbie Daniels to the UDRCast. Robbie discusses the founding of Sober Crew in Calgary,  the importance and spiritual nature of Indigenous drumming, Robbie’s experience being homeless in Calgary for over 7 years, the job that Creator gives us, and the importance of reconnecting with his Indigenous culture.

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Bill and Gord P welcome you to the first episode of the 2024 Big Book Study! Bill and Gord discuss the Forwards, an introduction to Step 1 and showing us what an alcoholic is, the spiritual malady (“a spiritual illness”), the plan of recovery, and the Doctor’s Opinion.

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Bill welcomes TJ Sheehan to the UDRCast. TJ discusses: his move to the “recovery capital of Canada” Calgary, Alberta from the West coast; his work with Pivot and collaboration work they do in the recovery community; the importance of investing in youth through mentorship, experience and love; his own using and involvement in gang life; his longing to be “a part of”; his final moment of desperation that started his journey to sobriety; and finding his purpose and calling.

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