Character Defects

Ever wonder about proper AA Meeting Etiquette? Me either. Jon H does, though, so we go all-hands to get him on the same customer-centric sheet of music as our focus group. Buckle up as we action one blue-sky idea shower drill-down after another. There will be no need to circle back, ping, or take anything offline after this episode…open door policy be damned.

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John C shows up in his best sweater vest, fedora and ironed jeans. Things start to heat up as John C shares his NPR voice and creepy breathing techniques while sharing his love for Al-Anon

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Jon H asks for insight on “the interaction that you have, generally, as a recovering alcoholic with people you have met in the program, who are in varying stages of their sobriety, and how big of a challenge that can be for (Jon H) personally.” Translated: Jon H can’t talk to people that are not exactly like him. In other news, the Society for the Advancement of Run-on Sentences nominates Jon H for their coveted “Pedantist of the Year” award.

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(originally published 12/16/18) John tries to help Jon H complete a bona fide 4th step inventory. Jon H resists, so John ends up taking his inventory for him. Together they unearth Also John’s innermost demons, cast them out, only to have them return before the end of the episode.

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(originally published 12/9/18) Jon H describes how he is über creeped-out by AA members that don’t look like him, talk like him, dress like him, share his same tax bracket and/or his love of half-caf soy mocha frappuccinos…which is basically everyone. After attending his first AA roundup (with 8,000+ “non-conforming” members), Jon H was overheard saying “I would rather run nude through the CDC’s Ebola lab than do that again.”

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(originally published 12/4/18) John tries to have a constructive discussion about sex through the lens of recovery, but, once again, ends up way over-sharing and making everyone uncomfortable.

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(originally published 11/25/18) Jon H returns from the brink of death, jumps immediately into rewriting the Big Book. His brilliance spawns a new fellowship: “Alcoholics MORE Anonymous.”

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(originally published 11/18/18) Tragedy strikes when Jon H falls into some kind of coma. A grieving nation prays for his recovery.

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(originally published 11/11/18) Two voices rise out of the darkness to begin sharing their glorious light. In non-grandiose alcoholic-speak: two dudes want to share their thoughts on recovery, barely figure out how to record themselves.

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