RAW Recovery Podcast

Against All Odds

When everything was against us…

Most of us know what it’s like to feel finished—

And yet… here we are.

That’s not luck.

That’s hope.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Alcoholics and Their Intentions

The Big Book shows us something uncomfortable but true—our intentions were often good… but our actions didn’t line up.

We meant to stop.

But once alcohol entered the picture, something changed.

The obsession would take over.

That’s the difference between intention and power.

Because for the alcoholic, it’s not a matter of wanting to stop—it’s the inability to do so on our own.

The Big Book makes it clear: self-knowledge and good intentions aren’t enough.

Something deeper has to change.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

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Don’t Trade the Truth for Comfort

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Our Singleness Of Purpose

Tradition Five tells us that every group has but one primary purpose—to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

But that purpose doesn’t stop at the meeting door.

It extends into how we live, how we serve, and how we show up for others—especially those of us working in the field, helping, guiding, and connecting people to recovery.

When we stay aligned on that one purpose—helping the next person—something powerful happens.

Egos get quieter.

Because when we’re not scattered…

We can actually do something that matters.

This is about unity.

And when we come together with that same purpose—

we become a force.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Today’s topic: The Tremendous Fact — We Have Found A Solution

The Big Book makes it clear—there is a solution.

Not a theory.

It doesn’t come from willpower.

It comes from a complete change in the way we live.

A new way of thinking.

The tremendous fact is this—no matter how far gone we were, there is a way out.

And it’s available right now.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Today’s topic: Is Happiness The Goal?

We’re told to chase happiness like it’s the destination—but what if that’s not how it works?

Happiness isn’t something you go out and grab. It’s not something you can force or hold onto.

It’s a result.

A byproduct of how you live.

When you focus on the right things—showing up, doing the work, staying honest, being of service—something starts to change.

And what shows up isn’t something you chased…

It’s something that was built.

Happiness isn’t the goal.

It’s the dividend.

Trudging Together.

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Today’s topic: This Matter of Fear

From Language of the Heart, we’re looking at the same truth the program keeps bringing us back to—fear runs deeper than we think.

It shows up in decisions, in relationships, in the way we hold on, control, avoid, and react. Not always loud, not always obvious—but it’s there underneath.

Fear of losing what we have.

And if we don’t look at it, it quietly drives everything.

The program doesn’t ask us to pretend we’re not afraid—it asks us to see it, be honest about it, and start moving through it instead of being run by it.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

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Today’s topic: Humility Is A Gift

Looking at today’s Daily Reflection (p. 203) and the 12x12 (p. 72), we’re reminded that humility isn’t something we force—it’s something we grow into.

Early on, humility can feel like being brought down. Like losing something. Like being stripped of pride.

But over time, it shifts.

It becomes honesty.

The 12x12 talks about humility as the middle ground—the balance between thinking too much of ourselves and not enough. Not beating ourselves up… and not putting ourselves above anyone else either.

And that’s where the gift is.

Because when we’re not trying to prove anything…

life gets a whole lot simpler.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Today’s topic: Humility Is A Gift

Looking at today’s Daily Reflection (p. 203) and the 12x12 (p. 72), we’re reminded that humility isn’t something we force—it’s something we grow into.

Early on, humility can feel like being brought down. Like losing something. Like being stripped of pride.

But over time, it shifts.

It becomes honesty.

The 12x12 talks about humility as the middle ground—the balance between thinking too much of ourselves and not enough. Not beating ourselves up… and not putting ourselves above anyone else either.

And that’s where the gift is.

Because when we’re not trying to prove anything…

life gets a whole lot simpler.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Today’s topic: Ten Years of Sobriety — One Daily Reprieve at a Time

The Big Book puts it plainly on page 85: we are not cured of alcoholism—what we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.

That’s what this is about.

Ten years isn’t one big win—it’s a whole lot of days stacked together. Some easy, some not. Days where everything works… and days where you have to lean into the program whether you feel like it or not.

Because this doesn’t run on autopilot.

It’s daily.

And the truth is—it’s still one day at a time.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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