RAW Recovery Podcast

Today’s topic: Living With An Alcoholic Is Sure To Make Anyone Neurotic

Both the Big Book and Courage to Change (Al-Anon, p.106) point to something that often gets overlooked—the chaos doesn’t just affect the person drinking, it affects everyone around them.

Living in that kind of environment can leave you constantly reacting, overthinking, trying to manage someone else’s behavior, and losing yourself in the process.

The Big Book shows how self-centeredness and fear drive the alcoholic—but Al-Anon reminds us that those around them can get pulled into the same cycle of control, worry, and emotional exhaustion.

At some point, the focus has to shift.

Not on fixing them.

Because no matter what someone else is doing…

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Today’s topic: Sometimes You Gotta Be The Lion So You Can Be The Lamb

There’s a line from Dave Chappelle that hits this perfectly—sometimes you have to stand strong, speak up, and hold your ground… so that later, you can live with peace, humility, and calm.

This isn’t about being aggressive.

Because if you never step up, never set boundaries, never face things head-on… you don’t get to the peaceful side of this.

Strength first.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Today’s topic: You’re Not That Important… and that’s a good thing.

The Big Book talks about self-centeredness being the root of our troubles—and this is exactly what that looks like. When everything feels personal, when we’re easily offended, when we think people are thinking about us more than they actually are… that’s where we get stuck.

The truth is, most of it isn’t about us.

And that’s not a bad thing—it’s freeing.

When we start to step out of that mindset, we’re not reacting to everything, we’re not carrying every little thing, and life gets a whole lot lighter.

That’s what we’re getting into today.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Maudlin Martyrdom

Today we’re talking about maudlin martyrdom, using As Bill Sees It page 238.

This is that place where we start feeling sorry for ourselves—carrying things like a burden, making it heavier than it needs to be, and sometimes even wearing it like a badge.

The reading points us in a different direction.

Instead of self-pity, we’re asked to shift our perspective… to let go of the need to suffer over everything, and start looking at life with a little more balance and honesty.

Not everything is being done to us.

And when we can see that clearly, something starts to change.

We stop carrying it like a weight—and start moving forward differently.

Trudging Together.

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The Delusion That We Are Like Others, Must Be Smashed

Today we’re talking about “The Delusion That We Are Like Others Must Be Smashed,” using the More About Alcoholism chapter from the Big Book.

This is the idea that keeps people stuck the longest—the belief that somehow, someday, we’ll be able to control and enjoy our drinking.

The Big Book is clear: that thinking is the problem.

It’s not about how much we know, how many times we’ve tried, or what we tell ourselves—it’s about the pattern. Going back, again and again, despite the consequences.

That’s the delusion.

And until it’s seen clearly for what it is, nothing really changes.

This is about facing that truth head-on—so something different can finally begin.

Trudging Together.

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Give It, Give It, Give It Away Now

Today we’re talking about “Give It, Give It, Give It Away Now,” using the Working With Others chapter from the Big Book.

What we’ve been given in recovery isn’t meant to be kept—it’s meant to be passed on.

The Big Book is clear: our own sobriety is strengthened when we help others. Not by forcing it, not by preaching, but by sharing what we’ve been through and what works.

This is how it continues.

One person to another.

You don’t have to have it all figured out.

That’s how we keep it.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Shouldering Our Responsibilities

Today we’re talking about shouldering our responsibilities, using As Bill Sees It page 115.

Recovery doesn’t remove responsibility—it restores it.

Instead of avoiding, blaming, or running, we begin to face life as it is. We learn to accept what’s in front of us and handle it with honesty and willingness.

This is where real growth happens.

Not in escape—but in showing up.

Step by step, we begin to carry what life puts in front of us, not perfectly, but differently than before.

That’s the shift.

Trudging Together.

No one trudges alone. 🙏

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Freedom From "King Alcohol"

Today we’re talking about freedom from “King Alcohol.”

Using today’s AA Daily Reflection and As Bill Sees It page 134, we look at what it really means to be set free—not just from drinking, but from the hold it had on our lives.

This isn’t just about stopping.

Freedom doesn’t come from trying harder.

And when that change starts to take place, alcohol loses its power.

That’s the freedom we’re talking about.

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Living in the now

Today we talked about what it means to live in the now.

The Big Book makes it clear that our biggest problem isn’t the past or the future—it’s self. Being trapped in our own thinking keeps us stuck in regret, fear, and control.

Living in the now means getting out of self.

It means letting go of what was, not trying to control what’s coming, and focusing on what’s right in front of us today.

This is where relief is found.

Not yesterday. Not tomorrow.

Right now.

Trudging Together.

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A Doctors Opinion

Today we’re talking about The Doctor’s Opinion from the AA Big Book.

This is where alcoholism gets laid out clearly—not as a lack of willpower, but as a condition that affects both the body and the mind.

The idea of the physical allergy and the mental obsession changes everything. It explains why once we start, we can’t control it… and why, even knowing the damage, we go back again.

This isn’t about weakness.

And once you see it clearly—you stop fighting the wrong battle.

That’s where recovery begins.

Trudging Together.

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