Today’s episode is to announce a 3-week summer break I'm taking before releasing my next episode on August 3, 2022. In the interim, please enjoy my back catalogue of 85 episodes which are available by scrolling down on your podcast app. Each episode features a personal story from my AA brothers and sisters. The interview format helps present their stories in a deep and meaningful way. These interviews have certainly helped me see the similarities and common issues that all alcoholics and drug addicts face. But at the same time, each interview has its own unique feel and perspective, even among people I’ve known for 30 years or more. I’m so grateful to be able to share these stories and my hope is that they enrich the lives of everyone who listens.

When I launched the AA Recovery Interviews podcast a year-and-a-half ago, I had no idea that it would touch so many lives around the world. To date, the podcast has tallied 80,000 listens in over 50 countries. But you and I know there are millions of alcoholics, sober and active, who would benefit from hearing the stories of people who’ve gotten and stayed sober by working the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous. That’s why I want to ask you to share the AA Recovery Interviews podcast with everyone you know.

Tell them how follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, Amazon, and other podcast providers. Or tell Siri, Google Assistant, or Alexa “Play ‘AA Recovery Interviews’ podcast.” Or visit aarecoveryinterviews.com to listen to every interview, share your comments, and also contact me. If you want to email me directly, it’s [email protected]

If you like AA Recovery Interviews, please leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps. That will help others find the podcast more quickly.

By the way, I always want to remind listeners this podcast strictly adheres to AA’s 12 Traditions and all General Service Office guidelines for safe-guarding anonymity on-line. I pay all podcast production costs. No advertising is allowed. And no one receives financial gain from the show. AA Recovery Interviews and my guests do not speak for or represent AA at-large. This podcast is simply my way of giving back to AA that which has been so freely given to me.

Enjoy listening to the back-catalogue over the next three weeks. My next episode of AA Recovery Interviews, the 86th in this series, will drop on Wednesday, August 3. So keep coming back, it’ll be here soon.

Check out Howard’s Big Book Podcast, the complete unabridged audio version of the First and Second Editions of Alcoholics Anonymous. The Big Book Podcast is an engaging cover-to-cover, word-for-word reading of all 11 chapters and Personal Stories, many of which were left out of the Third and Fourth Editions. Follow us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Or listen on https://bigbookpodcast.com