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The Boiled Owl episodes
- Owl 014 Wilson
Wilson got sober at 17 after 7 years of drinking and using. He went to various schools during his using. He went into a recovery program and, upon completing it, found AA was where he got the experience, strength, and hope he needs. Now he's over 4 years sober and living a life that's getting bigger and bigger.
Wilson's is active in two home groups: The Way Out and Young People, both in Greensboro, NC.
He directed us: "Put in a note that I'm single."
Originally aired Sep 15, 2017
52 min - Owl 013 Mariah
Mariah started drinking and using at 11. She was forced to go to treatment when she was 15. Her last drink was in 2007. At 3 year's sober, she finally surrendered. Holding off on amends almost got her drunk.
Mariah's home group is The Way Out in Greensboro, NC.
Originally aired Sep 1, 2017
58 min - Owl 012 Randy
Randy was in and out of AA for 3 years. In his years of drinking and drug use, he had memories and thoughts, but couldn't put them together - confusion. In a blackout, we was injured in a fight. Desperation drove him to AA. When sober 8 years, he closed his business and moved from Palm Springs, CA, to Durham, NC, where he's returned to school for personal growth. Randy’s sobriety date is May 29, 2002.
Randy's home group is Common Solution in Durham, NC.
Originally aired Aug 15, 2017
51 min - Owl 011 Chris
Chris joins us for another boiling of an owl! Drunktionary... Started drinking at 12. Blackout drunk. Sober since 1985. Chris' home group is Summit Fellowship Men's group in Greensboro, NC.
Originally aired Aug 1, 2017
58 min - Owl 010 Kevin
Kevin has been around AA since early childhood. He got sober at 17 and drank again at 25. He talks of his experiences with his child, cops, hospitals, treatment, surrender, and what works for him now.
Kevin's home group is Easy Does It in Greensboro, NC.
Originally aired Jul 15, 2017
53 min - Owl 009 Tammy
Tammy stayed drunk all day as a single mom, losing her house and job.
She experienced long blackouts. She was a daily drinker who started at 16 and quit in her late 30s. She shares about her powerlessness and making amends. Tammy is married to an AA member. Her home group is the Bethel group in Greensboro, NC.
Originally aired Jul 1, 2017
1 hr - Owl 008 Jimmy
First sober in 1997 and then again in 2008, Jimmy tells of his first period of long-term recovery, relapse, and return to long-term recovery. He hid his relapse well until he had to ask for help. Prescription medication treatment for anxiety led him to ask why he should keep going to meetings. Eventually, he drank.
Jimmy's home group is Free Spirit in Greensboro, NC.
Originally aired Jun 15, 2017
51 min - Owl 007 Nathan
Alaska to Connecticut to North Carolina, Nathan, a priest, shares what it was like and how he got sober. Nathan's home group is The Way Out in Greensboro, NC.
Originally aired Jun 1, 2017
53 min - Owl 006 Ches
Ches went to lots of meetings when he started and experienced a notable change early on. He also speaks of cleaning up financial wreckage and his favorite prayer. Ches' home group is The Way Out in Greensboro, NC.
Originally aired May 15, 2017
1 hr 1 min - Owl 005 Kenneth
Our guest, Kenneth, talks about his recovery in AA and how general service is a big part of it. He knew early on he was an alcoholic. We speak about drugs - outside issue? Kenneth was in a major accident in his drinking days.
Sobriety Date: 02JUN2000
Home Group: Inside Out, Wilmington, NC
We conclude with our "Ask An Oldtimer" segment.
Visit us at boiledowlaa.org to learn more and to contact us.
Originally aired Apr 15, 2017
1 hr 1 min
About The Boiled Owl
From the publisher's feed
After over 4 years of publishing 2 episodes a month, The Boiled Owl stopped production in September of 2021. Don and Sam worked with the AA Grapevine to launch the brand new podcast, The AA…
Grapevine Half-Hour Variety Hour. The first episode was published on October 4, 2021, and then weekly every Monday.
Over these years, we’ve recorded over 100 episodes and gotten to know so many guests and listeners (Owlcoholics!). We are grateful beyond measure for all these wonderful connections with our fellow alcoholics and hope you’ll jump over to the new podcast and jump in. (It’s a lot more interactive than the Owl!)
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The Boiled Owl is hosted by Don and Sam, both members of Alcoholics Anonymous who like listening to other alcoholics’ experience, strength, and hope. We both do this often via podcasts and speaker tapes (well, CDs and MP3s) while working or driving. While there are many recordings of speaker meetings, we found locating podcasts a bit more difficult. So…… Rather than just complaining about it (you know we did!), we decided to take action.
We both (used to) attend a Saturday morning men’s AA meeting and go to coffee afterward. (Then Sam just up and moved to California in 2020. Now we’re bicoastal!) Sometimes it (was) just the two of us, though often several more. The conversation there is always wide-ranging and invariably full of recovery. (You know Don’s still at it while Sam is building his peep crew out west.) The Boiled Owl is our attempt to recreate the environment of the coffee shop meeting-after-the-meeting. Since it’s not completely ad-hoc, we have to structure it a bit, but soon the flow of conversation takes hold and it then goes where it goes.
We start with a little banter, introduce our guest, and then ask them a question about why they’re in AA. This one question kicks off the conversation and we chat for 20-30 minutes. We close the podcast with “Ask the Old-timer,” where a question is posed to our resident oldtimer, Don, then our guest responds and Sam wraps it up. You can reach us at [email protected].