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- Owl 094 ShanaShana was Sam's "AA wife - assembly required" in NC. She has a few sobriety dates and once was on the "marijuana maintenance plan" for a couple of years. She fought being an alcoholic and was mad that drinking didn't work. Shana went to a roundup where she had fun and a spiritual awakening.Shana's home groups are Colors of Gratitude and Live and Let Live in Greensboro, NC (see nc23.org). Her sobriety date is 15FEB2009.1 hr
- Owl 093 JoshJosh was calling his boss from jail - again - can't come to work. The beginning of the end of a spiritual crisis. The seed of AA was planted by a therapist. Years later, he decided to go. Josh made his own poker chip system.Josh's sobriety date is 07JUL2006 and his home group is the Basics Group in Durham, NC.1 hr 15 min
- Owl 092 LizLiz went to her first meeting (an open one) for someone else and heard her own stories. To Liz's thinking, binge-drinking was now the same as being alcoholic. She stopped 5 years once. Liz's home group didn't go online when COVID hit, so she started going to Shivering Denizens.Liz's sobriety date is 01FEB1979 and her home group is Shivering Denizens. (see nc23.org)1 hr 3 min
- My Name is Ebenezer S. Special (Encore Repost)It's 2020 and that alone is plenty of reason to publish another special. Here's an encore presentation of our 2019 production of "My Name is Ebenezer S."We wish you all a sober, safe and healthy holiday season! The owl just made some weird hooting sound - make it mean whatever you will. 🦉"My Name is Ebenezer S." is a ghostly 12th-Step call play that's been presented by members of AA in Greensboro, NC, for many years. The script for "My Name is Ebenezer S." is available for free by request at [email protected]. We encourage you to put together your own production of this fun holiday play and to put your own local flavor into it.59 min
- Owl 091 AndrewAndrew had multiple relapses before recovery. Crystal meth led him to Crystal Meth Anonymous and then Alcoholics Anonymous. A doctor told him, "you always have an excuse." Andrew thought the future seemed so bleak without substances.Andrew's sobriety date is 13OCT2009 and his home group is the Gay Men's Stag Meeting at 9:30AM on Sundays in San Francisco.49 min
- Hyperbolic Holiday Hoo-Hah SpecialHere's our 2020 take on the "OMG It's Here Again Holiday Special" of old. We bring back Brad and Miranda for a festive chat on how to stay sober and sane during the holidays, particularly in the midst of a pandemic. All our best to you in this special extra episode!33 min
- Owl 090 Katy"Night of the Living Dead" was me at the end of my drinking. Tried everything to stop - organs failing - bad DTs to blackouts. Decided to take her life, but didn't want to leave a mess for her children.Katy's sobriety date is 05DEC2005 and her home group is Morning Meditation in Durham, NC.1 hr 17 min
- Owl 089 KatherineIt took Katharine 20 years to get 4 years. For the first time, she seriously thought she'd die. She crawled into AA and asked for help for the first time. Before that, she'd gone to get her driver's license or thought she was hopeless. Kindness kept her coming back.Katharine's sobriety date is 14JUL2016 and her home group is Atheists, Agnostics, and Free Thinkers in Greensboro, NC.54 min
- Owl 088 DocProgram gave Doc a structure to live life: Steps on one side of his spine and Traditions on the other. When hospitalized, his doctor said, "I saved your life this time - don't know I can again." Doc knew he was an addict from age 19. He could not imagine a life without intoxicants.Doc's sobriety date is 20MAY1988 and his AA home group is the Living Sober group in Palm Springs, CA.57 min
- Owl 087 Stump The ThumpersOur "Stump The Thumpers" quiz show special 100% puts Don in his favorite place, Big Book trivia - especially the obscure bits. Subject to Don's madness are returning guests, Miranda, Brad, and Angela. Furthering the madness is our incredibly accurate score tabulator and former guest, Tommie. Sam just laughs a lot and practices his gameshow announcer voice. We hope you enjoy the show! (and get stumped!)1 hr
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].