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- Owl 008 JimmyFirst 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.51 min
- Owl 007 NathanAlaska 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.53 min
- Owl 006 ChesChes 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.1 hr 1 min
- Owl 004 WillieSober 40 years and all of them in Greensboro, NC, Willie not only has lots of experience, strength, and hope, but he also knows lots of local AA history. Willie's home group is the Summit Fellowship Men's Group in Greensboro, NC.51 min
- Owl 005 KennethOur 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: 02JUN2000Home Group: Inside Out, Wilmington, NCWe conclude with our "Ask An Oldtimer" segment.Visit us at boiledowlaa.org to learn more and to contact us.1 hr 1 min
- Owl 003 MirandaOur guest, Miranda, tells us of her journey to AA and what her life as a sober mom is like.We conclude with our "Ask An Oldtimer" segment.Visit us at boiledowlaa.org to learn more and to contact us.57 min
- Owl 001 PhilipThe inaugural podcast of The Boiled Owl! Meet Don and Sam, recovered alcoholics who talked about doing a podcast as members of Alcoholics Anonymous and then actually did it.Our guest, Philip, tells us of his journey to AA and what his life of double-digit sobriety is like.We conclude with our "Ask An Oldtimer" segment.Visit us at http://boiledowlaa.org to learn more and to contact us.53 min
- Owl 002 ThomasOur guest, Thomas, tells us of his journey to AA and what his life in sobriety is like.We conclude with our "Ask An Oldtimer" segment.Visit us at boiledowlaa.org to learn more and to contact us.47 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].