I just appeared on the Safe Recovery blog talk radio show, hosted by Monica of the Stop 13 Step In AA blog. We had a great talk, covering several issues including whether some recovery ideas may actually contribute to suicidal ideation, the allergy model of addiction, the St Jude Program’s philosophy, and more.
For those who don’t know Monica, she was in AA for 35 years, and started trying to help the organization to combat some abusive practices that were going on between group members – specifically, “13th stepping”, and found that most in AA simply wanted to look the other way. Monica truly wants to help people to find safer, more helpful alternatives to the conventional 12-step based treatment methods.
Monica is making a lot of noise, and opening a lot of eyes to some changes that need to happen. I’m honored to be included among all the great guests she’s had on her show over the past 2 years.
You can listen to the show in the player below, and you can also download past episodes of the show in iTunes: link to Safe Recovery on iTunes.
