2 Sober Chicks

Julie talks today about examining our "old scripts" and how powerfully they can drive our "character defects". She also sings at the beginning so watch your volume.

**WARNING: watch your volume. Julie screams a couple of times. Julie talks about feeling more than one feeling at a time and how we CAN do it...even amidst being evicted by a landlord during COVID, for example...

Julie wakes up with a shame hangover and shares how her sponsor lightened the heavy burden she was planning to carry for the day.

Julie feels yucky today and shares a bit about why. Additionally, she reads something on perfectionism and how we beat ourselves up when all we need to do is practice self love and/or change our ways.

Julie talks about one of the biggest philosophical/spiritual questions affecting humankind and how tending to the small things may hold the answer.

Julie talks about the importance of the slogan KEEP COMING BACK: dust yourself off, learn and move forward. Relapse happens. Some don't survive it and some do. It can be the most valuable tool in recovery. KEEP. COMING. BACK.

Julie talks about the difficult Mother-child relationships and how it can cloud not only days like Mothers Day but also cloud our perspective on the pain we have in our parent relationships. Steps 4 & 5 can be hugely beneficial to addressing the hidden hurts and pains we have in any relationship and how to heal them and move forward.

Get ready for a silly one today. Just a little off the top then we get back to the business of sharing what helped save us from ourselves and our addictions! Such serious topics need a little levity every now and again don't you think? Just "wait for us, we're coming"...eventually we get around to today's topic "There is a Solution", Chapter 2 from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Lisa and Julie are just 2 sober chicks who sit down and talk recovery, AA, the 12 steps, sponsorship, and how it works for them. Their main purpose in doing this podcast is simply to carry the message of sobriety and recovery and to bring a little hope into the lives of the still suffering alcoholic. They try to live the AA Responsibility Declaration - I Am Responsible - When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that, I am responsible. send us new topics or let us know if you want us to say hello to you in an upcoming podcast at 2soberchicks@gmail.com

Julie's a little hyper today and excitedly discusses our recovery society's code and some other random shit.

Julie talks about the precious learning our current isolation is bestowing upon us if we look at it for what it is...plus an exciting exercise to do!

Sometimes we DON'T have a part in our step 4's; Julie talks a little bit about the role of trauma in our inventories and how our Higher Power can help us transform hurts and lead us out of the dark depths of our miseries.

Today Julie reads the 12 steps of a sponsor from a bookmark she's been hanging onto for years and briefly discusses what to look for in a sponsor or a sponsee.

Today Julie interrupts herself to bring you a message really intended for herself: be mindful and gentle during the process of re-integration into the new normal after self-isolation and quarantine! You're welcome.

What's in it for me? When we first come in to AA there is a lot of mistrust. So naturally our first thought and question is "What's in it for the Sponsor?". The answer can be found in the Chapter "Working with Others" in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Today on the show we just flipped to a random page and this is where the discussion took us. Lisa and Julie are just 2 sober chicks who sit down and talk recovery, AA, the 12 steps, sponsorship, and how it works for them. Their main purpose in doing this podcast is simply to carry the message of sobriety and recovery and to bring a little hope into the lives of the still suffering alcoholic. They try to live the AA Responsibility Declaration - I Am Responsible - When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that, I am responsible.

Lisa shares how sharing frees us from our darkness and by illuminating it we can learn how to be rid of it.

Julie talks about how "going through the Big Book" is not as daunting as it sounds.

Julie discusses how privileged we are as a society compared to our history and how suffering is a part of the human experience - and how acceptance can be a helpful tool to get though this troubled time.

Julie found prayers for each step! In recovery we are familiar with the 3rd, 7th and 11th but who knew there are a multitude of prayers for the other steps?

Julie talks with her sponsor about the power of forgiveness and other spiritual recovery gems.

It's been a while! Julie has held down the fort on her own with daily shotglasses while I've been studying for a new career. But I had a few minutes after meditation today and I was so inspired I thought I'm just going to throw that microphone on and share with you my thoughts on what I just experienced. I hope if you have ever doubted your connection to your Higher Power, or felt like the idea of meditation was too lofty a goal for you, or felt a lack of confidence or power in ANYTHING that my stream of consciousness rambling, will help you in some way today. And here is a link to a beautiful and simple 5 minute meditation led by the beautiful soul Danielle LaPorte. https://youtu.be/Rs1sEXKOJ88