2 Sober Chicks

Julie reads another story from the Big Book and interjects her own thoughts and opinions while she goes.

Julie talks today about the essential spiritual discipline of service and why it is important to recovery.

Julie talks about burnout and what self care measures she takes to help rest.

Shotglass of Recovery - Healthy Sexuality in Recovery by 2 Sober Chicks - Lisa & Julie

Today Lisa and Julie talk about the contribution of Carl Jung to AA, how Lisa dealt with a very inflammatory conversation with family and other tidbits on how to live life from a recovered perspective.

Julie talks today about her being 7 years clean from alcohol and how it is available to all. She also reads from LOLG and comments on the reading about the "harmonic flow of life".

Shotglass of Recovery - Storytime: "The Man Who Mastered Fear" by 2 Sober Chicks - Lisa & Julie

Today Julie and Lisa discuss an article written about the ineffectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous...giddy up.

Today Julie talks about a 12 step program geared to marriages.

Julie shares some of the gems she heard at a 12 step recovery retreat over the weekend.

Julie talks about her most shameful moment and how entering recovery helped her shed shame and guilt about who she is and what she's done as well as how being who we are helps God give us the gifts uniquely designed for us.

Shotglass of Recovery - Storytime: "Jim's Story" by 2 Sober Chicks - Lisa & Julie

Julie talks today about the power we have to not be victims and how gratitude is the antidote.

Julie talks about spirituality and hanging in there, even when you don't feel it.

In order for AA to work for you, you have to let it! The moral of this little story is simple....stop acting like you know everything....when someone offers you a life preserver when you are drowning...you don't analyze it...you grab on for dear life. Do the same in AA - when a sponsor offers a suggestion....do it....and save your life.

When Clancy Imislund, one of the AA greats passed away in 2020, one of Lisa's sponsee's sent her a story often told by Clancy about an invisible boat. Lisa read it and then recorded this spontaneous and unscripted response to her friends...she shares that response with you, all of her AA friends. Clancy left a mark on Lisa that she will carry with her all of her days.

Today Julie does a "mini-4th" (or a tenth, same diff) live on an issue that came up for her yesterday.

Julie feels yucky today and opts for a story that turns out to be SOOOO RELEVANT...

Julie talks today about how important it is for addicts in recovery to stop being our own God.

Today Julie discusses how she attained freedom from fear, anxiety and dread when she learned to become like a child with God as her parent.