Podcasts by Boiled Owl AA Recovery Podcast
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 attend a Saturday morning men’s AA meeting and go to coffee afterward. Sometimes it’s just the two of us, though often it’s several more. The conversation there is always wide-ranging and invariably full of recovery. 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 Don. For our initial episodes, we made up the question. The goal is for YOU to ask a question! Send us your question via giveahoot@boiledowlaa.org.
New episodes are posted on the 1st and 15th of the month.
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Owl 110 Goodbye from 2021-09-15T22:03:15
Thanks for letting us be part of your recovery and for being part of ours! Head over to aagrapevine.org/podcast for the brand new AA Grapevine Half-Hour Variety Hour podcast. Don and Sam will be ho...
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Owl 109 Susan from 2021-09-01T17:18:19
Susan started drinking at 13. The last 8 years of her drinking were daily drinking. She started trying to get sober in 1986. She called all the alcohol help numbers in the phone book, spoke with a ...
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Owl 108 Kip from 2021-08-15T21:58:49
Kip was introduced to AA in prison in 1989. He was in and out five times. He had lost all power of choice to drink or not. "If God and church can't fix me, surely Alcoholics Anonymous can't do it....
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Owl 107 Buddy from 2021-08-01T20:44:59
First, a special announcement about the AA Grapevine Podcast! Also, we *finally* realized fans of the show are... OWLCOHOLICS!
Welcome to the Boiled Tao! Buddy, a return guest, talks about...
Owl 106 Caroline from 2021-07-15T22:20:21
Caroline stopped drinking for 18 months with a program. She went to AA meetings out of town and picked up a 1-year chip at her first meeting. Heads turned. She was miserable - getting divorced, she...
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Owl 105 Perry from 2021-07-01T17:25:32
Perry didn't lose his wife, his home, or his job, but he was spiritually bankrupt - a shell of a person. All the things he'd accomplished seemed worthless now. "Drinking overshadowed everything goo...
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Owl 104 Claudette from 2021-06-15T17:59:02
Claudette moved to Tacoma, WA, 6 years ago, with 30 years of sobriety. She found it difficult connecting with AA there because it was different. Work with another alcoholic helped her remember what...
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Owl 103 Steven from 2021-06-01T20:25:15
Steven was introduced to AA at age 13. He was forced to go into an all-boys recovery facility. The "Living Sober" book was good for him - easy to digest and identify with. He experienced old-school...
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Owl 102 Katherine from 2021-05-15T16:10:06
Katherine called herself an alcoholic as a joke for years before coming to AA. She tried controlled drinking and also moved out of state away from family so she could drink how she wanted. Katherin...
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Owl 101 Sherman from 2021-05-01T19:02:10
Sherman has a sereneness and calmness in his life. He grew up in an alcoholic home. The chaos was bad. He started drinking and liked the chaos. He got sober and saw the chaos as wreckage. When he w...
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Owl 100 Michael from 2021-04-15T17:24:36
OUR 100TH EPISODE! Thanks for joining us!
Two months after turning 21, Michael was told he was an alcoholic after starting a fire at university. He took alcoholism classes in his early 30...
Owl 099 Julie from 2021-04-01T21:53:50
Julie's cat told her she was alcoholic. As a child, she went to her father's sobriety anniversary celebration and there was CAKE! As an adult, she went to an AA meeting on the recommendation of a c...
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Owl 098 Jen from 2021-03-15T17:42:36
Jen didn't like the taste of alcohol and drank it for the effect. She knew her father was an alcoholic, so was scared of it and wouldn't try it. Then she did and went downhill quickly. At 10 years ...
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Owl 097 Brian from 2021-03-01T16:25:51
Brian lost the desire to drink when he cried out for help. He still smoked marijuana but came to feel conflicted about smoking it - it felt dishonest. He got a case of beer for Christmas AND a Big ...
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Owl 096 Jerri from 2021-02-15T15:40:23
Jerri was in denial about being an alcoholic. She'd gone through cancer and was trying to force things to be like they used to be. A nurse, she knew how to dose, but almost overdosed drinking and t...
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Owl 095 Pat from 2021-02-01T16:38
Pat's life was chaos. He tried controlled drinking at a psychiatrist's recommendation. He binge-drank on weekends. Pat was in AA for 3 years before he worked the steps and didn't feel a part of AA ...
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Owl 094 Shana from 2021-01-15T21:16:27
Shana 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 t...
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Owl 093 Josh from 2021-01-01T21:12:25
Josh 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...
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Owl 092 Liz from 2020-12-15T22:58:10
Liz 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 g...
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My Name is Ebenezer S. Special (Encore Repost) from 2020-12-07T18:04:26
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 ...
Owl 091 Andrew from 2020-12-01T20:52:10
Andrew 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...
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Hyperbolic Holiday Hoo-Hah Special from 2020-11-24T03:00:34
Here'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 mi...
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Owl 090 Katy from 2020-11-15T21:58:05
"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 chil...
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Owl 089 Katherine from 2020-11-01T20:31:14
It 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'...
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Owl 088 Doc from 2020-10-15T17:33:42
Program 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." Do...
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Owl 087 Stump The Thumpers from 2020-10-01T18:43:24
Our "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 Ang...
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Owl 086 Susan from 2020-09-15T19:22:46
Susan had stopped trying to control her drinking and just gave into it. She drove to a hair appointment, still drunk from the night before. As she sat in the chair, she had to look at herself - her...
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Owl 085 Angela from 2020-09-01T20:30
Angela was 37 when she got sober. Well-accomplished, she figured she could stop drinking on her own, too. She lost so much, including custody of her daughter. She had lots of restarts until she did...
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Owl 084 Jim from 2020-08-15T17:05:12
Jim was in AA for a long time and then moved to NA. His first meeting was in Philadelphia, where he went to NA and AA for 5 years. He moved to NC and NA there didn't fit him, so he went to AA for 3...
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Owl 083 Melanie from 2020-08-01T23:25:59
Melanie started recovery in 1999 at 22 years old. After 10 years, she checked out drinking again because she was older. She wound up being kicked out of bars. Going back to the same treatment cente...
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Owl 082 Brad from 2020-07-15T18:42:04
Brad moved to LA, where alcohol, coke, and meth led to isolation and loneliness. "Do I want to live or die?" The drugs hit fast-forward on his life's unmanageability. "The Golden Girls" was critica...
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Owl 081 Don & Sam from 2020-07-01T22:19:38
There was a scheduling situation with a guest, so we caught up with each other and chewed the fat just like we used to do at the coffee shop after the Saturday morning men's meeting.
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Owl 080 Mat from 2020-06-15T21:05:41
Mat got sober at 19 in High Point, NC. Having OD'ed in 1986, a therapist sent him to AA. He still recalls how welcoming they were. He joined a Young People group where he got his first sponsor. Yea...
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Owl 079 Richard from 2020-06-01T19:11:04
Richard hadn't heard of AA until a court "class" suggested he look it up. His first experience of AA was in 1982 in treatment but he went back to drinking. Back in treatment in 1986 and still dran...
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Owl 078 Madeline from 2020-05-15T14:40:57
Madeline grew up with both parents in recovery. Her last drunk was hilarious. She got sober at 20 and the 3rd Step is big for her right now.
Madeline's sobriety date is 17NOV2017 and her h...
Owl 077 Good Grief from 2020-05-02T00:11:21
In this special episode on loss, we're joined again by Chris (Owl 011) and Alex (Owl 015 & OMG It's Here Again Holiday Special). Originally planned to be about losing loved ones, the COVID-19 crisi...
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Owl Crossover - TSG Ep317 - Coronavirus Group Discussion from 2020-04-26T21:39:53
Our own resident, well-behaved, and even housebroken Boiled Owl, Don, was one of the guests on the latest episodes of That Sober Guy Podcast. He was invited by Buddy C., a past guest on The Owl (O...
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Owl 076 Jazzy from 2020-04-15T20:00:23
Josh (Jazzy) got sober 3 days before he turned 19. He now works in recovery. “Service work keeps me sober.”
Jazzy's sobriety date is 31DEC2007 and his home group is Midday Reprieve in Gre...
Owl 075 Andrea from 2020-04-01T21:43:46
Andrea got sober Feb 12, 2016 in Greensboro, NC at a local treatment center. She discovered she wasn’t really asking for help in AA when she came back from court with a harsh sentence. The judge ha...
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Owl 074 Virus Special from 2020-03-23T21:00:05
In this special episode, Don is self-quarantined in his home and Sam is holed up in his home. We decided to test out our new remote recording setup while checking in on each other about our experie...
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Owl 073 Dave from 2020-03-15T23:02:51
Dave was in treatment at 15, in & out of AA for 3 years. Drugs were a problem, but alcohol? At 15-20 years old, he was the youngest person in AA in his area. On a road trip to DC with a friend, he ...
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Owl 072 Sharon from 2020-03-01T23:05:55
Sharon relives, rethinks, and refeels at her birthday each year. She tried many other ways before AA. Working in the restaurant business back then, she would book people in a blackout. Sharon drum...
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Owl 071 Scott from 2020-02-16T02:35:08
Scott got sober at 24 in Houston, TX. His cocaine use led to his alcoholism. In his last year of college, he dropped all but one course and was failing that. He had a close call with death twice;...
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Owl 070 Michelle from 2020-02-01T19:35
Michelle got a DUI. 6 Months later, her drinking was worse. IOP led to AA. Fun story about a goat dealer! She is agnostic on her best days and atheist on her worst. We chat about mental healthcar...
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Owl 069 Seth from 2020-01-15T23:38:52
Seth started drinking in the 3rd or 4th grade. He was forced into treatment at 16. "Fight Club" was his only understanding of AA at the time. ("The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk abou...
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Owl 068 Patrick from 2020-01-01T20:31:06
Patrick didn't think he was an alcoholic; he just didn't know how to drink. A marriage counselor suggested not drinking and that led to his first 90 days sober. His first AA meeting was in a city...
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Owl 067 Gabi from 2019-12-15T21:04:23
Gabi spent one and a half years picking up white chips. That kept her close to the program for when she was ready. She was in MacArthur Park in LA to buy drugs when her car was impounded. She was h...
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Owl 066 Ebby S Special from 2019-12-01T17:42:51
"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. We've pulled together a cast for this audio version to share wit...
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Owl 065 Emily from 2019-11-15T19:59:59
A lot of people wanted Emily to stop drinking. She lost 3 jobs in 1 year. She said, "I need major help" and then thought "Oh God, why did I say that?" She was confident there was a problem and not...
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Owl 064 Ric from 2019-11-01T22:55:44
For 2 years, Ric was not convinced he was an alcoholic. He was a pro at being apart from. Tacos tricked him into going to his first 3 meetings! There's the rat poison incident. At 2 years, the obs...
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Owl 063 Tommie from 2019-10-15T20:29:55
As a doctor, Tommie would come in at 12:30PM. Awake at 4AM, she was not OK with drinking then because that would be morning drinking, so she prescribed sleeping pills to herself. Oddly, there were ...
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Owl 062 Drew from 2019-10-01T21:25:21
Drew got sober at 24. He sneaked airplane bottles into a 7th grade dance, equated fun with drinking, and alcohol preceded everything he did. His DUIs led him to treatment to avoid jail. Drew shar...
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Owl 061 Paul from 2019-09-15T13:21:39
Paul came into AA in 2003 with the desire to stop drinking but didn't stop. He would go to the bar after a meeting. He got a DUI in his first 2 weeks in AA. Paul talks about motorcycle riding and...
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Owl 060 Leslie from 2019-09-01T22:09:03
Leslie was in and out for 18 months. In a family program for her husband's treatment, she was pulled aside and asked how much she drank. Corked wine vs. screw-top... Giving wine and then stealing i...
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Owl 059 Jackie from 2019-08-15T15:26:32
Jackie got sober in North Carolina. She is working to find a balance between AA and life. She was saved multiple times from drinking, just at the moment of ordering a drink, by events that she attr...
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Owl 058 Greg from 2019-08-01T20:14:19
Greg got sober in Tampa, Florida. Daily Prayer and meditation is a big part of his recovery. He had a relapse after 2 1/2 years. The only furniture in his apartment when he got sober was a bed. Hi...
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Owl 057 Lorna from 2019-07-15T15:18:43
Lorna got sober in Phoenix, AZ, on her 32nd birthday... by accident. She spent 8 weeks in rehab. "I didn't want what I had." At 5 years sober, she helped clean someone's house, without wanting to. ...
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Owl 056 Michael from 2019-07-01T17:12:24
Michael's parents knew something was awry early on; he was introduced to AA long before he was interested in it. He was intoxicated at his first meeting. He came to realize he was an alcoholic in...
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Owl 055 Sallie from 2019-06-15T19:22:05
Sallie had a traumatic event - we talk about pain meds and her use of the program for an ongoing resentment about the effects of the trauma. She was alcoholic for years and knew it; she drank ever...
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Owl 054 Keven from 2019-06-01T20:04:28
Regarding AA, Keven was concerned about the "religious aspect." Keven talks about his first day sober and being stir crazy. His first meeting was on Step 1. A 6-week elimination diet led to his re...
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Owl 053 Dorisa from 2019-05-15T21:17:31
Dorisa decided to get dry a week before her wedding and got sober after her honeymoon. She tried AA a year earlier (but not really) and smoked pot during that. Her drinking caused lots of destruct...
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Owl 052 Thomas from 2019-05-01T19:39:24
A guy Thomas was making meth with told him about AA. Thomas used lots of drugs but didn't feel connected in NA. He felt connected in AA but read more NA literature at first. When he moved to Washi...
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Owl 051 Alex from 2019-04-15T21:56:03
Alex's sobriety date is also his divorce date. He lost the security of living with his wife and had no job. He came to AA familiar with it from DUIs. Alex downloaded and printed his first copy of ...
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Owl 050 Jody from 2019-04-01T13:36:57
Jody went to AA as a teen because her sister took her. She got rid of her boyfriend and moved, but still drank - though had 1 & 2-week dry spells. She went back to AA in Norfolk, VA, at 21. Jody ...
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Owl 049 Tyler from 2019-03-15T21:39:47
Tyler first got sober at 17. He worked the steps and even started an AA meeting in Wilmington, NC. NCCYPAA was an important part of his recovery. He went back out; it got worse. He was homeless an...
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Owl 048 Roberta from 2019-03-01T22:12:28
Roberta got sober in Brooklyn, NYC. Being fired led her to the rooms of AA, an organization she'd never heard of. Her neighbor had just started and told her about it. She'd tried to quit on her ow...
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Owl 047 Alan from 2019-02-16T01:12:25
Alan went to two meetings at 17, but wasn't ready. At age 25, he went to meetings for about 2 weeks before picking up a start chip. His attorney suggested AA. In the second meeting, he got hope. ...
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Owl 046 Chris from 2019-02-01T17:55:03
Chris was ordered to go to AA by the courts, but he didn't need it then; he was just unlucky. 6 DUIs later... He started going to AA again in 2000 and also going out to eat with members after the m...
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Owl 045 Amber from 2019-01-15T19:58:42
Amber left her husband for an affair with her boss. Her boss said she was too messed up. She got a DUI and woke up in jail. She found herself drinking and calling rehabs - rehab would look good fo...
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Owl 044 Scott from 2019-01-01T22:50:27
Scott got sober at 40 in treatment. He moved to Los Angeles and his family stayed behind (divorce). It was 2 years before he returned. He called his dealer and asked her not to sell to him, then ca...
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Owl 043 Jean from 2018-12-15T16:19:59
Jean started drinking at 15 and stopped at 45. She was home alone often and her body would scream for alcohol. She drank wine from a coffee mug. She was miserable when her husband was home because ...
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Owl 042 John from 2018-12-01T16:12:28
John started with drugs at 13. In middle and high school, his friends could just do weekends but John couldn't stop. At 14, he went to his first meeting (NA), did 90 in 90, got 6 months and did som...
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OMG It's Here Again Holiday Special from 2018-11-15T22:43:24
What?! It's that time of year again?!??! Boiled Owl alumni, Alex and Miranda, join us again to talk about the holidays. Hold on, this one's a hoot!
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Owl 041 Karen from 2018-11-01T18:30:14
Reality set in after Karen's husband left, furthering her drinking. Her first chip was a start-over chip. She didn't understand sponsorship at first and then got a sponsor at 6 months. Gratitude wa...
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Owl 040 Steve from 2018-10-15T15:38:51
Steve came to AA on crutches, having jumped out of a moving car in a blackout. His first sponsor was assigned to him. He started drinking and using drugs at 11. He yelled at God, cursing him and th...
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Owl 039 Molly from 2018-10-01T21:06:30
Molly just completed another 4th Step and is meeting one of her sponsors to do a 5th Step right after recording this episode. A DUI in 2002 led her to getting sober 2 months later. Years before ge...
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Owl 038 Buddy from 2018-09-15T11:20:26
Buddy was in and out of AA for 6 years prior to getting sober. His alcoholic drinking started in his late 20s. Religion prevented earlier drinking. Drinking saved his life. A major health issue thr...
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Owl 037 Viki from 2018-09-01T17:50:16
Viki started drinking at 14 and was a round-the-clock drinker the last year and a half of her drinking. Being unemployed gave her time to drink like that. Her daughter left during her drinking and ...
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Owl 036 Hunter from 2018-08-15T14:55:03
Hunter got sober in 1996 in NA but wasn't thorough on his 4th step. He started drinking again in 2003. In 2006, he came to AA and did things differently. In 2016, he backed off of his meetings, wou...
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Owl 035 Candy from 2018-08-01T15:33:22
Candy tried going to a psychiatrist to help with her drinking. She was ready to end it all. She stopped for a while and then tried controlled drinking. She hid her drinking evidence from her husba...
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Owl 034 Josh from 2018-07-16T01:16:06
Josh first got drunk in 7th grade and chased that feeling until age 25. At the end of his drinking, he was violently ill a lot. That little voice in his head saying "you know you're an alcoholic" g...
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Owl 033 Myra from 2018-07-01T22:12:04
Myra had her last drink in 1988 but continued to smoke pot occasionally over 4 years. A blackout drinker, her life was "pitifully out of control." Going 30 days without drinking was a spiritual mom...
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Owl 032 Tom from 2018-06-15T22:42:27
Tom started getting high and/or drunk at 11 and was a daily drinker in his 20s. He was living with his parents and got sober at 24 when his father suggested he go to an AA meeting. He detoxed for 3...
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Owl 031 Judy from 2018-06-01T21:12:17
Judy got sober on 01FEB1994. Judy's mother was in recovery, so Judy grew up in AA. Her last drunk was at a Super Bowl party. She worked in the restaurant business - great for drunks! Her first AA...
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Owl 030 Doug from 2018-05-17T02:37:13
Doug needed to take a class to allow him to get his license back. He was arrested between making the appointment for it and going to it. Hearing AA members, he related and wanted to get sober. He w...
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Owl 029 Blair from 2018-05-01T20:38:39
Blair got sober on November 7, 1994, in Binghamton, NY, after being homeless, living in a car, and losing many jobs. He was in and out of jail for misdemeanors and faced a felony DWI charge. He wen...
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Owl 028 Steve from 2018-04-15T11:00:04
Steve came to AA in 1999, but "the fuck-its" would always send him out; justified anger got in the way of recovery. The part in the Big Book about the actor trying to direct the show really spoke t...
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Owl 027 Shandale from 2018-04-01T20:14:53
Shandale started going to AA at age 24 in 2009. She hid her drinking from her husband and suffered the misery of a secret/double life. She didn't care if she died. During a hospitalization in 20...
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Owl 026 Carol from 2018-03-15T19:26:52
Don and Carol knew each other before recovery. She used to steal Don's beer stash at parties! Her job had free alcohol at national events and a member of management who was in Al-Anon asked her i...
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Owl 025 Pierce from 2018-03-01T17:16:57
Pierce has a drawer of start/surrender chips. A blackout drinker since high school, he was surrounded by alcoholics and that made his drinking seem normal. His wife got sober - he still drank, bu...
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Owl 024 Rita from 2018-02-15T19:28:38
Rita got sober in Chicago on April 18, 2000. She was a secret drinker who had alcohol hidden around the house. Steps 3 and 5 were pivotal for her.
Rita's home group is Open Channel in Gr...
Owl 023 Hank from 2018-02-01T21:33:42
Hank got sober in Hilton Head, SC, after 42 geographical cure attempts. He saw change/opportunity as it was happening and, when the US Marshals showed up, he was ready. He surrendered and began h...
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Owl 022 Surgery Special from 2018-01-15T17:07:36
In this episode, we discuss our recent experiences with surgeries and major medical treatment. Blair joins us for his first time at the Boiled Owl and Doug (from episode 17) returns. Our conversa...
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Owl 021 Michelle from 2018-01-01T17:50:20
Michelle first came to AA with her drug-dealing boyfriend when she was 18. At age 23, she came to AA for herself. Drugs were easier to get while under 21. By 22, she'd quit them and was only dri...
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Owl 020 Tom from 2017-12-15T15:27:12
As Tom's alcoholism progressed, his emotional darkness grew. A blackout drinker, he would lose count after 2 drinks. Living in spiritual misery, he heard that still, small voice: "You don't have ...
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Owl 019 Nicole from 2017-12-01T18:07:48
Nicole is 10 years sober, having gotten sober at 26. Her first meeting was at age 16. At the end of her drinking, when alcohol stopped working, she might consume two fifths of liquor or get trash...
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Owl 018 Charles from 2017-11-16T01:24:58
Charles got sober at 26 and is 2.5 years sober. He sought therapy first, thinking it was depression and that 8 or 9 drinks a night was normal. Fear drove him to AA - "How will tonight end up?" ...
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Owl 017 Doug from 2017-11-01T20:57:52
Doug got sober in 1980 via treatment in the Navy. He was a blackout drinker from his first drink and he started drinking at 15. Being career military, he still suffered from what so many of we al...
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Owl 016 Wayne from 2017-10-15T22:03:05
Wayne got sober in Panama City, FL, on August 23, 1977. He picked up his first desire chip in December 1969 and then got drunk. In those early days, Wayne was stuck on Step 1 for a long time. Tod...
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Owl 015 Alex from 2017-10-01T21:45:14
Alex started at 18 and got sober at 21. She tried every way to get sober. During detox, she hallucinated, seeing shadow people. She smashed furniture and mirrors. She had a major moment of sere...
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Owl 014 Wilson from 2017-09-15T17:09:08
Wilson got sober at 17 after 7 years of drinking and using. He went to various schools during his using. He went into a recovery program and, upon completing it, found AA was where he got the exp...
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Owl 013 Mariah from 2017-09-01T21:55:07
Mariah started drinking and using at 11. She was forced to go to treatment when she was 15. Her last drink was in 2007. At 3 year's sober, she finally surrendered. Holding off on amends almost g...
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Owl 012 Randy from 2017-08-15T21:51:26
Randy was in and out of AA for 3 years. In his years of drinking and drug use, he had memories and thoughts, but couldn't put them together - confusion. In a blackout, we was injured in a fight. ...
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Owl 011 Chris from 2017-08-01T22:10:08
Chris joins us for another boiling of an owl! Drunktionary... Started drinking at 12. Blackout drunk. Sober since 1985. Chris' home group is Summit Fellowship Men's group in Greensboro, NC.
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Owl 010 Kevin from 2017-07-15T19:54:37
Kevin has been around AA since early childhood. He got sober at 17 and drank again at 25. He talks of his experiences with his child, cops, hospitals, treatment, surrender, and what works for him...
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Owl 009 Tammy from 2017-07-01T15:42:11
Tammy stayed drunk all day as a single mom, losing her house and job.
She experienced long blackouts. She was a daily drinker who started at 16 and quit in her late 30s. She shares about he...
Owl 008 Jimmy from 2017-06-15T17:31:36
First 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. ...
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Owl 007 Nathan from 2017-06-01T21:47:49
Alaska 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.
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Owl 006 Ches from 2017-05-15T16:14
Ches 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 ...
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Owl 004 Willie from 2017-05-01T16:17:46
Sober 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 Fellowsh...
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Owl 005 Kenneth from 2017-04-15T21:59:18
Our 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...
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Owl 003 Miranda from 2017-03-29T19:42:07
Our 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.
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Owl 001 Philip from 2017-03-29T19:40:06
The 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.
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Owl 002 Thomas from 2017-03-29T19:39:43
Our 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.
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