Episode 2 We are the Borg
This is the second episode of the recovery podcast. Here I explore the accusations of fellowships such as alcoholics anonymous and narcotics anonymous as being cults or religions. As always I invite you to break the mindset by approaching this issue with an open mind. Lets look at the similarities between the fellowships and cults or churches as well as their differences.
Also we explore the example of the Borg and how unity breads strength but can lead to weakness without the influx of new ideas and concepts.
I hope you enjoy my second podcast.
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September 8th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Thanks for your insight and objectivity in your discussion. I really appreciate your comments on carrying a message of hope instead of fear. I attend alot of AA meetings and this Podcast helped me understand alot more about the Fellowship, clarify it’s purpose, and refocus on helping others. There are a few AA who want to keep some of control they think they have or deserve— and that’s o.k. “I’ll keep coming back,” spoken with sincerity. David C.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Excellent discussion, and I love that you are unafraid to tackle issues that are real in the fellowships, but which are often difficult for groups to discuss.
One suggestion: Slow down. Or break the shows up in shorter bits. I want to hear everything you’ve got to say, but you putting out too much too quickly. I can’t keep up at this rate. Maybe one show of the current length per week? Or maybe shorter 10- to 15-minute epidsodes daily? Just a thought.
Keep up the good work!
September 18th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Thanks man … i needed to hear what you had to say … Keep it up .. = )
October 7th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Indeed very interesting Bruce Wayne…
When I first saw a recovery podcast I was a little skeptical… I don’t know why… I just was… Sounds like you have really done a lot of thinking about these things…It’s funny too because I have heard just about everything you talk about in meetings before.. Or similar views…
Especially the Christian thing… Some really plug (preach) it… Some (like yourself) kinda bag on it… The church really get’s attacked you know… Even by me and I’m a believer in all that wacky bible stuff…LOL. The Bible of course predicts this…Persecution…. But the church certainly has it problems… And I don’t go anymore so I really don’t have any position to defend or criticize I suppose… Plus I wanna meet chicks ya know? Looking forward to your sex episode…:) I guess church kinda frowns on that… But there is plenty of that going on in church too…
I do believe the Bible stands on it’s own though… Regardless of intense disobedience by those who claim Christ… I love apologetics… And I enjoy looking at other religions too… But I really LOVE Recovery… Forever.. For LIFE….
Groovy man… Shine on…
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:43 am
great podcasts. really enjoying them.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:37 pm
I really dig your podcasts man. I used for 25 years. rehabs off and on, bad stuff , all that. got a year together in the program and did well. miracles yeah. but made mistakes. kept me from meetings. made it another few years on my own before i picked up again. now things are bad again. being someone who did well and really got off on a good start then back to where i am now. i am struggling though. what a gift those 3 something years off crack were. not roses, but and worse than now in some ways but so much better in others. anyway, im one of the guys with the tail, between their legs hoping i can get back what i had but man, i don’t know if i will. its is a bitch. when i look back to that moment i got my first day. i don’t know if I will get it back.
thing is now i not getting it at all. struggle with everything, that i needed. that feeling where i saw if i didn’t quit everything and get clean all id do is reapeat this over and over like its been 20+ years. it so hard to stop. i don’t want to throw everything away again. to see how lucky i was to get clean and go back to this.
thing is what kept me away from AA was the Bs. though i tried to focus on the good of the program, i guess just like everything there is the BS. but we arnt’ supposed to talk about it. then i struggle with hearing the same shit day after day, hearing people saying the same thing, it just feels like brain washing to me. though i had a good start, and hindsight is 20/20 your podcast are right on. anyway, if there was some way i could have just sent an email to you rather than this forum i would have but couldn’t find out how to do it.
your podcast is positive, im using and negative but i have a hope that it will help get me back on the right track. you know how it is it think, the way i feel now is like i can’t even get one day clean. one fucking day. i had a year sober active in the program, another year after that i picked up weed, year after that back to everything and its not good. I don’t know how i ever got that first day now. its like it was never me and i don’t think i will ever get another day again but i know i can. im hiurtin. anyway, thanks im keep listening.
November 29th, 2007 at 3:04 am
Hi, my name is disman-kl, i like your site and i ll be back
March 15th, 2008 at 7:40 am
your intro really messed with my psychee, scary guy talkin-eekk! but thats all right i just turned it down till it was over:) but all the same, big thanks again, aa and im sure na is a very intimidating thing until you actually walk in and get comfortable there and even still if you dont fully believe in the big guy in the sky im sure its even tougher to get comfortable but youve definately helped-i promise ill keep going to my meetings but if the day comes they hand me a pair of nikes’, a purple blanket and a cup of cool-aid im outta there!!!!!