The Sober Atheist Podcast
The Sober Atheist Podcast is a new effort to discuss and expand upon various aspects of Sobriety that relate to the Atheist. The co-hosts, John Huey and Michael Tingley, are both people in long-term recovery from alcohol and/or drugs. These wide ranging conversations will include both original presentations based on newly articulated approaches to recovery and discussions with other sober atheists to present other diverse perspectives.
The Sober Atheist Podcast
Latest Episodes
30. Is There an “Atheist Way of Life” That is Applicable to Recovery?
John Huey and Michael Tingley were exposed, when new to recovery, to phrases like “12 Step Way of Life”, “Emotional Sobriety”, “Daily Reflections” and “Fake It Till You Make It.” Rejecting those things they found their way to what might be cons...
29. How to Construct a Recovery for Yourself Without Divine Intervention
John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how, as committed atheists, they have built upon the lessons learned in long term recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction. They touch upon moving forward without recourse to self-improvement schemes, su...
28. Banishing Fear and Anxiety as an Atheist in Recovery – Sometimes It’s Personal
John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss fear and anxiety in the light of some recent serious health problems they have both faced. This topic is addressed from the point of view of two committed atheists and how they deal with these issues in the...
27. Why Atheism Works: A Recovery Journal
John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the fact that there appears to be much to be discovered on the journey from there to here as an atheist in recovery. We found that we would not have had it any other way.
26. Have Conventional Recovery Programs Outlived Their Usefulness to Atheists in Recovery?
John Huey and Michael Tingley revisit this well-worn topic to consider where they now are, as non-believers in recovery, given the progression of their own individual recoveries and their relations (and non-relations) to the formal recovery pro...
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thanks for the inspiration. Over the last 2 years I've been reflecting and reframing my experience with NA, some of which was influenced by regular listening to your work I wrote a series of articles about my experience, and a recurring theme is the leap to something supernatural, which I find a barrier and often more harmful that good. Certainly for me. Link to the intro and subsequent posts below https://substack.com/@hyperballadbrad/note/p-175470272?r=4ju9ch&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
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