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
23. A Question of Love and Hate – Dealing with Strong Emotions as an Atheist in Recovery - Part One
John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss love as being a prime mover in recovery and in life. While not without its problems it is a marker for the ability to deal with both adversity and the ultimate satisfactions of a sober life as a non-believer. Did we find love and happiness before our recovery or was it delayed, as it often is, until some time after our recovery began? This, as well as many other aspects of this formidable emotion, are discussed in the light of a recovery free of any search for “gods will’.