December 25Buy the book! (makes a great gift to yourself?) Think back to your most fucked up moments. Yes. That one. Arent you glad you dont have to do that anymore? One of my own was on Christmas Eve, and I had no idea, at the moment, what day it act

December 24Buy the book!Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he? Clarence (the guardian angel in the movie Its A Wonderful Life )I love this movie.

December 23Alright, fucker. We get it. You have doubts about the G- word, and that is fine. But as you read and reread Chapter 4 We Agnostics (Page 44) in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, remember that you can doubt everything you need to. Ho

December 22Buy the book! Start the New Year off right! When the airplane loses cabin pressure, and the oxygen masks drop, they suggest putting your mask on first. Why? Because if you run out of oxygen, you cant very well help others if you are passed o

December 21Buy the book!Are you getting sober? Are you in your first 60 days? Admitted to treatment? Do yourself a favor and do what youre doing when you do it. What does that mean? That means dont try to repair your relationships and get sober. Dont

December 20Buy the book!The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. Alcoholics Anonymous (Page 83)Sometimes, I feel like such a hypocrite. In my early sobriety, a few years in, I was in a meeting and feeling at one with the world and e

December 19Buy the whole fucking book! For years, we tried to stop the madness. We made every attempt to cut back; we promised ourselves we would have only a few on the way home and then would stay until the bar closed. As much as we wanted to, we just

December 18At the end of each meeting in my local A.A., they read The Promises. The paragraph starts on page 83 and ends on page 84. It lists many things that we might expect to receive from working the program up to Step Nine. At the beginning of the

SummaryIn this episode of SoberPod, Chelsea and Carl discuss their experiences with Christmas and sobriety. They read from their book, 366 Fucking Days Sober, and share their thoughts on life beyond sobriety. They explore the challenges of Christmas for

December 17Support the podcast and buy the book. You are who you surround yourself with. Are you not? When I was younger, I ran with some pretty fucked-up people. I refer to them all (including myself) as street urchins. And so does the Oxford Diction