RAW Recovery Podcast

Rescued by Surrendering

Everything in me believed surrender meant losing. Losing control, losing pride, losing myself. What I didn’t understand was that surrender wasn’t the end of me — it was the thing that finally pulled me out of the fight I was never going to win.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about how surrender doesn’t weaken us — it rescues us. Not the dramatic, one-time kind, but the daily surrender of ego, control, an...

What Does Dion Do?

People see the lives, the podcasts, the conversations, and the noise — but they don’t always see the purpose behind it. Today, we’re slowing it down and answering a simple question that comes up more often than you might think: What does Dion actually do for the recovery community?

This isn’t a resume and it’s not a pitch. It’s a clear, honest look at the work — showing up daily, creating spaces for real conversa...

Feeling Those Feels

Getting sober doesn’t turn the volume down on emotions — it turns it up. Feelings we avoided, numbed, or outran start showing up loud and unfiltered. Joy, anger, sadness, fear, gratitude… sometimes all in the same day. And for a lot of us, that can feel overwhelming.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we’re talking about what it’s really like to feel your feelings in recovery. Not managing them perfectly. Not spirituali...

Progress or Perfection?

In recovery, perfection isn’t always the enemy — sometimes it’s the guide. The problem isn’t aiming high; the problem is using perfection as a weapon instead of a direction. When perfection turns into pressure, shame, or an excuse to quit, it stops helping. But when it’s used as a compass, it can show us what we’re moving toward without demanding we arrive today.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about the ...

Half Measures Availed Us Nothing

In recovery, half measures look safe — but they don’t work. They let us feel like we’re doing something without actually changing anything. We show up halfway, tell part of the truth, take suggestions selectively, and then wonder why nothing feels different.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about what half measures really look like in real life. Not just drinking or not drinking, but honesty with ...

No Opinion on Outside Issues

One of the reasons recovery works as well as it does is because it knows what it is — and what it is not. No opinion on outside issues isn’t avoidance, silence, or apathy. It’s protection. Protection of the primary purpose. Protection of unity. Protection of a space where people can come together to recover without being divided by everything else.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about why this princ...

The Recovered Family

Recovery doesn’t just change one person — it changes the entire family system. When someone gets sober and starts living differently, the ripple effects reach partners, kids, parents, siblings, and even chosen family. Some of those changes bring healing. Some bring confusion. All of them require honesty.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about what it means to become a recovered family. Not a perf...

What It Means to Be a Newcomer

Being a newcomer isn’t about having answers — it’s about having the courage to start. Courage to show up confused, unsure, and uncomfortable, and to keep coming back anyway. Newcomers aren’t behind — they’re exactly where recovery begins.

Today on Two Sober Guys, Lucas is joining us as we talk honestly about what it really means to be new in recovery. The fear, the mental chaos, the pressure to unders...

Random Recovery Reading

Sometimes we don’t need the perfect topic — we just need the right words at the right time. A random recovery reading has a way of cutting through overthinking and landing exactly where it needs to land. No agenda. No setup. Just truth showing up unannounced.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we’re opening a recovery reading at random and seeing what it brings up. Reflection instead of explanation. Experience inste...

Free From Guilt, Not Responsibility

Recovery doesn’t mean we stop being accountable — it means we stop punishing ourselves. Guilt can be a teacher for a moment, but living in it long-term keeps us stuck, ashamed, and disconnected. Responsibility, on the other hand, is what actually moves us forward.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about the difference between guilt and responsibility — and why confusing the two keeps people trap...

When Telling the Truth Gets You Gaslit

One of the hardest parts of telling the truth isn’t the truth itself — it’s what comes after. Being questioned. Dismissed. Rewritten. Made to feel dramatic, unstable, or wrong for simply naming what you see and feel. In recovery, this can be especially disorienting, because we’re finally learning to trust ourselves again.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about what it’s like when honesty is ...

More Alike Than We Thought

In recovery, it’s easy to focus on the differences — different stories, different substances, different paths in. But the longer we stay, the clearer it becomes: beneath the details, we’re dealing with the same fears, the same thinking, and the same need for connection.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about how much more alike we are than we ever realized. The same shame wearing different masks. The sa...

We Stand Together or Die Separately

Recovery has never been a solo project. From the beginning, survival has depended on connection, honesty, and showing up for each other — not perfectly, but consistently. Isolation is where addiction thrives. Community is where recovery lives.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk plainly about a hard truth: when we disconnect, hide, or try to do this alone, the risk isn’t theoretical — it’s real. “...

To This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True

There’s a reason this line has survived centuries — because living true to ourselves is harder than it sounds. In recovery, honesty isn’t just about telling the truth out loud; it’s about no longer betraying ourselves quietly. It’s about aligning what we think, say, and do — even when it costs us comfort, approval, or ease.

Today on The Daily Trudge, we talk about what it really means to...

Things Nobody Warned Me About Sobriety

When I first got sober, I expected the hard parts — cravings, triggers, uncomfortable feelings. What nobody warned me about were the unexpected parts. The weird parts. The funny parts. The moments that make you stop and laugh and think, “Wait… this is sobriety?”

Today on The Daily Trudge, we’re lightening it up and talking about the things nobody really prepares you for once you stop drinking ...

Flipping Tables Isn’t Anger — It’s Duty

When people hear “flipping tables,” they often assume anger. That’s not what this is.

This conversation is about duty — the responsibility that shows up when recovery spaces drift away from healing and toward comfort, silence, or systems that protect themselves instead of people.

Using the biblical image of Jesus flipping tables in the temple, we’re talking about the difference between rage a...

H.O.W.--Honesty, Openness, Willingness

In recovery, things usually don’t fall apart because we didn’t know enough — they fall apart because we stopped practicing the basics. H.O.W. isn’t clever, trendy, or complicated. It’s simple, uncomfortable, and effective.

Today, Two Sober Guys, we’re talking about H.O.W. Honesty, Openness, and Willingness — and why these three principles are often the first to slip when things start going sid...

Let's Keep It Simple

AA is growing fast. Meetings are multiplying. The message is spreading beyond anything they imagined. And Bill voices a concern that growth might dilute the heart of the program — that structure, organization, and popularity could eventually replace the spiritual core that saved their lives.

Bob listens, then responds calmly.

Bob reminds Bill that AA was never meant to be protected by control. It was meant to b...

On this episode of RAW Recovery — a Trudging Together podcast, Dion Miller sits down with comedian and author Jeff Allen for a raw, honest, and often hilarious conversation about recovery, marriage, anger, faith, and service.

Jeff talks about writing his critically acclaimed book Are We There Yet?—including how emotional it was to revisit the early chapters—and shares that a pilot based on the book is set to film in March. From “li...