RAW Recovery Podcast

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re hitting one of the most reliable truths in recovery: When in doubt… get out of self.

Most of our problems don’t come from the world — they come from the way we react to it. When I’m stuck in fear, anger, resentment, or self-pity, 99% of the time the solution is spiritual, simple, and humbling:

Get out of self and into service, honesty, gratitude, or God’s will.

The Big Book reminds us that selfishness...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re asking one of the hardest questions in recovery: Am I living the AA program — or just visiting it?

Anybody can go to meetings. Anybody can say the slogans. But living the program means we’ve taken the Steps off the wall and put them into our daily life.

It’s easy to get comfortable — to coast, to socialize, to make recovery look good on the outside while we’re still running the show on the inside.

But...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about two spiritual principles that walk hand in hand — Humility and Responsibility.

Humility reminds us we’re not running the show. Responsibility reminds us that we still have a part to play.

In recovery, humility without responsibility turns into passivity — and responsibility without humility turns into ego.

The goal isn’t perfection. It’s balance.

God does the heavy lifting, but He expect...

In today’s Recovery Watchdog, we’re talking about something real — the two types of people that work in the recovery field.

You’ve got the ones who do it because they care — because they’ve lived it, survived it, and want to give back. And then you’ve got the ones who do it for the career — the paycheck, the power, the prestige.

The first type shows up early, stays late, and keeps showing up even when nobody’s watching. The second ...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re going back to the roots — The Four Absolutes: Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love.

Long before the Twelve Steps were written, these were the spiritual yardsticks used by the Oxford Group — and they still measure how well we’re living our recovery today.

These aren’t rules — they’re reminders.

Am I being honest, or just careful with the truth? Am I choosing purity, or bending my values to fit comf...

Every day in recovery starts the same way: with a chance to choose our mindset. Before the phone, before the coffee, before the world starts spinning, we stop and think of the day ahead.

It’s not about predicting what’s coming — it’s about preparing our spirit for it. When I ask God to direct my thinking, I’m really saying, “Keep me out of my own way today.”

The Big Book reminds us that we don’t surrender our brains; we just stop u...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about one of the hardest truths in recovery: apologies don’t mean a thing without action.

Step 9 teaches us to make direct amends, but real amends aren’t just words — they’re consistent change.

We don’t fix the past by rewriting it; we heal it by living differently today.

Saying “sorry” may open the door, but changed behavior keeps it open.

This is where recovery gets real — when the people we...

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In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about the cost of freedom.

Everyone wants freedom — from addiction, from fear, from the past. But freedom isn’t something we get; it’s something we earn by showing up, doing the work, and staying honest even when it hurts.

The price? Ego. Comfort. Excuses.

The payoff? Peace. Purpose. Serenity.

Sobriety doesn’t come cheap — it ...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about the cost of freedom.

Everyone wants freedom — from addiction, from fear, from the past. But freedom isn’t something we get; it’s something we earn by showing up, doing the work, and staying honest even when it hurts.

The price? Ego. Comfort. Excuses.

The payoff? Peace. Purpose. Serenity.

Sobriety doesn’t come cheap — it costs everything that was keeping us sick.

But the freedom we find o...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re diving into a tough but important question: Is it a resentment… or is it trauma?

In recovery, we’re taught to let go of resentments — to forgive, move on, and clean our side of the street. But what happens when that “resentment” is really unhealed trauma?

You can’t spiritually bypass pain that’s rooted in deep wounds. Some things don’t need to be “let go of” — they need to be understood, felt, and hea...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about when character building becomes a priority.

In the beginning, it’s all about survival — staying sober one day at a time, just trying to get through the storm.

But as time goes on, recovery calls us to something deeper. Sobriety isn’t the finish line — it’s the foundation.

Real freedom comes when we start working on who we are — honesty, humility, patience, forgiveness, courage, faith. Th...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about expectations and the little things — two areas that can either build our serenity or completely destroy it.

Expectations are resentments waiting to happen. They tell us how life should go, how people should act, and how recovery should feel.

But peace doesn’t live in should. It lives in what is.

When we slow down and start noticing the small stuff — a quiet morning, a friend’s text, the ...

In today’s Daily Trudge, I’m talking about the effect we can have on others — often without even knowing it.

In recovery, our greatest impact usually comes from how we live, not what we say.

A newcomer might see your calm in chaos and think, “Maybe I can do this.” Someone struggling might hear your laughter and remember that joy exists. And sometimes, the person most affected by your honesty… is you.

We don’t control outcomes — but...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about the quality of faith — not how much of it you have, but how real it is.

Faith isn’t a feeling. It’s not a theory. It’s a daily decision to trust something greater — especially when nothing makes sense.

The Big Book tells us, “To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self-sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.”

In other words: faith that just sits still isn’t faith — it’s wishful ...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about self-worth — something most of us lost long before we ever took our first drink.

Addiction tore down our confidence, our dignity, and our sense of purpose. But the truth is, our worth never left — it just got buried under the wreckage.

Recovery isn’t about becoming someone new; it’s about remembering who you were before the world told you otherwise.

You are worthy of healing. You are wor...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about what happens when you move from just not drinking to truly living in the Spirit.

The Big Book says, “We have entered the world of the Spirit.” That’s not some far-off mystical idea — it’s what happens when we surrender fully, start practicing the Steps, and stop trying to run the show.

When we enter that new dimension, everything shifts. The fear that used to run our lives loses power. T...

In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re diving deep into Radical Acceptance — the practice of saying, “This is what it is… and I can live with it.”

Acceptance doesn’t mean approval. It means freedom. It’s when we stop arguing with reality and start healing from it.

In recovery, we learn that fighting what’s already happened only keeps us stuck. Radical acceptance is how we stop bleeding from the same wound — it’s where peace begins, even wh...

Welcome to Mystacopolis – The Recovery Watchdog, a movement built to protect the integrity of recovery.

This group exists to shine a light on unethical practices, exploitation, and abuse within the recovery and mental health industries — and to celebrate the people and programs doing it right.

We are not here to gossip or tear others down. We are here to educate, investigate, and advocate for transparency, safety, and compassion in...

In today’s Daily Trudge, I’m talking about how to keep optimism afloat through prayer and meditation.

Life can hit hard. Our minds get noisy, the world gets heavy, and optimism starts sinking fast. That’s when prayer and meditation become more than spiritual practices — they’re lifelines.

Prayer connects us to power. Meditation keeps us calm enough to hear it.

Together, they help us rise above fear, frustration, and self-pity — rem...