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.
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19. A Way Forward with Our Australian Friend
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58:43Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley have a conversation with a prominent person in Australian Secular Recovery, Mick Shiels, who discussed his ideas regarding moving forward there in a fully secular way without reliance on any dogmatic recovery program or movement. You can join Mick every Saturday at 7:00 PM Eastern USA time on Zoom for hi…
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18. Atheism, Recovery and the Question of Human Evil
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58:53Send us a text Pure human evil has manifested itself here in the United States. How can an atheist in recovery deal with it? John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss this dire situation.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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17. Atheism, the Creative Process and Recovery
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59:54Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how the creative process, in their own artistic endeavors, was impacted by their atheism as it combined with their experiences with addiction and recovery. Some information about their artistic endeavors can be viewed on Huey’s web site, john-huey.com and on Tingley’s Instagram page @tingleymicha…
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16. Why Am I an Atheist and What Did That Fact Have to Do with My Recovery?
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1:00:10Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss a general (global) rather than a specific question about how atheism figures into recovery and how it does not. How does atheism figure into life in general and how did it support our world view when young and now that we have more perspective, how has that world view changed in terms of our reco…
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15. How do Atheists in Recovery Cope with the New Reactionary Reality in the United States
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57:50Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the possible fallout from the recent US Presidential Election considering the potential negative effects on atheists in general and non-believers in recovery in particular.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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14. A Sober Atheist Experience in Music and in Life
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59:02Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley have a most illuminating conversation with a very old friend, prominent Seattle musician and lifelong atheist, Mark Dalton. It is a great story that is told from the perspective of over 40 years of productive recovery.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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13. Atheism as Affirmation - Part 2
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45:53Send us a text This is a live recording of John Huey at a workshop session at the ICSAA Conference in Orlando FL on September 20, 2024. This is a continuation of the theme developed for Episode 5, Atheism as Affirmation in Sobriety.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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12. Atheism, Hope and the Promotion of Misery in Conventional Recovery Programs
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59:50Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the promotion of feelings of helplessness and hopelessness as entry points in many recovery programs, both Religious and Secular. This was best embodied by a comment overheard at a meeting, “When I went there, I had an overwhelming sense of learned helplessness.”…
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11. Loss of Program Friends – How does the Atheist in Recovery Cope?
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59:06Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how to deal with both the death of long-time sober program friends and the emotions associated with dealing with the loss of people we know who don't achieve a lasting recovery and then either expire or disappear.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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10. A Conversation About AA with an Old Friend
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1:00:37Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley, both former AA members, talk to Dennis Walsh, a longtime friend in recovery and a person still active in AA, about several issues he thinks we have misconstrued regarding that program.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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9. Coping With Life Changing Events as an Atheist in Sobriety
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57:11Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how atheists in recovery handle various serious life changing issues without recourse to the supernatural.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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8. The Hunter Biden Case from the Perspective of a Sober Atheist
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59:12Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the Hunter Biden case as it potentially affects the popular depiction of all addicts and alcoholics in recovery and the widely held misconceptions of how a lasting recovery occurs.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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7. Good Sense From Our Canadian Friend
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1:00:20Send us a text We have Larry Knight from Toronto as a guest to discuss his landmark case in Canada regarding access to recovery for secular people as well as other interesting parts of his journey.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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6. Coping with Politics in the Context of Sobriety
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58:07Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the daily stresses and difficulties presented to recovering people by current political realities.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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5. Atheism as Affirmation in Sobriety
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49:06Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the concept of affirmation as an essential element in sobriety for the atheist.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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4. Secular Sobriety Past, Present and Future
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54:18Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley have a conversation with John C. from Paris to discuss both organized and individual secular approaches to sobriety from a historical and contemporary perspective.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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3. Intuition and the importance of the individual to the atheist in sobriety
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55:03Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the importance of the intuitive sense in recovery. This episode is a continuation of a prior series of podcasts regarding atheism in recovery that appeared on the Beyond Belief Sobriety Podcast. Links to these, as well as the essay that this episode is based on, can be found on our Facebook page.…
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2. How we did it without "god", "faith", "steps" or "spirituality"
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54:21Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley talk about their early days in recovery and how they achieved and maintained their sobriety.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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1. Who are we and what are we doing here?
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56:43Send us a text John Huey and Michael Tingley co-host the introductory episode of The Sober Atheist Podcast.Kirjoittanut Sober Atheist
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