Hosts Heather & Donnie discuss challenges relevant to recovery. Topics include chemical dependencies on a variety of substances, as well as food, social media, money and much more. They discuss everything from mental health, anxiety, depression, fear, marriage and resentment. Join Heather and Donnie as they share their personal experience with recovery and sobriety.
Episodes
5 hours ago
5 hours ago
1 hr 39 min
The alcoholic often tries to solve a spiritual problem with material, relational, emotional, or behavioral solutions. The problem isn't that we have normal human desires—the problem is when those desires become demands and we make getting what we want a condition of our peace.
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Sep 20, 2026
Sep 20, 2026
1 hr 28 min
In past episodes, we’ve talked about inventories; resentment, fear, sex, even the financial inventory, but this episode will tackle a different question: What is Step 4 actually supposed to accomplish? This is not another “how to take an inventory” episode — instead, we’ll examine what happens after the inventory is written.
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Sep 13, 2026
Sep 13, 2026
1 hr 23 min
This week, we tackle a classic recovery trap: trying to think our way into better behavior. The truth is, we gotta ACT our way into new thinking—never the other way around. Tune in as we unpack why the alcoholic mind loves to over-intellectualize and play God with outcomes we were never meant to carry.
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Aug 30, 2026
Aug 30, 2026
1 hr 18 min
Recovery isn't just about putting the drink down—it’s about learning how to self-sacrifice, build lifelong fellowship, and shift from being a taker to a giver. In Episode 268 of Relevant Recovery, we share the power of completely unplugging, seeing AA in action through our recovery family, and dropping our guard to experience true, shoulder-to-shoulder connection.
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Aug 16, 2026
Aug 16, 2026
1 hr 49 min
A simple program or “design for living that really works”. . . Why, when there are millions of examples around the world of people whose lives have been revolutionized, do people still refuse the “design”? AA is a very simple program, designed for complicated people. Why do so many not surrender to this simple program or this simple way of life? Why is the message quite often about not drinking, when the “program” is clearly about so much more than that?
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Aug 9, 2026
Aug 9, 2026
1 hr 39 min
The High Cost of People-Pleasing. We love to talk about being "considerate, helpful, and kind" in recovery. But what happens when our desire to keep everyone happy isn't actually love at all—it's just codependency, people-pleasing or fear wrapped in a spiritual bow? Today we look at how people-pleasing is actually a subtle form of manipulation, and why true emotional sobriety requires us to trade the approval of people for the service of God.
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Aug 2, 2026
Aug 2, 2026
1 hr 21 min
This week Ryan joins the show in Heathers absence which should definitely be an improvement.
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Jul 26, 2026
Jul 26, 2026
1 hr 26 min
Reaching out isn't a burden—it’s a lifeline. On todays episode we unpack why we hesitate to reach out, reframe the act of calling another alcoholic through the lens of AA literature, and recognize that reaching out isn't a burden—it’s a gift to both people.
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Relevant Recovery
Hosts Heather & Donnie Mosher discuss topics relevant to recovery from or dependencies on drugs, alcohol, food, social media, money, and much more. They discuss everything from mental health, anxiety, depression, fear, marriage, and resentment. Heather and Donnie discuss their ups and downs in recovery.