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 days ago
5 days ago
1hr 30 min
We all know the 12th Step is our absolute insurance policy against a drink. But what happens when our ego hitches a ride on someone else's recovery? Today we look at the fine line between intensive 12th-step work and the toxic need to play God in another person's life.
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Jul 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
1hr 22 min
We’ve all met them in the rooms—or maybe we are them. The person who sits in the back row secretly believing their situation is uniquely complicated, their defects are just hardwired, or that they are simply a "hard case" that the steps can't fully fix. Today we look at how spiritual stubbornness masquerades as intellectual depth or spiritual pride, and how the Big Book thoroughly dismantles the delusion of being uniquely broken.
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Jul 5, 2026
Jul 5, 2026
1hr 18 min
Nobody wakes up and decides to ruin their life or drift from God—it happens in a thousand tiny, unnoticeable steps. In this episode, we break down "The Slow Creep" of addiction and spiritual malady. Discover how our minds rationalize the drift, why we only see it in hindsight, and how to use Big Book principles to catch the slip before it catches you.
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Jun 28, 2026
Jun 28, 2026
1hr 11 min
We used to roll our eyes every time someone suggested a gratitude list. It felt cheesy, forced, and like it couldn't possibly solve real problems. So what changed? This week, we're talking about why we resisted gratitude, what the AA Big Book taught us about changing our perspective, and how surrender transformed something we once mocked into one of the most practical tools in recovery.
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Jun 22, 2026
Jun 22, 2026
1hr 32 min
What happens when recovery changes you at warp speed, but your spouse, family, or friends are still using the old playbook? How do we drop the expectations and stop trying to sober up or change the people around us?
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Jun 14, 2026
Jun 14, 2026
1hr 16 min
RELEVANT RECOVERY
Facing the Financial Inventory - Episode 258
We talk a lot about alcoholic wreckage, but what about the financial wreckage? How do you pay off years of bad debt, face the IRS, or rebuild a ruined career without letting money or financial anxiety become your new Higher Power?
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Jun 7, 2026
Jun 7, 2026
1hr 31 min
RELEVANT RECOVERY
Spiritual Binge vs. Real Service - Episode 257
Are you actually practicing a spiritual program, or are you just addicted to recovery culture? Today, we’re looking at the lines in the Big Book we like to skip—the ones that tell us to stop talking about spirituality and start getting our hands dirty.
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May 31, 2026
May 31, 2026
1hr 51 min
RELEVANT RECOVERY
A Tale Of Two Ellie’s - Episode 256
On this weeks episode of Relevant Recovery, Donnie sits down again with Ellie and Shane. This time to hear of Ellie’s recovery story and the growth she’s experienced in her spiritual program of action.
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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.