John Huey makes his eighth appearance on the podcast, and in this conversation, he is expressing his concern about agnostics and atheists who make themselves miserable by comporting to someone else’s ideas of recovery.

What we talked about

• Sources of stress in AA.
• Why people are seeking a secular alternative to traditional AA meetings.
• The importance of holding yourself to your own standards.
• Guarding against those who intrude into your personal life.
• No need to feel guilty about not working the steps.
• Don’t feel pressured to develop a “spiritual” program.
• You have the power to decide not to be miserable.
• Acceptance of someone as an individual is unconditional.

Links

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