Fun in Sobriety
Fun in Sobriety
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Dylan discusses sobriety, recovery, sober living and the ever elusive hope for having ‘fun in sobriety’ – sometime babbling on all by himself more often with a guest or two.
Ep68 - Why a Searching and Fearless Inventory is Important
Dylan reflects on the importance of performing a searching and fearless moral inventory, irrespective of 12-step recovery.
Jul 1, 2025
29 min
Ep67 - Spirituality and Living with Character Defects
Dylan explores how to navigate the spirituality of steps 6 and 7 of 12 step recovery from an agnostic/atheistic standpoint, and what this means in practice.
Jun 17, 2025
36 min
Ep66 - ACT and the first three steps
Dylan reflects on his organic use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles when finding his way through his own recovery and how he has begun to utilize this process in his work with others seeking recovery from addictions. This episode is a discussion of how ACT informs his approach to the first three steps of the 12 step program.
Feb 26, 2025
48 min
Ep 65 -  Control and Surrender
Dylan contemplates what it means to recognize we don't have control over our response to alcohol and how the concept of surrendering to this idea leads to recovery - and how mindful awareness of what this means can lead to a deeper experience of surrendering to a lack of control at a fundamental level.
Jan 7, 2025
43 min
Ep 64 - Emotional Sobriety
Dylan discusses what the concept of emotional sobriety means to him as well as what it means to be in recovery and to feel comfortable within his own skin.
Aug 27, 2024
32 min
Ep 63 - Present Moment Awareness
Dylan reflects upon the significance of being in the moment, consciously present of the here-and-now, and how this informs spirituality and the ability to enact change in life
Jul 8, 2024
29 min
Ep 62 - A Conversation with Michelle B
Dylan sits down to talk with Michelle B about getting sober in the late 1990s, being a single mother in early sobriety, relapsing after two decades of long-term-sobriety and what it took to come back and find recovery again.
Jun 25, 2024
1 hr 7 min
Ep 61 - Acceptance and Self-Compassion
In this episode of Fun in Sobriety, Dylan contemplates the idea of acceptance and self-compassion, both in early sobriety and what these ideas mean to him today
Jun 3, 2024
28 min
Ep 60 - Character Defects and Detachment
In this episode, Dylan ruminates over what it means to let go of character defects and how this manifests in the form of detachment from negative self-talk
May 21, 2024
25 min
Ep 59 - Dylan chats with Mike C
Dylan sits down with an old friend, Mike C to chat about his life experiences, his relationship with alcohol and his decision to give up alcohol as well as thoughts on living a secular and atheistic life, free will and the nature of consciousness.Link to Mike’s audio and video production company Northwest Live!
May 15, 2024
1 hr 28 min
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