Michelle Dunbar, St Jude's Retreat

Rage Recovery, Responsibility – Sober Feelings

This episode was originally published in April 2011.  A one hour show with NA previous Board Member Tom McCall talks about rage with blogger Monica Richardson.

Make AA Safer Pamphlets, Posters, Workshops

This episode was originally published in April 2011.  I will discuss what we did in Southern California to address Sexual and financial Predators in the rooms. We have pamphlets, posters, and safety statements. Over 65 meetings throughout the US and growing are using the pamphlet.  Call is with questions, stories and solutions. The Harassment must stop.  We need to shine the light on the 75 year old problem in AA meetings.

Michelle Dunbar, St Jude's Retreat

This episode was originally published in February 2013. Join us for an interview with President of St Judes Retreat, a non 12 step place to go for help with alcohol or drug problems.   If you need to get away from your environment to get help, this might be the place for you. Abstinence and Moderation are options here.

Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy Of An Epidemic

This episode was originally published in August 2012. Robert Whitaker is the author of four books: Mad in America, The Mapmaker's Wife, On the Laps of Gods and Anatomy of an Epidemic. His newspaper and magazine articles on the mentally ill and the pharmaceutical industry have garnered several national awards, including a George Polk Award for medical writing and a National Association of Science Writers Award for best magazine article. A series he cowrote for the Boston Globe on the abuse of mental patients in research settings was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.

Mary Ellen Barnes and Ed Wilson from Non 12-Step Help

This episode was originally recorded in July 2012.  Mary Ellen Barnes and Ed Wilson will join me for a 45 minute show discussing a truly non 12 step program they created. It is located in Palos Verdes.