The Sober Atheist Podcast

30. Is There an “Atheist Way of Life” That is Applicable to Recovery?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319053/fan_mail/new] John Huey and Michael Tingley were exposed, when new to recovery, to phrases like “12 Step Way of Life”, “Emotional Sobriety”, “Daily Reflections” and “Fake It Till You Make It.” Rejecting those things they found their way to what might be considered an “Atheist Way of Life” that produced, for them, great benefits in the long term. They discuss this at length in this Episode.

29. How to Construct a Recovery for Yourself Without Divine Intervention

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319053/fan_mail/new] John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how, as committed atheists, they have built upon the lessons learned in long term recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction. They touch upon moving forward without recourse to self-improvement schemes, such as “emotional sobriety” and any notions brought forward by pop-psychology or some sort of secular accommodation with a “spiritual life.”

28. Banishing Fear and Anxiety as an Atheist in Recovery – Sometimes It’s Personal

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319053/fan_mail/new] John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss fear and anxiety in the light of some recent serious health problems they have both faced. This topic is addressed from the point of view of two committed atheists and how they deal with these issues in their recovery without fantasy or fallacy to carry them through.

27. Why Atheism Works: A Recovery Journal

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319053/fan_mail/new] John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the fact that there appears to be much to be discovered on the journey from there to here as an atheist in recovery. We found that we would not have had it any other way.

26. Have Conventional Recovery Programs Outlived Their Usefulness to Atheists in Recovery?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319053/fan_mail/new] John Huey and Michael Tingley revisit this well-worn topic to consider where they now are, as non-believers in recovery, given the progression of their own individual recoveries and their relations (and non-relations) to the formal recovery programs out there. We suspect each listener may have their own unique, personal view of this.