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Sobriety Bestie Podcast

Kirsten Johnson

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The Sobriety Bestie Podcast helps you deprogram AA, heal from recovery dogma, and build a bold, empowered life on your own terms.

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Episodes (206)

Ep 223 The AA Problem Addiction Experts Keep Missing

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Sep 8, 202622:17completed

Ep 222 Was AA Born Through Medical Malpractice?

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Sep 1, 202615:54pending

Ep 221 We’ve Been Treating Addiction Backwards with Dee-Dee Stout

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Aug 25, 20262:03:45pending

Ep 220 Biggest Mindf*ck in AA Ideology

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Aug 18, 202614:21pending

Ep 219 How to Change Your Drinking with HAMS Founder Kenneth Anderson

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Aug 11, 20261:20:14pending

Ep 218 Why Brad Pitt Drinking After 7 Years Sober Matters

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Aug 10, 20269:51pending

Ep 217 Harm Reduction Saves Lives with Burn The Stigma

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Aug 4, 202647:37pending

Ep 216 AA's "Similarities, Not Differences" Doctrine with Burn The Stigma

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Jul 28, 202629:06pending

Ep 215 What I Wish I Knew When Leaving AA

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Jul 21, 202623:29pending

Ep 214 Do AA Members Know It's Brainwashing?

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Jul 14, 202638:40pending

Ep 213 AA Says You're Selfish (Even If You Don't Think So)

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Jul 7, 202624:36pending

Ep 212 The D*ath Threats From AA Members

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Jun 30, 202631:00pending

Ep 211 Doomsday Prophecies + Threats in AA's Big Book

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Jun 23, 202642:39pending

Ep 210 Deprogram AA Live with Monica Richardson

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Jun 16, 20261:19:16pending

Ep 209 Thirty Rehabs, Leaving AA + Pioneering Modern Recovery — Justin's Story

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Jun 9, 20262:51:28pending

Ep 208 Dangerous AA Comment

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Jun 7, 202631:22pending

Ep 207 Leaving AA, Harm Reduction + Autism — Kylee's Story

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Jun 2, 20261:32:36pending

Ep 206 Deprogram AA Live with Carrie

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May 26, 20261:37:14pending

Ep 205 How To Tell People You Left AA

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May 19, 202635:24pending

Ep 204 What People Secretly Think About AA

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May 12, 202636:43pending

Ep 203 I Called An AA Troll #CultyComments

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May 5, 202644:38pending

Ep 202 AA Cult Whistleblowing with Monica Richardson

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Apr 28, 202658:46failed

Ep 201 AA Cult Whistleblowing with Carrie

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Apr 26, 20262:17:16failed

Ep 200 AA Cult Whistleblowing with Quackaholics Anonymous

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Apr 21, 20262:25:07failed

Ep 199 12 Step Cult Whistleblowing with Burn The Stigma

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Apr 14, 20261:56:16failed

Ep 198 Speaking Out Against AA: What No One Tells You

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Apr 6, 202650:26failed

Ep 197 Kirsten's Leaving + Deprogramming AA Story

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Mar 31, 20261:47:40failed

Ep 196 How AA Harms ADHD & Autistic People

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Mar 24, 202618:28failed

Ep 195 Sobriety Bestie Deprogramming AA Resources

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Mar 17, 202630:49failed

Ep 194 Why I'm No Longer Deprogramming AA

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Mar 10, 202626:15failed

Ep 193 Is ChatGPT Brainwashing You?

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Mar 3, 202631:44pending

Ep 192 Rockefeller and Alcoholics Anonymous with Bobby C

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Feb 24, 20261:33:36pending

Ep 191 The Sober Truth: Debunking AA Myths — Book Review

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Feb 17, 202624:29pending

Ep 190 The AA Deprogrammer's Baloney Detection Kit (Carl Sagan)

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Feb 10, 202641:36pending

Ep 189 MARA: A Non-Judgemental Alternative to AA – Bob's Story

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Feb 3, 20261:45:01pending

Ep 188 The 13th Step with Monica Richardson – Burnie + Bestie LIVE Ep 11

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Feb 1, 20262:01:44pending

Ep 187 Most Effective Alcohol Addiction Recovery Path with Katie Lain

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Jan 27, 20262:14:16pending

Ep 186 How AA's "Sharing The Message" Is Harmful

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Jan 23, 20262:14:39pending

Ep 185 The Real AA – Book Review

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Jan 20, 202630:52pending

Ep 184 How Principles Before Personalities Is Problematic

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Jan 15, 20262:17:09pending

Ep 183 Recruited Into 12 Step + Barely Survived – Jon's Story

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Jan 13, 20262:26:25pending

Ep 182 The Business of Recovery (movie) – Burnie + Bestie

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Jan 11, 20263:25:24pending

Ep 181 Why You Feel Shocked After Leaving AA

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Jan 9, 20261:37:17pending

Ep 180 12 Ways AA Makes You the Problem When You Leave

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Jan 6, 202648:33pending

Ep 179 It Works If You Work It Mythology — Burnie + Bestie

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Jan 4, 20263:15:04pending

Ep 178 New Freedom, New Happiness After Leaving AA

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Jan 1, 20262:16:10pending

Ep 177 Twelve Step Trauma + Self Fulfilling Prophecy – Rene’s Story

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Dec 30, 20251:00:15pending

Ep 176 You're Not Powerless: AA's Pickle Myth Busted — Burnie + Bestie

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Dec 29, 20252:11:58pending

Ep 175 The 12 Days of Leaving AA

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Dec 25, 202510:32pending

Ep 174 The Gifts of Leaving AA

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Dec 23, 202531:45pending