Coverage and takeaways from the World Humanist Congress, Ottawa, Canada: August 7-9, 2026
BLOG PAGE - the contributors, the takeaways
PODCAST PAGE - irreligious increase in population by sociologist, demographer, keynote speaker, Professor Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme

Emotional Sobriety Podcast with Joe C. CLICK the PIC

 Blog
The Blast Radius: How each case of addiction impacts those they love. We look at what to do and what to avoid when it comes to coping with addiction in the lives of those we love.

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Mary C on Recovery Demystified: Early and Mary talk AA - what can go wrong, what can go right. Each talks about their own recovery, with many memorable and shareable quotes from both. It goes fast; it's very rich. 
 

 KNIVES OUT! The first of a two-part blog uses a popular movie scene to illustrate how to handle tensions that can arise from the plurality in recovery communities. We use AA meetings as an example. Diverse worldviews are more inviting for more people with alcohol use disorder. This can also cause tension. What do you do with this tension - confront, withdraw or channel the Ninja skills of de-escalation? 

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New England Book Fair 2025 winner of Book of the Year, 30 Things: Practical Advice for Living Well.  Author William H Schaberg is best known for his historical writing. For people in recovery, we discovered Bill Schaberg through his 2019 offering, Writing the Big Book: The Creation of AA. 30 Things is a legacy book - a deeply personal account of the best advice he's been given and shared through the years. Rebellion Dogs has started a series of 10-minute vignettes with Bill about the book. Check our YouTube for our progress.

 Kick the tires some more by listening to 30 THINGS chapters read in a Zoom meeting of the Growing In Understanding Group  CLICK HERE

Visit our reading room for Hardcover, paperback, eBook and bundle packages. 

THIS JUST IN: AMAZON.com is treating bulk buyers like retail bookstore royalty with 40% discounts for 100-unit purchases. We just heard about it from a treatment center that gives away about 40 per month as graduation greeting cards - everyone signs the inside with messages for the grad. 

LISTEN TO AUDIO, JOE C January 17, 2025
CHIME update
 

CLICK the PIC for a link to the ½ hour weekly AA Grapevine Podcast.

As requested, we now offer Rebellion Dogs  SWAG silliness - a rebellious approach to gifts, apparel, and fun on our recovery journey - "We are not a glum lot!: For every season there is a garment. Hoodies to t-shirts, beverage mugs, and more. One of a kind, we offer two-sided tee shirts and sweatshirts: 

See our Gift & Merch page for mugs, pillows, ball caps and other designs.

 ReBElliOn dOgS SwAg,  “Rebellion Dogs our every sip at first” coffee mugs, ha, ha, ha. 

T-shirts, hoodies, plus these selections of drinkware. Now something to sip from or wear while musing on daily reflections or being seen and heard at your local group or clubhouse. More of what we don't need but sometimes we want - fridge magnets, throw pillows, etc.  CLICK the PIC and browse - great gift ideas are still in design mode if you have some good ideas. 

NOW on YOUTUBE: 

Survey Says: A look at 50 years of demographics and trends revealed from membership surveys from 1968 to 2022. 

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Online secular AA meeting 10 hours per day from around the world, contemporary, irreligious 12-step books, podcasts and social media links - CLICK HERE 

PODCAST PIT-STOPS with JOE C.  - we stopped by three fellow recovery podcasters (click to listen)

Raymond and Joe talk about eras of recovery, how AA culture was different in the 1970s than in the 2020s and what is the “secret sauce” that causes hopelessness to transform to stable, meaningful recovery. In AA we say, “It's the Steps,” “Meeting makers make it,” or “It is about a higher power (and it doesn't have to be god).” But beyond AA, SMART, LifeRing, Refuge Recovery, Dharma Recovery, She Recovers, Women For Sobriety, psychotherapy, all of these bright about evidence-based results; what does it all have in common?  

Joe C is a regular on the Emotional Sobriety Podcast now, here's a classic: Allan, Thom, Patrick and Joe talk about the Emotional Sobriety of Oh The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Suess. CLICK the PIC to listen in :-)

How many podcasts do you listen to? Is it like a meeting-on-demand, you can tune into for free anytime, any place? Maybe every home group should have a podcast, sharing members' unique stories or your group's meeting-after-the-meeting coffee talk.

Available on YOUTUBE on Herb K's site from our co-hosting 1/2 day workshop. Our topic is Steps Two and Three. An atheist and a Big Book literalist discuss the secular, practical path to AA sobriety's legitimate equivalency to the spiritual/religious version.

INFO HERE   Watch or Listen here on YOUTUBE

SECULAR AA Meetings on Demand: Listen to International Conference of Secular AA speakers and panels any time, anywhere CLICK HERE