A one hour show with NA previous Board Member Tom McCall talks about rage with blogger Monica Richardson.

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.

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 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 will join me for a 45 minute show discussing a truly non 12 step program they created.

It is located in Palos Verdes. 

Join Monica Richardson and Steven Slate who now works for St Jude's Retreat for those who need to get away and get help at a NON Treatment Retreat.  Their saying is " what do I need treatment for if I don't have a disease. " Whether your problem be alcohol or drugs, Steven and St Jude's can help in a new non 12 step way.

Courageous. Investigating. Author Hank Hayes joins us to discuss the Lies the 12 step Program has generated for decades.  Hank offers new, powerful and empowering solutions to  age old problems around addcition, alcohol and drug over use.  Alcoholics Anonymous is an old 1939 paradigm that is on its way out. Hank has some refreshing new ideas.

Police were called, City Council  meetings were held, neighbors signed  petitions, newspapers reporters wrote stories and NA World Services/AA World Services were called to address this threatening behavior. What role does each World service hold with regards to responsibility of members and meetings. Why do these members feel entitled to take this park hostage as "theirs"?

A controversial look at a serious problem dealing with both sober/clean addicts & alcoholics. Where is their spiritual practice? Are they paying rent for the pavilion like the local residents do?

Harriet will join us to share what she is doing to raise awareness and to protect minors.

Are you a man/woman/teen who has lost his/her legs and will never grow new ones. (quote from Big Book of AA)

Who was Bill W and what did he know about a teenager who is drinking too much. Nothing! Parents, young people who are over doing in the drink and drug department need to listen to this show. 

Would you listen to a Doctor who was reading a manual from 1936? I doubt it, yet this is what AA, NA and 95% of all treatment and rehabs preach. I say ...STOP THE MADNESS!!!

Created by UK Blogger, mfc66, it is filling a void many of us all felt we needed. 

Ex Steppers, Ex Al ANON members and ex 12 step person of any kind are finding a safe haven here to discuss the many problems in and around the 12 step culture and how it has invaded our government, entertainment and healthcare. 

When a male AA member killed a mother and child in Honolulu a big five year investigation ensued, only to discover that courts were ordering violent & sexual offenders to AA meetings, unknown to the public.  Monica Richardson discovered through an AA world board member that  sex offenders  were  targeting  meetings unknown to members or the public  (who were  being forced there  by courts  and unions) .  After attending  AA for over 30+ years Monica decided to leave  and  change things from the outside.

In 1982, Dr Marc Kern received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. In 1983 He founded Addiction Alternatives, his private practice in Los Angeles, California, to provide clients with non-12-step addiction treatment alternatives, because there are many more people like him who do not find AA and the 12-step approach to be effective. His practical self-help book "Take Control, Now!" is a do-it-yourself blueprint for managing unwanted habits. of the Addictions.

When AA doesn't work for you, there are many other ways to get help for problematic use:

1. 1. SMART Recovery
   2. The Sinclair Method using Naltrexone
   3. Psilocybin journeys with an Indigenous shaman or therapist
   4. Harm Reduction
   5. Moderation Management
   6. "Get a life" approach
   7. Go back to school
   8. Good outpatient treatment with no AA requirement
   9. The Freedom Model
   10. The Center for Motivation and Change in NYC
   11. Practical Recovery in San Diego
   12. Ibogaine therapy in Mexico
   13. Ketamine therapy done with a doctor
   14. LifeRing Secular Recovery
   15. Rational Recovery (not my favorite)

SMART Recovery® is the leading self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Our participants learn tools for addiction recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, secular and science-based, mutual-help support groups. SMART Recovery® currently sponsors more than 600+ face-to-face meetings around the world, and 18+ online meetings per week. In addition, our online message board is an excellent forum to learn about SMART Recovery®  and obtain addiction recovery support.

A discussion around...

AA's Original first and only text...The Big Book. Is it still viable. How can a religious fellowship be a place where our Judges are sending DUI's and Criminals. Narcotics Anonymous is currently in process of writing a new text. Why not a new text for AA? What has NA addressed in this new book?