Dylan sits down with friend and colleague Amanda Collins soon after her 10yr sobriety day to chat about sobriety, counseling and what it means to live a spiritual life.

Dylan discusses the need for humility when approaching the concept of being an alcoholic and what this means from a pragmatic perspective in finding recovery.

If you find yourself in a 12-step program, it is easy to get distracted by the personalities and personal histories shared by others, especially if you focus on all the things that are different about them and their experiences from your own. In this episode, Dylan shares some thoughts on how and why it is important to focus on the similarities between his own and others' experiences, not allowing the myriad of differences to get in the way - especially when it comes to spirituality and humility.

The concept of turning your will and life over to the care of "God" or a Higher Power is confusing and difficult, especially when the god-concept holds very little tangible meaning in your life. Dylan describes his own attempts to square his own agnostic/atheistic approach to successfully embracing the 3rd step.

Dylan contemplates the idea of "first thought wrong" in recovery and when to relax and begin to trust himself again.

Some random ruminations on spirituality and what it means to be spiritual and an atheist in recovery

Dylan and Eric L chat on Eric's 6month sobriety birthday - a discussion about the challenges of early sobriety and getting sober, especially in the middle of a pandemic.

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Dylan contemplates what it means to move forward in sobriety, facing and embracing the worst aspects of our lives, our histories, in hopes of finding recovery.

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Dylan reflects upon the holiday season and feeling nostalgia and joy despite the general 2020 atmosphere of life.

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In this episode of the Fun in Sobriety podcast Dylan chats with Joy Z about growing up in sobriety, having relationships and living abroad.

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Dylan reflects upon how he navigates the current climate of escalating tension and anger just below the surface of the world today.

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It's Easter 2020 and Dylan reflects upon the roll Easter played in his recovery story (spoiler, it wasn't great) and how Easter feels today, 11 years later.

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Dylan chats with Liz D, an ex-pat currently living under quarantine conditions in the Czech Republic, about her path to recovery and maintaining sanity and sobriety in isolation.

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A short reflection on staying grounded and sober during these days of social isolation.

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Dylan talks with Stacee about struggling with addictions and mental health issues within the 12 step approach to recovery, resentments and seeking a fulfilled life.

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This is a candid episode of the fun in sobriety podcast. Dylan shares personal experiences and his reflection upon the parallels between his own childhood and that of his children and how they both influence and reflect his recovery.

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Dylan talks with Duane Q about her experiences growing up in small-town ID, coming out to her family as gay and HIV positive at a very young age and the ensuing years of hopelessness and alcohol & drug abuse, eventually forming the A.L.P.H.A. nonprofit organization in Boise ID, dedicated to the promotion of sexual health.

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In this episode of the Fun in Sobriety podcast Dylan ruminates upon how willpower is not sufficient to maintain sobriety nor attain recovery and how the powerlessness of addiction provides insight into the nature free will in general.

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