All Episodes

Ep 223 The AA Problem Addiction Experts Keep Missing

Ep 222 Was AA Born Through Medical Malpractice?

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

Ep 220 Biggest Mindf*ck in AA Ideology

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

Ep 218 Why Brad Pitt Drinking After 7 Years Sober Matters

Ep 217 Harm Reduction Saves Lives with Burn The Stigma

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

Ep 215 What I Wish I Knew When Leaving AA

Ep 214 Do AA Members Know It's Brainwashing?

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

Ep 212 The D*ath Threats From AA Members

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

Ep 210 Deprogram AA Live with Monica Richardson

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

Ep 208 Dangerous AA Comment

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

Ep 206 Deprogram AA Live with Carrie

Ep 205 How To Tell People You Left AA

Ep 204 What People Secretly Think About AA

Ep 203 I Called An AA Troll #CultyComments

Ep 202 AA Cult Whistleblowing with Monica Richardson

Ep 201 AA Cult Whistleblowing with Carrie

Ep 200 AA Cult Whistleblowing with Quackaholics Anonymous

Ep 199 12 Step Cult Whistleblowing with Burn The Stigma

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

Ep 197 Kirsten's Leaving + Deprogramming AA Story

Ep 196 How AA Harms ADHD & Autistic People

Ep 195 Sobriety Bestie Deprogramming AA Resources

Ep 194 Why I'm No Longer Deprogramming AA

Ep 193 Is ChatGPT Brainwashing You?

Ep 192 Rockefeller and Alcoholics Anonymous with Bobby C

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

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

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

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

Ep 187 Most Effective Alcohol Addiction Recovery Path with Katie Lain

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

Ep 185 The Real AA – Book Review

Ep 184 How Principles Before Personalities Is Problematic

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

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

Ep 181 Why You Feel Shocked After Leaving AA

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

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

Ep 178 New Freedom, New Happiness After Leaving AA

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

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

Ep 175 The 12 Days of Leaving AA

Ep 174 The Gifts of Leaving AA

Ep 173 Rehab Repeat Customers — Burnie + Bestie

Ep 172 Spiritual Bypassing in AA

Ep 171 Nick Reiner: Mental Illness and Alcoholics Anonymous

Ep 170 Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner: Addiction, Relapse + Recovery

Ep 169 Bill W.'s White Light Spiritual Experience

Ep 168 AA Preys On The Vulnerable

Ep 167 From AA Famous to Ostracized Completely – Lilly's Story

Ep 166 The AMA's 1939 Review of AA's Big Book

Ep 165 AA's "Spiritual Not Religious" Gaslight — Burnie + Bestie

Ep 164 The Hardest Part of Leaving AA

Ep 163 AA Keeps You ‘Forever Sick’ — Burnie + Bestie LIVE

Ep 162 How Long Is Deprogramming? Cult Recovery Checklist

Ep 161 Quitting AA Meetings — How to handle ‘meeting cravings’

Ep 160 Reclaiming Gratitude After Leaving AA

Ep 159 Burnie + Bestie Live - November 23rd

Ep 158 The recovery narrative is changing (can you feel it)

Ep 157 Leaving AA + Deprogramming Saves Lives — Sam’s Story

Ep 155 Live with Burn The Stigma

Ep 154 How Author Marc Lewis Got Sober (Biology of Desire)

Ep 153 Why AA Defenders Get Angry (The Neuroscience Behind It)

Ep 152 #1 Reason Why It's So Hard To Leave AA

Ep 151 What No One Warns You About Leaving AA – Teri’s Story

Ep 150 The #1 Way Angry AA's Come For You

Ep 149 I'm sorry (my amends)

Ep 148 Vibing LIVE with Burn The Stigma

Ep 147 Escaping from Alcoholics Anonymous 👻🎃🕸️🕷️💀

Ep 146 The AA Big Book's Most Harmful Line

Ep 145 Five Ways AA Fools Smart People

Ep 144 Ideological Possession: Big Freedom Unlock

Ep 143 Why Addiction Is Not A Disease — Biology of Desire Book Review

Ep 142 Seven Ways AA Hijacked Your Brain

Ep 141 Five Ways To Stop Second Guessing Yourself After Leaving AA

Ep 140 Six Months Speaking Out About AA Changed My Life

Ep 139 Quackaholics Anonymous: AA Kept Him Relapsing, Leaving Set Him Free – Victor’s Story

Ep 138 AA Invented This Term to Control You #CultyComments

Ep 137 Deconstructing Sobriety Birthdays and AA Sober Time

Ep 136 AA Across The World Same Book, Same Control #CultyComments

Ep 135 How Charlie Sheen Got Sober (And His Thoughts on AA)

Ep 134 Alan Carr's Quit Drinking Without Willpower — Book Review

Ep 133 Deprogramming AA From the Inside — Bobby C.’s Story

Ep 132 AA Doublespeak: Your Best Thinking Got Your Here

Ep 131 When Strangers Try to Convince You You’re Powerless #CultyComments

Ep 130 The Doctor's Opinion That Trapped Millions for Life – Big Book Deconstruction #2

Ep 129 Common Abuse And Mistreatment in AA

Ep 128 Guilt, Doublespeak + Denial in AA Recruitment #CultyComments

Ep 127 She Decided to Drink Again After 13 Years in AA — Emma’s Story (Group Thinking Podcast)

Ep 126 Hidden Danger in AA Meetings

Ep 125 Rational Recovery Book — Escape the Recovery Trap

Ep 124 13th Step Filmmaker Exposes AA’s Darkest Secrets — Monica Richardson's Story

Ep 123 RFK Jr Is Brainwashed — And Recruiting Us

Ep 122 Who AA Helps, Harms and Kills — Book Review

Ep 121 The Forward That Stole Your Power – Big Book Deconstruction #1

Ep 120 My Most Cringe AA Confession…

Ep 119 Emotional Closure After AA — Grieving AA 6: Goodbye Letter

Ep 118 Realizing the Truth About AA — Grieving AA 5: Acceptance

Ep 117 Dark Night of The Soul After AA — Grieving AA 4: Depression

Ep 116 Why Part of You Still Wants to Go Back to AA — Grieving AA 3: Bargaining

Ep 115 Why You’re So Angry at AA — Grieving AA 2: Anger

Ep 114 Was AA Really That Bad? — Grieving AA Part 1: Denial

Ep 113 Bali Rehab Therapist Leaves AA — Mark’s Story

Ep 112 Does AA Make Drinking Worse?

Ep 111 The Study That Shatters AA's Biggest Claim

Ep 110 Midtown AA “13th Stepping” Scandal — Mandi’s Story

Ep 109 Why AA's Calls You Resentful When You Leave #CultyComments

Ep 108 Preacher Exposes the Truth About AA—And I’m Shook

Ep 107 Big Book Thumper Leaves AA After 32 Years — Carrie's Story

Ep 106 Wait... Every AA Meeting is Toxic? #CultyComments

Ep 105 The Dangerous AA Lie That Jordan Peterson Repeated

Ep 104 Leaving 12 Step with Tara @BurnTheStigma

Ep 103 Dangerous False Choice AA Keeps Repeating #CultyComments

Ep 102 You Won’t Believe What He Compared AA To #CultyComments

Ep 101 What is a Recovery Dharma Meeting Like?

Ep 100 AA's Step 4 Sent Steve-O to the Psych Ward

Ep 99 Leaving AA, Unmasking Autism + Naltrexone – Josh’s Story

Ep 98 The Cure for Alcoholism – Book Review

Ep 97 Welcome to AA. Now Betray Yourself. #CultyComments

Ep 96 We Don’t Owe Bill Wilson’s Cult Anything #CultyComments

Ep 95 Alcohol Addiction vs Social Media Addiction

Ep 94 How To Get Sober Without Rehab or AA (Advice To My Former Self)

Ep 93 Neuroscience Behind AA TikTok Trolls

Ep 92 AA Trolls and the Brain: Rage Addiction?

Ep 91 How 90 Days of AA Dissenting Changed Me

Ep 90 People Reversing Alcohol Addiction With A Pill?

Ep 89 How Cult Indoctrination Mirrors Addiction

Ep 88 The Most Deranged AA Comment Yet #CultyComments

Ep 87 Brad Pitt Just Promoted AA to Millions — Here’s the Problem

Ep 86 Drink Your Way Sober? (The Sinclair Method)

Ep 85 Alcoholism: Fatal, Progressive Disease… or Reversible Habit?

Ep 84 Blinded by the Big Book #CultyComments

Ep 83 The AA "Real Alcoholic" Gaslight #CultyComments

Ep 82 What is SMART Recovery? | AA Alternatives Ep 02

Ep 81 What a SMART Recovery Meeting Is Like | AA Alternatives Ep 01

Ep 80 Why Is AA Adverting Now? #CultyComments

Ep 79 AA Cult Logic: You’re The Problem #CultyComments

Ep 78 How AA Is Like Scientology Ep 01 — AA vs Cult

Ep 77 Why Do Smart People Join Cults #CultyComments

Ep 76 30 Years in AA and Can’t Handle Critical Thinking #CultyComments

Ep 75 Getting sober from AA, not alcohol #CultyComments

Ep 74 Deconstructing AA: More Was Revealed 5 Years After Leaving

Ep 73 Did Bill Wilson Get Sober on LSD?

Ep 72 Exposing the "AA Bashing" Smear #CultyComments

Ep 71 Why the Serenity Prayer Was Never Meant for AA – Cult Religion Part 6 of 6

Ep 70 The Truth About the 12 Steps – Cult Religion Part 5 of 6

Ep 69 AA's Hidden Years – Cult Religion 4 of 6

Ep 68 When AA Says Dissent Is Murder #CultyComments

Ep 67 Why AA Belittles Your Exit #CultyComments

Ep 66 Bill W Was Coerced Into A Cult – Cult Religion 3 of 6

Ep 65 The Cult Religion That Birthed AA – Cult Religion 2 of 6

Ep 64 Why AA Lies About It's Origins – Cult Religion 1 of 6

Ep 63 Debunking the "AA Saves Millions" Myth #CultyComments

Ep 62 When AA Has To Make You The Problem #CultyComments

Ep 61 How He Rebuilt His Life After Leaving AA – Bob's Story

Ep 60 Why AA Members Deny Your Experience #CultyComments

Ep 59 The Truth About “I’m an Alcoholic” #CultyComments

Ep 58 Yes, AA is a Cult – part 4 of 4

Ep 57 Yes, AA is a Cult – part 3 of 4

Ep 56 AA Shames Speaking Out As A ‘Defect’ #CultyComments

Ep 55 The AA Guilt Trip That Keeps You Stuck #CultyComments

Ep 54 Yes, AA is a Cult – part 2 of 4

Ep 53 Yes, AA is a Cult – part 1 of 4

Ep 52 Defending AA or Exposing It? You Decide! #CultyComments

Ep 51 How AA Controls Your Mind – part 8 of 8: Dispensing of Existence

Ep 50 How AA Controls Your Mind – part 7 of 8: Doctrine Over Person

Ep 49 AA Amends Can Harm Trauma Survivors

Ep 48 What Made Me Question AA After 10 Years?

Ep 47 How AA Controls Your Mind – part 6 of 8: Loaded Language

Ep 46 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 5 of 8: Sacred Science

Ep 45 Backlash From Telling The Truth About AA

Ep 44 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 4 of 8: Cult of Confession

Ep 43 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 3 of 8: Demand for Purity

Ep 42 AA's Harm Runs Deeper Than You Think

Ep 41 Ten Reasons Why AA Holds You Hostage

Ep 40 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 2 of 8: Mystical Manipulation

Ep 39 How AA Controls Your Mind - part 1 of 8: Milieu Control

Ep 38 Why I'll Never Go To AA Again

Ep 37 What's The Hardest Part of Leaving AA?

Ep 36 The Mindf*ck of Being Half In and Half Out of AA

Ep 35 Finding A Good Therapist After AA

Ep 34 Is Your Therapist Stunting Your Growth?

Ep 33 The Craziest Thing My Sponsor Said - the 13th step

Ep 32 Thirty Signs You're Being Emotionally Manipulated

Ep 31 Does AA Become A New Addiction?

Ep 30 Alcoholics Anonymous Costs More Than You Think

Ep 29 The Hidden Danger in AA's Disease Model

Ep 28 Identity Manipulation + Self Diagnosis in AA

Ep 27 Do you have to be "In Recovery" forever?

Ep 26 AA Brainwashes You To Fear Leaving

Ep 25 Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult?

Ep 24 AA Didn't Save My Life

Ep 23 Breaking Free From AA's Manipulation

Ep 22 How AA Sponsors Block Us From Understanding Ourselves

Ep 21 Why AA Pushes Back When You Walk Away

Ep 20 Sharing About Leaving AA Was Shocking

Ep 19 AA Misdiagnosed Me As Alcoholic

Ep 18 Telling The Internet I Left AA

Ep 17 Why I left AA after 10 years