RAW Recovery Podcast

Does God Remove ALL Defects Of Character?
Step Seven tells us to humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings. But does that mean God removes every defect of character? And if He does, why do some of those same behaviors keep showing up in our lives?
Today on The Daily Trudge, we're talking about the difference between having our defects removed and continuing to work on ourselves. What does the Big Book actually say? Are we expecting God to do all the work, or do we have a responsibility in the process?
We'll explore humility, spiritual growth, and what it really means to have our character defects removed.
Join the conversation as we dig into Step Seven and the role God plays in our recovery.
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We Meet These Conditions Every Day
In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, we're told that we are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.
But what does that really mean?
We meet these conditions every day. Not just when life gets difficult, not just when we're struggling, and not just when we feel like it.
Today on The Daily Trudge, we're talking about what it means to maintain our spiritual condition, the responsibility we have for our recovery, and why the solution requires daily action.
Recovery isn't something we did yesterday. It's something we live today.
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Courage And Prudence
Courage tells us to move. Prudence tells us to pay attention to where we are going.
Recovery takes both. There are times when we need the courage to face something we have avoided, speak honestly, make a change, or take action. But courage without prudence can become recklessness, and prudence without courage can become fear dressed up as wisdom.
Today we’re talking about how to balance the two—when to step forward, when to slow down, and how recovery helps us learn the difference.
#TheDailyTrudge #Recovery #Courage #Prudence #AlcoholicsAnonymous #Sobriety #SpiritualGrowth #AA

H.O.W.
Honesty. Openness. Willingness.
Three simple words, but they can change the direction of our recovery. Honesty helps us see where we really are. Openness lets us hear something new. Willingness gets us moving.
Today we’re talking about what H.O.W. actually looks like in real life—not as a slogan, but as a way of approaching recovery, relationships, change, and the choices we make every day.
#TheDailyTrudge #HOW #Honesty #Openness #Willingness #Recovery #AlcoholicsAnonymous #Sobriety #SpiritualGrowth

Freedom to Choose
As Bill Sees It, page 124, talks about a kind of freedom that changes as we grow. At first, we may do the right thing because we have to. Then we begin doing it because we know we ought to. Eventually, the real freedom comes when we can make the right choice without fighting it every step of the way.
That is one of the gifts of recovery. We are no longer trapped into reacting the same way, making the same decision, or following the same old instinct just because that is what we have always done.
Freedom is not simply being able to do whatever we want. Sometimes freedom is finally being able to choose differently.
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The Greatest Gift Of All
Recovery gives us a lot more than just the ability to stop drinking. Over time, it can give us freedom from obsession, a clearer mind, stronger relationships, usefulness to others, and a deeper connection with God.
Today we’re talking about what the greatest gift of recovery really is. Is it sobriety itself, or is sobriety the doorway to everything that becomes possible afterward?
The longer we stay on this path, the more we begin to see that recovery is not just about what we stopped doing. It is about the life we are finally able to live.
#TheDailyTrudge #Recovery #AlcoholicsAnonymous #Sobriety #AA #SpiritualGrowth #Purpose #Gratitude

The AA PreambleMost of us have heard it hundreds, maybe thousands of times. But how often do we actually stop and listen to what the AA Preamble is saying?Today we’re going to break it down—not just recite it. What does it mean that AA is a fellowship? What does it mean to share experience, strength, and hope? What does it mean that our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety?Sometimes the things we hear the most are the things we stop hearing.#TheDailyTrudge #AlcoholicsAnonymous #AAPreamble #Recovery #Sobriety #ExperienceStrengthAndHope #PrimaryPurpose

What Is Good Communication?
We talk all day long. We text, email, comment, message, post, and react. But how much of that is actually good communication?
Today we’re talking about the kind of communication that actually helps people heal, grow, repair relationships, and understand one another. Recovery depends on honesty, listening, speaking directly, sharing our experience, admitting what is really going on, and sometimes saying the hard thing out loud.
The Big Book is full of examples of recovery happening through one person talking honestly with another person. Step Five, amends, sponsorship, meetings, working with others—none of it works very well if we never truly communicate.
#TheDailyTrudge #Recovery #AlcoholicsAnonymous #BigBook #Communication #Honesty #Listening #Relationships #Sobriety

What Do You Do When You Don’t Feel Like Doing Any of It?
Some days there is no big crisis, no breakthrough, and no real inspiration. You just look at the things you normally do and think, “I really don’t feel like doing any of this today.”
Today we’re talking about what happens when motivation disappears, routine feels heavy, and the things that usually keep us moving suddenly feel like work. How much of life can depend on whether we feel like showing up?
Recovery, work, relationships, service, and life itself all have days like this. Sometimes there is no dramatic lesson. Sometimes the question is simply: what do we do next?
#TheDailyTrudge #Recovery #Sobriety #Motivation #Consistency #Discipline #KeepGoing

Into Action
Recovery is not just something we understand. At some point, we have to do something with what we know.
Today we’re talking about the move from awareness into action—being honest about what needs to change, taking responsibility, following through, and doing the work instead of staying stuck in thinking, planning, or talking about it.
The Steps are called Steps for a reason. They are meant to be taken.
#TheDailyTrudge #IntoAction #Recovery #AlcoholicsAnonymous #Sobriety #Action #Responsibility #DoTheWork #KeepMoving