RAW Recovery Podcast

This Matter of Fear (The Daily Trudge)

Today’s topic: This Matter of Fear
From Language of the Heart, we’re looking at the same truth the program keeps bringing us back to—fear runs deeper than we think.
It shows up in decisions, in relationships, in the way we hold on, control, avoid, and react. Not always loud, not always obvious—but it’s there underneath.
Fear of losing what we have.Fear of not getting what we want.Fear of being found out, left out, or not enough.
And if we don’t look at it, it quietly drives everything.
The program doesn’t ask us to pretend we’re not afraid—it asks us to see it, be honest about it, and start moving through it instead of being run by it.
That’s what we’re getting into today.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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Humility Is A Gift (The Daily Trudge)

Today’s topic: Humility Is A Gift
Looking at today’s Daily Reflection (p. 203) and the 12x12 (p. 72), we’re reminded that humility isn’t something we force—it’s something we grow into.
Early on, humility can feel like being brought down. Like losing something. Like being stripped of pride.
But over time, it shifts.
It becomes honesty.It becomes acceptance.It becomes freedom.
The 12x12 talks about humility as the middle ground—the balance between thinking too much of ourselves and not enough. Not beating ourselves up… and not putting ourselves above anyone else either.
And that’s where the gift is.
Because when we’re not trying to prove anything…when we’re not comparing…when we’re not fighting to be right…
life gets a whole lot simpler.
That’s what we’re getting into today.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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Humility Is A Gift (The Daily Trudge)

Today’s topic: Humility Is A Gift
Looking at today’s Daily Reflection (p. 203) and the 12x12 (p. 72), we’re reminded that humility isn’t something we force—it’s something we grow into.
Early on, humility can feel like being brought down. Like losing something. Like being stripped of pride.
But over time, it shifts.
It becomes honesty.It becomes acceptance.It becomes freedom.
The 12x12 talks about humility as the middle ground—the balance between thinking too much of ourselves and not enough. Not beating ourselves up… and not putting ourselves above anyone else either.
And that’s where the gift is.
Because when we’re not trying to prove anything…when we’re not comparing…when we’re not fighting to be right…
life gets a whole lot simpler.
That’s what we’re getting into today.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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Ten Years of Sobriety — One Daily Reprieve at a Time (The Daily Trudge)

Today’s topic: Ten Years of Sobriety — One Daily Reprieve at a Time
The Big Book puts it plainly on page 85: we are not cured of alcoholism—what we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.
That’s what this is about.
Ten years isn’t one big win—it’s a whole lot of days stacked together. Some easy, some not. Days where everything works… and days where you have to lean into the program whether you feel like it or not.
Because this doesn’t run on autopilot.
It’s daily.It’s consistent.It’s lived.
And the truth is—it’s still one day at a time.
That’s what we’re getting into today.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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Living With An Alcoholic Is Sure To Make Anyone Neurotic (The Daily Trudge)

Today’s topic: Living With An Alcoholic Is Sure To Make Anyone Neurotic
Both the Big Book and Courage to Change (Al-Anon, p.106) point to something that often gets overlooked—the chaos doesn’t just affect the person drinking, it affects everyone around them.
Living in that kind of environment can leave you constantly reacting, overthinking, trying to manage someone else’s behavior, and losing yourself in the process.
The Big Book shows how self-centeredness and fear drive the alcoholic—but Al-Anon reminds us that those around them can get pulled into the same cycle of control, worry, and emotional exhaustion.
At some point, the focus has to shift.
Not on fixing them.Not on managing the situation.But on finding your own balance, your own sanity, and your own way forward.
Because no matter what someone else is doing…you don’t have to lose yourself in it.
That’s what we’re getting into today.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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Sometimes You Gotta Be The Lion So You Can Be The Lamb (The Daily Trudge)

Today’s topic: Sometimes You Gotta Be The Lion So You Can Be The Lamb
There’s a line from Dave Chappelle that hits this perfectly—sometimes you have to stand strong, speak up, and hold your ground… so that later, you can live with peace, humility, and calm.
This isn’t about being aggressive.It’s about knowing when strength is required.
Because if you never step up, never set boundaries, never face things head-on… you don’t get to the peaceful side of this.
Strength first.Then peace.
That’s what we’re getting into today.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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You’re Not That Important… and that’s a good thing. (The Daily Trudge)

Today’s topic: You’re Not That Important… and that’s a good thing.
The Big Book talks about self-centeredness being the root of our troubles—and this is exactly what that looks like. When everything feels personal, when we’re easily offended, when we think people are thinking about us more than they actually are… that’s where we get stuck.
The truth is, most of it isn’t about us.
And that’s not a bad thing—it’s freeing.
When we start to step out of that mindset, we’re not reacting to everything, we’re not carrying every little thing, and life gets a whole lot lighter.
That’s what we’re getting into today.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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Maudlin Martyrdom (The Daily Trudge)

Maudlin Martyrdom
Today we’re talking about maudlin martyrdom, using As Bill Sees It page 238.
This is that place where we start feeling sorry for ourselves—carrying things like a burden, making it heavier than it needs to be, and sometimes even wearing it like a badge.
The reading points us in a different direction.
Instead of self-pity, we’re asked to shift our perspective… to let go of the need to suffer over everything, and start looking at life with a little more balance and honesty.
Not everything is being done to us.
And when we can see that clearly, something starts to change.
We stop carrying it like a weight—and start moving forward differently.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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The Delusion That We Are Like Others, Must Be Smashed (The Daily Trudge)

The Delusion That We Are Like Others, Must Be Smashed
Today we’re talking about “The Delusion That We Are Like Others Must Be Smashed,” using the More About Alcoholism chapter from the Big Book.
This is the idea that keeps people stuck the longest—the belief that somehow, someday, we’ll be able to control and enjoy our drinking.
The Big Book is clear: that thinking is the problem.
It’s not about how much we know, how many times we’ve tried, or what we tell ourselves—it’s about the pattern. Going back, again and again, despite the consequences.
That’s the delusion.
And until it’s seen clearly for what it is, nothing really changes.
This is about facing that truth head-on—so something different can finally begin.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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Give It, Give It, Give It Away Now (The Daily Trudge)

Give It, Give It, Give It Away Now
Today we’re talking about “Give It, Give It, Give It Away Now,” using the Working With Others chapter from the Big Book.
What we’ve been given in recovery isn’t meant to be kept—it’s meant to be passed on.
The Big Book is clear: our own sobriety is strengthened when we help others. Not by forcing it, not by preaching, but by sharing what we’ve been through and what works.
This is how it continues.
One person to another.Experience to experience.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.You just have to be willing to give it away.
That’s how we keep it.
Trudging Together.
No one trudges alone. 🙏
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