RAW Recovery Podcast

Happy, Joyous and Free (The Daily Trudge)

“Happy, joyous, and free” isn’t a mood. It’s not a nonstop emotional high. It’s not pretending life is perfect or that pain disappears in recovery. It’s a spiritual condition — one that grows when we stop fighting life, stop running from ourselves, and stop trying to control outcomes.
For many of us, happiness was something we chased. Joy was something we tried to manufacture. Freedom felt impossible. Recovery teaches us that these things aren’t achieved by force — they’re experienced as a byproduct of honesty, surrender, and living in alignment with God’s will instead of our own.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we talk about:
What “happy, joyous, and free” really means (and what it doesn’t)
Why chasing happiness keeps us restless
How joy grows out of acceptance and gratitude
What real freedom looks like in sobriety
Why peace matters more than pleasure
How living spiritually grounded changes how we experience life
Why happiness shows up when we stop demanding it
Happy, joyous, and free doesn’t mean life stops being hard.It means you stop being at war with it.
And that’s real freedom
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Thinking Of Others (The Daily Trudge)

Thinking of others doesn’t come naturally to most of us — especially in early recovery. Addiction trains us to live inward, to focus on our needs, our pain, our fear, our cravings, our story. That mindset keeps us stuck. Recovery begins to change when we start looking outward.
Thinking of others isn’t about neglecting yourself or becoming a doormat. It’s about stepping out of self-centered fear and into usefulness. It’s one of the fastest ways to break obsession, quiet the mind, and reconnect with God. When we stop asking “What do I need right now?” and start asking “Who can I help?”, something shifts.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we talk about:
Why self-centered thinking fuels emotional relapse
How thinking of others restores balance and perspective
The spiritual principle behind service
Why helping someone else helps us more than them sometimes
The difference between service and people-pleasing
How God uses small acts of kindness to keep us sober
Practical ways to think of others without losing yourself
Thinking of others doesn’t mean forgetting yourself.It means remembering you’re part of something bigger.
And that’s where freedom lives.
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A Common Solution (The Daily Trudge)

We all came in thinking our problems were unique — different stories, different damage, different pain. But recovery has a way of stripping that illusion away. Different paths brought us here, but the solution is surprisingly common.
A common solution doesn’t mean a cheap or easy one. It means shared principles: honesty, surrender, accountability, humility, service, and reliance on God rather than self-will. The details of our stories may differ, but the work that saves us looks remarkably similar.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we talk about:
Why focusing on differences keeps us stuck
How ego convinces us our situation is “special”
What makes the solution common — not generic
Why God works through simple, shared principles
How unity strengthens recovery
What happens when we stop arguing about the method and start living the message
Why the solution works across backgrounds, beliefs, and brokenness
A common solution doesn’t erase individuality — it grounds us in truth.We don’t recover because we’re special.We recover because we’re willing.
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Is Your Alcholism a Curse or a Calling? (The Daily Trudge)

Most of us come into recovery convinced that our alcoholism is a curse — the thing that ruined our lives, destroyed relationships, shattered opportunities, and dragged us to our knees. And yes, it did all of that. But what if that wasn’t the whole truth? What if the very thing that nearly killed you is also the thing God is using to save you — and others?
This isn’t about romanticizing alcoholism. It’s about recognizing what happens after the wreckage: the awakening, the humility, the purpose, the clarity, the relationship with God that most people never experience until everything else is stripped away.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we talk about:
Why alcoholism feels like a curse — and why that’s not the end of the story
How brokenness becomes the doorway to spiritual calling
Why God uses the “messy ones” to carry powerful messages
How surviving addiction gives you empathy, insight, and purpose
Turning pain into usefulness — the cornerstone of recovery
How your story might be the exact tool God needs to reach someone else
Why calling isn’t about perfection — it’s about willingness
Your alcoholism nearly destroyed you, but it also woke you up.It forced surrender.It exposed truth.It pushed you toward God in a way comfort never could.
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Accountability: The Grown-Up Side of Recovery (The Daily Trudge)

Accountability is the moment recovery stops being theory and becomes real life. It’s the grown-up side of sobriety — the part where we stop blaming, stop hiding, stop sugarcoating, and start taking responsibility for our actions, our reactions, and our impact.
Most of us spent years living in denial, excuses, and “Yeah, but…” thinking. Accountability is the shift where we finally look in the mirror without running. It’s not about shame. It’s not about punishment. It’s about maturity, honesty, and growing into the person sobriety is trying to turn us into.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we talk about:
Why accountability is the turning point in recovery
How accountability builds emotional sobriety
The difference between guilt and responsibility
Why self-honesty is the first requirement
How accountability strengthens relationships
Why God expects honesty, not perfection
Practical ways to practice accountability every day
Accountability isn’t about being hard on yourself — it’s about refusing to live small, scared, and dishonest. It’s where real change begins.
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Radical Acceptance (Two Sober Guys)

Radical acceptance isn’t about liking what’s happening. It’s about finally dropping the fight with reality. Most of us spent years arguing with life, resisting the truth, and trying to force things to be the way we wanted. That battle nearly killed us. Radical acceptance is the opposite — it’s the doorway into emotional sobriety.
Acceptance doesn’t mean approval. It doesn’t mean surrendering your dignity. It doesn’t mean you stop trying. It means you stop bleeding energy into things you can’t change, and you start putting that energy into what you can.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we talk about:
What radical acceptance is — and what it isn’t
How acceptance removes suffering, not pain
How fighting reality keeps us spiritually sick
Why acceptance is the first step toward internal freedom
How God fits into letting go
Practical tools to accept life on life’s terms
How acceptance is the foundation of emotional sobriety
You don’t have to like it.You just have to stop fighting it.That’s where peace begins.
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What it means to live in the solution (The Daily Trudge)

Living in the solution doesn’t mean life gets easy. It means you stop pouring gasoline on your own fires. It means you stop rehearsing the problem and start walking toward the answer. Most of us spent years living in the problem — blaming, reacting, hiding, drinking, isolating, controlling, running. Living in the solution is the opposite of all that.
Living in the solution is a shift — a spiritual one, an emotional one, and a practical one. It’s where growth actually happens. It’s where we learn to trust God, trust the process, and trust the tools that saved our life. It’s where we take responsibility for our part while letting go of the part that isn’t ours to carry.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we talk about:
What “living in the problem” really looks like
How fear, ego, and self-will keep us stuck
What shifts when you move into the solution
How the Steps teach solution-based living
Why willingness is more powerful than perfection
How God fits into solution, not chaos
Practical ways to return to the solution when your mind drifts back to the mess
Living in the solution isn’t about pretending everything is fine.It’s about choosing actions, principles, and perspectives that keep you sober, grounded, and connected — even when life shows up messy.
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Loyalty (The Daily Trudge)

Loyalty is one of the most misunderstood principles in recovery. A lot of us came in with backwards loyalty — loyal to the wrong people, the wrong habits, the wrong beliefs, even the wrong version of ourselves. We confused loyalty with attachment, with people-pleasing, or with tolerating behavior that was destroying us.
Real loyalty looks different.Real loyalty is alignment — with truth, with growth, with responsibility, and with the person you’re trying to become. Recovery asks us to reshape where our loyalty goes: not to the chaos we came from, but to the integrity we’re building now.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we break down:
What loyalty actually means in recovery
The difference between loyalty and enabling
Why loyalty to unhealthy people keeps us sick
How to stay loyal to your principles instead of your pain
Loyalty to self: the part most people skip
Why emotional sobriety requires loyalty to truth over comfort
How loyalty grows connection, trust, and humility
Loyalty isn’t about sticking around no matter what.It’s about showing up honestly, consistently, and responsibly — for your recovery, for your people, and for the life you’re building.
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When Wisdom Calls and Trouble Whispers (God Centered Recovery)

“When Wisdom Calls and Trouble Whispers”
Today is our very first episode of God Centered Recovery, hosted by Roger McDiarmid and Dion Miller. We’re kicking things off with Proverbs 1 — a chapter that captures a truth every person in recovery can relate to: wisdom calls out loudly, but trouble whispers quietly… and that whisper often sounds way too familiar.
In this episode, Roger brings insight into the themes of Proverbs 1 while Dion connects those ideas to real-life recovery. Together, we talk about:
Why wisdom is often the last voice we listen to
How destructive invitations show up in early and long-term recovery
The people and patterns that pull us backward
The consequences of ignoring what we already know
And how to start responding to wisdom before life forces the issue
This episode is honest, practical, and relatable. Two different perspectives — one focused on wisdom, one focused on lived experience — coming together for a conversation that encourages growth, awareness, and better choices.
Thanks for joining us for our very first episode. Let’s get started.
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Intentions and Accountability (The Daily Trudge)

We judge ourselves by our intentions, but the world experiences us through our actions. And recovery sits right in the middle of that tension.
Intentions matter — they show where our heart is pointed. But intentions without accountability? That’s how we stay sick. That’s how we repeat the same behaviors, hurt the same people, and convince ourselves we’re “trying” when nothing actually changes.
Accountability is where growth happens. It’s where honesty replaces excuses. It’s where we stop explaining and start doing. It’s where character is built, not talked about. It’s the bridge between who we want to be and who we actually show up as.
In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re talking about:
Why good intentions aren’t enough
How accountability transforms recovery
The difference between guilt and responsibility
Why intentions without follow-through cause resentment
Why people trust actions, not promises
How to build accountability without shame
How intentions + action create integrity
Intentions show your direction.Accountability gets you there.That’s how we grow, that’s how we repair, and that’s how we stay sober.
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