Safe Recovery

A discussion about Chapter 5 which is usually read before every AA meeting. What is truth and what parts are outright lies. Monica and Evelyn tear it up  !

30 min show about  when you leave AA, but all you had were stepper friends. Join Monica Richardson  for a live show.

Steven Slate author of Freedom Model, The Fredoom Model for addictions : Escape the Treatment & Recovery.  join Monica RIchardson - Host- filmmaker of The 13th Step  documentary, blogger and podcaster.

The 13th Step is a ground breaking documentary film  released in 2016 on AMAZON Prime. The 13th Step appeared in  Cannes and was exibited in the Documentary Corner in 2015. The film won best Documentary in The Beverly Hills Film Festival. A story that uncovers sex offenders, violent offenders and old timers who prey on innocent, vulnerable,  AA members. Monica Richardson the Director,  and long time  AA member,  left in 2011 to make the film after  desperately  trying to make things safer in AA. AA World Headquarters in New York City declined all attempts to be interviewed.

Marty Mann, the first  successful woman in AA already was living a life of the rich and famous . Marty  was in the marketing and  adversting business and... her lover , Priscilla, worked at Vogue. Many connections were made for Marty and Bill Wilson through this high society ,  wealthy  hook ups. Still, long after they were gone, Hollywood was still pushing AA - After 80 years of  AA- non stop propaganda  there are  some 95 % of those who go who  fail, die or kill themsleves by AA standards. Where did  all the love and light go ? Why is AA still the only answer  in Hollywood movies and TV shows?   Why do they still push AA so hard. Good  question. Lets find out. There is a long list of movies that are straight up propaganda. The Lost Weekend, The Days of Wine and Roses, Flight with Denzel Washington, A Star is Born, Euphoria, Mom on CBS, When a Man Loves a Woman, Everything Must Go with Will Ferrell, The Way Back, 28 Days , Crazy Heart, Clean and Sober, A Million Little Pieces, One Little Pill, The 13th Step.

Did your sponsees or sponsors get mad when you left AA? What is the triggering factor?  Join Monica Richardson for a 1 hour show -

AA 's Big Book has alot of tall orders in it. This chapter maybe is the most confusing and strange. Join Monica Richardson for a live show  as we tear it apart.

Join host Monica Richardson for an hour of talk radio, and you too can call into Blog Talk Radio, Safe Recovery  to disect  the truth about AA Big Book and whats true and what is not.  Share your ideas, opinions and criticisms.

Into Action - as we dive into Chapter 6 of the Big Book of AA we find a wee bit more lies.  Join us with callers from around the world as we tear up the BB of Alcoholics Anonymous. Join Monica Richardson and many other ex steppers who have left and are free from the tides that bind one who joins the 12 step giant.

Join Monica Richardson for a new 2021 Podcast discussing the problems  in the  1935 AA Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book.

Join Us for a 1 hour show - call in live to speak with host Monica RIchardson  to speak up and out - Joining forces to get legal action going to fight back Rehab and Sober Living run and operated by Two Hatter AA / NA members - No more - will we stay silent . #metoo, #TIMESUP, #exposeAA, #quietNoMORE,

The HIMS Nightmare is a practical guide to surviving the “Human Intervention Motivation Study” program for pilots who are in recovery from substance abuse, or who are sucked into the program despite not being addicted to mood-altering substances. The HIMS program is not what it is portrayed to be. Developed in 1974 as a means for returning substance-abusers to the cockpit, HIMS has grown to become a monster intended to put as many pilots as possible under the complete control of their employers, who may have their required FAA medical certificates revoked at any time, for any reason. HIMS relies almost entirely on outmoded “Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy,” which is itself based almost solely on the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous. AA was formed in 1935 and has changed little since. Although the rate of recovery for AA alone is abysmal, HIMS claims high rates of recovery which are, in truth, the result of participants who are threatened with loss of the careers, and intrusive monitoring requirements which m

Lawyers discuss the reality of being forced to attend AA - AA based rehab and even forced to talk their "talk" so they can fly. How is this possible. Listen in for the facts behind the madness. A Lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio will join me to discuss the new movement to push back and stop teh coercion. The FAA just made it a requirement that all pilots in the HIMS Program will be forced to go to AA meetings for the "Life" of theri flying careers now ! Not so FAST we say. Larry is licensed psychologist and attorney.  He obtained his Doctor of Psychology in 1981 and his JD in 1992.  As a psychologist, Larry's practice focused on the behavioral aspects of chronic pain syndromes.  He was the Clinical Director of several multidisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation programs in the 1980's.  These programs addressed the disability related behaviors and the opiate and sedative dependence that impacted chronic pain syndromes.   As an attorney, his focus was on medical negligence claims.  He represented a number of fami

Zach Rhoads- author Addiction Specialist.  Monica Richardson is a host of podcast Safe Recovery. Zach is an author and educational consultant working with families in Vermont. He is also an addiction coach in Stanton Peele’s Life Process Program His book Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense Instead of “Disease” Therapy (with Stanton Peele) will be published by Upper Access Press in May 2019. He hosts the podcast FSDP Presents on behalf of Families for Sensible Drug Policy.   Zach Rhoads is a consultant for school children who encounter life problems--along with families and teachers who are stymied by their failures to reach these children. Zach developed this empathy as a child who wasn't successful at school. Moreover, in his 20s he developed a heroin addiction, which--after several years and a near-death experience--he left behind. Zach is a coach and family systems developer with Dr. Stanton Peele's online addiction program, the Life Process Program.

Blog Talk Radio Safe Recovery podcast created by Filmmaker, activist, victims advocate,  Monica Richardson hosts this 1 hour show- this week with author Stanton Peele. Join us as we take on the Addiction Recovery Industry. Stanton Peele, Ph. D., J.D., is a licensed psychologist, attorney, practicing psychotherapist and the author of books and articles on the subject of alcoholism, addiction and addiction treatment. Wikipedia Stanton Peele has been a cutting-edge figure in the addiction field for four decades.  Since publishing (with Archie Brodsky) Love and Addiction in 1975, Stanton has been a leader in virtually every development in the field: that 12-step, AA treatment is not the be-all and end-all and that practical life-management therapies are most effective; that people's self-empowerment, values, and purpose in life (as opposed to seeing themselves as powerless) can be the light out of the tunnel; and that people generally don't get better all at once, but make gradual improvements (called harm reduc

In this 30 minute show, Monica Richardson, filmmaker and victims advocate will discuss how to stop all coercion. How can you fight back . Recently a nurse in Vancouver fought back and won that fight. Pilots, nurses and doctors all over the country and coming toegther to stop coercion to a 1930's religious lay person support group , with a 5 % success rate. #stopthemaddness. #notoaa, #exposeaa, Educate yourself on Civil Rights, Human Rights, HIPPA Rights, Religious Freedom, and The Disabilities Act. Did you know that if you are a person with AA language "Alcoholism" Alcohol Use Disorder,  you now are considered to have a disability. DId you know that you were disabled because your drinking is problematic or was. Whose Idea was this? How does Health Insurance benefit from this.

Join Monica Richardson for  a 30 minute podcast with Board Member from LifeRING-  Byron Kerr  has been active in LifeRing for approximately 8 years. He has served on the LifeRing Board of Directors for almost 6 years. He has served as executive director for one year and was recently appointed to another one year term. Life RING is a non 12 step self help support group for alcohol or drug issues . LifeRING  is available online and in some cities there are face to face meetings -

AA is an  ideology? How has this affected our society as a whole in America.  Scientology and EST also experienced a huge boost of members in the late 60's to mid 1970's. There are similarities  within these groups -cults. In this episode we will take a look at the similarities and the group think and how these and the "Human Potential Movement" changed America.  We as Americans, were once fiercely independent, creative and strong willed. So what went wrong. Join Monica Richardson for a show exposing the truth about how deeply AA is embedded in our culture, society and legal system by its crazy members. The 13th Step exposes AA . Available now on Vimeo, AMAZON and Tubi.

A one hour show with host Monica RIchardson and author and Professor Joe Miller. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) - April 2, local author and associate professor of English at Columbus State University, Joe Miller has released a new book, US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism. Miller is the author of 2006's Cross-X: The Amazing True Story of How the Most Unlikely Team from the Most Unlikely of Places Overcame Staggering Obstacles at Home and at School to Challenge the Debate Community on Race, Power, and Education, which won the William Rockhill Nelson Award and Harry Chapin Award for nonfiction in 2007, and was selected as one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune, Kansas City Starand Publishers Weekly. Now, the US of AA takes readers through the history of the Alcoholics Anonymous program, offering for "the first time, a complete expose" of AA and "how it became America's de facto cure" for alchol rehabilitation. Miller, an investigative reporter and author, writes the his

Join us for a one hour show - about EVO - and incredible Intensive Out-Patient Clinic in Venice , CA- Founder Koorosh Rassekh offers compassion , Science and Harm Reduction for many sustance use issues. Koorosh Rassekh, MMFT Founder “Our work is to remain curious about the human experience and unlocking our individual and collective possibilities.” Having confronted addiction in his own life, Koorosh founded Evo Health and Wellness with the vision to break the stigma around mental health and create a world of healthier people, families, and communities. As a trained therapist, Koorosh integrates a humanistic approach and mindfulness into his therapy and coaching work. At the Matrix Institute on Addictions, Koorosh specialized in working with young adults dealing with drugs, alcohol, and addiction issues. As Director of Mindfulness at Alternatives Behavioral Health, he helped develop a program to support clients to successfully adopt their desired lifestyle, whether abstinence or moderation. Koorosh holds