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Hi Clay, Been listening to your podcast since the very beginning.  It's fantastic, along with the books and hilarious IG page.  Thank you for bringing some extra light and levity into AA.  I wanted to get your insight on the differences between solitude and isolation in sobriety I'm a little over 3 years sober, and I've evolved into much more of an introvert as the years have passed since my last drink.  I used to be the loudest guy in the bars, the friend who stayed out the latest, and the self proclaimed "life of the party". However I've become much more calm...

Hi Clay, Thank you so much for wiring back. I’m listening to your “Are you freaking out about something”, and I sure am haha! I know you said your wife is also in ACA, does she have any online zoom meetings she would suggest? I bought the workbook. Can you also suggest meetings that share the message like you. I can really resonate feeling sick at meetings, I have sat at meetings and I just do not feel anything for the message shared. Sometimes I feel like I’m being tortured and abused because I have to sit through and listen...

Hi Clay, It's been a while since you've heard from me but I've been continuing to listen to your podcasts and learn from the wisdom and experience you share. Thank you so much for taking the time to keep doing that, it has helped me so much on my journey and I am sure it's likewise for countless others out there. I say it's a journey because that's how I see life now. My addiction kicked in after I lost my parents and I couldn't cope with the pain so I sought escapism through my choice of poison and at some point I...

Good morning! I wanted to reach out to thank you for your podcast. I have found it insanely helpful, especially since I started going back in time to your earlier Big Book Workshop episodes.  I am a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and while the book and steps are not new to me (I do have a sponsor and also my pre-covid home group was a Big Book Study and my Zoom home group is a Steps meeting), I'm seeing and understanding each in a radically different way now that I've been listening to your podcast (and a few others you've shouted...

today! Was listening to your episode on "Is Unsolicited advice playing God?" where you asked if you're psychotic to not get Don Francisco's Hazelnut because it's so good, and it cracked me up. I just bought their Cinnamon Hazelnut last week because of you. It's pretty good but I think I need the French Roast mixed in there to really feel the power you speak up. Anyways, when you paused and told everyone to get their celebratory beverage, I grabbed my coffee and sipped and it felt like we we're celebrating my 2 year together. Not sure why I listened...