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Secular AA's PodcastICSAA 2024 We’re Not All Egomaniacs: Adapting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-EsteemBeth Aich is the author of We're Not All Egomaniacs: Adapting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem. Some of us come to Alcoholics Anonymous feeling terrible about ourselves and are told, bewilderingly, that our problem is too much ego and a lack of humility. Bill W. described himself as an egomaniac. He put his own needs and wants ahead of others, was grandiose, felt entitled, and thought he was all-powerful. He called this the alcoholic personality type and designed a program to crush the ego as the foundation of sobriety.But what about...2024-11-021h 03
Secular AA's PodcastBC Secular AA Roundup 2024 Conference Approved literature and other books from WashingtonThis recording is from the 2nd annual BC Secular AA Roundup in Langley British Columbia (Canada) July 13, 2024. This is the Washington State panel. What does "conference-approved" literature mean (and what does it not mean)?What are the books that AA members, including irreligious members, read to aid recovery? Well, we don't cover it all, but we get some samples of experience, strength and hope from Washington: Peter A. from Mount Vernon explains the history of the AA Conference and how "conference approved" defined literature created by AA, collectively, and how General Service does not intend to app...2024-07-1850 min
Secular AA's PodcastInternational Conference of Secular AA (ICSAA) 2023 - We're not all EgomaniacsThis is the audio of the session "We're Not All Egomaniacs" from Day 1 of Virtual ICSAA 2023. Recordings from the conference are being edited for public sharing and are being uploaded as they are made ready. Follow/subscribe to us on buzzsprout to be alerted as your favorite episodes are available. For information on ICSAA 2024 in-person in Orlando in September, check out www.aasecular.org/in-person-conference and register soon!Reading and sharing from sections from the book titled "We’re Not All Egomaniacs: Adapting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem" by Beth Aich. The presentation will be...2023-11-041h 17
Secular AA's PodcastICSAA 2022 Panel of Secular AA Authors Round TableThe 5th biennial International Conference of Secular AA on Zoom 2022 featured this author's panel of secular AA writers. Six of AA's agnostic/atheist writers gathered for a round table and a little Q & A. Hear from Beth Aich, Bill W, Glenn Rader, Jeffery Munn, Marya Hornbacher and Vince Hawkins talking about: their writing motivations, their own journey in finding sobriety "without having to accept anyone else's beliefs nor having to deny their own,"fielding audience questions about avoiding pedestals and other's expectations, steps to how secular AA could stop being AA's best kept secret, what their exp...2022-11-281h 26
Beyond Belief SobrietyBeyond Belief Sobriety News & AnnouncementsWeekly Listener Meeting We had our first weekly listener meeting on Tuesday, March the 1st. The meeting was a success. Beth Aich, the author of “We’re Not All Egomaniacs” spoke for about thirty minutes, and then we opened the floor for comments and questions. There were 27 people at that first meeting. This Tuesday, March […]2022-03-0709 min
Secular AA's PodcastICSAA 2021 Beth H We Are Not All EgomaniacsBeth H from Arizona, (pen-name Beth Aich) tells her story with inspired We Are Not All Egomaniacs: Adopting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem. Not everyone share's the Bill W narrative of Type-A self-centered person with a drinking problem who needs ego-deflation at depth to find and keep sobriety. Beth finds that when faced with distress some of us are fighters. But some flee, freeze or fawn. This is the story of empowering instead of dis-empowering those of us who suffer from alcohol use (or other drugs). December 11th , 2021 was the second virtual...2022-03-0453 min
Rebellion Dogs BlogWe Are Not All Egomaniacs Beth Aich talks about 12 steps for people with Low Self-esteme Episode 64A young fab-four asked, "Will you still want me; will you still need me, when I'm 64?"
Episode 64 asks about addicts/alcoholics with low self-esteem, people who need empowerment--not ego deflation at depth. Beth Aich is here to talk about her new book, We're Not All Egomaniacs: Adopting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem. We have music for people with low self-esteem, too. Toronto indie band Yukon Blonde has a new song out, "Your Heart's My Home." SAMHSA has some new data looking at substance use and recovery in the USA - big numbers; what does i...2021-10-2755 min
Rebellion Dogs RadioWe Are Not All Egomaniacs Rebellion Dogs 64 with Beth AichBeth Aich has a bridge-building, gateway widening new book. We're Not All Egomaniacs: Adopting the Twelve Steps for Alcoholics with Low Self-Esteem busts the one-size-fits-all AA approach that assumes everyone in AA fits the narcissistic personality. Au contraire ; based on her personal experience an others first, people pleasing, never good enough, codependent just can't relate. Beth doesn't complain about Bill Wilson's view of the power-driving, yearning to to be top-man alcoholic archetype. But Beth she needed a way that worked for her. "I spent many years trying to fit myself into the personality type of the alcoholic...2021-10-2755 min