Father Bill W.
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Father Bill W.
I’m an Episcopal (Anglican) priest in recovery from alcoholism since 1972. I've spent my career in addiction treatment focused on 12-Step spirituality and exploring the pioneer history of AA. In discovering the lost 11th Step practice of Two Way Prayer, my program underwent a life-changing transform...
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From Boy to Man in Recovery ep1
Many cultures develop rites of passage specifically designed to help a boy transition into manhood. It’s a difficult and dangerous journey, many get l...
Willing to Be Willing pt.2
Steps 3 and 11 frame the vision for a wholly new way of life. It’s one lived, not under the direction of the ego but under the guidance and direction...
Willing to be Willing
Steps 3 and 11 frame the vision for a wholly new way of life. It’s one lived, not under the direction of the ego but under the guidance and direction...
The Last Three Steps: When the Juice Runs Dry
In the episode Fr. Bill shares some experience and advice for keeping the 12-Step program simple and alive. If you’re a long-term listener, you probab...
How to Start a Two Way Prayer Group
We all know the saying, “You have to give it away to keep it.” That idea may be especially true of the practice of Two Way Prayer. Listening for God’s...
Henrietta Seiberling - The Woman Behind the AA Curtain
Most in recovery know that Henrietta was the woman who answered a phone call from Bill Wilson and put him in touch with Dr. Bob; but there’s a whole l...
A Footnote on Experience vs Awakening
In this short episode, Fr. Bill reflects on a brief recording of Bill Wilson’s unsuccessful attempts to return to the original 12 Step wording of “spi...
Father Ed Dowling: Bill W's Spiritual Sponsor
Throughout his life, Father Ed was attracted to those who suffered - and since AA describes itself as “a program of attraction,” there’s little wonder...
Love Leads Us Home
This series address what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us humans – and maybe more...
What in God's Name?
This series address what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us humans – and maybe more...
Let Go Absolutely - For Real???
This series address what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us humans – and maybe more...
God Is Ohhh So Close
This series addresses what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us humans – and maybe mor...
Pantheism & Prayer
This series addresses what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us humans – and maybe mor...
Let Go... Then Hang on Tight
This series address what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us humans – and maybe more...
Let Go of God to Find God
This series address what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us – and maybe more honestl...
Start With The Big Book
This series address what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” Does God exist? Does God really care about us – and maybe more honestl...
God As We Don't Understand God
This series address what some of us in recovery refer to as “the God problem.” In episode 1 "Bill Wilson's Spiritual Experiences" we explore: Does Go...
Quiet Time & Two Way Prayer
Two Way Prayer is part of a longer morning prayer practice. In this episode Fr. Bill details what that time might involve and how Two Way Prayer fits...
Twelve Step in Three Words
Dr. Bob begged Bill Wilson to “keep it simple.” In that same spirit, the Oxford Group often compacted their program of change down to three short word...
The Addicted Brain
Why do alcoholics and drug addicts find it so hard to quit and stay quit? Is addiction really a disease? And if it is, how’s it best treated?
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What's a Spiritual Experience?
When setting off on any journey, it’s best to know your intended destination in advance. On the 12th Step journey, to use the Big Book’s original word...
A Rebel in the Oxford Group: Coming Home & Knowing It for the First Time
David Belden was born into a family of Oxford Group leaders and committed activists. The Group set out “to change the world” and throughout his early...
A Rebel in the Oxford Group: 12 Steps & the OG
David Belden was born into a family of Oxford Group leaders and committed activists. The Group set out “to change the world” and throughout his early...
A Rebel in the Oxford Group: Getting In and Getting Out
David Belden was born into a family of Oxford Group leaders and committed activists. The Group set out “to change the world” and throughout his early...
A Rebel in the Oxford Group: Life of a Founder
David Belden was born into a family of Oxford Group leaders and committed activists. The Group set out “to change the world” and throughout his early...
Psychic Change in Addiction Recovery
Prof. Miller's book Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives has been described as the most definitive work on the...
Building Hope in Recovery: Part 2
The word HOPE appears no fewer than 34 times in the first 164 pages of the Big Book. In recovery, it’s vital for getting us started and for keeping u...
Building Hope in Recovery: What is Hope?
The word HOPE appears no fewer than 34 times in the first 164 pages of the Big Book. In recovery, it’s vital for getting us started and for keeping u...
Awakened Life of Service: Step 12
Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A teacher of B...
Stress: What to Do with It
Tom Lavin is a therapist, an educator, and a close friend for over fifty years. He’s dedicated both his life and his career to helping people find eff...
Meditation 101: Step 11
Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A student and...
Amends & Watchfulness: Steps 8,9 & 10
Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A student and...
Letting Go: Steps 6 & 7
Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A student and...
Cleaning Up My Cosmic Mess: Steps 4 & 5
Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A student and...
Finding & Following a Higher Power Steps 2&3
Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A teacher of B...
Sobriety & Enlightenment: Step One
Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A teacher of B...
The Oxford Group: An Inside View
Bill Wilson wrote: “Where did we learn about moral inventory, amends for harms done, turning our will and our lives over to the care of God? Where did...
Oklahoma Bill and His Inner Poet
A beautiful man in long term recovery whose life blended 12-Step recovery with Native American ceremony, and a resurrected Roman Catholicism. For man...
Living Between Worlds in Recovery: Final Episode
When most of us addicts wash up on the shores of recovery to say we’ve lost our way seems a gross understatement. The bottom has usually fallen out fr...
Living Between Worlds in Recovery: What Depth Psychology Offers Pt.2
When most of us addicts wash up on the shores of recovery to say we’ve lost our way
seems a gross understatement. The bottom has usually fallen...