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Just For Today

Summary: A daily talk show about alcoholism and sobriety. Like an online AA meeting.``

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 031 - Accepting the Unchangeable | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 11:50

Dan gets personal today and shares some of his own challenges. Having gone through a a period of being in a sub-standard mood, he can share first hand how things can build up and send you down the wrong path a little at a time until you suddenly realize you've lost your way and you sobriety - that is if you don't realize what's happening before it's too late like Dan did. The message is this: When life seems to be giving you grief that's the time to take a hard look at yourself and see that you are probably not accepting and trying to change things you cannot change. The resistance life gives you should tell you something. You're swimming against the tide. Turn around.

 030 - Late Celebrities and Childhood Friends | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 23:13

Today Dan talks about celebrities who have succumbed to alcoholism or drug addiction or both. He points out that not only are these so-called successful people unhappy due to not dealing with life on sober terms, but that many have had their lives cut tragically short as a result of their addictions. Dan also talks about how alcoholism can take the lives of innocent people as well your own. Dan also gives instructions for anyone who would like to call in and be interviewed on the show. (Interviews are not broadcast live.)

 029 - Interview with AA Historian, Dick B: Part 4 | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 28:26

Dan begins this section of his interview with AA historian Dick B. by telling Dick how putting his fate in the hands of a higher power transformed his life. Dick then continues his lecture on the early history of Alcoholics Anonymous and explains how Doctor Bob and Bill W. came together and how the spark of a sobriety program was ignited based on the experiences which he talked about in the previous episodes. DICK B. BOOKS. (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=49 Itemid=)

 028 - Interview with AA Historian, Dick B: Part 3 | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 19:52

Part Three of our interview with AA historian Dick B. continues to follow the unfolding of Alcoholics Anonymous, and of its founding fathers, and its connections to their religious experiences and beliefs, particularly Bill Wilson's. Dick shows how AA's methods are the result of Bill's drive to spread the message that his alcoholism had been cured as the result of his spiritual awakening. DICK B. BOOKS. (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=49 Itemid=)

 027 - Interview with AA Historian, Dick B: Part 2 | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 14:11

Dick B. interview Part Two continues with the story of how in the 1930s Bill Wilson, Doctor Bob, Russell Firestone, Rev. Sam Shoemaker, and other's lives intertwined with the Oxford Group and its founder Dr. Frank Buchman, his Christian teachings, and teachings of intellectuals such as the famed Swiss psychiatrist, Dr. Carl Gustav Jung to form the basis of Alcoholics Anonymous. DICK B. BOOKS. (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=49 Itemid=)

 026 - Interview with AA Historian, Dick B: Part 1 | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 15:23

Author and radio talk-show host Dick B. talks to Dan at length about how Alcoholics Anonymous got started and how it grew into the organization that it is today. Dick starts by talking about how he came to take on researching the history of AA and his feeling that no one was accurately presenting the roots and history of AA. His historical account starts with Dr. Bob and Bill W. and the writing of the Big Book and the Twelve Steps and points out the connections between the bible and the basic tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous. DICK B. BOOKS. (index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=)

 025 - Interview with Sandy B. | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 25:14

Dan talks to Sandy B., a woman who didn't begin drinking until she was 30 years old after a drama-filled breakup with an adulterous husband. Along the way she has lost much including a job and a lover. After hitting bottom and feeling as if her spirit had died, she put her faith in her higher power and began attending local AA meetings. She has been sober for 19 months as of this interview. Do you have a sobriety milestone coming up? We would like to mention it on the air as congratulations and encouragement for those just starting out in AA. Visit the website at aajustfortoday.org and email Dan.

 024 - Anna Nichole Smith plus Holiday Temptations | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 23:43

Today Dan talks about the untimely death of Anna Nichole Smith presumably due to drug and/or alcohol use and admonishes listeners not to succumb to the same fate. Also in this episode, Dan talks about how holidays can be a tempting time to drink and about the mindset required to not let that temptation overcome your resolve and sobriety. Is there a subject that you would like Dan to cover? Visit the website at aajustfortoday.org and email Dan with your thoughts and questions? Also, let him know if you would like to be interviewed on the show.

 020 - An interview is Cindy G. in her first thirty days of sobriety | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 19:53

This is the first of many telephone interviews to come on AA Just For Today. In this interview, Dan discusses alcoholism and new-found sobriety with Cindy G., a wife and mother of two teenage children. A self-proclaimed party girl in her younger years, Cindy didn't begin drinking regularly until her middle years. She's had suspected she might have a problem a couple years ago. It wasn't until a recent blackout which her son had to point out, Cindy realized she had too much to lose to continue to let alcoholism endanger her health and her home life.

 019 - The Treatment of Alcoholism: Early Treatment - Rehab, Detox, Counseling | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 22:23

In the earliest stages of recovery, many alcoholics require medical treatment and emotional support as they detoxify their bodies and change their minds. Early treatment options include rehabilitation centers, hospitalization, medication, counseling, and of course, Alcoholics Anonymous. Dan also talks about how the support of your friends and family can be crucial if you do not enter a detox/rehab program.

 018 - The Symptoms of Alcoholism: Are you an alcoholic? | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 22:23

Is someone you know an alcoholic? Are you? How do you know if you or someone you love has a problem with alcohol? If someone's drinking has caused you concern made you think that that they might have a problem with alcohol, the chances are good that they do. Today Dan goes over the various physical and mental symptoms of alcoholism and talks about the various tactics and antics that are typical of alcoholics.

 017 - How alcoholism effects the body, mind and spirit | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 18:05

The detrimental effects of alcoholism on our minds, bodies, and spirits is the subject of today's talk. Alcoholism's effect on your health should be taken very seriously. Alcohol consumed in mass quantities is toxic to the body. It also alters the digestion and metabolism of nutrients the body needs to stay healthy. Dan also discusses the effects that it has on our socials lives, careers, friends and family.

 016 - How AA Works: Part 4 - Paying it Forward | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 20:18

This episode speaks about how the success of those who are now getting involved in Alcoholics Anonymous really results from the generosity of those who have been in recovery for some time. He also talks about how being sober will save you a lot of money that you can put to much better use.

 015 - How AA Works: Part 3 - The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 15:46

Dan continues to discuss how Alcoholics Anonymous works, what it stands for, how it's funded, and how you can benefit from becoming involved.

 014 - How AA Works: Part 2 - The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous | File Type: text/plain | Duration: 15:33

Today, Dan continues his talk on how AA works and gets into further depth on the organization by shedding some light on the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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A Podcast About Alcoholism and Sobriety: AA Just For Today is a podcast about alcholism and sobriety based on the programs of Alcoholics Anonymous. Helping recovering alcoholics stay sober one show at a time.