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Emotional Sobriety: The Next Step in Recovery

Hosted by Allen Berger & Thom Rutledge

Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholic's Anonymous, wrote in 1952, "If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root some unhealthy dependence and its consequent demand." Wilson suggested that if we could identify and continually surrender these unrealistic and unrecognizable demands, that we may then be able to accomplish what he imagined to be recovery's next frontier - something he called emotional sobriety. Flash forward 70 years, and join psychotherapists and best-selling authors Thom Rutledge and Dr. Allen Berger, who have taken up the mantle of exploring Bill Wilson's new frontier. Welcome to Emotional Sobriety.

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Recent Episodes

209 episodes total
Don’t Let Anyone Edit Your Reality
Oct 8, 2026 ⏱ 00:23:27
Responsibility Over Blame
Sep 29, 2026 ⏱ 00:33:26
“Waking Up Is a Process” with Daniel Fulop-Furlano
Sep 10, 2026 ⏱ 00:36:26
Learning to Live and Love Differently
Sep 3, 2026 ⏱ 00:49:15
Living in the Pause
Aug 18, 2026 ⏱ 00:24:35
Responsibility “To” Others, Not “For” Them
Aug 3, 2026 ⏱ 00:25:21
Can We Be Actively Indifferent?
Jul 28, 2026 ⏱ 00:36:34
Demands Versus Preferences
Jul 21, 2026 ⏱ 00:27:44
Positive Opportunism & Benevolent Manipulation
Jul 6, 2026 ⏱ 00:37:11
Out of the Hurt Locker
Jun 29, 2026 ⏱ 00:33:34

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