The Sober Atheist Podcast
The Sober Atheist Podcast is a new effort to discuss and expand upon various aspects of Sobriety that relate to the Atheist. The co-hosts, John Huey and Michael Tingley, are both people in long-term recovery from alcohol and/or drugs. These wide ranging conversations will include both original presentations based on newly articulated approaches to recovery and discussions with other sober atheists to present other diverse perspectives.
Podcasting since 2024 • 24 episodes
The Sober Atheist Podcast
Latest Episodes
24. Love and Hate - Dealing with Strong Emotions as an Atheist in Recovery – Part Two – Hate
There is never enough love in the world but these days there seems to be a real excess in the amount of hate out there. What to do? Speaking for themselves only, John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss this within the context of how a non-believe...
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23. A Question of Love and Hate – Dealing with Strong Emotions as an Atheist in Recovery - Part One
John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss love as being a prime mover in recovery and in life. While not without its problems it is a marker for the ability to deal with both adversity and the ultimate satisfactions of a sober life as a non-believe...
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22. Atheism and Recovery – A Fact-Based Reliance on the Visible World
John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss an approach to recovery from alcohol and/or drugs based on what is seen, not what is wished for. The reaction of others to this firmly held position in both the conventional recovery programs and the so-cal...
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21. Atheism, Ethics and Recovery, Banishing Moral Judgements
In this episode John Huey and Michael Tingley take on, from a determined Atheist perspective, a tendency they see in recovery programs (both "secular" and conventional) to judge the behavior of others and set behavioral boundaries in terms of t...
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20. Dealing with Compulsive Behaviors Other Than Substance Abuse as an Atheist in Recovery
John Huey and Michael Tingley discuss common compulsive behavior patterns unrelated to substance abuse and how an Atheist might address these issues without any reference to “spirituality” or religion as a solution. The discussion is related to...
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