Spiritual Sobriety
Spiritual Sobriety Podcast is a grounded, practical exploration of recovery through the lived wisdom of Buddhism and the 12 Steps.
Hosted by Chris McDuffie, licensed psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and recovery guide, this podcast is for anyone seeking freedom from addiction, compulsive patterns, or the suffering that keeps us stuck. It’s also for those who love someone in recovery and want a deeper spiritual framework for healing.
Spiritual sobriety is more than abstinence. It’s learning how to meet life honestly.
To stay present without numbing.
To respond instead of react.
To face pain without turning it into shame.
Each episode weaves together Buddhist teachings, 12 Step principles, and real-life application. No abstract philosophy. No spiritual bypassing. Just practical tools for living with clarity, compassion, and integrity.
This is recovery as a spiritual path.
This is healing as daily practice.
This is Spiritual Sobriety.
Spiritual Sobriety
Latest Episodes
8. Gain and Loss
In this episode of the Spiritual Sobriety Podcast, Chris explores:The eight worldly preoccupations and how they drive our sufferingHow our egoic thinking mind generates thousands of feelings from every perceptionTh...
7. You Can't Make Me Angry
In this episode of Spiritual Sobriety, Chris McDuffie introduces Dr. Paul O’s framework for building spiritual sobriety, using the metaphor of a baseball diamond to map the four bases of recovery: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual sobr...
6. Balancing Suffering with Gratitude
In this episode of Spiritual Sobriety, Chris McDuffie explores the relationship between suffering and gratitude as complementary forces in recovery. Drawing on the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, Chris guides li...
5. Buddhism and the 12 Steps: Defining Our Suffering
In this episode of Spiritual Sobriety, Chris McDuffie explores the first of Buddha's Four Noble Truths: the Causes of Suffering. He delves into how suffering is rooted in attachments and aversions, drawing parallels between Buddhist te...