🔥 Deprogram Course + leaving AA resources → here

🧠 Brain optimization tools → here

🌶️ Neurodivergent Discovery Portal (with self assessments) → here

❤️‍🔥 If you’re ready to stop holding yourself back → here

Timestamps:

00:00 How AA Harms ADHD & Autistic People Intro

04:49 Bill W.'s Blind Spot Still Harms Neurodivergents

06:39 AA, Autism + ADHD Timeline

09:33 ADHD + Alcohol Use Disorder

11:02 AA + Misdiagnosis of ADHD

12:57 How AA Harms Neurodivergent People

14:20 Deprogram, Neurodivergent + Brain Resources

16:36 My Fave Brain Optimization Tool Come vibe with me:

Come vibe with me:

Kirsten's Facebook

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📚 Books that helped me deprogram and think for myself → here

📱 My content creation setup (camera, mic, lighting, etc.) → here

💻 Tools + software I use to run my business and create online → here

⚠️ Disclaimer: I’m not a therapist, doctor, or licensed healthcare provider. Everything shared is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional care.

💖 Some links may be affiliate links. I only share what I genuinely use and love.

I'm super excited to gather all of the deprogramming resources (including ones you haven't seen before!) in one space.

It's all accessible from SobrietyBestie.com which is now like a deprogram 12 step hub.

I've moved my website to a new location with my name Kirsten-Johnson.com so that Sobriety Bestie can live on as a one stop deprogramming extravaganza start to finish freedom experience for those navigating the mindf*ck of leaving AA, realizing they were in a recovery cult and wanting to reclaim their mind, autonomy and life.

My hope is that people wanting to deprogram AA or 12 step can find Sobriety Bestie and move through their deconstruction journey at their own pace.

Timestamps:

00:00 Leaving Alcoholics Anonymous

02:10 No Longer Deprogramming AA Reactions

05:57 Sobriety Bestie is Complete

07:17 Why I Created This Deprogramming Work

12:31 Deprogramming Resources For Leaving AA

17:11 Kirsten Sobriety Bestie Going Forward

26:03 Crossing The Finish Line

My AA deprogramming journey feels complete. I unpack it all in today's podcast.

I highly recommend getting the deprogramming checklist that's inside the free 👉 Escape Kit (It's in the very first lesson inside there along with an hour video unpacking it all. But you really only need the checklist at a glance to see where you may be.)

This of course is not the "rule" but it's a guide that I have found super helpful in my own deprogramming journey.

A week ago I switched from ChatGPT to Claude and I want to share WHY with you. This was before the headlines and has nothing to do with politics.

This is about the language ChatGPT uses, even when you ask it not to, and the potential long term consequences of repeated exposure to this language.

Timestamps:

00:00 Why I Switched From ChatGPT To Claude

05:59 ChatGPT Can't Stop Doing This

12:26 ChatGPT Authoritarian Language

16:13 Is AI Brainwashing Us?

17:28 My Cult Programming Experience

22:06 Taking Space From ChatGPT

26:00 Why ChatGPT Uses Psychological Framing

Resources for deconstructing AA:

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

🌀 Deprogram AA Course (free your mind at your own pace)

Let’s get f*cking free

Bobby C is back on Sobriety Bestie Podcast to discuss the Rockefeller and AA connection which runs deeper that you might think. Bobby C unpacks AMA, DSM, Car Jung, and both Rockefeller Jr and Rockefeller Sr along with Alcoholics Anonymous.

Bobby C's YouTube

Bobby C's Story

Timestamps:

00:00 Rockefeller and Alcoholics Anonymous Intro

06:05 Benjamin Rush

09:21 Temperance Movement

11:46 Magnus Huss

14:41 Etymology + Words As Control

23:11 John D Rockefeller

30:57 Rockefeller Jr and Alcoholics Anonymous

39:55 Norman Jolliffe

41:24 Alcoholics Foundation and The Big Book

49:19 Carl Jung and Roland Hazard

53:35 Does It Work If You Work It?

1:01:58 Rockefeller, Hellen Wynn + AA Organization

1:07:44 Big Pharma, Big Alcohol, AMA

1:21:54 DSM-V and Substance Use Disorder

1:25:26 Indentured Servitude: A Slave To AA

1:29:49 Rockefeller Gave Dr. Bob Money

Bobby C's Rockefeller Videos:

https://youtu.be/HYeoI_3Bljw?si=FJ-N5C4wRguHkLbV

https://youtu.be/XxW_YfkFEtQ?si=0wBr-nAZFqyTSlhC

https://youtu.be/d2gEC9lzT6A?si=N1NApvG8XfYDGNRl

https://youtu.be/fZ0UAHMedvQ?si=yfDTg8w9D-TUnz3g

Resources for deconstructing AA:

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

🌀 Deprogram AA Course (free your mind at your own pace)

Let’s get f*cking free

The Sober Truth is a great deprogramming AA, deprogramming 12 step and deprogramming the recovery narrative resource filled with modern science.

I've compiled a list of all the deprogramming books I recommend here:

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

Timestamps:

00:00 The Sober Truth Book Intro

01:15 The Sober Truth Book

03:24 Coerced + Court Mandated AA

06:11 Spontaneous Remission

09:38 The Nature of Addiction

11:54 Rehab Industry

15:24 Busting AA Myths

19:45 Counting Abstinence Time Is Useful Myth

21:50 "Drunks" Are All The Same Myth

Resources for deconstructing AA:

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

🌀 Deprogram AA Course (free your mind at your own pace)

Let’s get f*cking free

Today we're exploring Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit from his book The Demon Haunted World and how it applies to deprogramming Alcoholics Anonymous.

I've compiled a list of all the deprogramming books I recommend here:

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

Timestamps:

00:00 Baloney Detection Kit Intro

02:09 1 - Independent Confirmation

05:15 2 - Encourage Debate

08:34 3 - Authority Means Nothing Without Evidence

14:32 4 - Multiple Hypothesis

19:23 5 - Don't Marry Your Own Ideas

23:05 6 - Quantify

26:57 Leaving AA + Doing Great

29:24 Geting Worse in AA

32:50 7 - Every Link Must Hold

36:20 8 - Occam's Razor

Resources for deconstructing AA:

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

Let’s get f*cking free

MARA is a recovery path and stands for Medication Assisted Recovery Anonymous. It has 12 steps but is NOT affiliated with AA or even that similar to AA but the steps are inspired from AA. I find MARA to be very compassionate, empathetic and a recovery path that I'm so glad now exists.

Bob shares his story with leaving NA, joining MARA and how it's made all the difference in his own recovery and life.

MARA website

MARA book

Timestamps:

00:00 Medication Assisted Recovery Intro

03:25 Why Bob Left NA

08:32 Googling Harm Reduction

09:41 What is Medication Assisted Recovery Anonymous

22:36 Prescribed Opioids at 22 Years Sober

30:31 Withdrawing From Suboxone

35:04 Recovery Treatment Not Working + Relapse

42:29 Living a Safe Lifestyle

44:35 NA vs MARA Recovery

47:33 MARA Meetings

1:03:34 My First MARA Meeting

1:07:47 Working in Treatment + Harm Reduction

1:13:22 We Were At The Same MARA Meeting

1:22:23 Building a Support System

1:29:00 Benefits of MARA Recovery

1:33:40 Why MARA is a Better Solution

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

Let’s get f*cking free