In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.In this episode Jenny speaks of her childhood conditioning to be a submissive carer, recalls the bitterness and resentment at her alcoholic husband and reveals how Al Anon helped her turn this bitterness into love and compassion. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.In this episode Nigel recalls constantly clinging to his mum’s leg as a child, explores grandiosity as a characteristic of the addict and speaks of how men are sabotaged in recovery by their conditioning.  New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.In this episode Lisa recalls being rejected by her dad as a teenager, warns of the dangers of laced street drugs and reveals what it’s like to meet one’s life partner very early in recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.In this episode Mike reveals how he disappeared into a world of fantasy and acting out, speaks candidly of having to come out to his wife and his mother, and shows immense gratitude for the gifts of recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.In this episode Andie speaks of her childhood experience as a transgender person “being born in the wrong body”, vividly recalls her militant atheism at the beginning of her recovery journey and reveals that the steps turned her into an Omnist who believes in all religions. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.In this episode Andrew speaks of his decades of addiction to alcohol, heroin and crack, recalls losing everything, including the will to live, and speaks glowingly of an encounter in a treatment centre which helped him turn his life around. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.In this episode Jo speaks of her struggles with different forms of food addiction: compulsive overeating, anorexia and bulimia; recalls “switching” from food to codependency for many years and speaks lovingly of her Higher Power and Her support. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jay recalls how the horrific abuse he suffered as a child continued into his adult life, explains that laughter is “the music of AA” and reveals how recovery lead him to his calling in life, his work with the dying. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio [email protected] G Jay Westbrook “Compassionate...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Tiina shares painful memories of drinking her morning wine out of a “World’s Best Mother” cup, speaks of her need for male validation in active addiction and recites the serenity prayer in Finnish.New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Sean speaks about his disbelief that God would love an alcoholic like him and how he’s found "stage 2 recovery" in ACA and the Emotional Sobriety movement.  New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Rae speaks about her lack of adverse childhood experiences - even intensely  looking for them later -, explains how she decorated her rock bottom for years and advises the newcomer to qualify their own illness as "it's the only disease where you have to diagnose yourself." New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Herb looks back on 40 years of sobriety, on the “chance discovery” of his own alcoholism while his wife was in treatment for her drinking and speaks with passion about the central theme of his recovery - willingness.New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Kirsty speaks of using cocaine for all of her adult life, getting "freer from her hell" with every single step and on speaking honestly with her young children about her addiction. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

It's the end of season 1 and the pod is taking a summer break.Season 2 will kick off on 4 September.In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio [email protected] https://www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/https://www.spuk.org.uk/national-suicide-prevention-helpline-uk 0800 6895652Script editing by Dan M.Music:"Epic...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode David reveals how childhood abuse lead to a long jail sentence, marvels at being 12-stepped by a native American tribe and speaks of one of his biggest joys in recovery - the renewed relationship to his wife. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Ashley speaks of the double challenge of sex addiction and codependency, being an agnostic churchgoer and keeping a list of God’s miracles. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Leo speaks of his idyllic childhood, the tortures of physical alcohol dependency and the ultimate God moment of finding his old dealer running the treatment centre where he then got well. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Donna talks about growing up in NYC in the 70s, reveals how alcohol took away job and life opportunities and explains that today she dies to self, so that God can live in and through her.New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jonathan talks about growing up during the troubles in Northern Ireland, his decades-long crack and heroin addiction and the grace of finding recovery just as his son needed to find the rooms as well.New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Dorinda speaks candidly about losing both her parents to alcoholism, drinking against her will during pregnancy and how she went from pain to purpose in recovery.New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Vinny talks about racism in his childhood and his Hindu upbringing, reveals shocking details about where his using took him, and gives no-nonsense advice to the newcomer. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Ruairí talks about the autistic loneliness of their childhood, their inability to see how their heavy using affected their family and their joy of being free and working with other addicts in recovery now. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Young opens up about the abuse he suffered as a child, remembers being terrified of becoming a drug addict and speaks about his incredulity at having found a loving God. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Laura remembers thinking she cracked the code for life when she first found alcohol and drugs, gives a candid account of wetting herself, drunk at a family gathering and speaks glowingly of her new-found zest for life in recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio...