S01E05 My Grandma Just Died

This is another recovery episode. And man, this guy has the second most insane story I’ve ever heard. Well, that’s a tough call. There are so many insane stories in Alcoholics Anonymous that there’s not judging who has the best story. This one is very good. This guests story is a mixture of insanity and a spiritual awakening.

What this episode needs is an AA glossary if you will. A lot of jargon gets thrown around in here and it’s important that you understand what the words mean and how those affect one's ability to stay sober.

Home Group - Gotta have a home group. You can go to meetings anywhere, but you must attend your home group. Some home groups meet once a week. Some meet every day. The purpose is that you go somewhere often enough that when you relapse and go missing, people will notice, and hopefully reach out and pull you back to safety. There is also a lot of power in a room full of people who are rooting for you. Who know you are new and are filled with joy each day that you come back, because you haven’t died yet like most newcomers do.

Service Commitment - my guest mentions having a “service commitment.” This means you show up and do something for the meeting that you are responsible for being there to do at least once a week. Typically chairing a meeting.

H&I - a hospitals and institutions meeting. A meeting that is brought into a rehab or a jail, or the nut house or something. And just so you know, I’m completely allowed to say “nut house” because I have been locked up there, twice.

Triple C’s - Coricidin Cold and Cough. Little red pills that contain dextromethorphan hydrobromide. The same class of drug as ketamine, but with very different effects.

Digging - desperately doing whatever it takes to either feel something, or nothing at all. Digging for complete oblivion is the worst state one can be in. One can also dig because they feel nothing inside and they want so badly to feel something again. 

Spice - synthetic cannabinoids. A synthetic marijuana that, until recently, was undetected on a drug test.

Bath Salts - Synthetic amphetamine that would make you absolutely flip the out. But it wasn’t detectable on a drug test.

Halfway House - A house filled with addicts who are supposed to be sober. Sometimes they are not. Tenants can pay rent on a weekly basis. The rent is ridiculously high, but it’s easier for them to make weekly payments of $170 than pay $450 all in one go. That’s $170 a week to share a small bedroom.

“Per Page…” - Any time my guest or myself simply refers to “page” something, we are talking about a page/passage in the book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Tweaker - A crystal meth addict/user.

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That’s about it. Hope you dig it.