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01/13/2026

Hot off the press: Broader Path group from Kingston Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 on International Conference of Secular AA first Sunday global speakers meeting

Traducción EspañolaJanuary 2026: Secular AA's monthly world-tour of speaker meetings is hosted by the Broader Path AA Group from Kingston, Ontario. Our speakers this month are:Brian AichDonna PJarrod P..with Don Mc as emcee.Following these talks i...

01/02/2026

Kicking off 2026: Joe C joins Emotional Sobriety Pod with Allen, Thom, Patrick, including Resilience myths, Joe’s nod to Joseph Campbell who channels John Lennon “Life is what happens, when your busy making other plans.

A great 4-way convo…

Podcast Episode · Emotional Sobriety: The Next Step in Recovery · 2026-01-01 · 35m

01/02/2026

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-q69sk-29fb65c0

Emotional Sobriety Podcast kicks off 2026: Joe C joins Allen, Thom and Patrick, resilience myths and what we’ve learned about Emotional Sobriety in 2025

Joe C. quotes Joseph Campbell: “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Thom’s nutshell for today: “Measure your progress in units of willingness instead of willpower, with degrees of self-acceptance rather than change." Allen...

12/28/2025

Nerds only, lol
So we have a keen interest in recovery minutia. This, while Rebellion Dogs has a sincere interest in this, may be a snoozer for most. I'm not hurt by that, lol. It's not exactly celebrity gossip. Instead, we explore the organizational structure of peer2peer recovery communities and look at how progressive leaderless power structures, what CEO of Visa, Dee Hock, called "Chaordic Organizations," create a system that's hard to mangle. We look at how:

Creativity and resilience are enhanced when avoiding a top-down, command-and-control organization.

People in 12-Tradition-based recovery communities and other mutual aid organizations have skills and currency that can help the world - the larger community - in increasing efficiency and effectiveness with leaderless know-how.

What the best literature this century (The Starfish and the Spider and One from Many, Dee Hock, and others) say about contemporary leaderless constructs and organizations.
https://youtu.be/WVVX_HF_9_8,
So - your 12&12 meeting is more hip and progressive than you thought - same here, who knew?

This is the slide deck and audio from a presentation to the Growing in Understanding slidecommand-and-control deck Zoom group with Q&A to follow, from April 25, 2025

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I thought about a more outrageous title like "How AA Will Save the World!" which is hyperbole to a point about how Peer-to-Peer organizations like AA and oth...

12/22/2025

Big news Renascent Toronto mainstay

Today, was Thomas (Tom) O’Dawd’s last day serving Renascent as an addiction councillor. He has had a 16 year career guiding men toward recovery at Renascent Madison Avenue Centre.

Tom joined us after spending 25 years in accounting and finance. Since then, his impact has been profound. From supporting countless clients and families, to quietly strengthening our clinical teams, Tom has embodied what it means to lead with humility and heart.

Deeply respected within the AA community, known for his kindness, reliability, bright socks, love of dogs, and unwavering commitment to others, Tom has left a lasting imprint on our clients, our culture, and all who had the privilege of working alongside him.

Thank you, Tom, for your years of service, your compassion, and your example. You will be deeply missed, and we wish you every happiness in this next chapter. 💙

11/16/2025

https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/rebellious-radio/blog/7653569/dr-jamie-marich-on-trauma-and-recovery
Here's a conversation with AA secular members ICSAA 2024 Orlando keynote speaker, Dr. Jamie Marich who spoke on a trauma-informed look at the 12-step process. Here, we catch up and new projects and the current environment for clinical care for people with addiction and mental health concerns and professionals who work to help us. NANAADAC, The Association for Addiction ProfessionalsdEdgewood Health Network - CalgaryACAMHaCanadian Centre on Substance UseaHazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Episode #84 features our long-awaited guest, Jamie Marich, PhD, in conversation with Mary C and Joe C of Rebellion Dogs Radio. Dr Jamie's latest colla...

11/06/2025

Do you have the latest Meeting App?
Version 5 is out now and you can set it to, for instance, online meetings that are “secular.”
Under filter, choose communities and scroll down. If you want the app to only show secular choices, it will, set in your time zone. The same is true for other communities and/or meeting types as well.

If you’re not sure what version you have, here is what I did: delete the app, go to the App Store (Apple or Android) and download the Meeting App, again. Go to settings and set yourself up. This works for in-person meetings too, but the geography is limited. If “Secular “ isn’t an option in your community list, maybe there isn’t one near you. A sign to start one? That’s up to you:-)

11/02/2025

Episode 85 of Rebellion Dogs Radio features Adina Silvestri, PhD Life Cycles Counseling with Adina Silvestri talking with Mary and Joe about the plethora of services available for trauma, substance use disorder, relationships and combining creativity and mental health care.
https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/rebellious-radio/blog/7657515/novel-therapeis-with-dr-adina-silvestri-episode-85

If you like what you hear from Adina, this just in…
November 19th, in-person ir online: the Buffalo Firefly Hypnotherapy + Soundbath

Here’s the registration/info link:
https://buffalofirefly.com/pages/classes-events-adina-katie

If it’s helpful, you’re welcome to describe it as something like:

“A hypnotherapy and soundbath journey with Dr. Adina Silvestri and Katie, to help people regulate their nervous system, explore parts work, and access deeper rest and healing—available both in-person and online.”

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Rebellion Dogs Radio is in conversation again, with Dr. Adina Silvestri. Mary C and Joe C in conversation with Dr. Adina Silvestri is what's on the men...

10/19/2025

coming to Toronto CAMH

Freshly released from a psychiatric hospital, 26-year-old Pia moves back to her parents' house on the outskirts of Vienna – only to discover that she is not the only one whose life has fallen apart.

Her parents, Elfie and Klaus, are also finding it hard to keep up with a world that is constantly changing. Who gets to decide what is normal?

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗱𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 is an exploration of identity, family and self-discovery, and a young woman's search for equilibrium and meaning in a world that is spiraling out of control.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗱𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 screens on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟭 at the Tranzac Club as part of 2025

Co-presented by the Toronto After Dark Film Festival

Learn more and get your tickets at 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗿𝘄𝗺/.

10/17/2025

‘After demanding his medical records, Jim discovers that like many intersex people, a gender presentation, carried out through invasive operations, was constructed for him in childhood.

It is common practice for intersex children to never be told the truth of what happened to them.

We follow the aftermath of these invasive interventions, supported by fraudulent research and celebrated by doctors, though the real results show a very different story.” - Sheffield Doc Festival

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲 directed by Grace Hughes-Hallett screens on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 as part of 2025

Box office at 5 PM
Film at 6 PM
CAMH Auditorium (1025 Queen St W, Toronto)

In co-presentation with Toronto Q***r Film Festival

Learn more and get your tickets at 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗿𝘄𝗺/.

10/17/2025

Screening as part of Rendezvous with Madness Festival 2025, Award-winning Canadian documentarian Alan Zweig explores the nature of grief and helplessness after an old friend commits su***de.

10/11/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/unshame/p/should-you-go-to-therapy?r=24lh6f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

October 10 was Jowita Bydlowska Author CAMH Centre for Mental Health, Queen Street West in Toronto, is a hub of recovery, research, mental health and community. Author, says she wasn't feeling sharp in metaphor building but she refers to mental health care as health care, as going to the gym, as a commitment or routine today, for better wellness whenever we need it most. I think that's a mic-drop metaphor.
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Later this month, Workman Arts presents a 30+ year old film and art festival, devoted to addiction and mental health. Since my time at IndieCan Radio, where I developed a specific interest in music as a mood, setting, and special effect, dating back to the early part of this century, has explored the discussion of and , examining how art communicates the complex and often ineffable aspects of the human experience through a biopsychosocial lens (yes, "lens" is a pun in this case). October 23, 2025, at CAMH is the kick-off. There is a fundraiser and a pay-what-you-can, people-for-the-people event If you can be in Toronto, I hope to see you @ Rendezvous.
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World Mental Health Day thoughts