About this episode
After years in Alcoholics Anonymous — and a lifetime of seeking belonging in controlling systems — Teri realized she didn’t need to dim her light or outsource her thinking anymore.This raw and powerful conversation explores what it’s really like to leave AA, find your voice again, and build a new life rooted in freedom, truth, genuine connection and self-trust.Timestamps:00:00 Best Thinking Got Her Out Of AA Intro01:08 Leaving AA05:33 Staying Silent, Guilt + Mormon Roots08:24 AA Was Helpful + Also Emotionally Damaging10:35 Deprogram Lounge13:10 AA Cult Within A Cult17:04 Teri's Evolution After AA26:02 Healing Trust Issues + Group Trauma36:21 Hardest Part of Leaving AA39:48 Making Friends After AA49:09 Scared to Join a Deprogramming Group58:32 Speaking About Leaving AA1:14:17 Drinking Around Social Issues1:17:04 Leaving AA Was Harder Than Getting Sober1:30:04 Deprogramming Course + Group1:46:54 Is Deprogramming a "Cult" or Forever?1:55:46 Freedom From Group Think2:02:45 Still in Recovery?2:13:14 Best Part of Leaving AA? Deprogram AA Course? Deprogram Book List ? Community, Zooms and book club to deprogram 12-step ideology ?? Inside the Deprogram LoungeLet’s get f*cking free.
