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SOBER: The Podcast
Bradley Saxon leads a classroom-style recovery session focused on heart-level change, spiritual growth, and thorough twelve-step work. The talk stresses that sobriety needs a greater purpose, daily surrender, and honest effort rather than relying on feelings alone.
49:42•29 Jul 2026
Classroom Sessions on Sobriety, Self and Spiritual Change
Episode Overview
- Removing alcohol and drugs exposes deeper emotional and heart issues that must be faced with a spiritual and practical solution.
- Recovery requires living for something greater than self, with clear goals and daily actions rather than relying on feelings.
- Real change comes from addressing the root of self-sufficiency and crucifying the flesh, not just managing visible symptoms like drunkenness.
- Working steps four through nine thoroughly is presented as essential heart work that allows God to become the central fact of life.
- Grace is a free gift, but transformation demands consistent effort, humility, and willingness to seek counsel from those further along.
“The good news is you get your feelings back. The bad news is you get your feelings back.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This classroom-style session of SOBER: The Podcast drops you right into a live recovery talk where Bradley Saxon breaks down why quitting substances is only the starting line, not the finish. Speaking from more than two decades in recovery, he talks about those moments when sobriety suddenly feels like a bad decision and emotions hit harder than ever. As he puts it, "The good news is you get your feelings back.
The bad news is you get your feelings back." From there, he digs into the idea that drugs and alcohol were never the core problem, just the temporary solution to a deeper issue in the heart and mind. You'll hear plenty of references to the Big Book, scripture, and the twelve steps as Bradley explains why recovery needs both a spiritual foundation and practical effort.
He stresses that suppressing drunkenness without addressing self-sufficiency simply swaps one destructive symptom for another, whether that shows up as lust, money-chasing, or self-pity. This isn't about polishing behaviour; it's about "crucifying the flesh" and letting God be the director. The talk is aimed squarely at people in structured recovery – guys in a programme, sponsors, and anyone working the steps.
Bradley keeps it very real about pride, the danger of over-spiritualising "being born again", and the need for counsel from people further along the path.
He uses humour and straight talk to show how living by feelings leads back to chaos, while living by a plan rooted in God and the steps opens up a future where "it works if you work it, dog." If you're tired of white-knuckling sobriety or still measuring success only by days without a drink, this session might challenge you to ask: what greater purpose are you actually living for?
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