The 13th Step

Great production and skillfully reported. A story everyone needs to know about. Such bravery to investigate. Congratulations on a job well done.

Amazing and brutal story. A gripping story and stellar display of true journalism. Bravo 👏🏼

I’m a pod junkie and this is a top tier listen to me. Checks all the boxes. Nice job everyone!

Story telling and the music and sound effects / cuts where all excellent. The topic is just being scratched. Personally I would have liked it a little better if it wasn’t so much about the reporter (although that was interesting) but there is so much more about the topic of vulnerability being taken advantage. Or how a lot of people do criticize people for not recovering in a certain way. There was a review talking about how to blame the AA program on “white men” seems wrong and I would agree. I don’t know if the podcast really explicitly says that but there is a good focal on it. I think what would be more beneficial (because some of it does have to do with male dominate trauma and female trauma) there should be a discussion about these experiences. Or a discussion more about different therapy types (like EMDR, IFS etc) can be applied with the 12 step to make up for the short comings of the steps. Because healing trauma and recovering from a substance is different and both need to be attacked at the same time (same time meaning in the healing process —you should do a lot of these therapies when someone is sober and in a safe spot). With that all being said—it’s worth the listen , even if you aren’t passionate about recovery. The show is captivating.