The Living Clean Podcast

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"This podcast serves as an additional recovery tool for those embracing a new way of life through Narcotics Anonymous. Our goal is to provide insights, experiences, and discussions that support the journey of recovery. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the individual contributors and do not represent the official stance of Narcotics Anonymous. NA does not take positions on outside issues, ensuring the name of Narcotics Anonymous remains free from public controversy."

  1. 2d ago

    Step Ten: “We Continued to Take Personal Inventory and When We Were Wrong Promptly Admitted It.”

    This week on The Living Clean Podcast, we continue our journey through the Twelve Steps with Step Ten—the beginning of learning how to practice what we’ve gained in recovery as part of our everyday lives. Our returning panel of Archer, Pete, and Douglas is back, and this week we’re joined by Ali and Rufus to talk about what it means to continue taking personal inventory. Step Ten teaches us that recovery isn’t about reaching a point where we stop making mistakes. It’s about becoming willing to recognize them sooner, take responsibility for them, and make things right before they have a chance to pile up. We talk about daily inventory, promptly admitting when we’re wrong, watching for old patterns, and learning the difference between healthy self-examination and beating ourselves up. We also explore what “promptly” really means, why admitting we’re wrong can still be difficult even after working the first nine steps, and how Step Ten helps prevent resentments, dishonesty, fear, and other problems from quietly building back into our lives. The first nine steps have helped us clean up much of our past. Step Ten helps us keep today clean. Join Archer, Pete, Douglas, Ali, and Rufus as we share experience, strength, and hope about living Step Ten—not perfectly, but consistently—and learning how regular inventory, accountability, and course correction can become a way of life.

    Step Ten: “We Continued to Take Personal Inventory and When We Were Wrong Promptly Admitted It.”

  2. 5d ago ·  Bonus

    J.W. Speaks — A Spontaneous Episode

    Sometimes the best conversations are the ones you don’t plan. In this spontaneous episode of The Living Clean Podcast, Francis sits down with J.W. for an open and personal conversation about where life has him today. J.W. shares about his current health issues, the spiritual principles that help him navigate difficult circumstances, and what recovery looks like when life shows up on life’s terms. Along the way, Francis and J.W. talk about The Living Clean Podcast, Narcotics Anonymous, friendship, gratitude, spirituality, service, and a whole lot of other things in between. No agenda. No script. Just two addicts sitting down and sharing their experience with each other. The heart of NA beats when two addicts share their recovery.

    J.W. Speaks — A Spontaneous Episode

  3. Oct 4

    Kia Ora Koutou

    In this episode of The Living Clean Podcast, we sit down with the Māori woman from Aotearoa, New Zealand, who wrote “Kia Ora Koutou,” one of the personal stories published in the Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text. The episode begins with a narration of her powerful story—a woman who entered treatment kicking and screaming, got clean partly out of stubbornness and spite, and slowly discovered hope through the message of Narcotics Anonymous. She shares honestly about the progression of her addiction, losing the trust of her whānau, surviving her earliest cravings ten minutes at a time, grieving her old way of life, and eventually rebuilding her relationship with her children, earning a university degree, and creating a life she once believed was impossible. After hearing “Kia Ora Koutou,” we speak directly with its author about the experiences behind those words and everything that has happened during the 23 years since she wrote them. We explore her Māori identity, family, spirituality, recovery, and the many ways her understanding of hope and freedom has continued to grow. This is more than an update to a story from the Basic Text. It is living proof that an addict can stop using, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live. Arohanui—big love.

    Kia Ora Koutou

  4. Oct 1 ·  Bonus

    The Newcomer Montage #2

    The Newcomer Montage returns with a second collection of voices speaking directly to the most important person in Narcotics Anonymous: the newcomer. This montage covers episodes of The Living Clean Podcast from November 3, 2024, through December 28, 2025—a period that also represents an important chapter in the evolution of the podcast. It begins around the time Francis joins Mason as co-host, and the two begin recording together on a regular weekly basis. During these conversations, Mason again starts making a point of asking our guests a simple question: “Is there anything you would like to share with the newcomer?” The answers were never scripted. Some are brief, some emotional, some practical, and some come from members with decades of experience. Put together, they become a collection of experience, strength, hope, encouragement, and reminders of what helped each person stay clean. Through this episode, the purpose remains simple: carrying the message to the addict who still suffers. If you're new, coming back, struggling, or simply need to remember what it felt like when you first walked through the doors, these voices are speaking to you. Keep coming back. Give yourself a chance. Listen to the people who have walked this road before you. You never have to do this alone. Welcome home.

    The Newcomer Montage #2

  5. Sep 27

    LCBS - Spiritual and Emotional Crisis

    In this Living Clean Book Study episode, we begin the section “Spiritual and Emotional Crisis,” covering the first four paragraphs. Recovery doesn’t mean we stop going through hard things. Sometimes the crisis isn’t about wanting to use—it’s about feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, uncertain, or struggling to make sense of what we’re going through. We discuss what Living Clean has to say about these difficult periods, what they can reveal about where we are spiritually and emotionally, and how staying connected to recovery can help us move through them without returning to old ways of coping.

    LCBS - Spiritual and Emotional Crisis

  6. Sep 24 ·  Bonus

    Men with Men, Women with Women - Let's talk about it

    Mo returns to The Living Clean Podcast to lead a panel discussion exploring gender bias in sponsorship and the traditional “men with men, women with women” approach. What happens when we look at sponsorship outside of heteronormative and binary thinking? How do gender, sexual orientation, attraction, safety, identification, and personal experience influence who we choose as a sponsor? And most importantly, how can we make sure the newcomer has access to the guidance and support they need? Mo is joined by a panel representing different communities and perspectives: Shane C. — Vacaville, California Elaine — Ben Lomond, California Veronica M. — Paradise, California Evan — Tupelo, Mississippi

    Men with Men, Women with Women - Let's talk about it

  7. Sep 20

    A conversation with Michael M.

    This week on The Living Clean Podcast, we sit down with Michael M., who has been clean since August 17, 1975. Michael takes us back to his early days in recovery and shares what Narcotics Anonymous looked like at that time, including his involvement in the early development of the fellowship in his area and his experience attending the 7th World Convention. From there, we get into Michael’s many years of service and some of the major changes he witnessed and participated in as NA grew. We talk about his involvement with It Works: How and Why, the Sixth Edition of the Basic Text, the development of the first World Board, and his experience serving as the first chair of the World Board. Along the way, Michael shares stories from more than 50 years of recovery and service and gives us a firsthand look at some of the people, decisions, challenges, and changes that helped shape Narcotics Anonymous into the worldwide fellowship it is today. There is a whole lot of NA history in this one, but more importantly, there is a whole lot of recovery. Join us for a conversation with Michael M., clean since August 17, 1975, on this week’s episode of The Living Clean Podcast.

    A conversation with Michael M.

  8. Sep 17 ·  Bonus

    Francis’s Archive: The 40th Anniversary of the Sixth World Literature Conference

    The Paradise Strong Book Study presents a special historical meeting commemorating the 40th anniversary of Narcotics Anonymous’ Sixth World Literature Conference, held in Miami, Florida, in September 1981. The World Literature Conferences were an extraordinary period in NA history. Members from across the Fellowship came together to write, review, organize, and shape the material that would eventually become the Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text. By the time members gathered for the Sixth World Literature Conference, years of work at conferences, regional literature committees, workshops, and through correspondence had brought the Fellowship closer than ever to having its own book. Chris and Boyd from Preserving the Message join the Paradise Strong Book Study and take us back into that history through a PowerPoint presentation, archival material, and the voices of members who participated in the literature movement. During the presentation, we hear historical audio from Charles K., Sally Evans, Doug W., and Mary Banner, offering firsthand memories of the conference and the remarkable grassroots effort that surrounded the writing of the Basic Text. The meeting then opens for discussion and sharing. Bo S., Charles K., Al R., Mark B., Bryant S., Henry S., and Pete B. add their own experience, memories, and reflections on the literature movement and the history being preserved. The Sixth World Literature Conference represents an important chapter in the story of NA literature—a time when recovering addicts took responsibility for putting their collective experience into words. That work helped carry the Basic Text toward the 1982 World Service Conference, where the book was approved by the Fellowship’s service structure, followed by publication of the First Edition in 1983. Five years ago, members gathered to remember what had happened forty years earlier. Today, Francis’s Archive brings that meeting back so another generation can hear the history in the voices of those who helped live it.

    Francis’s Archive: The 40th Anniversary of the Sixth World Literature Conference
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"This podcast serves as an additional recovery tool for those embracing a new way of life through Narcotics Anonymous. Our goal is to provide insights, experiences, and discussions that support the journey of recovery. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the individual contributors and do not represent the official stance of Narcotics Anonymous. NA does not take positions on outside issues, ensuring the name of Narcotics Anonymous remains free from public controversy."

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  • Creator
    Anonymous
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    259
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Living Clean 2023
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    The Living Clean Podcast

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