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The Living Free show is based in Melbourne, Australia (https://www.3cr.org.au/livingfree) and broadcast on 3CR community radio, Thursdays at 1pm: 855KHz on the AM dial, 3CR on your digital radio or streaming on https://www.3cr.org.au/streaming.Each week on the LIVING FREE…
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God!! or A Higher Power of YOUR OWN Understanding (opens the original)
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Rose and Michael discuss the idea/concept that can frighten people away from a 12 Step Fellowship. A Higher Power and the need for one.Is it religious? Are they a cult? What do they mean by Higher Power? Why use the word God?Driven by the need for a power in their lives that could keep them sober, Rose and Michael discuss their reaction to the word God when they arrived in AA. How has their concept of that power changed over time. Can your Higher Power really be Dolly Parton or the Number 96 tra
Ann & Michael Chat (opens the original)
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The show's invited guest could not make it in to the studio so Ann unexpectedly joined Michael to talk about their experiences in recovery with the help of Al Anon & Alcoholics Anonymous.The discussion included finding a place where their thinking is considered normal, after years of feeling unique, and being introduced to a new way of living that has them feeling more connected to those they care about and being useful in the world.
Alcoholism, A Merry-Go-Round Named Denial (Repeat) (opens the original)
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Ann reads from a pamphlet that tells the story of an alcoholic's progress through their illness in the form of a three-act play. The play includes a cast of characters who surround the alcoholic, deeply involved in their addiction and its consequences.Act I: The drinker acts out the obsession and the immediate crisis or heavy drinking episode, while family and friends react with shock, anger, or cover-ups. Act II: The enablers, family members, or coworkers take over, stepping in to fix the mess,
An AA member talks to an Al-Anon member about what it's like to be addicted to alcohol (opens the original)
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Co-hosts Michael and Ann chat about what alcoholism does to those who are addicted to alcohol and to those who are in close relationships with them.The conversation starts with an Open Letter to my Family I am an alcoholic. I need help.Don’t allow me to lie to you and accept it for the truth, for in so doing, you encourage me to lie. The truth may be painful but get at it.Don’t let me outsmart you. This only teaches me to avoid responsibility and to lose respect for you at the same time.Don’t le
Daniel F 20 August 2026 (opens the original)
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Daniel joined Michael in the studio to describe his life living with and in early recovery from alcoholism. Born in Canada and always feeling a little on the outside, Daniel discovered the freedom that music and alcohol provided in his teen years. Moving to Melbourne with his Australian partner, the work drinking culture was alluring and eventually his downfall. Unable to keep his commitments to his family and friends he sought help through various means, multiple rehabs and eventually fell thro
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