The Sober Atheist Podcast
Episodes
30. Is There an “Atheist Way of Life” That is Applicable to Recovery?
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley were exposed, when new to recovery, to phrases like “12 Step Way of Life”, “Emotional Sobriety”, “...
30. Is There an “Atheist Way of Life” That is Applicable to Recovery?
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley were exposed, when new to recovery, to phrases like “12 Step Way of Life”, “Emotional Sobriety”, “...
29. How to Construct a Recovery for Yourself Without Devine Intervention
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how, as committed atheists, they have built upon the lessons learned in long term recovery from al...
28. Banishing Fear and Anxiety as an Atheist in Recovery – Sometimes It’s Personal
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss fear and anxiety in the light of some recent serious health problems they have both faced. This to...
27. Why Atheism Works: A Recovery Journal
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the fact that there appears to be much to be discovered on the journey from there to here as an at...
26. Have Conventional Recovery Programs Outlived Their Usefulness to Atheists in Recovery?
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley revisit this well-worn topic to consider where they now are, as non-believers in recovery, given the progr...
25. How Does Living Our Best Lives as Atheists Enhance Our Sobriety
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss living their lives in the real world, as opposed to a life based, at least in part, on fantasy, an...
24. Love and Hate - Dealing with Strong Emotions as an Atheist in Recovery – Part Two – Hate
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere is never enough love in the world but these days there seems to be a real excess in the amount of hate out there. What to do? Spea...
23. A Question of Love and Hate – Dealing with Strong Emotions as an Atheist in Recovery - Part One
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss love as being a prime mover in recovery and in life. While not without its problems it is a marker...
22. Atheism and Recovery – A Fact-Based Reliance on the Visible World
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss an approach to recovery from alcohol and/or drugs based on what is seen, not what is wished for. T...
21. Atheism, Ethics and Recovery, Banishing Moral Judgements
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode John Huey and Michael Tingley take on, from a determined Atheist perspective, a tendency they see in recovery programs (...
20. Dealing with Compulsive Behaviors Other Than Substance Abuse as an Atheist in Recovery
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss common compulsive behavior patterns unrelated to substance abuse and how an Atheist might address ...
19. A Way Forward with Our Australian Friend
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley have a conversation with a prominent person in Australian Secular Recovery, Mick Shiels, who discussed his...
18. Atheism, Recovery and the Question of Human Evil
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPure human evil has manifested itself here in the United States. How can an atheist in recovery deal with it? John Huey and Michael Ting...
17. Atheism, the Creative Process and Recovery
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how the creative process, in their own artistic endeavors, was impacted by their atheism as it com...
16. Why Am I an Atheist and What Did That Fact Have to Do with My Recovery?
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss a general (global) rather than a specific question about how atheism figures into recovery and how...
15. How do Atheists in Recovery Cope with the New Reactionary Reality in the United States
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the possible fallout from the recent US Presidential Election considering the potential negative e...
14. A Sober Atheist Experience in Music and in Life
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley have a most illuminating conversation with a very old friend, prominent Seattle musician and lifelong athe...
13. Atheism as Affirmation - Part 2
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a live recording of John Huey at a workshop session at the ICSAA Conference in Orlando FL on September 20, 2024. This is a conti...
12. Atheism, Hope and the Promotion of Misery in Conventional Recovery Programs
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the promotion of feelings of helplessness and hopelessness as entry points in many recovery progra...
11. Loss of Program Friends – How does the Atheist in Recovery Cope?
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how to deal with both the death of long-time sober program friends and the emotions associated wit...
10. A Conversation About AA with an Old Friend
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley, both former AA members, talk to Dennis Walsh, a longtime friend in recovery and a person still active in ...
9. Coping With Life Changing Events as an Atheist in Sobriety
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss how atheists in recovery handle various serious life changing issues without recourse to the super...
8. The Hunter Biden Case from the Perspective of a Sober Atheist
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the Hunter Biden case as it potentially affects the popular depiction of all addicts and alcoholic...
7. Good Sense From Our Canadian Friend
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe have Larry Knight from Toronto as a guest to discuss his landmark case in Canada regarding access to recovery for secular people as w...
6. Coping with Politics in the Context of Sobriety
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the daily stresses and difficulties presented to recovering people by current political realities....
5. Atheism as Affirmation in Sobriety
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the concept of affirmation as an essential element in sobriety for the atheist.
4. Secular Sobriety Past, Present and Future
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley have a conversation with John C. from Paris to discuss both organized and individual secular approaches to...
3. Intuition and the importance of the individual to the atheist in sobriety
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley discuss the importance of the intuitive sense in recovery. This episode is a continuation of a prior serie...
2. How we did it without "god", "faith", "steps" or "spirituality"
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley talk about their early days in recovery and how they achieved and maintained their sobriety.
1. Who are we and what are we doing here?
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJohn Huey and Michael Tingley co-host the introductory episode of The Sober Atheist Podcast.