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Sex is Better Sober ...and 23 other reasons why Alcohol is Obsolete
From depression and alcohol to spontaneous sobriety
Apr 18, 2023 • 
Bowen Dwelle
Change of Heart
A short version of how—and why—I changed my relationship with alcohol
Jul 15, 2022 • 
Bowen Dwelle
E04 / Redefining Discipline and Freedom with T Callahan
Listen now (56 mins) | The illusion of linear time, recognizing discipline in hindsight, transcending alcohol, running, fatherhood, freedom as levity…
Aug 24, 2022 • 
Bowen Dwelle
E10 / Everyday Flow with James Brown
Listen now (52 mins) | Flow, presence, Vedic meditation, intuition, fatherhood, adoption, giving things up, moving past alcohol, freedom, discipline…
Nov 14, 2022 • 
Bowen Dwelle
 and 
JAMES BROWN
E13 / Coming Out and Letting Go with Chris Ryan
Listen now (83 mins) | Stopping drinking alcohol, suffering from a lack of trauma, facing the fire of coming out, choosing not to have children, the…
Dec 26, 2022 • 
Chris Ryan
 and 
Bowen Dwelle
Eighteen essays about addiction, masculinity, creativity, and intuition
As well as anxiety, fitness, sobriety, self-discipline, purpose, love, adventure, pain yoga, intuition, the collective unconscious, psychedelics…
Mar 25, 2023 • 
Bowen Dwelle
E18 / Unhooked and Connected with Dr. Adi Jaffe
Listen now (56 mins) | Getting to the underlying causes of addictive behavior, the abstinence myth—and the myth of normal, gaining perspective on…
Mar 20, 2023
Psychic Heartburn
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 24 — There is No Escape
Jul 12, 2023
A Five-Minute Love Affair With Natural Wine
I still love wine... I just don't drink it any longer.
Nov 3, 2022 • 
Bowen Dwelle
E17 / Addiction and Obsession with Charlie Engle
Listen now (75 mins) | Running, long distance, integration, getting bored, body management, the natural elasticity of our conscious experience…
Mar 6, 2023
E09 / The Adventure of Young Fatherhood with Noah Rainey
Listen now (52 mins) | A commitment to joy and fun, the power of invitation, embodied virtues, exploring the territory of fear, unexpected fatherhood…
Oct 31, 2022
Five Years Sober*
The reciprocal triangle of anger, addiction and depression—and anger as creative energy.
Feb 5, 2023 • 
Bowen Dwelle
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