Aug 26, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 15 segments
This week, Dave E. stops by via Zoom from Toronto, Ontario. He is a person in recovery and has found deep passion in working wirh humans along their journeys through life; with a focus on walking with…
Dave E.GuestYeah, of course.
Most likely.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I,
But at the time, you know, all I was hearing is, is if you don't come to meetings, if you don't trust in your higher power, right, then, you know, you're going to go back out.
And it really created this almost like mistrust of what I was really feeling on the inside of what might actually be true.
Well, and also mistrust of yourself.
Yeah.
And cause I know I experienced that for sure.
In my first few years, it was like this massive, I was, I was drinking all the Kool-Aid and I was, I was learning how to not trust myself, even though myself had brought me there.
Myself was, was the person.
I mean, I'm not saying all my decisions are great.
Hell no.
But like at the time, that was a pretty good decision, right? To walk in and put the booze down.
And nobody made that decision but me.
It's not like, yeah, and don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying I was alone because I think we talked about this last time.
I've never had to do this alone.
I've always had supportive humans who not only root for me, but support you, right?
And
that's in, you know, you can't replace that.
No, but at the end of
Yeah, of course.
Most likely.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I,
But at the time, you know, all I was hearing is, is if you don't come to meetings, if you don't trust in your higher power, right, then, you know, you're going to go back out.
And it really created this almost like mistrust of what I was really feeling on the inside of what might actually be true.
Well, and also mistrust of yourself.
Yeah.
And cause I know I experienced that for sure.
In my first few years, it was like this massive, I was, I was drinking all the Kool-Aid and I was, I was learning how to not trust myself, even though myself had brought me there.
Myself was, was the person.
I mean, I'm not saying all my decisions are great.
Hell no.
But like at the time, that was a pretty good decision, right? To walk in and put the booze down.
And nobody made that decision but me.
It's not like, yeah, and don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying I was alone because I think we talked about this last time.
I've never had to do this alone.
I've always had supportive humans who not only root for me, but support you, right?
And
that's in, you know, you can't replace that.
No, but at the end of
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