The Magdalen House Podcast

Our host and Women's Program Manager, Kelsey Amos, talks with Lisa Kroencke, Chief Executive Officer at The Magdalen House, to discuss the differences between The Magdalen House and Alcoholics Anonymous in hopes to help alcoholics, families, loved ones, and their communities to better understand how The Magdalen House helps alcoholics at no cost as a nonprofit organization.

In this episode, Volunteer Program Manager Kelly Williams and Community Program Manager Brehn Hanson discuss what it means to stay close to Maggie's through volunteering, attending meetings, and so much more. This podcast is made possible by donors to The Magdalen House. All donations help us to provide programs and services to alcoholics and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit ⁠⁠magdalenhouse.org/donate⁠⁠. The Magdalen House is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization helping individuals with alcoholism achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

In this special edition of Recovered, we hear from 2 different First Step alumna and Maggie's Women's Group members, Sandra Looney & JoJo Marshall. Each of these amazing ladies, share their alcoholic journey and the solution and fellowship they found at The Magdalen House.  To learn more about Maggie's Women's Group and how to get involved, visit ⁠magdalenhouse.org/get-invovled.  This podcast is made possible by donors to The Magdalen House. All donations help us to provide programs and services to alcoholics and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit ⁠magdalenhouse.org/donate⁠. The Magdalen House is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization helping individuals with alcoholism achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

In this episode of Recovered: Interviews with Alcoholics, we talk with a shining light in our community, Diane Gilliam, as she shares her road to recovery and Maggie's. She discusses how recovery has not only impacted her life, but her kids lives! Diane has gone from feeling isolated in alcoholism to the life of the party in sobriety, her message is sure to give you hope! All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholics and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit ⁠⁠magdalenhouse.org/donate⁠⁠. The Magdalen House is a 501c3 nonprofit organization helping alcoholics achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

Today we talk to our newest staff member for our Men's program, Chris Mazaro! Our Men's Program Coordinator shares his experience strength & hope from his journey of recovery filled with firsts, lasts, and accomplishing hard things in sobriety. All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholics and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit ⁠⁠magdalenhouse.org/donate⁠⁠. The Magdalen House is a 501c3 nonprofit organization helping alcoholics achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

In this episode, of RecoverED, we talk with Rozzie Jones about how we learn the spiritual principles and apply them in our daily lives. To receive more information on alcoholism and recovery, you can request a speaker at ⁠magdalenhouse.org/resources-and-education/education/⁠for in-person and virtual presentations. The Magdalen House is a 501c3 nonprofit organization helping individuals with alcoholism achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. You can learn more about our comprehensive recovery services at ⁠magdalenhouse.org⁠. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

Today we are talking to both a daughter and a friend of recovered alcoholic! Sloane Dix shares with us how their recovery has impacted their relationships and her own life for the better since being in recovery, and what she herself has learned about what alcoholism is and isn't. In this episode of Recovered: Interviews with Alcoholics, we talk with a shining light in our community, Diane Gilliam, as she shares her road to recovery and Maggie's. She discusses how recovery has not only impacted her life, but her kids lives! Diane has gone from feeling isolated in alcoholism to the life of the party in sobriety, her message is sure to give you hope! All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholics and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit ⁠⁠magdalenhouse.org/donate⁠⁠. The Magdalen House is a 501c3 nonprofit organization helping alcoholics achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

On this episode of Studying the Steps Nina Herndon dives into Step 12. Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs. This podcast is made possible by donors to The Magdalen House. All donations help us to provide programs and services – including this workshop – to alcoholic women and their families,, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit magdalenhouse.org/donate. The Magdalen House is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization helping women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. You can learn more about our comprehensive recovery services at magdalenhouse.org. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

Lauren talks to Family Support Group member and Hope for the Family host, Laurie Evans , about what the 12 steps did for her spiritually, how it healed their family, and how helping others has impacted her life.

In this special edition of Recovered: Interviews with Alcoholic Women, we interview the first ever man to be hired at The Magdalen House as we work to expand our programming to men. Austin Shook, Director of Men’s Programs, shares the impact of his recovery journey.

In this episode of Studying the Steps our host Kelsey Amos talks to Sean Thornton, Men's Program Coordinator, about mental health and spirituality. He shares how he has grown in his relationship with his Higher Power and how that has helped him to help others recover, too.

Alcoholism is a disease of the mind and body that has a solution. In this episode of Recovered: Interviews with Alcoholic Women, our host Brehn Hanson got to sit down with recovered alcoholic, therapist, and The Magdalen House Board Chair, Tina Shuey! In this episode, Tina shares the hopelessness she felt in active alcoholism, what she thought alcoholism was before recovery, what life is actually like being recovered and how she learned what alcoholism really is.

Celebrate Recovery Month as our host Kelsey Amos, Next Step Program Manager gets to know all about the difference of being recovered vs. being sober from meeting chairs in our community. Alcoholism is a disease of the mind and body and we have a solution FOR FREE for every alcoholic. Don't forget to share this episode to help us Shatter the Stigma for Recovery Month. All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholic women and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit magdalenhouse.org/donate.

In this episode, Kelsey Amos, Next Step Program Manager dives into all things 12 Step immersion with Teresa Hollingsworth, Director of Women’s Programs. Learn all about how 12 Step immersion works, the benefits of 12 Step recovery, how The Magdalen House can help, and more! To learn more about alcoholism and recovery, request a speaker at magdalenhouse.org/education. All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholic women and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit magdalenhouse.org/donate.

Our host Kelsey Amos talks with Kate Olen all about Step 12 in celebration of Dr. Bob's birthday month and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous' beginnings. All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholic women and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit magdalenhouse.org/donate.

In this episode of Hope for the Family, recovered family member, Diane Brooks talks to our host, Laurie Evans about the struggles she had obsessing over her daughter's drinking. Learn how The Magdalen House Family Support and the 12 Steps helped Diane, giving her freedom from her obsession, and how she now finds reward in helping others despite her daughter's journey in recovery.

Each July we celebrate freedom, but as recovered alcoholics, freedom from our disease is something we celebrate daily! Today, our meeting chair from Fridays at noon, Christina Cruz, shares with us what it was like before her freedom found in recovery, what happened as she found freedom, and what her recovery is like now. Tune in to hear how Christina broke free from the chains of alcoholism and now lives a life of freedom, even in the hard times.

Grant Halliburton Foundation was established in 2006 in memory of a Dallas teen who battled depression and bipolar disorder for several years before his suicide death at the age of 19. Grant Halliburton works to strengthen the network of mental health resources for children, teens, and young adults. Our guests today are Director of Mental Health Resources, Blanca Garcia, and Mental Health Resources Manager, Lizzie Davis Holley, who were critical in implementing the Foundation’s Here for Texas Mental Health Navigation line. To receive more information on alcoholism and recovery, you can request a speaker at magdalenhouse.org/resources-and-education/education/for in-person and virtual presentations. The Magdalen House is a 501c3 nonprofit organization helping women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. You can learn more about our comprehensive recovery services at magdalenhouse.org. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

In this episode, Floyd Ross shares his story as a recovered husband with The Magdalen House Family Support group. To learn more about our Family Support program, go to our website: https://magdalenhouse.org/family-friends/family-support-group/ All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholic women and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit magdalenhouse.org/donate. The Magdalen House is a 501c3 nonprofit organization helping women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

June is our Anniversary Month at The Magdalen House and we love what we do and the women we serve. Executive Director, Lisa Kroencke sat down with two of The Magdalen House founders, Alicia Cassity and Mary Baldridge, at our Maggie's Women's Group retreat in 2019 and discussed how the idea of Maggie's came about and getting things started in 1987. All donations help us to provide programs and services – to alcoholic women and their families, at absolutely no cost. If you’d like to donate, text MAGGIES to 44321 or visit magdalenhouse.org/donate. The Magdalen House is a 501c3 nonprofit organization helping women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Please note, the curriculum we teach through our programs is from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, we are not an A.A. group and we are not associated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.