Just Your Average Joel
Joel and Jennifer
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Join Joel and Jennifer, Husband and Wife, who share sobriety and and faith for over 30 years. They challenge AA organization and apply the 12 steps and their faith to help keep them living with purpose and void of the influence of drugs and alcohol.
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S1E10 A Real Decision Creates A New Life
Send us Fan MailStep Three gets treated like a speed bump, but it’s the hinge that swings the whole door of recovery. We dig into why “we decided to turn our will and our lives over to the care of…
S1E9 Why Step Two Starts With Hopelessness And Ends With Hope
Send us Fan MailIf you’ve ever wondered why some people stay stuck in recovery even after years sober, we go straight to the uncomfortable answer: they may have stopped drinking without ever finding…
S1E8 Step One Or Nothing
Send us Fan MailIf you’ve ever wondered why you can be totally convinced you “shouldn’t drink” and still pick up anyway, we go straight to the Big Book answer: Step One isn’t about shame, it’s about…
S1E7 What If Powerlessness Is Freedom
Send us Fan MailIf you have ever said, “I can stop drinking, I just can’t stop thinking,” this conversation goes right at the nerve. We talk about why the real fight is not only the bottle, but the…
S1E6 The Big Book Was Built For A Spiritual Awakening Not A Social Club
Send us Fan MailAA doesn’t fail because people don’t try hard enough. It fails when we replace surrender with strategy, swap a living relationship with God for a safe set of rituals, and then act…
S1E5 AA Without God Isn’t AA
Send us Fan MailWhat if the reason so many people stall in recovery is that we’ve quietly edited the solution out of the story? Joel and Jen take a hard look at how AA’s center of gravity shifted…
S1E4 Pink Clouds And God Blockers In Recovery
Send us Fan MailSomething got edited out of recovery culture, and you can feel the difference the moment you walk into certain meetings. We talk about why so many people can recite the AA slogans yet…
S1E3 AA Didn’t Fill My Hole; God Did, Sorry Not Sorry
Send us Fan MailWhat if a spiritual awakening doesn’t hand you wings, but hands you a mirror? We dive into the space between bright light moments and everyday mess, and why responsibility, not time,…
S1E2 The Goal Is God: How AA’s Steps Point Beyond Fellowship To A Personal Relationship
Send us Fan MailWhat if recovery isn’t about stacking more meetings, but about a radical shift inside you? We pull on the thread running through the Big Book—from the “essential psychic change” to…
S1E1 An Ordinary Man’s Journey Through Addiction, Ego, And A Spiritual Awakening;
Send us Fan MailA tidy Long Island childhood can hide a storm. Joel grew up fearless on the outside and fractured on the inside, armed with religious facts but starved of spirit. One drink at eleven…
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Just Your Average Joel has published 10 episodes since March 2026, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Mental Health.
Just Your Average Joel is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 44m.
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