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Feb 2021
35m 45s

Episode 21: Alcoholics Anonymous

RUPERT SPIRA
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In this episode, Rupert Spira talks with Dave Gilbank about alcoholism and addiction from the non-dual perspective. Dave Gilbank is the host of the Here's Tom with the Weather podcast, which focuses on the Alcoholics Anonymous twelve-step programme and the ways that people can conceive a higher power of their own understanding.
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