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Host Krista Tippett speaks with author Susan Cheever, who has written widely about her own experiences with alcoholism and recovery. She also talks with Basil Braveheart of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, a Lakota healer who reclaimed traditional Lakota spiritual practices in his recovery from alcoholism.

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Listen to intriguing conversations that took place behind-the-scenes of the radio program.
Image of Basil Braveheart Basil Braveheart
Listen to the complete conversation that took place between Krista and Basil on the Hazelden campus. He is an educator and a Lakota healer on the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota.
Image of James Nelson James B. Nelson
Listen to Nelson discuss how recovery transformed his idea of basic Christian concepts such as "sin." He is an author and Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.
Image of Betty Davis Reynolds Betty Davis-Reynolds
Listen to Davis-Reynolds discuss the loss of values that accompanies addiction and the self-acceptance won through recovery. She is a counselor at the renowned Hazelden Treatment Center in Center City, Minnesota.