The Alcoholics Anonymous podcast offers insight into real AA meetings. Listeners hear recorded sessions with the UK's chapter of the organization. The members don't have to use their full names per AA rules. They share their true stories of alcohol abuse and eventual recovery. Each episode is an emotional journey through the process of achieving sobriety. Some episodes come from private AA meeting recordings. Others are interviews conducted by BBC Radio host Garry Scott.

The podcast helps guide listeners through the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program. AA is a nonprofit that provides a community for recovering alcoholics. The group follows the tenets of the Twelve Steps. Rather than an instruction manual, the steps are a spiritual practice. The group has no affiliation with any religion but encourages the idea of a "higher power." Alcoholics Anonymous, known by members as the "Big Book," is a printed guide to the program.

A direct way to participate in the program is by attending meetings. AA meetings are a way for recovering alcoholics to find a community. Members exchange their stories and perform acts of service to aid their recovery. This podcast provides real stories from real AA members. Listeners can get a sense of what meetings are like and how members talk about alcoholism.

AA members think of alcoholism as a disease. Speakers refer to their alcoholism as an allergy. That means that they have an abnormal reaction to drinking alcohol. Instead of being able to have one or two drinks, they find themselves unable to stop. AA provides a support network for members to help each other get sober and stay sober.

Some listeners may be curious about what an AA meeting is like. Others might suspect they may have a problem themselves. The podcast is an inspirational and moving discussion of the challenge of recovery. Some listeners may find the motivation to start attending meetings themselves. The Alcoholics Anonymous show is a hopeful message for people struggling with addiction.