I share my experience, strength and hope with you regarding my own recovery from alcoholism through the 12 Steps in Alcoholics Anonymous. By the grace of God I've remained sober since I was 18 years old (1989). I started drinking and using drugs very young. I got sober during a time when there were not a lot of young people in AA. Moreover, I was homeless. I got sober in the very same location I drank. I'm passionate about recovery, and about sharing my incredible experience with others in every way I can. I am sincerely happy, joyous, and free.
In this episode I talk about some simple ways I can tell I need to remind myself I'm no longer running the show.
- Which side of the counter am I on?
- God is our employer
- Everyone a potential custome…
I used to say to myself, "I shouldn't feel this way" because I intellectually knew I shouldn't.
But the fact is that telling myself that never helped me, and I found it to be not only counterproducti…
In this episode I talk about feeling sadness.
- Adult Children of Alcoholics (Visit website here)
- Feeling peace and sadness simultaneously
- Separating my mood from how I treat others
In this episode I read the section in The Doctor's Opinion that talks about being restless, irritable, and discontented and discuss its context.
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In this episode I talk about how simple it is for me to forget the basics.
The problem always seems much too complicated to be solved with simplicity.
But it never is.
In this episode I talk about taking people and things for granted.
On another casual Friday, I discuss a variety of things.
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In this episode I simply hang out with you in case you are sad.
In my experience, sometimes this kind of thing is important.
In this episode I talk briefly about my thoughts on Independence Day.
In this episode I talk about how I used to beat myself up mercilessly when I was new.
I also talk about why I don't anymore.
In this episode I talk to my friends about the ability the steps have given us to create wonderful things out of seemingly bad events.
In this episode I talk about how much the 12 Steps have changed me.
- When I got sober: I was obsessed with alcohol; I knew there was no God; I felt separated from everyone; people were merely extens…
In this episode I share my understanding of the meaning behind the Third Step Prayer.
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On page 19 it says "most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others."
In this episode I talk about my experience concerning being afraid to share in meetings.
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In this episode I read from Emmet Fox, and from the Big Book, and then connect them through a discussion of my own experience.
- We don't have to ask for good
- Open the blinds
- "Evil is a false beli…
What is spiritual help? In this episode, I talk about how difficult it is to accept it.
I read about the two choices described on Page 25 of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous.
In this episode I read some things from Emmet Fox and I connect them with my understanding of the directions in the Big Book.
- The tools in Step Four
THIS IS MY 200th EPISODE!
To celebrate here, I spontaneously call a bunch of my friends who are sober, happy, joyous & free. These are some of the many people I know who, to me, make sobriety look …
In this episode, I read sections of the Big Book connecting the steps suggested as a program of recovery, illuminating its blatant message that we are to stay in action.
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