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 more about a subject I discussed in Episode 35, which is how common it is in AA for people to feel like they are doing something wrong if they feel any anger at all.
In this episode I answer a question I received in an e-mail regarding how to deal with a sponsee who wants to do things differently from how they are in the Big Book.
Ironically, if you're doing thin…
In this episode I talk about the first time I saw a relationship between what I thought and what I felt. More exciting was my discovery that I could, more and more, decide what I would think about.
In this episode I talk more about living the principles at home, where it counts the most, in my view.
I talk about some of the lessons I've learned that have led me to today.
- Communicating clearly…
If my program doesn't work at home, my program doesn't work.
Today I talk about living a spiritual life at home.
Part One.
In the episode I read something from Emmet Fox titled, "The Unicorn."
For me, a powerful little reading about the magnificence of not playing God.
In this episode I describe some very simple tools I use to practice getting out of self. (Worth noting that, for myself, if I'm not willing to practice these things I do an inventory; if I'm unwillin…
In this episode I talk about being either a positive or a negative influence on the people around me.
- It take literally no effort to be a negative influence.
- Being a positive influence takes effort…
In this episode I talk about Step Three, again, using a few different analogies.
Also I discuss how, in early recovery, I was aware of the fact that there were parts of my life I still wanted to cont…
In this episode I talk about my experience with, and understanding of, Step Four.
What is the objective according to the Big Book?
How long should it take?
Should it make me feel terrible?
In this episode, I discuss how the principles we learn in AA are specifically for times like these.
In this episode I talk about the times in my life where I told myself I was stuck.
In this episode I talk about miscellaneous things.
Struggling.
Some amends I made this week.
Mental prison.
Zucchini pizza.
In this episode, I interview another woman who recently went through A.A. step work quickly on zoom, with incredible results.
Today, my guest is Ruchi - another person who was struggling in A.A. for years, did the steps quickly right out of the Big Book, and has had a powerful spiritual awakening.
Wait until you hear this..…
In this episode I interview Maureen, who has incredible things to share about her experience of going quickly through the "clear cut directions" that are in the Big Book, and the spiritual awakening …
In this episode I talk about some of the simple reasons that I am experiencing peace of mind today.
In this episode I talk about how easy it is to play God in the fellowship.
In this episode I talk about the very simple things I learned when I was new that still have me continuously working with others.
In this episode I talk about two very simple things I look for that will let me know I'm Into self.