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Don M. – AA Speaker – Your feelings are not your reality!

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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So many times in recovery we can get caught up in our own heads. Some people in the rooms call this “the committee.” No matter what particular names is attributed to it, many people can relate to being controlled by feelings and sometimes overwhelmed by them. Don does a magnificent job of telling his story […]

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Lila R. – AA Speaker – “A New World in Sobriety”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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This woman AA speaker, Lila R. has a wonderful story of recovery and a very hopeful message. She outlines the importance of surrender and how beneficial it is to the alcoholic if they completely give themselves to the program and the twelve steps. In doing this, incredible things can happen. Coming to terms with step […]

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Bill C. – AA Speaker – “My Wild Journey to a Sober Life”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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We sat around all this weekend talking about the steps, the mechanics of it, and how it works, what doesn’t work, what does, and what we think is correct is and the right approach. or an intense approach or you know is there a weak approach of medium approach a strong approach. But what if […]

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Elizabeth M. – AA Speaker – I was a sick person, not a bad person!

December 29, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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My mother was a member of a Muslim community and she went on a missionary trip to Pakistan. She is an American Muslim and she went with her husband. They went to Pakistan to build a medical clinic there. The organization that sent them couldn’t get a hold of my mother and they thought she […]

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Bob D. – AA Speaker – “A Shining Example of Recovery from Alcoholism”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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Alcohol had the power to change my whole reality. I would go from a devastating, empty, vacant, and desolate life, to a sense of connection that is beyond anything I could have ever imagined. It’s no wonder in the early days when the hook of alcoholism is set, that feeling of being connected becomes the […]

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Sister Maurice – AA Speakers – “Having a Fulfilling Life in Sobriety”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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I need all the help I can get. Believe you me. But outside help has always been a secondary measure to the program. Alcohol became a way of life for me in a very short period of time. It dictated my moods. It made my decisions. It said, “You will do this.” I found it […]

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Chris R. – AA Speaker – “Sponsorship, Meeting Etiquette, and More”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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Every time you get up and slip by the podium, the speaker stops what he is saying and loses his train of thought a little bit. We don’t have enough time for that nonsense. You don’t want to be there? Go away. You don’t have the respect to show up on time? Come on guys. […]

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Bob D. – AA Speaker – “The Garden of God”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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One of the best AA speakers, Bob D. shares one of his best experiences in recovery. He talks about how Alcoholics Anonymous has allowed him to find his way in life, and how his life has taken on new meaning. Finding a primary purpose After working the steps, there was “rightness” about everything in my […]

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Sandy B. – AA Speaker – God is in our Character defects

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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So one month after I moved to Tampa I was friends and I think it was three couples who invited me to go to a show. They had an extra ticket to a theater in the round thing in downtown Tampa. When I got there there were rows of seats up around the stage. This […]

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Chris R. – AA Speakers – “Turning it over” during tough times in sobriety

June 18, 2018 twelvestep recovery

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I’m deeply convinced along as I continue to do this program, even if it is in my own stumbling way towards the principles I first encountered, I’m going to stay sober here. What’s that power? All I can say is a power greater than myself. Be still and know that I’m God. Next paragraph, this […]