Al-Anon Speakers - Family Recovery Archives for Odomtology 12 Step

Ann Marie R. – Al Anon Speaker – Detaching with Love and Living Life!

December 20, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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I want to welcome you and say that today is the first day of the rest of your life that you never ever have to do anything alone or by yourself. That was a gift too when I heard that when I came into these rooms. I never ever had to do anything by myself […]

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Jennie H. – Al Anon Speaker – Being Free and Being Myself

December 8, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Bill invited me to a clubhouse where he said he was going to give his a talk. This place had a bunch of alcoholics he said. I figured he was big and he’ll protect me in case those people try attacked me. See, I did not know what Alcoholics Anonymous or the twelve step programs […]

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Larcene and Mary Pearl – Al Anon Speakers – “The Answer is Acceptance”

November 21, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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In some of the hardest times of my life, there was no active alcoholism going on in my home. In regards to these hard times, many of them happened when I had been in the program and God was loving me the way he does now. He wouldn’t let those things happen until I was […]

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Ellen L. – Al Anon Speaker – “I can’t cure it, but I can heal myself”

November 16, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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I started going to meetings out back in Chicago, Pat had been going to meetings there form some time, and when he called me, I could tell there was a difference. When I saw him, he looked different. He was in and out of the program for a few years before and. I never saw […]

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Kathy H. – Al-Anon Speaker – “How to become free and at peace”

October 24, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Kathy shares a moving story at an Al-Anon meeting. She talks about how certain situations in her family system, were framed in certain ways (mostly with humor), and that is how they were able to cope. This is a really great share! Using humor to describe difficult circumstances My grandfather was from the old country. […]

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Robin V. – Al Anon Family Recovery Speaker – “Loving myself after losing myself”

June 16, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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With southern charm, Robin V. delivers an inspirational Al Anon speaker share! Robin’s story tells of how trying to “manage” the alcoholism of others cost her dearly. She then recounts how the fellowship of the Al Anon Family Groups helped change her life for the better and provided her with much needed hope and a […]

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Kyle C. – Al Anon Family Recovery Speaker – “Good Down Home Healing”

June 16, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Kyle is a fantastic Al Anon speaker and someone who you can definitely point to as a great example of what the twelve steps can do. Sometimes people associate Al Anon with mostly women, and sometimes this can make guys apprehensive to go. Kyle, who was a college football player, tells how he is so […]

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Christopher S. – Gay Al Anon Family Recovery Speaker – “Here and Clear!”

June 16, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Enjoy this talk by Christopher, a gay Al Anon speaker who is delivering this talk at a LGBTQIA convention and sharing his powerful story of recovery. While not an alcoholic or addict himself, Chris recounts his harrowing tale and shares very personal insights in to how he became engulfed in his partner’s alcoholism. He shares […]

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Barbara A. – Al Anon Family Recovery Speaker – “Finding myself, finding a Higher Power through Forgiveness””

June 16, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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This is an extremely moving Al-Anon speaker sharing her journey to recovery and some powerful stories of forgiveness. Resentment and bitterness are very normal when someone is involved in an alcoholic situation. Barbara does a masterful job of sharing her story as she learned to navigate through the waters of recovery to the shore of […]

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Kerri K. – Family Recovery Speaker – “How to accept I’m powerless, but not helpless!”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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Kerri is a wonderful Al-Anon speaker who shares an emotional story of how adverse experiences helped shape her life and bring her closer to a Higher Power… So I began to keep secrets and I began to learn how to wear a mask and not show you what’s really going on inside of me. I’m […]