Best AA Speakers on the topic of "Acceptance"

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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Ed M. – AA Speaker – Why it is so important to forgive others in recovery

October 26, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Right in the middle of that sermon, I suddenly stopped. I realized I was being hypocritical because of the passage basically saying, “Don’t come to my altar if you’ve got a problem with one of the brothers out there, go make that right before for you come back.” I realized I had never told the […]

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Jennifer H. – AA Speaker – Singles in Sobriety Speaker Meeting

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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With alcohol, it was the only way I was able to wind down and the only way I was going to be able to get some relief. Unfortunately I took my show on the road. I would get pulled over and sometimes I would be able to get out of it, sometimes I would end […]

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Lilly H. – AA Speaker – “Practicing Recovery Principles in All Our Affairs”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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I go out and I get in the back of that van. I knelt down that night and I said, “God give me one tenth of the faith my mother has.” The next day I’m driving those kids to school and I broke out in a sweat that I never want to forget. I got […]

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Lizz H. – AA Speaker – Incredibly moving story of alcoholism recovery

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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The 90s is when I did most of my drinking and using. I just thought Seattle was where it was, but I stopped in Portland 10 years later and I was still there. I never actually made it Seattle. What I found in Portland were people my age getting sober. I didn’t know that people […]

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Matt H. – AA Speaker – “Recovery, my new and wonderful life”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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Existence for me personally that is not flowery poetic language. I live in a fourth dimension of existence when I say that; it’s not because I’m hallucinating I say that, it is because I live in a way that I didn’t think was possible when I was drinking. I have an internal stable happiness that […]

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Jerry J. – AA Speaker – How to find freedom and happiness in recovery

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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I knew something I had never known before. I knew that I was going to drink that day unless I got some help from somebody. I called Alcoholics Anonymous. I called central office and a lady picked up the phone. I told her that I was a big time lawyer and that I was having […]

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Earl H. – AA Speaker – How to achieve freedom with the 12 Steps

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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When the student is ready, the teacher appears. It’s not always the guy with more time in recovery. This can happen when it is the guy with thirty days or sixty days. As you go through this thing, your experience of it will deepen; it will become more and more intense and enlightening. Recovery will […]

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Paul O. – AA Speaker – “Acceptance is the Answer”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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5.90K

Dr. Paul O., who penned one of the most famous verses in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous on page 417, shares his story of recovery from the podium. In meetings all over the world, Dr. Paul’s simple experience of acceptance and perseverance serves as an inspiration for thousands of AA members. Enjoy this speaker […]