Best AA Speakers with "Big Book Sobriety"

Scott R. – AA Speaker – “Breaking through and becoming free”

November 14, 2017 twelvestep recovery

1.57K

Most alcoholics in early recovery have some time of “plan” to stay sober and to manage their lives. I have to say, for anyone in this spot, don’t use your plan. Grab one of us who have been here a while after the meeting and tell us your plan. We really want to know the […]

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Kenny D. – AA Speaker – “Spiritual Awakening with the 12 Steps” – Incredible Workshop!

November 9, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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1.96K

We are proud to bring you one of the most enlightening and spiritual talks we have in our library! Listening to Kenny is such a wonderful experience. He comes from an amazing lineage of sponsorship. Another great aspect of his talks is that he knows and is aware of the principle of singleness of purpose, […]

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Earl H. – AA Speaker – “Growing in the Twelve Steps and Sobriety”

November 1, 2017 twelvestep recovery

1.05K

When I was new, I was luck in the fact that I did not have anywhere else to go. AA was the last house on the block. So when a guy got up and shared his experience, strength, and hope, and shared openly and honestly about his feelings, I had never heard anybody do that […]

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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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Step 1- Tornado Exercise by Peter M.

October 26, 2017 twelvestep recovery

1.72K

Ask yourself the following questions to determine if you have untreated alcoholism… Have you worked all 12 steps of AA completely since coming into the program of Alcoholics Anonymous? Can you say “yes‟ to all of the next twelve statements? Have you: Admitted powerlessness over alcohol? Admitted unmanageability in your life? Come to believe in […]

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Guided Meditation by Mark H. and Joe H. on the first three steps of Alcoholics Anonymous

June 17, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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In this powerful meditation on steps 1-3 of Alcoholics Anonymous, two of the most respected AA speakers share how they took the Big Book in to consideration while taking these vital spiritual exercises. Considerations on the first three steps as laid out by Mark H. and Joe H. in Arizona in 2002. (Note: This is […]

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Journey Through The Work (Part Two)

June 17, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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“For we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.” Big Book Page 64 Unmanageabilty and the Spiritual Malady In part one of this series we looked at exactly what it means to be powerless over alcohol. To […]

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Journey Through AA’s First Three Steps (Part One)

June 16, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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In this series, we are attempting to look at the illness of alcoholism and its nature, in the manner that the Big Book presents it. I am going to highlight what I think are the important points of each step. We are going to be looking at it from two different angles. The first, is […]

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Bob D. – AA Speaker – Why having resentments is dangerous in sobriety

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

1.74K

Prior to doing this my first two inventories, if you would have asked me the exact nature of my wrongs, I would have told you about the guy that was stabbed and about the money I stole. But it’s there’s something underneath all of that. The exact nature of where I was wrong. Where was […]

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

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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1.45K

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. […]