Best AA Speakers on the topic of "Character Defects"

Tom B. – AA Speaker – How spirituality through subtraction works in AA’s 12 Steps

December 1, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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I can sit on my butt and tell you how grateful I am, but if I’m not out there trying to give away this gift that has been so freely given me, I’m a liar and the truth is not in me. There is a book we used to look at on Sunday mornings that […]

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Navigating Relationships in Recovery

October 25, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Relationships for the normal person are both amazing and amazingly difficult. Relationships for the addict/alcoholic, are pretty much impossible. Did you ever hear people say, “You can’t give love if you don’t have love yourself?” It’s true, you cannot give away what you haven’t got. Period. An addict/alcoholic just simply does not have any room […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Bob D. – AA Speaker – “Relationships and Fear Workshop”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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We are trying to get our lives turned over to an infinite God rather than our finite selves. If you’re the center, and you’re responsible for your whole life, that means absolutely everything is on your shoulders. I got to tell you something. It’s too big, it is just too big for me to handle […]

Family Recovery (Al-Anon)

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 […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

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 […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

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 […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Jerry E. – AA Speaker – “The Gift of a New Life”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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She said we have a policy here that’s chiseled in stone that if you drink while you’re in this facility, you’re automatically kicked out; and for you to be kicked out means you have to be sentenced to go locked up in insane asylum for the rest of your life. She said they were willing […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Bob D. – AA Speaker – How to find a Higher Power in sobriety

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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I don’t have what it takes to stay sober on my own. When I was a newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous, I would go in the bathroom at the halfway house, and I because I don’t believe in God, I would push the throw rug up against the crack underneath the door so no one would […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

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 […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Sandy B. – AA Speaker – The Power of the Present Moment

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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I’ve heard a speaker one night say, “Hi everybody, I’m going to tell you my story is divided into two parts. What happened during the years that I drank and what I thought happened during the years that I drank.” It was very funny. But we can say that about our entire lives. For me, […]