Best AA Speakers on the topic of "Character Defects"

Bob D. – AA Speaker – How can you call yourself a grateful alcoholic?

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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I got real lucky in 1978. I got to that point talks about in the Big Book, in the chapter “A Vision For You,” it was the point where couldn’t live with alcohol and couldn’t live without it. I was running from the law, hitchhiking cross-country with another guy and we made to Las Vegas, […]

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

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

1.50K

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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Bob D. – AA Speaker – My Story of Recovery

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

7.22K

One day when I was sober about a year and a half I was sinking into a deep depression. I’m the Bill Wilson type of alcoholic. I know I’ve been misdiagnosed by an incompetent psychiatrists, I have been misdiagnosed on a couple occasions too. One time I was diagnosed as clinically depressed, but I’m not actually clinically […]

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Sandy B. – AA Speaker – God takes care of everything!

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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12.37K

Clancy says alcoholism is a disease of perception. We are looking at this world incorrectly because we’re disturbed. So how can we get to look at it correctly? Get undisturbed? In other words, that becomes the new top priority. So I tried to thin, what is necessary to make this change? We need a new […]

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Ed. M. – AA Speakers – “Laughing and Loving a New Life in Recovery!”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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So it is important what we say and what we do in Alcoholics Anonymous. It is important what we say to the new person in Alcoholics Anonymous. It is important that we instill hope in the new person in Alcoholics Anonymous and encourage them. They’ve had enough of the other crap. Believe me, for years […]

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

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

1.62K

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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Bruce T. – AA Speaker – “His famous Hagerstown talk”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

465

All spiritual things come first, all material things follow. So, we all know about that, but it is hard to live that way, you know. The deal is in the third step prayer, which is saying, “God, I offer myself to thee, to build with me and do whatever you want.” Right now, I don’t […]

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Sandy B. – AA Speaker – “Everything is Perception” (Steps 6 and 7)

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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5.72K

Sandy B., who wrote “Dropping the Rock” gives a wonderful talk about character defects and the perception of reality for the alcoholic. This is a must listen and an amazing share. A Matter of Perception I realized this year I had a different attitude about death. Death is absolutely essential to life. And life is […]

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

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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6.26K

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 […]

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June G. – AA Speaker – “Don’t Quit Before The Miracle Happens”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

1.77K

The amazing thing though is that over the years there is probably one little saying that I come back to time after time and I love sharing it. It is, “We don’t think our way into right living, and we live our way into right thinking.” What an amazing thing. This saying was proven true […]