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Someone Burglarized My Garage and Stole All My Stolen Stuff - AA Speaker - Rick B. - Saint Paul, MN

Rick spent years trying to build his empire, control every outcome, and force life to go his way — until AA taught him that the things he needed most only showed up when he stopped chasing them. We just launched our new Episodes page — search hundreds of AA speaker meetings by topic, speaker, or step ☀️ Sober-Sunrise.com Rick walked into AA after decades of big-shotism — buying houses to impress people, stealing anything he could get his hands on, and bulldozing through relationships to get what he wanted. He took and took until there was nothing left, not the business, not the house, not the wife and kids. In sobriety he discovered that every cliche he heard in meetings needed to be tested against the actual book, that sponsorship built on dependency was dangerous, and that spiritual growth had nothing to do with addition — it was about subtraction, letting go of what he wasn't so what he actually was could emerge. When he finally stopped forcing outcomes and focused on giving through 12-step work and meetings at the mission, jobs started showing up without him looking, cars appeared when he needed them, and raises came before he even started work. Rick's talk is a sharp, honest breakdown of how controlling your life is the biggest roadblock to recovery — and how the things worth having only come when you stop trying to grab them. Rick B. from Minneapolis, MN speaking on the topic of "Roadblocks to Recovery" at The Firing Line Group of Alcoholics Anonymous in Saint Paul, MN - January 1st 2009 Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

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I Went Back to My Neighbor Instead of the Store - AA Speaker - Carla R.

Carla’s first real turn toward AA came when she went back to her sober neighbor instead of the store and began learning how to live with the head she had to take home. ☀️ Sober Sunrise App Listen to S...

2 Syys 1h 20min

55 Years Sober, 10 Minutes Emotionally Sober - AA Speaker - Mel B.

After 55 years sober, Mel brings rare firsthand AA history, hard-earned recovery wisdom, and one of the funniest definitions of emotional sobriety you’ll ever hear. ☀️ Sober Sunrise App Listen to Sobe...

1 Syys 1h 9min

I Called AAA Looking for Alcoholics Anonymous - AA Speaker - Martin S.

After nineteen days alone in a motel, Martin calls for AA help, accidentally reaches AAA, and realizes that tomorrow is too late—he needs the Alcoholics Anonymous solution now. ☀️ Sober Sunrise App Li...

31 Elo 52min

The 12 Steps Were Numbered for Screwballs Like Me - AA Speaker - Wesley P.

With 32 years sober, Wesley explains why AA’s Twelve Steps must become an everyday way of life—and how success, ego, and complacency can quietly lead an alcoholic back toward bondage. ☀️ Sober Sunrise...

30 Elo 59min

I Asked for a Sponsor and Never Drank Again - AA Speaker - Sean C.

After eight months of repeatedly restarting his sobriety date, Sean asks another man to sponsor him and begins following the Big Book directions that finally make AA a way of life. ☀️ Sober Sunrise Ap...

29 Elo 54min

I Get to Have Another Day - AA Speaker - Reid M.

After believing his life was over, Reid finds hope in Alcoholics Anonymous and discovers why working with other alcoholics is essential to his own recovery. ☀️ Sober Sunrise App Listen to Sober Sunris...

26 Elo 1h 17min

It’s an Inside Job - AA Speaker - David M.

After years of anger, isolation, and drinking, David discovers that lasting recovery begins with finding peace within through the Steps, fellowship, and service. ☀️ Sober Sunrise App Listen to Sober S...

25 Elo 36min

I Was Out of Plans - AA Speaker - Scott R.

A former Broadway actor and television director explains how running out of plans opened the door to surrender—and helped him rebuild the family alcoholism had nearly destroyed. ☀️ Sober Sunrise App L...

24 Elo 1h 12min