From a Hospital Bed to a Ph.D. - AA Speaker - Dave D.
Dave returned to Alcoholics Anonymous at 22 from a hospital bed, unable to move and given little hope, then used the same AA actions that kept him sober to return to college and earn a Ph.D. in engine...
4 Aug 57min
Match Calamity with Serenity - AA Speaker - Mary T.
At 19 years sober, Mary realized she knew the Big Book well enough to keep everyone away from her, and AA asked her to trade a God of reason for a God she could trust as a friend. ☀️ Sober Sunrise App...
3 Aug 55min
The War Was Over. I Lost. Thank God. - AA Speaker - Rick M.
Rick reached Alcoholics Anonymous from a cable-equipped tent beside the Russian River, where even the town drunks had begun looking at him with pity, and discovered that losing the war was how he fina...
1 Aug 44min
The Rottweilers That Kept Me in AA - AA Speaker - Don L.
At six months sober, Don had decided Alcoholics Anonymous did not work and was ready to quit; then two loose Rottweilers chased him down a hill, put him completely in the moment, and sent him back to ...
31 Jul 1h 1min
After 46 Years, the Prison Still Smelled Like Fear - AA Speaker - Johnnie H.
Johnnie returned to the Folsom cell where he had lived 46 years earlier, then crossed the old mess hall to carry the Alcoholics Anonymous message to 300 prisoners: you don’t have to live like this any...
30 Jul 50min
I Don’t Drink Alcohol, I Drink Life - AA Speaker - Lila R.
Lila arrived at a basement meeting called the Hole in the Ground planning to stay for a few weeks; 25 years later, she is still learning that the hardest spiritual practice is sometimes to do nothing ...
29 Jul 58min
Thank God It Didn’t All Happen in the First Year - AA Speaker - Pat L.
Pat’s recovery did not arrive as one tidy awakening. It unfolded through hard-won amends, fatherhood, sponsorship, 25 years of meetings, and a trip to Akron he finally bought as a gift to himself. ☀️ ...
28 Jul 55min
Your Misery Is Refunded at the Door - AA Speaker - Eileen F.
At 17, Eileen stood at the edge of AA waiting for someone to sell her on sobriety. The pitch never came. Instead, the people, the Big Book, and the work asked her to risk the one thing she already had...
27 Jul 55min
