• AA Recovery Interviews

  • By: Howard L.
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AA Recovery Interviews

By: Howard L.
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  • Alcoholics Anonymous members from around the world share their awesome stories of experience, strength, and hope with interview host Howard L.
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  • Karen W. – Sober 3 Years

    Karen W. – Sober 3 Years
    Sep 25 2024
    On today’s episode, my guest Karen W. shares a chilling story that every long-term alcoholic needs to hear. It’s a story about alcoholism’s insidious ability to derail 28 years of sobriety into a seven-year relapse that nearly ended in suicide. Karen somehow survived that slip to achieve three years of sobriety as of the date of this interview. Her chaotic life of alcoholism and drug addiction started in high school and culminated in her banishment from the family and a hard collision with reality at age 21. Karen found herself in a rehab facility where she experienced sobriety for the first time in many years and her introduction to Alcoholics Anonymous. For the next three decades she was a mostly active member of the fellowship, though sobriety slowly started to lose its priority over the years. Surrounding herself with the trappings of a successful life, she gradually lost sight of the importance of AA and started to attend fewer and fewer meetings and distanced herself from the fellowship. By the time she slipped at age 50, her relapse was much worse than the life she escaped when she first got sober. For the next seven years, Karen’s experienced inevitable deterioration of her life. She told her family she no longer wanted to live. That desperate cry for help marked her re-entrance into the rooms and a newfound desire to get and stay sober. Since that day in May 2021, Karen has humbled herself to the realization that she simple cannot live without AA. Nor does she want to. That she survived to make it back to AA is nothing short of a miracle. I believe you’ll find Karen’s story to unlike any you’ve heard, especially if you’ve ever wondered whether long-term sobriety can be sustained with fewer meetings and less involvement in the Program. Hers is a story chock-full with lessons of how to do and how not to do a strong AA program. So please enjoy the next hour of AA Recovery Interviews with my friend and AA sister, Karen W. If you’ve enjoyed my AA Recovery Interviews series and my Big Book Podcast, have a listen to Lost Stories of the Big Book, 30 Original Stories Missing from the 3rd and 4th Editions of Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s an engaging audiobook I narrated to bring these stories to life for AA members who’ve never seen them. These timeless testimonials were originally cut to make room for newer stories in the 3rd and 4th Editions. But their vitally important messages of hope are as meaningful today as when they were first published. Many listeners will hear these stories for the first time. Lost Stories of the Big Book is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. It’s also available as a Kindle book and in Paperback from Amazon if you’d like to read along with the audio. I also invite you to check out my latest audio book, “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism”. This is the word-for-word, cover-to-cover reading of the First Edition of the Big Book, published in 1939. It’s a comfortable, meaningful, and engaging way to listen to the Big Book anytime, anyplace. Have a free listen at Audible, i-Tunes, or Amazon. [Disclaimer: AA Recovery Interviews podcast strictly adheres to AA’s 12 Traditions and all General Service Office guidelines for safe-guarding anonymity on-line. I pay all podcast production costs. AA Recovery Interviews and my guests do not speak for or represent AA at-large. This podcast is simply my way of giving back to AA that which has been so freely given to me. – Howard L.]
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Robert B. – Sober 17 Years

    Robert B. – Sober 17 Years
    Sep 18 2024
    Originally from Detroit, Robert grew up in what many would consider to be a “normal’ family in which alcohol and dysfunctional behavior were largely absent. Nonetheless, Robert found alcohol at 16 and was immediately lured to its magical properties that relieved much of the anxiety and loneliness he experienced during his teenage years. Though he made it through high school and later college with few consequences from his mostly social drinking, his early twenties were marked by increasing use and then misuse of alcohol. As he became addicted to alcohol, with all its consequences, Robert rapidly found that drinking was controlling more and more of his life. Feelings of loneliness, isolation, and self-recrimination were no longer quelled by alcohol. By his late twenties, he found himself in psychotherapy, dealing with the same issues that were exacerbated by his drinking. By the time he stepped into AA at age 29, Robert had had enough. Robert was fortunate to find a strong AA group and a guiding sponsor who helped him work the steps and immersed him in service work to stay firmly planted in the Program. Over the years, he has been a trusted servant to his AA fellowship and a true friend to his peers. His willingness to help those in need has made him indispensable member of Alcoholics Anonymous. I consider it a blessing to attend 2-3 meetings a week with Robert. I value his friendship and believe you will find his words both uplifting and inspiring. So, please enjoy the next hour with my AA brother, Robert B. If you’ve enjoyed my AA Recovery Interviews series and my Big Book Podcast, have a listen to Lost Stories of the Big Book, 30 Original Stories Missing from the 3rd and 4th Editions of Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s an engaging audiobook I narrated to bring these stories to life for AA members who’ve never seen them. These timeless testimonials were originally cut to make room for newer stories in the 3rd and 4th Editions. But their vitally important messages of hope are as meaningful today as when they were first published. Many listeners will hear these stories for the first time. Lost Stories of the Big Book is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. It’s also available as a Kindle book and in Paperback from Amazon if you’d like to read along with the audio. I also invite you to check out my latest audio book, “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism”. This is the word-for-word, cover-to-cover reading of the First Edition of the Big Book, published in 1939. It’s a comfortable, meaningful, and engaging way to listen to the Big Book anytime, anyplace. Have a free listen at Audible, i-Tunes, or Amazon. [Disclaimer: AA Recovery Interviews podcast strictly adheres to AA’s 12 Traditions and all General Service Office guidelines for safe-guarding anonymity on-line. I pay all podcast production costs. AA Recovery Interviews and my guests do not speak for or represent AA at-large. This podcast is simply my way of giving back to AA that which has been so freely given to me. – Howard L.]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Al D. – Sober 6 Years (New Episode 155)

    Al D. – Sober 6 Years (New Episode 155)
    Sep 4 2024
    Al D. came into AA at 60 years of age to get sober after a lifetime of normal or moderate drinking. Punctuated by occasional binges and excessive use of alcohol to quell periods of depression or anxiety, Al was able to manage his consumption of booze and sometimes stop for years at a time. But the disease of alcoholism was just off-stage ready to make its appearance when the script of his life took an inevitable turn after two divorces, several business reversals, and increasingly frequent periods of self-recrimination. At an age when Al thought he’d be enjoying life the most, the rapacious creditor that is alcoholism took over his life rendering him hopelessly desperate for help. Fortunately, a brief period of awareness occurred after Al was hospitalized for his drinking and he finally admitted defeat. Limping into Alcoholics Anonymous, he found the solutions to his problems and did the crucial work necessary to get and stay sober. With a good sponsor and daily meetings, Al earnestly worked the steps and ensconced himself in the fellowship. Six years later, his stand-out service work is known to all and is a fine demonstration of better living through AA service. Though I’ve known Al for the short time he’s been in Houston, his presence at many of the same meetings that I attend makes it feel like I’ve known him for a much longer time. His is a story that gives hope to those older alcoholics who may feel it’s too late in life to get help. His frank and unabashed manner of carrying Alcohol Anonymous’ message to those who still suffer, has made him an invaluable and trusted servant in his newly adopted AA community. Al’s understanding of the disease and his experience getting sober late in life, strongly resonate with older alcoholics, and provide hope that it’s never too late to change and find a new life in AA. So, without further ado, please enjoy the next hour with my friend and AA brother, Al D. If you’ve enjoyed my AA Recovery Interviews series and my Big Book Podcast, have a listen to Lost Stories of the Big Book, 30 Original Stories Missing from the 3rd and 4th Editions of Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s an engaging audiobook I narrated to bring these stories to life for AA members who’ve never seen them. These timeless testimonials were originally cut to make room for newer stories in the 3rd and 4th Editions. But their vitally important messages of hope are as meaningful today as when they were first published. Many listeners will hear these stories for the first time. Lost Stories of the Big Book is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. It’s also available as a Kindle book and in Paperback from Amazon if you’d like to read along with the audio. I also invite you to check out my latest audio book, “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism”. This is the word-for-word, cover-to-cover reading of the First Edition of the Big Book, published in 1939. It’s a comfortable, meaningful, and engaging way to listen to the Big Book anytime, anyplace. Have a free listen at Audible, i-Tunes, or Amazon. [Disclaimer: AA Recovery Interviews podcast strictly adheres to AA’s 12 Traditions and all General Service Office guidelines for safe-guarding anonymity on-line. I pay all podcast production costs. AA Recovery Interviews and my guests do not speak for or represent AA at-large. This podcast is simply my way of giving back to AA that which has been so freely given to me. – Howard L.]
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    1 hr

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