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AA Recovery Interviews
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Добавлен 8 мар 2021
AA Recovery Interviews podcast explores the lives of recovered alcoholics who got sober in Alcoholics Anonymous. In each one-on-one interview, my anonymous guests share their experience, strength, and hope through a lively discussion of what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now. AA Recovery Interviews protects the guests' anonymity by not showing faces and using first names and last initials only.
[Disclaimer: In strict adherence to A.A.’s traditions, anonymous guests and host speak for themselves only, not for Alcoholics Anonymous at large. We share only our personal experiences with A.A. recovery. We acknowledge that AA’s sole concern is the recovery and continued sobriety of those alcoholics who turn to the Fellowship for help. As members of AA, our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.]
[Disclaimer: In strict adherence to A.A.’s traditions, anonymous guests and host speak for themselves only, not for Alcoholics Anonymous at large. We share only our personal experiences with A.A. recovery. We acknowledge that AA’s sole concern is the recovery and continued sobriety of those alcoholics who turn to the Fellowship for help. As members of AA, our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.]
Brent F. – Sober Since November 2018 (Encore Episode)
[This is an encore of Episode 61 originally released January 19, 2022].
It was 1996 when Brent first attempted to get sober. But like so many others, it took him several attempts to fully embrace AA and do the work necessary to achieve solid and contented sobriety. Those earlier attempts at sobriety included significant stints in AA over the years, during which time he went to meetings and actually got to know members of the fellowship. But his half-hearted efforts, and a belief that he could still smoke pot, thwarted his efforts at sustained or meaningful sobriety. He slipped time and time again. Though his marriage and job remained largely intact through the years, his slow descent into ...
It was 1996 when Brent first attempted to get sober. But like so many others, it took him several attempts to fully embrace AA and do the work necessary to achieve solid and contented sobriety. Those earlier attempts at sobriety included significant stints in AA over the years, during which time he went to meetings and actually got to know members of the fellowship. But his half-hearted efforts, and a belief that he could still smoke pot, thwarted his efforts at sustained or meaningful sobriety. He slipped time and time again. Though his marriage and job remained largely intact through the years, his slow descent into ...
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Claire H. - Sober 29 Years
Просмотров 30День назад
Claire H. arrived in America from Great Britain 32 years ago as a full-blown alcoholic. It took her another three years before she got sober in AA. Growing up in England, the ubiquity of social drinking found in countless local pubs lead her to start drinking at 14. That constant exposure to alcohol, plus her father’s untreated alcoholism at home, seemed to predestine Claire’s future addiction ...
Jason G. - Sober Since November 1994 (Encore Episode)
Просмотров 4414 дней назад
[This is an encore of Episode 45 originally released September 22, 2021]. Jason's moment of clarity materialized with the barrel of a cocked revolver resting against his head. That he didn’t pull the trigger, and managed to un-cock the hammer of the pistol while still drunk, gave him a singular pause to ask his higher power for help. That he’s still sober some 27 years later is proof positive t...
Paul W. - Sober Since March 1990 (Encore Episode)
Просмотров 3421 день назад
[This is an encore of Episode 100, originally released November 9, 2022]. Paul's award-winning achievements in the music industry are beyond compare. His work has woven itself into the fabric of 20th and 21st century popular culture. His memorable songs have touched multiple generations around the world. But, as with many alcoholics, Paul’s genius grew out of a Dickensian childhood, full of fam...
Mike S. - Sober Since 1987 (Encore of Episode 27)
Просмотров 41Месяц назад
Mike's story is an inspiring testament to the critical importance of having an AA sponsor. In fact, my story is so intertwined with Mike’s that you’re likely to learn more about me in today’s podcast than you have in any other interview. When we first met in late 1988, I’d been sober only about 10 months. I had all but given up on AA and was headed towards relapse. You see, though I attended me...
Brian A. - Sober 31 Years
Просмотров 45Месяц назад
Alcoholism’s tornadic sweep through Brian’s life laid waste to his prospects for a happy future. Brian was raised in a family deeply rooted in alcoholism, a disease that ultimately took his father’s life. Brian’s his childhood and adolescence were further complicated by a severe skin allergy that physically and emotionally isolated him from others. By the time he started drinking at age 13, Bri...
Wes H. - Sober Since November 1991 (Encore of Episode 56)
Просмотров 62Месяц назад
Wes’ love of writing songs as a kid grew into a hectic, alcohol-infused career in the music business. Whether it was writing, performing, or producing, daily drinking was just part of the gig. For a while, alcohol was unobtrusive and often served his creative endeavors. However, by the time alcohol turned on him, its debilitating effects on his body, psyche, and spirit had pushed him to the bri...
Cody T. - Sober 4 Years
Просмотров 58Месяц назад
Cody’s story is a tragic tale rooted in a family rampant with alcoholism and drug addiction. Both of his parents were hard-drug users who sadly never attempted to get sober. Cody used drugs with them on a regular basis in addition to his drinking, further complicating any notions that he might be an alcoholic. As booze and heroine addled Cody’s decision-making and behavior, he was whipsawed int...
Margie D. - Sober Since November 1979 (Encore of Episode 7)
Просмотров 402 месяца назад
Originally from New England, but having lived in Great Britain for many years, Margie has over 45 years of sobriety. Having faced countless obstacles to getting to AA and subsequent challenges to sobriety during her 4 decades in the Program, Margie has remained as passionate and committed to the AA as one can be. In all those years, the longest she’s ever gone without a meeting was 10 days (dur...
Mike J. - Sober 34 Years
Просмотров 472 месяца назад
Mike's qualification for AA was honed by years of alcohol and drug abuse. Like so many others in our Program, Mike’s experience with alcohol started as a young teenager who drank to overcome feelings of being “less than”, despite his being raised by his grandparents in a strict, but loving home. Mike’s grandfather was the local Baptist minister. Any abhorrent behavior Mike engaged in was quickl...
Laura B. - Sober 37 Years
Просмотров 732 месяца назад
Laura B. got sober at age 17 after 4 years of intensively developing her alcoholism into qualification for AA. In that first meeting, she picked up a desire chip that initiated her 37 years of sobriety as an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous. A compelling aspect of Laura’s story is that her father was in AA and her mother was in Al-Anon. They used the tools of their respective Programs to e...
David P. - Sober 37 Years
Просмотров 602 месяца назад
As the frontman for a British band that was among the vanguard of punk rock in the late 1970s, my guest, David P., rode the New Wave of that musical genre as both writer and performer. Like many rock stars, his alcohol and drug use preceded, then accompanied his career. Both in good times and bad, David’s life was soaked with the same booze and cocaine that went with him when he moved from Engl...
Dale C. - Sober Since December 2008 (Encore of Episode 73)
Просмотров 583 месяца назад
When he started making the coffee, his life got better.... Thirteen years ago, Dale started attending one of my home groups, a men’s meeting that I’ve been going to for over 33 years. Since he first stepped into that meeting, his service to the group and individual men has solidified his spot in the middle of our herd. In fact, he says it was when he started making and serving coffee in the mee...
Aileen C. - Sober Since April 2009 (Encore of Episode 30)
Просмотров 563 месяца назад
A tough upbringing punctuated by violence and abuse led to Aileen's early use of drugs and alcohol just to survive home life. Her difficult and dangerous relationships in adulthood were mired by alcoholism of one or both parties. Self-loathing and despair, with ideations of suicide, haunted her at every turn. Indeed, Aileen’s story looked hopeless. In the end, it took in-patient mental health t...
Boots G. - Sober 22 Years
Просмотров 1073 месяца назад
At age 82, Boots had lived most of his life as a moderate or normal drinker, only to find out in his late 50s that his drinking was getting out of control. By the time his family staged an intervention when he was 60, Boots had become a full-blown alcoholic with all of the collateral damage that drinking inflicts upon the unsuspecting. Boots spent four months at an inpatient treatment center fa...
Al D. - Sober 6 Years (New Episode 155)
Просмотров 824 месяца назад
Al D. - Sober 6 Years (New Episode 155)
Lee H. - Sober Since January 2013 (Encore of Episode 23)
Просмотров 684 месяца назад
Lee H. - Sober Since January 2013 (Encore of Episode 23)
Dow H. - Sober Since May 2008 (Encore of Episode 51)
Просмотров 544 месяца назад
Dow H. - Sober Since May 2008 (Encore of Episode 51)
Jim D. - Sober Since December 2005 (Encore of Episode 65)
Просмотров 795 месяцев назад
Jim D. - Sober Since December 2005 (Encore of Episode 65)
Marcia G. - Sober Since May 2009 (Encore of Episode 32)
Просмотров 625 месяцев назад
Marcia G. - Sober Since May 2009 (Encore of Episode 32)
Randy L. - Sober Since July 1998 (Encore of Episode 39)
Просмотров 1605 месяцев назад
Randy L. - Sober Since July 1998 (Encore of Episode 39)
Jim H. - Sober Since July 1996 (Encore of Episode 29)
Просмотров 716 месяцев назад
Jim H. - Sober Since July 1996 (Encore of Episode 29)
Diane S. - Sober Since December 1996 (Encore of Episode 40)
Просмотров 976 месяцев назад
Diane S. - Sober Since December 1996 (Encore of Episode 40)
Jim W. - Sober Since June 1989 (Encore of Episode 31)
Просмотров 1697 месяцев назад
Jim W. - Sober Since June 1989 (Encore of Episode 31)
❤ thank you.... I appreciate you.
Thanks for sharing, great story .
Thank you ❤Paul w
❤I love these interviews, I am truly enjoying the stories. Thank you...I appreciate you 🙏
Praise God that George stopped. Many blessings, George! I have 39 years this month, and I'm 60. Thank you for the interview.
Howard: I love your channel. Your interviews and questions are great. I also love the way you treat the guests with respect. Even more impressive is your gentle, soft spoken demeanor which puts your guests at ease during the entire hour. I've been listening to numerous episodes lately in my early sobriety (I'm currently at day 49). You are an inspiration, sir! -Patrick C from Virginia
Cool stuff bro 😎
“Ego is not my amigo” ! Brilliant, thank you Howard and Faisal !!!!!
Thank you for this… ❤
Amazing
Incredible , thank you
Guy, you are practically telling my story. I've been sober for two years now and work at a rehab center in Texas.
I just recently attended a meeting at the Independence club, which john references in this interview as one of his first meetings in the DC area decades ago. Small world!
Great deal Howard, thanks again my brother and friend!!!