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AA Recovery Interviews

De: 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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  • Dwight M. – Sober 35 Years

    Dwight M. – Sober 35 Years
    Jun 5 2024
    To mark the 150th interview in this podcast series, Dwight’s story is both riveting and ominous. It began with alcohol being added to his milk to keep him quiet as a toddler. Raised as an only child by a single mother in the ghettos of Harlem, he was a thief by age six and had witnessed the stabbing death of school mate at 11. A gang member by middle school, Dwight was drinking, smoking marijuana, and breaking the law daily. When he was 12, his mother moved him to Texas to escape the violent streets of New York only to land him in the notorious inner city gangs of Houston. He somehow survived that deadly environment and made it to college only to be drafted and sent to Viet Nam during the worst years of that war. Taught to kill and then dropped behind enemy lines for reconnaissance, Dwight suffered terrifying trauma that booze and drugs could hardly blunt. Returning to the tumultuous U.S. in 1969, and unable to find meaningful work, he returned to criminal behavior as a drug runner and dealer. As years passed and his and his alcoholism became more severe, Dwight somehow managed to extricate himself from his treacherous lifestyle and land a normal job. It was in that position that his alcoholism and PTSD snapped his psyche and he was hospitalized for 45 days. That forced period of sobriety created a sliver of clarity which culminated in a 12th step call by veterans of A.A. When he got out of the hospital, Dwight was mercifully enveloped by the fellowship never to drink again. Dwight’s early years in AA were difficult at best as trust in the people and the Program came slowly. But with the help and love he experienced in daily meetings, working the Steps, and helping others, he dutifully built the arch through which he now accompanies others to redemption from the disease. To be sure, his decades in AA have not been without their difficulties and challenges, some of which rival those in his pre-sobriety life. However, by staying continuously steeped in the Program and spiritually connected, Dwight’s life has been richly adorned by the many gifts of sobriety, gifts that he shares most freely with others. So fasten your seatbelts for this epic adventure through one alcoholic’s life and enjoy listening to the next 90 minutes of AA Recovery Interviews with one of my closest friends and AA brother, Dwight M. 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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  • Nicole S. – Sober 3 Years

    Nicole S. – Sober 3 Years
    May 29 2024
    Nicole's battle with alcoholism was set against the backdrop of repressed feelings from childhood and the deep closet in which hid her own homosexuality most of her life. Growing up in London, Nicole drank without consequence much of her life until she faced a seemingly insurmountable period of grief and isolation six years before she stopped drinking. Her escalating alcohol abuse, plus two suicide attempts, landed her in a psychiatric hospital. Amidst dwindling hope of ever recovering, Nicole was introduced to Alcoholics Anonymous in 2020. Her subsequent willingness to embrace the Program grew into vital trust and confidence in her AA meetings. Feeling the acceptance and love from her fellow AAs, Nicole finally emerged from the closet and confided in her AA fellows that she was gay. That profound release from her life-long secret greatly aided her commitment to working the Program in earnest. Today, with 3½ years of AA recovery, Nicole shares her special brand of experience with others, allowing her to enjoy life in sobriety. Nicole continues to work the 12-Steps with an extraordinary sponsor from whom she is learning how to be of greater service to the Program and her fellow alcoholics. It’s an approach that works well for her, and one that’s worthy of sharing with others who are facing the kind of challenges she has surmounted. I believe you’ll gain much from listening to Nicole’s story, despite Zoom's audio quality the day we recorded the interview. So, I invite you to enjoy the next hour of AA Recovery Interviews with my new friend and AA sister, Nicole S. 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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  • Quinten S. – Sober 2 Years

    Quinten S. – Sober 2 Years
    May 22 2024
    Like many alcoholics, Quinten S. started drinking in his mid-adolescence amidst a chaotic home life. Alcoholism was not prevalent in his immediate family, but the vestiges from earlier generations were there nonetheless. Quinten’s alcohol use escalated quickly during his late teens, along with regular use of marijuana. In high school and later college, his use quickly turned into serious abuse of both substances. And though he stopped smoking weed to abide by the rules in his living arrangement, his drinking picked up to take its place. Finding himself a daily drinker, Quinten hid his growing functional alcoholism by drinking in isolation. By his early 20’s, he'd become a full-fledged blackout alcoholic with mounting consequences spilling over into his work life. Quinten had attended a single AA meeting a few years before his sobriety date, but refused a desire chip because he frankly wasn’t done drinking. So, things got worse until a week before his 25th birthday when Quinten dragged himself back into AA while still detoxing from his final spree. This time he took the desire chip and has now been sober nearly three years. That desire to stay sober has been fulfilled as Quinten got to work in the Program. Along the way, he has fulfilled service and sponsorship commitments and has remained close to his sober fellowship. If you’re in early AA recovery, I believe you’ll find Quinten’s story to be quite encouraging. That he escaped the throes of the disease in his late 20’s is strong evidence that sobriety is possible by following AA’s simple suggestions. For listeners with longer-term sobriety, Quinten’s description of his Program of Action is a fine reminder of the persistence necessary to stay on top of the disease. No matter where you are on your journey of recovery, please enjoy the next hour of AA Recovery Interviews with my friend and AA brother Quinten S. 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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