Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast

Paul got sober in 1947, spent his first year convinced he had the program figured out, and then a friend told him he hadn't missed something in the program - he'd missed the whole program.

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Paul shares from nearly six decades sober with old-timer humor, Navy stories, professional wrestling, and a hard message about what actually treats alcoholism. He talks about getting sober in 1947, hearing Bill Wilson speak, making delayed amends, reworking inventory, and watching people change through honest fifth steps and direct restitution. At 83, Paul is still working the steps every week and making the case that meetings are good, but the steps are the program.

Paul M. from Chicago, IL speaking at a half-way house fundraiser in Chicago, IL - May 14th 2005
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Andrew came into AA feeling awkward, young, and afraid of being seen, then found that service gave him a way to belong without having to become somebody else.

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Andrew shares about getting sober at 17, learning to live without alcohol as his solution, and slowly finding his place in AA through sponsorship, meetings, amends, and service. With dry humor and a deep love for the fellowship, he talks about general service, corrections correspondence, carrying the message, and how showing up for AA gave him far more than the relief he first came looking for.

Andrew W. from Missoula, MT speaking at the 60th Gopher State Roundup in Bloomington, MN - May 25th 2013
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Charlie loved AA from the start, but eventually learned that meetings, friends, and fellowship could not replace the spiritual experience the book was pointing him toward.

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Charlie shares with humor and Big Book conviction about getting sober, drifting on fellowship alone, and later realizing that outwardly looking fine was not the same as staying spiritually fit. He talks about sponsorship, working the steps from the book, getting honest about what was blocking him, and finding new life in carrying the message to other alcoholics.

Charlie P. from Austin, TX speaking at the Bridge to Shore group in Austin, TX - January 1st 2006
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Shelly thought she had only handed God the drinking problem, until one long day in the steps showed her how much of her life she was still trying to manage herself.

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Shelly shares about getting sober young, falling in love with AA before fully working the program, and the day her sponsor walked her through the steps fast enough to save her life. With sharp Big Book experience, funny real-life details, and a deep focus on action, Shelly talks about inventory, amends, sponsorship, and learning that God could handle far more than she was willing to hand over.

Shelly S. from Portsmouth, NH speaking at the 70th "Old Grandad" Conference in Hot Springs, AR - August 20th 2010
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Wayne spent five years drinking his way through AA meetings before his sponsor casually mentioned the program works better if you don't drink - and what happened next almost got one of them killed.

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Wayne was living in a dumpster behind a bar in Illinois when his dad found him and closed the lid. A bartender sent him to a basement AA meeting where an old-timer grabbed him and wouldn't let go - not through five years of drinking in meetings, not through a gunshot, not through a psych ward. Wayne fired his sponsor after year one, sponsored himself into a seven-year depression, then finally did the steps the way they're written and went from the bottom of the barrel to graduating a police academy.

Wayne B. from Santa Monica, CA speaking at ORC 2000 Program - March 1st 2000
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