Friends of Bill W - AA Speakers - Part 1 of 12 - AA Speaker Meeting

The first speaker recounts his devastating struggle with alcoholism, detailing how it destroyed his marriage and almost cost him his daughter’s life after her premature birth, highlighting his inability to stop drinking even in a critical family emergency. The second speaker, Mary, shares her personal experience with the Second Step of recovery, explaining how she, without a religious upbringing, came to believe in a “power greater than self” by observing others and through a prior personal miracle. She emphasizes the importance of viewing this higher power as a “friend” to feel safe, and how a deep, inner admission of powerlessness allows this power to restore sanity and balance in one’s life.