Speaker library
Browse the latest recovery talks, workshops, and speaker shares across the 12-step fellowships.
This talk explores Tradition One, “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon Aa unity,” applying its principles to Debtors Anonymous. The speaker emphasizes the critical role of unity, disti...
This talk shares a personal journey of overcoming financial unmanageability and the deep-seated denial surrounding it. The speaker recounts hitting a financial rock bottom, leading to divorce and homelessness, yet rem...
This Debtors Anonymous (DA) call focuses on transitioning “from spiritual bankruptcy to spiritually abundant earning” within the program. Speakers share their personal journeys of overcoming financial and spiritual de...
Fran Lou shares their profound journey in recovery from compulsive debt and under-earning. They recount their family’s generational trauma rooted in Haiti’s debt to France, which fueled their own patterns of financial...
Mike shares their deeply personal journey from a chaotic, financially unmanageable childhood and young adulthood to finding sobriety and ultimately joining Debtors Anonymous (DA). They describe a life marked by early ...
This workshop focused on the concept of a higher power within the context of recovery, specifically within the 12-step program. Speakers shared personal experiences and interpretations of what a higher power can be, e...
Evan U initially entered Debtors Anonymous by mistake, grappling with severe business failures, relationship issues, and a lack of financial clarity, often comparing themselves to others and relying on self-will. Thro...
Mindy shares their harrowing past, marked by childhood abuse, worthlessness, and decades of compulsive debt, despite professional successes like nursing and medical school. Their turning point came through Debtor’s An...
Esme shares their journey in recovery, highlighting their past struggles with financial irresponsibility and isolation despite external success. They recount discovering their financial problems through a fear of succ...
The speaker, Eric T, shares their personal journey of overcoming deep financial insecurity and a pattern of binge-and-deprive spending, which stemmed from their childhood experiences. They describe how the DA toolkit ...