Speaker library
Browse the latest recovery talks, workshops, and speaker shares across the 12-step fellowships.
The speaker shares her personal journey with alcoholism, detailing a chaotic childhood, early experiences with alcohol, and the progression of her addiction. She highlights the turning point of family intervention and...
Laura Got shares her personal journey of sobriety, beginning with her childhood experiences in the Pueblo of Hay and her early exposure to alcohol. She recounts the tragic losses of family members to alcoholism, which...
The speakers share personal experiences on the profound and often challenging journey of making amends, particularly focusing on Step 9 of recovery. They describe the immense freedom and renewed sense of self-worth ga...
Tom I, an alcoholic from the primary purpose group, reflects on their past, emphasizing that their successful career, even as a warden in the prison system, was a direct result of their commitment to the simple recove...
Tom A introduces themselves as an alcoholic and recovering Baptist from Oklahoma, sharing their initial sickness upon arriving at AA and the immediate comfort found in the fellowship, contrasting it with the difficult...
Susan, an alcoholic, shares her journey of 35 years of continuous sobriety, emphasizing the critical role of fellowship in her recovery, starting at age 24. She recounts her early drinking experiences, marked by black...
The speaker, Tracy Ba, shares her personal journey through alcoholism, recounting a strict upbringing, early drinking experiences at 16 and 17, and her struggles in college that led to a low GPA and manipulation of a ...
Kitty Win, a sober alcoholic, shares her journey of understanding and applying Steps 6 and 7, initially underestimating their importance in addressing deep-seated character defects like jealousy and resentment. She em...
The speaker delves into observations from the Big Book, specifically pages 64-71, focusing on Steps One through Four, identifying selfishness as the root problem and resentment as a primary spiritual disease. He empha...
The speaker explores Dr. Silk’s “doctor’s opinion” from Alcoholics Anonymous, explaining alcoholism as an allergy that causes craving and obsession, which helped him understand his inability to stop drinking. This und...