Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast

My Big Book Was Just for Show - AA Speaker - Cookie S.

Three and a half years sober, Cookie had a Big Book on the table and Grapevines fanned out so everyone would know she was in AA. She was going to meetings, sponsoring wom

My Feet Went to a Meeting, My Heart Went to a Bar - AA Speaker - David N.

Seven trips to detox in one month, and David still couldn't believe the happy people in AA were really sober. A woman with a Big Book helped him question something even h

I'll Whisper Your Name in God's Ear - AA Speaker - Keith L.

More than 30 years sober, Keith leaves his best friend's hospice bedside to speak at an AA conference. Their friendship began with a cup of coffee and an offer: "I'll pra

God Writes Straight With Crooked Lines - AA Speaker - Ralph W.

Ralph's two-year-old daughter caught him taking money from her piggy bank. Years later, a photo at her UCLA graduation shows him what AA has helped make possible: being a

God Canceled My Flight for a Twelve-Step Call - AA Speaker - John A.

John's canceled flight put him beside a nervous AA member on her first sober trip away from home. A piece of needlepoint started the conversation, and the next three hour

Don't Let Anyone Read Your Big Book for You - AA Speaker - Mark H.

Mark's sponsor could take almost any complaint back to a page in the Big Book. But the daily work of AA's Steps Ten, Eleven, and Twelve was still Mark's responsibility, i

From Detox Patient to Detox Director - AA Speaker - Bobby M.

Bobby came to detox with everything he owned in a dirty white leather tennis bag. A woman washed his clothes, he began doing the same for other alcoholics, and five years

They Cared About Me Even When I Was Sober - AA Speaker - Derrick F.

On his first sober anniversary, Derrick was crying because he thought nobody cared. Then he came home to a surprise party and discovered that, in AA, he didn't have to be

The Traditions Are Requests, Not Rules - AA Speaker - Brian H.

Brian put his strong opinions about local AA on his own website, then took it down and made amends. His approach to the Twelve Traditions asks what he's willing to give u

5,000 Big Books, Two Orders - AA Speaker - Bill W.

AA co-founder Bill W. recalls spending their last $500 to promote the Big Book around a national radio appearance. They expected orders by the carload. They got two. ☀️

Half a Glass of Wine, Two Years of Relapse - AA Speaker - Samantha M.

Nearly seven years sober, Samantha picked up half a glass of wine and felt one thought rise from her gut: "Here we go." Her AA talk follows the two years that came next a

My Sponsor Took Away My Big Book - AA Speaker - Dick S.

Dick was two weeks sober and making notes for the next edition of the Big Book. His sponsor took it away and sent him to AA meetings to listen ☀️ Sober Sunrise App Liste

A Beautiful Flower, a Garden Variety Drunk - AA Speaker - Roz B.

Roz's sponsor called her a beautiful flower and a garden variety drunk. After years of wanting to be anybody but herself, AA helped her find both self-respect and the fre

I Slept on the Big Book Like a Pillow - AA Speaker - Patti L.

Patti slept on the Big Book like a pillow in prison. The AA members who brought it never treated her like scum, and a sponsor later helped her build a sober life one hone

God, Human Folly, and Laughter - AA Speaker - Jay S.

Jay once lived in a Pinto and called it his "outdoorsman phase." In AA, inventory, amends, sponsorship, and laughter helped him become a man people call when they need so

The Job, the Girl, and the Car Are an Illusion - AA Speaker - Myers R.

Seven years without a drink hadn't made Myers comfortable in his own life. His AA talk follows the Big Book work that changed everything while his wife, children, job, an

I Couldn't Even Manage a Fishbowl - AA Speaker - Jerry J.

Jerry thought he managed his law practice, his family, and his drinking. In AA, an aquarium full of fish that refused to follow his rules helped him see what he had been

From Armed Robbery to a Purple Schwinn - AA Speaker - Jim B.

At 1 a.m., Jim rode his little sister's purple Schwinn to an AA member's house because meetings alone weren't quieting his head. A sandwich and an exchange of drinking st

I Didn't Know the Problem Was in My Hand - AA Speaker - Bob C.

Bob was holding a beer and asking what was wrong with his life. His AA story follows the answer through a family intervention, a sponsor who challenged "my program," and

I Needed a Drink Long Before I Ever Got One - AA Speaker - Dustin B.

Dustin stayed sober on fear and meetings for more than a year, then relapsed harder than before. His AA recovery changed when a sponsor took him through the Big Book and