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Alcoholics Anonymous

22 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

Podcasts and recordings of AA members mostly from East Lancashire but from the rest of the UK too,  sharing their experience, strength and hope around recovery from alcoholism.

Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you are looking for a solution to a drink problem, maybe you like what you hear and gives you the willingness to reach out for help. We hope you get hope and inspiration from our members experiences...

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Episodes

Alcoholics Anonymous member Kirsty from Manchester sharing her experience, strength and hope

November 29, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

AA member Kirsty from Manchester sharing her Experience, Strength and Hope on the 5th November 2023  at the Sunday Sheffield AA meeting Enjoy! Support the show

Alcoholics Anonymous member Mags from Belfast sharing her experience, strength and hope

October 02, 2023 03:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

AA member Mags from Belfast sharing her Experience, Strength and Hope on the 20th September 2023 at Ark House, Scarborough. Enjoy! Support the show

AA member Wayne B from Sheffield, England sharing his experience, strength and hope

September 19, 2023 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Alcoholics Anonymous member Wayne B from Sheffield, South Yorkshire sharing his experience, strength and hope at Caernarfon Primary Purpose Group,  recorded May 2022. Support the show

Final part 3! - An alcoholic couple in recovery with BBC Radio Lancashire recorded November 2022

July 14, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

The final part of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire recorded 17th November 2022. This series is a first for our recordings where we have a male and female member in a relationship on the show with Garry Scott. Please follow us if you want to listen to more content like this in the future. We hope you get a lot from this final part of our 2022 Radio Lancashire show.  Hopefully we will be recording another in the coming months and uploading more content...

Part 2 of 3 new episodes! - 6 AA members with BBC Radio Lancashire recorded November 2022

June 04, 2023 21:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MB

Part 2 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire recorded 17th November 2022.  6 members from North West England share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.  Please follow us if you want to listen to all of this mini series, or more content that we release.  We hope you get a lot from this 3 part series! Support the show

New episode! - 6 AA members with BBC Radio Lancashire recorded November 2022 - Part 1 of 3

April 15, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Part 1 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire recorded 17th November 2022.  6 members from North West England share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.  Please follow us if you want to listen to all of this mini series, or more content that we release.  We hope you get a lot from this 3 part series! Support the show

Young People talking about being young in recovery and YPAA conventions

October 25, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MB

Made originally in conjunction  with, and broadcast on Lähiradio in Finland,  members from Finland, Italy, England and the USA share their experience, strength and hope around being young in recovery. They also share on young people's conventions whilst at the ITALYPAA (Italian Young People's AA) convention in Bologna July 2022. YPAA conventions are great fun, if you would like more information on YPAA conventions near your, feel free to message us [email protected] and we shall try to...

Part 3 of 3 - Alcoholics Anonymous members live in a 3 hour show with BBC Radio Lancashire

August 23, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

The final part of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire.  6 of our local members share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.  Please follow us if you want to listen to more content released from this channel in your podcast player. Support the show

Part 2 of 3 - Alcoholics Anonymous members live in a 3 hour show with BBC Radio Lancashire

July 27, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MB

Part 2 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire.  6 of our local members share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.  Please follow us if you.want to listen to all of this mini series or more content that we release.

Alcoholics Anonymous members live in a 3 hour show with BBC Radio Lancashire - Part 1 of 3

May 27, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Part 1 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire.  6 of our local members share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.  Please follow us if you.want to listen to all of this mini series or more content that we release. Support the show

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire - Mike's interview with BBC Radio Lancashire, Podcast June 2021

April 04, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 46 MB

In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The fourth and final  interview of this series with Garry in this episode is from Mike who is 34 years sober. It's a very interesting interview that on this occasion we will not spoil any further detail! Listen to find out more.... Support the show

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire - Peggy's interview with BBC Radio Lancashire, Podcast June 2021

February 12, 2022 01:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

 In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The third interview with Garry in this episode is from Peggy, a  lady who is  sober thanks to AA and who shares her experience, strength and hope  in relation to her recovery from alcohol addiction.  Ironically, Peggy was an alcohol detox nurse whilst she was suffering from alcoholism ...

What happens at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting - Information during Dry January 2022 ( #DryJanuary #DryJanuary2022 #DryJanuary22 #Sobriety #Sober Sober Curious #SoberCurious

January 26, 2022 01:00 - 2 minutes - 1.8 MB

 A nice short Podcast done by some of  our Northdown Intergroup members of AA on What happens at an AA meeting. If you are struggling with staying sober, AA can help. It's free, non judgemental, confidential, never requires a sign up and is available in over 180 countries of the world. You can reach out to us in the UK via telephone 0800 9177 650, via email [email protected] or via our chat now facility that usually operates 7am till Midnight from the bottom right hand side of our website (...

Alcoholics Anonymous AA Information during Dry January 2022 ( #DryJanuary #DryJanuary2022 #DryJanuary22 #Sobriety #Sober)

January 10, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.88 MB

A nice short recording done by some of  our Northdown Intergroup members of AA around early sobriety. If you are struggling with staying sober, AA can help. It's free, non judgemental, confidential, never requires a sign up and is available in over 180 countries of the world. You can reach out to us in the UK via telephone 0800 9177 650, via email [email protected] or via our chat now facility that usually operates 7am till Midnight from the bottom right hand side of our website (click here...

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire Suzie short Story BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast June 2021

December 03, 2021 21:00 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MB

In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The second short story in this episode is from Suzie, a married lady who is 3 years sober who shares her experience, strength and hope  in relation to her recovery from alcohol addiction. Support the show

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire Mark's Story (Euro 2020 Special) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast June 2021

June 23, 2021 03:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The first story in this episode is from Mark who is East Lancashire Intergroup's current Young Person Liaison Officer. Mark grew up as a promising footballer but alcohol got in the way of a promising career. Thanks to an unfortunate event, he found AA and has been sober for more than 22...

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire (Carl's Story) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast November 2020

April 15, 2021 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The fifth and final story from this series of radio broadcasts is from a member called Carl who started drinking at the age of 15 at a Christmas party.  He recognised early in his drinking career that when he took a drink he wanted more yet his problem c...

All Episodes Delete Edit Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire (Sarah's Story) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast November 2020

March 17, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The fourth story is from a young member called Sarah who transformed from a teenage drinker into a party animal that never realised for a while that her drinking was different to anybody else. She ended up drinking at work, losing her job, drinking more...

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire (Sarah's Story) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast November 2020

March 17, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The fourth story is from a young member called Sarah who transformed from a teenage drinker into a party animal that never realised for a while that her drinking was different to anybody else. She ended up drinking at work, losing her job, drinking more...

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire (John's Story) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast November 2020

February 26, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MB

During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The third story is from a member called John.  He experienced issues with alcohol including burning a  house down, a drinking life in the Royal Navy and family problems caused by his alcoholism. He struggled initially getting sober as he didn't think th...

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire (Rachel's Story) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast November 2020

February 11, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The second story is from a young member called Rachel who hit a spot of trouble with the local Police drink driving but has managed to find AA and turn her life around completely and be able to live a life now without alcohol. Support the show

Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast November 2020

February 01, 2021 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism, described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The first story is from a member called Geoff who used to work as a Mental Health Nurse. He struggled with alcoholism whilst being a functioning alcoholic but managed to find a solution and is now more than 41 years sober. Sorry for the exclusion of the music 'Sounds of Si...

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