RECO12
247 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 hours ago -An Addiction Recovery Lunch-hour Speaker Meeting. A new guest speaker with at least 1 year sobriety from any addiction, and who is actively working in recovery, will speak for 25 minutes each week on a specific recovery topic. This will be followed by a moderated 25 minute Q & A session from the live audience. The live speaker meetings will be held on Zoom each Friday at 10:00 AM Pacific time. To attend the live recordings and have the opportunity of asking questions of the guest, please send an email to [email protected] and request to get on the invitation list. To become a Reco12 Spearhead and support this mission, please consider subscribing at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1117700/support . All aspects of recovery will be covered, including but not limited to: Steps, Blessings of Recovery, Relapse Prevention, Sponsoring, Specific aspects of recovery, What to do if I relapse, etc. We invite each guest speaker to seek guidance so they can reflect the light they have been given in order to inspire hope, meaning, growth and worth in each of us, the listening audience.
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Yitzy R - Being a New Parent in Recovery - Meeting 242
April 19, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBYitzy has been in recovery for a number of years. His primary program is SA, although he appreciates all the S fellowships and utilizes what he can from each of them. Yitzy also has worked the program for codependency out of the big book, which essentially allowed him to become more emotionally sober and eventually start dating. More recently, he started working ACA (adult children of alcoholics), which helped him put a voice to trauma that he wasn't aware of. It's a continuing journey, and ...
Ora F - Awareness Through Addiction in Chronic Pain - Afro-Euro - Meeting 241
April 17, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBHere is a little about our guest speaker today, Ora F, in her own words: Having attended alanon as a teenager with a family member, I became familiar with the presence of a higher power in the rooms early on. My search for meaning is now underscored with the big book as I practice seeking on a daily basis. I am thankful to the rooms all over the world that support me as I navigate my recovery in marijuana addiction through the cycles of chronic pain. The awareness through these 164 pages ha...
Constance S - Remaining Sober in a World that Celebrates Alcohol
April 12, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBRaised in the 1960’s and 70’s in Manhattan by parents who worshipped at the altar of the never ending party, Constance S’s alcoholism was a result of both nature and nurture. Having her first black out at 14 and having the Irish side of her family riddled with alcoholism, she knew her drinking days had an expiration date. And so Constance drank and snorted blow with a vengeance until she had reached jer limit of shame, bad decisions, holes in her memory and the detritus that we who are alcoh...
Afro Euro - The Family Afterward - Mommys In Recovery - Step 5
April 10, 2024 16:00 - 58 minutes - 40.6 MBKaren A and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 5 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and ho...
John K - Personal and Couples Recovery - Meeting 238
April 05, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBYou will not want to miss this one if you are a married person working your recovery. John belongs to AA and Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA). Early in Sobriety, he became a single parent to 3 kids due to his ex-wife's addictions. While AA became a way of life, John found great difficulty applying the principles in his marriage. Although he wasn't drinking he would withdraw under emotional pressure. John joined RCA in 2019 and started a recovery program in his marriage. Today he actively ...
Silvio D - 17 Years of Untreated Alcoholism
March 29, 2024 18:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBSilvio is an active member of Cocaine Anonymous, sponsored and sponsoring, he’s been through the steps twice and is coming up to 2.5 years sober, one day at a time. He’s GSR of the "Friendship on Fridays" CA meeting in Covent Garden in London. His favourite prayer is the serenity prayer, and he hosts and publishes the 12-step recovery podcast “12 Steps & 12 Questions”. Today, Silvio speaks to us on 17 years of untreated alcoholism. Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addict...
Cheryl B - God is Everything or Nothing - Afro Euro - Meeting 236
March 27, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBA little about Cheryl B in her own words: I lived years in recovery as a dry drunk, thinking sobriety was my goal and battled with my thinking. Being sober did not mean I was working a 12 Step Program. In the grip of a progressive illness, it got worse, never better, until I finally handed my life over to a Power greater than myself. Today she speaks on the topic of God is Everything or God is Nothing. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone host...
Young L - Our Ideas Didn't Work, But the God Idea Did - Meeting 235
March 22, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBYoung found the 12 step rooms in 2010 after losing everything due to his daily heroin, crack and alcohol addiction. He didn't take any of the 12 steps and spent the next 8 years in and out of detox units and treatment centers. He was separated from all mind altering substances Chrismas eve 2018 and since that moment has thrown himself into a spiritual life and helping others. Today, he will speak to us on how our ideas don't work, but the God idea seems to work. Reco12 is all about explori...
Rego - Half Measures Avail Me Nothing - Afro Euro - Meeting 234
March 20, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBA little about Rego in his own words: "But for the Grace of God, A religious boy who had to let go of god to find God. After alcohol beat me down, I found AA, but i resisted, why the pain? I stood on the edges and looked in, Untill i became part of my life changed. Where would i be without AA, Where would i be without Alcoholics Anonymous? The solution outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life, and "I just want to keep talking about it and telling people" Reco12 Afro-Euro Tim...
Jeffrey B - What You are Looking For, You Are Looking With - Meeting 233
March 15, 2024 23:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBlet’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Jeffrey B and give a little background on him in his own words: I’m a Sober Member of a 12 step fellowship. My Sobriety date is August 16th, 2003. I found freedom from Alcohol, Freedom from Self and Freedom from the delusion that I can wrest satisfaction and happiness out of this world if I only manage well. It seems that when I reach a glorious sobriety summit, I can see and Get To experience more & more. Let’s stay safe and STAY! Jeffrey speak...
Afro-Euro - Family Afterward - Mommys in Recovery - Step 4
March 13, 2024 14:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBKaren A and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 4 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and ho...
Josephine A - The CHOICE: Feeling Alive or Living the Lie - Meeting 231
March 08, 2024 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBJosephine started drinking at 11 years old and is a blackout addict by her own words. She has been in and out of the rooms of AA, SLAA, CoDA, CA, DA, Greysheet, and OA. Only when Josephine wanted to die in recovery, feeling desperate and insane, did things change. Today she is blessed and beyond grateful to be able to talk on Podcasts like Reco 12. To share her recovery , strength and hope to addicts of any kind. today she speaks on the choice of feeling alive or living the lie. She was a p...
Nikki M - Al-Anon - Afro-Euro - Meeting 230
March 06, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBNikki M found her way into the rooms in 2012 and has never left. The first few years were spent dying in the diluted message. Finally, after four years she was approach by a fellow with a real answer and a Big Book. Since that day her program of recovery has been fueled by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps, sponsorship and the fellowship of all recovery rooms. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the direct instructions of th...
Ashley S - Drop the Rocks! - Meeting 229
March 01, 2024 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBAshley S from North Carolina is grateful to be a recovered sex addict and codependent. She has a deep love for the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous as it is the primary text that enabled her to enter upon a new relationship with her Creator and have a profound spiritual awakening to overcome her sex addiction back in 2021. However, Ashley found herself hopeless once more as she was stuck in a toxic relationship in sobriety. By the grace of the God, she entered into the rooms of Al-Anon back...
Ben K - Recovery from Debting and Vagueness - Afro-Euro - Meeting 228
February 28, 2024 17:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBKaren A and Ben K talk about Debting and Vagueness, and the recovery from both in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Here is a little about Ben K: Ben K was a disturbed little kid, after discovering program and trying out different fellowships he finally found DA. Five years later, he is solvent, pays his taxes on time (with no resentment), and tries to live in abundance one day at a time. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource ...
Ralph D - Resentment and Obsession of the Mind is a Dangerous Place - Meeting 227
February 23, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBHere is a little about Ralph D. From being raped by his brother at the age of 15 and groomed by four of his friends from that age until I was almost 18 lead him to many years of resentment, drinking very hard, using drugs and planning on killing the five of them or anyone that looked like them. The planning went on for many years in his head because he was trying to figure out a way of getting away with it without having to go to prison and without having to kill himself. In 2006 a friend o...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Binyamin H - There Is a Solution - Meeting 226
February 21, 2024 16:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBKaren A and Binyamin H talk about the fact that There IS A Solution in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Here is a little about Binyamin: He had a spiritual awakening but he didn't do the step or work a program of recovery. Lost his mind and went insane. Started to work the program and found God's purpose for his life. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you...
Chuck H - Step 10 - Meeting 225
February 16, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBChuck started off his sobriety journey, July 9, 2020 after feeling useless to everybody, especially to himself, that’s when he stuck a pistol in his mouth. He drank to black out since he was 13 years old, and at 46, finally hit his bottom. The 12 steps has led him to a God that he has only been able to experience, through working the 12 steps and living them on a daily basis. Chuck has found usefulness in his life, usefulness to others, and especially usefulness to himself. Chuck thanks God...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward - Step 3
February 14, 2024 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBKaren A, Nadia J, and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 3 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw stre...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Karen A - Twisted Thinking and Depression - Meeting 223
February 10, 2024 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBKaren A talks about her experience with twisted thinking and dealing with depressive thoughts and feelings in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share her experience, strength, and hope. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time. Reco12 is an organization with the mission of l...
Dr. Judi Hollis - Transferring Addictions and Obsessions - Meeting 222
February 09, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBDr. Judi Hollis has been an addiction pioneer since 1969 when under Mayor Lindsay’s Addiction Services Agency, she helped develop the first therapeutic communities in New York City. Using her countless books, workbooks, recorded lectures, and pamphlets she has been a tireless campaigner on national and local TV and radio broadcasts training professionals and aiding families throughout the world. A chair is being named in her honor at the Keck School of Medicine offering scholarships and a ye...
Joan - Unique Definition of the Drug and of Sobriety in ABA - Meeting 221
February 02, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBJoan is from Western Canada and has been engaged in recovery from anorexia since 1983. She was one of the pioneering members of ABA in 1993. Her sobriety date July 13, 2002. She speaks to us today on the unique definition of the drug and of sobriety in ABA - Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous. Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one ...
Doug L - Helping Others is the Foundation - Afro Euro - Meeting 220
January 31, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBKaren A from Israel and Doug L from South Africa talk about how helping others is the foundation stone in recovery iin this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Here is a little about Doug L Doug L, a recovering addict, entered Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 2013 to address my severe drug and alcohol addiction. It took Doug slightly over a year to achieve sobriety and confront the consequences of his actions. With over 10 years in the recovery p...
Beth E - We Must Be Rid of Selfishness - Meeting 219
January 26, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB“I should, they should, the world should”! is how Beth started her email to me. She says she can live life ‘should-ing’ all over the place where she starts objecting to reality - and reality only wins 100% of the time. Blaming others for the way she feels, playing the victim, complaining, diving into self-pity or using anger to manipulate people to act right can easily be her emotional (im)maturity level. Attending AA, having a sponsor, taking the 12 Steps and continuing to seek and improv...
Andy T - Rebuilding from the Rubble - Meeting 218
January 19, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBAndy T, from Australia, had a spiritual awakening (as a result of discovering meditation) 34 years ago. It enabled him to put down alcohol and other drugs. However, he had a sex addiction that progressed up till he joined 12-Step S fellowships 14 years ago. He now also does Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families. Today he shares with us the process of rebuilding from the rubble by sharing some of his poetry he has written about recovery. Reco12 is all about exploring the co...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Purdy - My Spiritual Home - Meeting 217
January 17, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBKaren A and Purdy talk about Purdy finding his spiritual home in the rooms of recovery iin this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Purdy just spoke in the original Reco12 earlier this week and we are happy to have him on a second time. His message is one that does not get tired. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from ...
Purdy - A Mind that Sits Free - Meeting 216
January 12, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBPurdy is a Recovered Addict, The Obsession to Drink & Use has been lifted through a 12 Step Programme of Action. Action Heals the soul. His Peace with God fires up his Soul and he is All In. Purdy is an Active Sponsor at all times. He does Service and is the Founder of Spiritual Cartel, A meeting in the UK which runs 365 Days a Year. Purdy is Very Grateful and Humbled by it all. He has a Peace today, like nothing he has ever experienced and can feel Serenity from the Inside. No longer drivin...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward - Step 2 - Meeting 215
January 10, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBKaren A, Nadia J, and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 2 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw stre...
Afro-Euro Recco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward - Step 2 - Meeting 215
January 10, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBKaren A, Nadia J, and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 2 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw stre...
Thierry F - The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory - Meeting 214
January 05, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBThierry was promised…that permanent recovery is achievable if he does exactly what it says in “how it works, into action, in trying to help others, and being a demonstration of the principles in all of his affairs”. Thierry testifies that his experience validates that promise. In this meeting Thierry shares an energetic and powerful message on how the spiritual life is not just a theory. Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those o...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Chris D - The Gift that Keeps on Giving
January 03, 2024 17:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBKaren A and Chris D help us understand the meaning of the word "trudge" as they walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Young's topic is "Keeping it Simple" Here is a little about Skye. Skye is 15 months sober in AA and is also doing steps now in OA after 49 years of an unmanageable life. She shares her walk through poetry and music in her recovery process. Chris's topic is "The Gift that Keeps on Giving". Here is a little bit...
Miracles Experienced and Promises Fulfilled - Meeting 212
December 29, 2023 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBIn today's meeting we did things a bit differently. We opened up the floor to anyone who wanted to share for 4-5 minutes on a miracle they have experienced in recovery or a promise fulfilled in recovery in 2023. We had 12 shares in the hour meeting and they all brought experience, strength, and hope. Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and supp...
Ensley G and Evarleigh - Gratitude Connect & Code - Behind The Door - 211
December 22, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBGratitude [gra - ti - tude] noun. The positive state of being grateful; an overwhelming, feeling of appreciation and thankfulness and the desire to return kindness to others. Ensley G. connects with Reco12’s Guest Host Evarleigh S. on episode 211 on the subject of Gratitude. There’s an in-depth open, honest, willing dialogue exploring gratitude - of course, they couldn’t take themselves too seriously. After all, we are not a glum lot. Ensley shares his experience strength and hope bring...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward - Step 1 - Meeting 210
December 21, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBKaren A, Nadia J, and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 1 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us an...
Afro-Euro - Tom S - The Spirituality of the 12 Steps - Meeting 209
December 20, 2023 15:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBKaren A and Tom S walk and sing through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Tom's topic is "The Spirituality of the Twelve Steps" Here is a little about Tom. By the Grace of a loving God of his own understanding, Tom S is sober, alive and grateful; recovering one day at a time from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of working the 12 Steps, as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics ...
Dennis T - The Four Absolutes in Step 10 - Meeting 208
December 15, 2023 20:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBDennis T comes to us from Alaska. His sobriety date is July 29, 2014. He suffered from sexholism, drugs and alcohol abuse for more that 45 years as a way to find freedom from the pain of early childhood sexual abuse. By the Grace of his Higher Power he is living free one day at a time, through working and practicing the spiritual principles he found in the program of recovery. His hope is that in sharing today it may help one person find a way out of the torturous bondage of their hellish ad...
Skye - Keeping it Simple - Afro-Euro - Meeting 207
December 13, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBKaren A and Skye walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Young's topic is "Keeping it Simple" Here is a little about Skye. Skye is 15 months sober in AA and is also doing steps now in OA after 49 years of an unmanageable life. She shares her walk through poetry and music in her recovery process. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you wil...
Melissa M - Healing from Betrayal Trauma - Meeting 206
December 08, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBMelissa M. is a mother of 5, a spouse to a sex and food addict and is a recovering codependent. She found herself in the rooms of recovery with her husband starting in 2009, but only found herself in the rooms for her own personal healing and recovery in 2021 and has benefited greatly in her healing journey. Melissa is a talented carpenter and a home editor who enjoys blessing others with home organization and experiencing the power it holds in helping others, specifically in recovery, by br...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - The Family Afterward - Pop up Panel
December 06, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBKaren A, Nadia J, and Kirsty W did a pop-up panel for this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Their topic of discussion comes from the chapter of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous entitled The Family Afterward. These 3 "mommies" in recovery discuss what the family afterward can look like. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw ...
Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward
December 06, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBKaren A, Nadia J, and Kirsty W did a pop-up panel for this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Their topic of discussion comes from the chapter of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous entitled The Family Afterward. These 3 "mommies" in recovery discuss what the family afterward can look like. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw ...
Paige F - Loneliness - Meeting 204
December 01, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBFor the 204th meeting of Reco12 Speaker Meeting, we hear from a first timer at Reco12, Paige F. Paige's sobriety date is November 17th, 2009, and since then she has fallen in love with the book Alcoholics Anonymous, the process of recovery it contains and the solution found as the result. She has a passion and enthusiasm for helping others to recover and sharing the book. You will not be disappointed in her energy and passion as she addresses the topic of Loneliness as we do the Big Book Bo...
Young L - Seeking Escape with the Desperation of a Drowning Man - Afro-Euro - Meeting 203
November 29, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBKaren A and Young L walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Young's topic is "Seeking Escape with the Desperation of a Drowning Man." Here is a little about Young: Young found the 12 step rooms in 2010 after losing everything due to his daily heroin, crack and alcohol addiction. He didn't take any of the 12 steps and spent the next 8 years in and out of detox units and treatment centers. He was separated from all mind altering su...
Matt D - Gratefully Married to a Sexaholic - 202
November 24, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBIn the Thanksgiving replay of this POWERFUL meeting, Matt D shares on how he eventually became grateful that he is married to a sexaholic woman. Here is a little about Matt D: Matt's wife's sexaholism brought him to the S-Anon fellowship in December 2021 as a homicidal, suicidal lost cause. After a slow start, he learned through the principles of the 12 steps and the tools of S-Anon to love God, his wife, his children, and his fellows, and to take solution-based action to break the patterns...
Michael S - Sober Dating - It's Hard - Meeting 200
November 17, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBEpisode 200!!!!! Michael has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the last 10 years. His primary fellowship is AA, even though he is not an alcoholic-He will explain. Currently, he is most active in SLAA and CODA. Michael's favorite topic to talk on is Emotional Sobriety but in this meeting he will talk about his experience sober dating. He has been practing as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 20 years. He and his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of C...
Nicola B - Happy Joyous and Free - Afro Euro - Meeting 201
November 15, 2023 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBKaren A and Nicola B walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Nicola's topic is Happy, Joyous, and Free in a 12 Step Program." Here is a little about Nicola: Nicola B, from Manchester England. Present mother and member of CA and founding member of the all fellowship group ‘Pass It On, Bills Way’. Being inspired by the direct quote from the big book of AA ‘We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous and free’ she set out to sponso...
Nikki M - We Have Entered the World of the Spirit - Meeting 199
November 10, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBNikki M found her way into the rooms in 2012 and has never left. The first few years were spent dying in the diluted message. Finally, after four years she was approach by a fellow with a real answer and a Big Book. Since that day her program of recovery has been fueled by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps, sponsorship and the fellowship of all recovery rooms. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the direct instructions of th...
Babe K - A Vast Amount of Fun - Meeting 198
November 03, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBBabe K was separated from alcohol on March 2, 2002. His initial experience with the fellowship was unspectacular but he immediately fell in love with the Big Book. Through the process and discipline of the twelve steps,he has been given a life of useful joy beyond his wildest dreams. Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together...
Rach ❤️ - Jealousy, Control, and Fear - Afro-Euro - Meeting 197
November 01, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBKaren A and Rach ❤️ walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope Rach ❤️'s walk in addiction, recovery, and freedom as she shows us that it works, even when feeling Jealousy, Control, and Fear. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM ...
Maureen N - Creativity in Recovery - Meeting 196
October 27, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBMaureen N is a recovered Alcoholic and grateful member of Alanon- She began her journey in 1990 at the age of 20. She grew up in a New England middle class town. From a family of 5, most are in recovery now. She is an Artist, Teacher & Creative Guide - Maureen uses her creativity for healing & transformation in recovery as a way to communicate & listen to her Higher Power’s messages. Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kind...
Terry S - Bought Out and $pent: Recovery from Compulsive Shopping and Spending - Meeting 195
October 20, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBTerry S. is a 58-year old Detroit native who has been in recovery from codepenency AND addictive-compulsive shoplifting since 1990. He founded the 12-Step group C.A.S.A. (Cleptomaniacs And Shoplifters Anonymous) in Detroit in 1992. He has been a licensed social worker and certified addictions therapist since 1997 and founded The Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, $pending and Hoarding in 2004. Terry has written and published four addiction-recovery books and offers brief, sensitive a...