RECO12
266 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days 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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Blake M - Reconciling Childhood Trauma with a Compassionate God
September 25, 2020 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength...
Dr. Benjamin Hardy - Personality Isn't Permanent and Willpower Doesn't Work - Speaker Meeting 14
September 18, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBI was introduced to Dr. Hardy through a podcast that he was a guest on, called the Richie Norton Podcast. I was in the process of developing the idea of the Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast and his interview with Richie Norton (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-richie-norton-show/id1493699560?i=1000473674959) spoke the language of addiction and the powerlessness of willpower so clearly that I had to reach out to him right away and ask if he would be a guest speaker. I am so grateful th...
Sarah B - The Big Book Solution for Co-dependents - Meeting #13
September 11, 2020 22:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBSarah identifies as a blackout codependent. She has been a member of Codependents Anonymous for almost 5 years. Sarah spent 18 months in the rooms of CoDA attending meetings weekly. Although learning a lot about the disease of codependency, sponsorship was not a part of her meetings. Eventually, Sarah helped start a step study group within the fellowship so that members could work the steps in recovery. This still continues today. However, after yet another bottom and yet another failed rel...
Kevin H - Emotional Sobriety: A Dangerous Neighborhood - Speaker Meeting #12
September 04, 2020 19:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength...
Pamela from UK - How the Big Book Saved an Addictive Eater - Speaker Meeting #11
August 28, 2020 19:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBLet’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Pamela from Glasgow, Scotland, in her own words. "I came into the rooms obese, drunk and inadequate at 29 - but only truly surrendered at aged 44! I thought I knew everything, I presented well, I had a marriage, 2 cars on the drive, and a mortgage. I had friends who adored me and I had a life others might crave - but inside I was broken. I felt like a fraud. I couldn’t stop eating chalk… yes chalk! I knew I needed more than to just stop eating ...
Angie H - Forgiveness of Those Who Have Harmed Us - Meeting #10
August 21, 2020 22:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBAngie H is a sexaholic and is sober over 5 years, married for 32 years, has 4 adult children, and most of her family is in recovery. She will share on “Forgiveness: Even of those who really harmed us.” She has spoken in international speaker meetings and has been a guest on at least one podcast in the past (Journey Through Life Podcast) On top of that, she is one of my favorite people in recovery. Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include a...
Andrew S - My Fall From and Return To Grace - Meeting #9
August 14, 2020 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBAfter 42 years of actively acting out in sexual addiction Andrew S learned what he had been hearing in recovery groups that his life was really out of control and that the only way to get it back was through connection with his higher power. This connection began after he was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Andrew realized that he could not simple say "I got this" anymore. "there's a couch in the hallway" became his new catch phrase when he needed to be r...
Father Bill W - Two Way Prayer - Speaker Meeting #8
August 07, 2020 19:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBGuest Intro and Bio: Father Bill W is a recovering alcoholic with 48 years sobriety and is a leading voice in living in the maintenance steps, specifically in Step 11 - seeking constant contact with God through a practice used by the early members of AA before the 12 Steps were created. This practice is called Two Way Prayer. It has been a life changing practice for many (myself included). Father Bill W asks that donations be sent to Two Way Prayer in order to keep extending the missio...
Nikki M - How the Big Book Saved a Sex and Love Addict - Meeting #7
July 31, 2020 19:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBThis week’s meeting is entitled: “Nikki M – How the Big Book Saved a Sex and Love Addict” Nikki is one of the founding members of the Wednesday Night SLAA Big Book Meeting. Her program of recovery began by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps and the fellowships of CA, AL-ANON and SLAA. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the Big Book's Twelve Steps and Traditions - as a program of daily living. Awakened to the spirituality...
Terrence S – When Stealing Becomes a Drug - Speaker Meeting #6
July 24, 2020 21:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength...
Kastle S - Kindness and Compassion for All - Speaker Meeting #5
July 17, 2020 19:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength...
Wendi F - Progressively Miraculous - Speaker Meeting #4
July 10, 2020 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for ...
John G - His Experience, Strength and Hope - Speaker Meeting #3
July 03, 2020 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for ...
Cameron F - Are All Addictions the Same? - Meeting #2
June 26, 2020 19:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength...
Harvey E - The Gifts of Recovery - Speaker Meeting #1
June 19, 2020 18:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for ...
Introduction to Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast
May 29, 2020 22:00 - 6 minutes - 4.21 MBWelcome to the Reco12 Addiction Speaker Meeting Podcast. I am Justin B and am a son of God and sexaholic. By the grace of God, and by working the steps of recovery with a sponsor, as well as sponsoring others through those steps of recovery I can gratefully state that my sobriety date is June 19, 2015, one day at a time. In my Step 11 work, I have felt guided to facilitate a speaker meeting where recovering addicts and spouses and family members of addicts can share their experiences, str...