Disease of Perception Archives - Odomtology 12-Step

Clancy I. – AA Speaker – “Alcoholism: A Disease of Perception”

October 25, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Bob said, “If your problem is alcohol, you’re wasting your time going to AA. We can’t help people like you.” I asked him, “What is the problem then?” He said, “There’s an answer for people who use alcohol as if it is the answer.” I told him that I had quit drinking hundreds of times […]

Family Recovery (Al-Anon)

Kathy H. – Al-Anon Speaker – “How to become free and at peace”

October 24, 2017 twelvestep recovery

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Kathy shares a moving story at an Al-Anon meeting. She talks about how certain situations in her family system, were framed in certain ways (mostly with humor), and that is how they were able to cope. This is a really great share! Using humor to describe difficult circumstances My grandfather was from the old country. […]

Workshops

Bob D. – AA Speaker – Why having resentments is dangerous in sobriety

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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Prior to doing this my first two inventories, if you would have asked me the exact nature of my wrongs, I would have told you about the guy that was stabbed and about the money I stole. But it’s there’s something underneath all of that. The exact nature of where I was wrong. Where was […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Bob D. – AA Speakers – “Surrendering in Recovery”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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One of my mentors was a guy named Chuck Chamberlain, and Chuck used to tell the story of sitting in a certian chair in his house after a long drunk and thinking about his life. He recalled how he was married to this woman, he was working at this place, and he felt like he […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Father Joe M. – AA Speaker – The Story Behind “Chalk Talk”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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Father Joe M., who is well-known in the recovery community for “Chalk Talk,” shares about alcoholism and twelve step recovery. He is a man that has helped countless alcoholics over many decades and was truly a gift to the twelve step community worldwide. He spent years fighting the stigma of addiction and masterfully articulating what […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Lila R. – AA Speaker – “A New World in Sobriety”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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This woman AA speaker, Lila R. has a wonderful story of recovery and a very hopeful message. She outlines the importance of surrender and how beneficial it is to the alcoholic if they completely give themselves to the program and the twelve steps. In doing this, incredible things can happen. Coming to terms with step […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Jerry E. – AA Speaker – “The Gift of a New Life”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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She said we have a policy here that’s chiseled in stone that if you drink while you’re in this facility, you’re automatically kicked out; and for you to be kicked out means you have to be sentenced to go locked up in insane asylum for the rest of your life. She said they were willing […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Gloria D. – AA speaker – “Me? A Drinking Problem?”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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This is a powerful story of one of the best women AA speakers, Gloria D. She details her journey to recovery and how she was able to find the support she needed to make positive changes in her life. The power of fellowship and a new start I do not recall what exactly was said […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Sandy B. – AA Speaker – The Power of the Present Moment

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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I’ve heard a speaker one night say, “Hi everybody, I’m going to tell you my story is divided into two parts. What happened during the years that I drank and what I thought happened during the years that I drank.” It was very funny. But we can say that about our entire lives. For me, […]

Alcoholics Anonymous

Chris S. – AA Speaker – “Finding God and Gratitude in Recovery”

April 6, 2017 twelvestep

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So this is how my personality works. I would tell my story in a meeting of thirty people and there would be twenty nine people that would shake my hand and say, “Great story Chris that was one of the best stories I’ve ever heard. Then, one person would say, “You sounded a little bit […]