Best Aa Grapevine Podcasts (2025)

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Courage to Change [Season 9, Episode 13] 30:23

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Josh talks to Olis and Don about his service experience from the top to bottom of AA's inverted triangle. They discuss how many of AA's technology advances came to the fellowship from the grass roots of groups and members. Josh also discusses a model for the use of artificial intelligence in his AA life — conducting AI searches that are restricted …

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AA Speaker - Desmond T. - Grapevine, TX - 2002 51:03

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Desmond T. from New York, NY at North East Texas Area Fall Convention - September 21st 2002 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Desmond hid behind white shirts, ties, and miniature bottles—until the love of AA finally broke through his defenses. Despite early slips and arrogance, he kept coming back, drawn to the honesty and realness of the peopl…

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AA Speaker - Sean A. - Edmonton, Canada - 2008 1:20:49

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Sean A. from Vancouver, Canada speaking at West Edmonton Beef dinner in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - June 11th 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Sean shares his journey with honesty and humor, describing how drinking and drugs once consumed his life despite outward success in acting, real estate, and appearances of stability. After hitting …

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AA Speaker - Scott P. - North Ridgeville, OH - 2005 47:50

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Scott P. from Elyria, OH speaking at the North Ridgeville Sunday Night Men's group in North Ridgeville, OH - December 4th 2005 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Scott shares a raw and powerful account of his life shaped by alcoholism, beginning with early drinking, blackouts, and growing up in a family where dysfunction felt normal. His drinkin…

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AA Speaker - John K. - Laguna Niguel, CA - 2012 1:19:49

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John K. from Dallas, TX and Myers R. from Dallas, TX speaking on step 1 at the 2nd Annual Stay Sober For Keeps Workshop in Laguna Niguel, CA - January 21st 2012 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com John K. shares his experience of being a grateful recovered alcoholic (sober since 1999) and emphasizes how the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is a t…

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AA Speaker - Tara R. - Las Vegas, NV - 2012 48:30

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Tara R. from Sedona, AZ speaking at the Connect the Dots group in Las Vegas, NV - November 19th 2012 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Tara shares a powerful arc from early bullying and self-loathing to a first drink at 12 that “saved” her life but led to years of chaos, two marriages, and profound shame—then a turning point after her husband’s…

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AA Speakers - Audrey C. & Michael K. - Dallas, TX - 2011 1:42:15

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Audrey C. from Dallas, TX and Michael K. from Dallas, TX speaking on steps 1-3 at a sponsorship and 12 Step workshop in Dallas, TX - March 2011 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Audrey C. and Michael K. (seasoned Big Book teachers co-leading a Dallas 2011 workshop) share lived, long-term sobriety marked by heavy sponsorship and service, and the…

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AA Speaker - Jerry J. - Melbourne Beach, FL - 2005 2:14:00

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Jerry J. from Lake Whitney, TX doing the steps at the Space Coast Roundup 2005 in Melbourne Beach, FL - February 2005 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jerry spoke with humor and humility about nearly losing everything to alcohol before finding lasting sobriety on January 1, 1973, through the grace of God and the steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. …

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AA/CA Speaker - Wes H.- Denver, CO - 2006 56:45

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Wes H. from Denver, CO speaking at the Colorado State CA Convention in Denver, CO - September 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Wes shares his journey with humor and honesty, reflecting on his years lost to alcohol and drugs, and how ego and fear nearly destroyed him. From early music career highs to homelessness and despair, he confused t…

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Room to Grow [Season 9, Episode 12] 28:17

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Anthony joins Don and Sam and tells them about his introduction to AA. While Anthony wasn't welcome at many bars, he felt welcome at AA from the beginning. Anthony talks about mini miracles and his journey through the Steps. Mily T. is back with a History Snippet, and we hear Listener Feedback from Mary. While we provide the podcast at no charge, w…

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AA Speaker - Mike W. - Lake Jackson, TX - 2002 57:01

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Mike W. from Wilmington, NC speaking about steps 4, 5, 6 and 7 at the 25th Brazos Conference - October 19th 2002 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Mike shares his story with warmth and humor, grounding it in nearly five decades of sobriety since July 1970. He reflected on how love—not something to be earned, but freely given—became central to h…

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AA Speaker - Peter M. - Long Island, NY - 2006 1:27:59

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Peter M. from Union, NJ speaking about steps 1 to 7 at the Primary Purpose Group in Long Island, NY - August 3rd 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Peter shared that simply putting down the drink is not recovery—true freedom comes from ongoing spiritual growth through the Steps. He warned against worshipping knowledge or intellect in AA, sa…

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AA Speaker - Bart R. - Duluth, MN - 2013 46:42

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Bart R. from Sedona, AZ speaking at the 68th Duluth roundup in Duluth, MN - September 22nd 2013 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com From sneaking alcohol in grade school to repeated detentions and juvenile jails, Bart describes how alcohol ruled every decision—costing him freedom, trust, and dignity. Even as an adult, he tried jobs, relationships…

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AA Speaker - Mary L. - Great Falls, MT - 2001 56:57

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Mary L. from Great Falls, MT at Inland Empire AA Convention - October 21st 2001 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Mary shares a tender, funny, and fearless arc from lifelong fear and people-pleasing to deep recovery and service: sober since January 15, 1972, she survived blackouts, repeated treatments, and a six-month institution, then spent 14…

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AA Speaker - James T. - Sacramento, CA - 2010 47:58

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James T. from Auburn, CA speaking at Sacramento Monthly Speaker meeting in Sacramento, CA - June 12th 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com James shares how his life shifted from loneliness, denial, and failed attempts to control drinking into a life of faith, service, and love. He described how, after years of believing he only had a “drinkin…

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AA Speaker - Lindsay M. - Atlanta, GA - 2014 40:35

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Lindsay M. from Atlanta, GA speaking at the Fellowship of the Spirit in Conyers, GA - April 6th 2014 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Lindsay shares openly about her struggles with alcoholism from an early age, the chaos it caused, and the grace she found in AA. She emphasized repeated spiritual awakenings, setbacks, and the humility of knowin…

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I Could Have Missed All This [Season 9, Episode 11] 38:32

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Penny was drinking in dive bars and alone at home mostly, but after being pulled off the field at a softball game, she called AA "for a friend." She tells Don and Sam how she was told to approach the first woman she saw at the meeting and tell her she's a newcomer. Instead, she approached a woman crying, and woman said, "oh, you're a newcomer." The…

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AA Speaker - Dhulkti B. - Covington, LA - 2006 57:15

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Dhulkti B. from Navarre, FL speaking at the 17th Annual Southeast Louisiana Spring Roundup in Covington, LA - May 28th 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Dhulkti shares a powerful testimony of transformation, tracing a life once marked by chaos, trauma, and deep brokenness into one of recovery and spiritual rebirth. She spoke of a childhood…

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AA Speakers - Scott M. & Matthew M. - Fort Worth, TX - 2006 1:48:48

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Scott M. from Fort Worth, TX and Matthew M. from Forth Worth, TX doing a Big Book Workshop at the 24 hour group in Fort Worth, TX - July 22nd 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Scott & Matthew share how deeply the Big Book and the Doctor’s Opinion shaped their recovery since November 28, 1997. They reminded everyone that sobriety isn’t just…

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AA Speaker - Peter M. - Lynbrook, NY - 2006 1:27:57

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Peter M. from Union, NJ speaking at the Primary Purpose Group in Lynbrook, NY - August 3rd 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Peter shares his experience-driven walk through AA’s solution—emphasizing that sobriety built on spirit, not mere abstinence, is what truly restores life. He challenged “plug-in-the-jug” thinking, urging seekers to r…

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AA Speaker - Ralph W. - Oslo, Norway - 2015 1:06:55

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Ralph W. from Los Angeles, CA sharing on the steps at the "Spiritual Progress rather than Spiritual Perfection" convention in Oslo, Norway - October 30th 2015 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Ralph describes arriving in AA in 1986 after his double life as a respected businessman by day and a destructive “vampire” by night collapsed, leaving hi…

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AA Speaker - Jay S. - Hobbs, NM - 2006 1:07:46

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Jay S. from Redondo Beach, CA speaking at the 26th annual Tumbleweed Conference in Hobbs, NM - September 15th 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jay shares a life reclaimed: a 1979 sobriety date, decades free from the “front drink,” and a journey from blackout living and DUIs to spiritual action, amends, and service. He frames alcoholism as…

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AA Speaker - Carl P. Conyers, GA - 2014 47:27

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Carl P. from Atlanta, GA speaking at the Fellowship of the Spirit in Conyers, GA - April 6th 2014 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Carl traces a restless childhood—constant moves, isolation, and a mind that never felt comfortable—into full-blown addiction where alcohol and cocaine became the only reliable relief and then the wrecking ball for …

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Staying Connected [Season 9, Episode 10] 35:24

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Andrew tells Sam and Don that he doesn't do anything half way, true when he was drinking and true now in his recovery and service to AA. The three also discuss a few of the many ways AA seems counterintuitive. In the Ask It Basket, Madeline asks about the suggestion of "no new relationships in the first year," and Ed wants to hear more about Grapev…

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AA Speaker - John K. - Dodge City, KS - 2008 1:03:54

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John K. from Primary Purpose Group in Dallas, TX speaking at the SW Kansas AA Conference in Dodge City, KS - January 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com John shares his story of going from a straight-A, gifted athlete with everything on paper, to a hopeless alcoholic who cycled through jobs, relationships, treatment centers, and blackouts un…

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AA Speaker - Rick K. - British Columbia, Canada - 2008 51:53

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Rick K. from Edmonton, Canada speaking at Parksville Rally in Parksville, British Columbia, Canada - June 14th 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Rick shares a funny-raw arc from blackout drinking (early DUIs, a seizure, a marriage on the brink, dyslexia shame, and career chaos) to long-term sobriety (8/8/1985) built on service, sponsorship…

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AA Speaker - Joshua H. - Vancouver, Canada - 2009 1:11:09

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Joshua H. from Toronto, Canada speaking at the North Shore Roundup in Vancouver, Canada - April 12th 2009 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com From early chaos—drinking at 10, homelessness, jail, psych wards, and years of relapse—Joshua reached a bottom at 19 where alcohol stopped working and only AA remained. Guided by sponsors, steps, and servic…

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AA Speaker - Rick W. - La Jolla, CA - 2010 48:04

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Rick W. from Oxnard, CA speaking at the Old Town speakers meeting in La Jolla, CA - Oct 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Rick W. from Oxnard shares a humorous, raw, and deeply grateful account of a life transformed by Alcoholics Anonymous: after early trauma, chaotic drinking, DUIs, accidents, and a low point at Camarillo State Hospital (…

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AA Speaker - Tim T. - Edisto, SC - 2007 1:03:47

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Tim T. from Brooklyn, OH speaking at the Edisto Roundup in Edisto, SC - April 13th-15th 2007 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Tim's share reflects pain transformed into purpose: the son of an alcoholic father who got sober in 1946, Tim grew up in chaos—cycling through step-parents, over 20 schools, jails, prisons, and failed marriages—before r…

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Dreams Come True [Season 9, Episode 9] 26:44

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Snow, whose article appears in the September 2025 issue of Grapevine magazine, tells Don and Olis that her bottom came with little drama, just alone in her kitchen. Now she's determined not to hoard her gift. Snow's grandson learned that Nana cries when she's happy. We also hear from Celia and Chip on using Grapevine as a service and recovery tool.…

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AA Speaker - Don C. - Albuquerque, NM - 1994 2:15:31

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Don C. from Colorado Spring, CO speaking at the 4 Seasons Workshop at the 1st NM Indian AA Convention in Albuquerque, NM - April 1st 1994 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Don shares a deeply spiritual message blending Native tradition with recovery. He spoke of prophecies marking a new springtime for Indigenous people, a stirring where hidden …

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AA Speaker - Ralf S. - Copenhagen, Denmark - 2009 44:51

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Ralf S. from München, Germany speaking at the Men Among Men Group's first conference in Copenhagen, Denmark - August 8th 2009 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Ralf, a German mathematician, blends humor, intellect, and honesty. He described how childhood trauma left him people-pleasing and empty, and though he built success and wealth worldwid…

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AA Speaker - Kerry C. - Seattle, WA - 2010 1:06:05

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Kerry C. from Tannersville, PA speaking at Live At Pine Lake in Seattle, WA - May 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Getting sober at just 18, Kerry spent her entire adult life learning to live through the 12 steps, guided by strong sponsors and a commitment to honesty. She recounted a chaotic childhood, early drinking, and destructive rela…

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AA Speaker - Valerie D. - Santa Fe, NM - 2007 2:38:23

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Valerie D. from Richmond, VA doing a workshop titled "The Spirit of the 12 Steps" in Santa Fe, NM - October 26th-28th 2007 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Valerie’s story is one of chaos transformed into purpose: raised in a violent alcoholic home, she always felt different and disconnected until her first drink at 14 gave her a false sense o…

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AA Speaker - Todd S. - Bozrah, CT - 2015 44:57

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Todd S. from Keene, NH speaking at Area 11 Soberfest in Bozrah, CT - June 5th 2015 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Growing up in a working-class family, Todd began drinking at 14 and eventually drank himself out of the Navy. His life spiraled into five DWIs across three states, countless arrests, and even a devastating crash after fleeing pol…

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AA Speaker - Kort K. - Saint Paul, MN - 2008 1:44:24

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Gisli "Kort" K. from Minneapolis, MN speaking on the topic of "Working With Others" at The Firing Line Group of Alcoholics Anonymous in Saint Paul, MN - June 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Kort shares how his sobriety, beginning in 1999, grew from despair into lasting recovery through working the Twelve Steps directly from the Big Book.…

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AA Speaker - Vaughan Q. - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada - 1994 1:08:30

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Vaughan Q. from Toronto, Ontario, Canada doing a 12 step seminar at St. Teresa's Church in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada - January 22nd 1994 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Vaughan shares his experience with humor and deeply moving accounts, blending his perspective as a Roman Catholic priest with his own recovery journey. He described how alc…

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Maybe That Someone is You [Season 9, Episode 8] 31:23

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Mary tells Don and Sam that she was a real closet drinking, scrunched up in there with a warm beer. Mary describes her moment of clarity and the opportunity it gave her to act. She says that the hardest three words for an alcoholic are I-NEED-HELP, but she discovered that two alcoholics talking together creates a power greater than self. In this we…

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AA Speaker - Steven V. - Honolulu, HI - 2010 39:35

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Steven V. from Honolulu, HI speaking at the Hawaii State Convention in Honolulu, HI - November 6th 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Steven talks on the theme of responsibility by reflecting on his 24 years of sobriety since getting sober at age 22 in Honolulu. He described his early struggle with alcoholism—drinking heavily through high s…

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AA Speaker - Tom I. - Vancouver, Canada - 2010 1:39:26

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Tom I. from Southern Pines, NC speaking at the 22nd Annual Mens Fall Retreat in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - September 17th-19th 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Tom shares his story of redemption, walking into his first AA meeting in 1957 at just 24 years old. At first unable to identify, he slowly came alive through the steps, …

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AA Speaker - Bob D. - Concord, CA - 2017 59:43

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Bob D. from Las Vegas, NV speaking the topic of "Ending Loneliness using the 12 Traditions" at the Unity and Service conference in Concord, CA - August 19th 2017 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Bob D. from Las Vegas shares with raw honesty how his journey from a broken man in 1978 to nearly four decades of sobriety was shaped by stubborn resi…

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AA Speaker - Deandre M. - Simi Valley, CA - 2008 46:26

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Deandre M. from Lancaster, CA speaking in Simi Valley, CA - April 20th 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Deandre shares his powerful recovery story, sober since May 29, 1991. Growing up in Watts, he found early escape in alcohol, which led to dishonesty, chaos, and self-destruction. Rehab introduced him to AA, where through painful resista…

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AA Speaker - Mike S. - San Diego, CA - 2002 1:02:09

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Mike S. from Riverside, CA speaking at the 25th San Diego Spring Roundup in San Diego, CA - March 30th 2002 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Mike shares his experience & journey from chaos to recovery. Marked by alcoholism, drug use, and repeated relapses until surrendering to AA in 1980. Growing up in a turbulent alcoholic household, his drin…

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AA Speakers - Dustin B. & Kelly B. - St. Peter, MN - 2008 1:12:33

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Dustin B. from Saint Paul, MN and Kelly B. from Saint Paul, MN doing a workshop on "Questions and Answers on Sponsorship" for Area 36, District 23 in St. Peter, MN - October 25th 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Dustin and Kelly share a heartfelt story of recovery, rooted in gratitude, accountability, and the power of sponsorship. Dustin,…

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The Language of the Heart [Season 9, Episode 7] 37:31

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Don, Olis and Sam report on their wonderful experiences at the 2025 International Convention in Vancouver. Don took in the convention and described the scenes, and with microphone in hand interviewed over a dozen participants: April, Bob, Callie, Catherine, Chris, Evan, Galrous, Kenneth, Marty, Melinda, Michelle, Miles, and Nick. We finish with Sam…

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AA Speaker - Kenny L. - Ingram, TX - 2011 56:08

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Kenny L. from Houston, TX speaking at the Outpost's quarterly speaker event in Ingram, TX - March 2nd 2011 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Kenny shares a powerful story of transformation, beginning with chaos, constant moves, and early drinking that quickly spiraled into addiction, fights, drugs, and a double life between college and outlaw m…

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AA Speaker - Matt C. - Greensboro, NC - 2020 51:19

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Matt C. from Long Island, NY speaking at the Radiance group in Greensboro, NC - April 26th 2020 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Matt C. shares his journey from growing up in an Irish alcoholic family, experiencing childhood abuse, and starting drinking in high school, to finding lasting sobriety at age 19. Early on, he resisted being labeled …

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AA Speaker - Sigrún H. - Oslo, Norway - 2015 42:27

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Sigrún H. from Reykjavik, Iceland speaking at the Spirtual progress rather than spiritual perfection convention in Oslo, Norway - November 1st 2015 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Sigrún shares her journey from a wild, self-raised childhood in Iceland to a life rebuilt through AA, describing early alcohol and morphine abuse, years of untreate…

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AA/NA Speaker - Arthur D. - Dallas, TX - 2018 46:07

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Arthur D. from Dallas, TX speaking at the Whiskey & Milk group in Dallas, TX - September 28th 2018 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Arthur D. shares a powerful journey from a chaotic, addictive life—marked by abandonment, crime, and repeated failed attempts at sobriety—to a deep spiritual awakening grounded in trust and reliance on a Higher Po…

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AA Speaker - Billy N. - Ontario, Canada - 2014 3:10:32

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Billy N. from Landing, NJ speaking about the traditions in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - November 8th 2014 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Billy’s Workshop is a heartfelt journey through all 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, showing how each one shaped his transformation from a life controlled by alcoholism to one built on recovery, humility, a…