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Karen 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 hope from these podcasts that we will host every ot...

Josephine 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 previous speaker on meeting number 162.

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Nikki 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 the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message to c...

Ashley 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 in March 2023 and found a sponsor to take her back t...

Karen 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 in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A.  We h...

Here 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 of his told h...

Karen 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 will join us and draw strength and hope...

Chuck 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 for bringing him to AA!!

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Karen 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 strength and hope from these podcasts that we will hos...

Karen 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.

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Dr. 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 yearly symposium to study family therapy and a twelve step approach to treating all addictions. Although a gifted and artful professional, she em...

Joan 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 another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of ou...

Karen 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 program, he now serves as a sponsor, guiding others through the BB sponsorship guide. He emb...

“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 improve conscious contact with God helps her grow up & stay out of selfishness, by taking responsibi...

Andy 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 common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We...

Karen 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 these podcasts that we will host every other...

Purdy 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 driving the external, it’s an in...

Karen 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 strength and hope from these podcasts that we will hos...

Thierry 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 on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and supp...

Karen 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 about Chris D:  Chris D comes from London, UK. He found the room...

In 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 support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting th...

Gratitude [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 bringing us back to beginning when he’s a young child, how his life progress...

Karen 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 and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we...

Karen 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 Anonymous, He has come to realize that God is doing for...

Dennis 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 addiction as he goes over the Four Absolutes...

Karen 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 will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we...

Melissa 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 bringing joy and clarity to space, mind and spirituality as it has in hers. She’s...

Karen 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 strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9A...

For 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 Bounce-around with her.

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Karen 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 substances Christmas Eve 2018 and since that moment has thrown himself into a spiritual life and helping othe...

In 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 of co-dependency in his life. The lessons he's learned in S-Anon have also h...

Episode 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 Chicago.  Michaels was a previous speaker on meeting 68 and on meeting 110.

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Karen 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 sponsor people through the big book sponsorship guide and to show people...

Nikki 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 the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message to c...

Babe 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 from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others w...

Karen 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 Israel time.

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Maureen 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 kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who ar...

Terry 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 and
 effective therapy programs by phone or video-chat.

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Karen A. from Jerusalem, Israel is a proud Mom and member of the Spiritual Gangsters, Noodle with Nikki and Reco12 Family. Karen had addiction running through her family. She lost her baby brother, when he was just three days out of rehab, to an accidental overdose of morphine. 

Karen entered the rooms of OA. She knew that a spiritual approach was the only solution to her addiction and all of life's other challenges, such as codependency, Al-Anon-ism, and love addiction. 

Karen guides sponsees through the Big Book of All Addictions, especially in areas of - Co...

My name is Richelle from New Jersey. I found 12 step rooms in the year 1999 and got clean on January 18, 2000. I was acting out in love addiction and did not even know it. I found Nikki M and the spiritual gangsters Big Book in October 2020.   Richelle speaks on the hopeless state of an untreated Love Addict.  She shares on what a love addict is and how it is defined. 

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 wal...

Jay M from Bali, Indonesia has been walking on his path through recovery for the last 25 years. He had a transformative spiritual experience that brought him to the awareness of God at an early age, but then fell into the abyss of addiction, in a myriad of forms for decades. When he finally got clean and sober and found his way into the rooms of AA, NA, SLAA and CODA, he began to grow spiritually, but it wasn’t until he hit his third rock bottom and lost everything that he loved, that he was surrendered enough to dedicate hi...

Timber M. has experience with detoxes, hospitals, treatment centres, building (and crashing) his multiple recovery networks, while always seeking out an authentic life that makes sense for him, being heavily involved in 12 step recovery fellowships; sponsoring and being sponsored in AA, NA, CA as well as SLAA/CODA in Canada and the U.S and most recently DA; his last relationship demise brought him to feeling suicidal and returning to heroin. As a writer, actor and musician Timber has returned to living a life where he finds being grateful is the key.  He will speak to us today on h...

Melissa came into the rooms of Alanon 15 years ago to learn how to fix all the dysfunctional, maddening people in her life. Fortunately, when that didn’t work, she stuck around to “fix” herself. She is a member of The Big Book Sponsorship group and sponsors fellows in Coda, Alanon and SLAA. She credits her recovery journey for the beautiful life she has today, and considers it a privilege to share her experience, strength and hope with others.  In this meeting, Melissa speaks about how she came to realize that she was the problem... and if so... that she could a...

Avital J has been clean from drugs and alcohol for over 10 years, she got clean when she was 17 through the rooms of NA. Working the 12 steps and walking hand in hand with her higher power has been top priority for me in living in this world. She believes that it is her job to carry the message to the addict who still suffers and that is what she hopes to do.  In this meeting, Avital shares on how humility has set her free in her life.

Karen A and Avital J walk through this powerful Reco12 Afro-Euro S...

Trace B is from Australia and is member of Overeaters Anonymous. In Trace's own words: I came into OA almost 2 years ago after battling with weight my whole life. I was looking for a solution for a weight issue and 12 step recovery has taught me that I have a life problem and I use food and compulsive behaviour as the solution! These days I am so grateful to be a compulsive eater and food addict.  Trace shares her experience, strength, and hope in this meeting on the concepts of surrender and willingness.

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David is from Manchester UK and is a Compulsive Gamber, Cocaine Addict married for 21 years with 3 children. He is a business owner who fell into the darkness of gambling which brought to him to his knees for the first time age 35, in 2005. While a member of GA, he never embarked on the 12 steps in the GA fellowship. He only went to meetings and never worked with a sponsor. His las bet was in 14th January 2013, but soon after leaving the rooms of GA late 2014 he crossed over into Cocaine and Alcohol abuse.
By October 2020 his life was burnt...

Nadia is a self-described "absolute Book Nerd" who stays close to God and performs His work well. Nadia owes her life to Alcoholics Anonymous, intensive sponsorship, and the magic of the 12 steps. A meeting-maker who could not and would not accept the simple solution offered to us and when she finally did, she got to witness an age of miracles and she got to re-create her life.  Nadia shares in this meeting how working the program really works.  It works!

Karen A and Nadia J walk through this powerful Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, st...

"...This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day."  (Alcoholics Anonymous Pg 15).  You Reco12 Spearheads... You saved the day again!  A HUGE thanks to Ela, Margarita, Terese, and Stephan who jumped in with some amazing shares as we shared about service and working with others.  You really did save the day!  What a miracle.  Not what I planned, but it was what God knew and had a plan for it.  Enjoy!

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In 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 of co-dependency in his life. The lessons he's learned in S-Anon have also helped him to tackle h...

Evarleigh S. found her way into the virtual rooms of recovery April 2022, her first experience was through Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families. Seeking help for those around her that had done harm to her -pointing the finger at all others. Little did Evarleigh know that this one decision; to start her on a journey by connecting with a fellow, round the globe in Sweden, was just the divine intervention needed. Evarleigh realized she needed more - of what she didn't exactly know at the time, just more.  She was eventually catapulted into the hands of a helping Higher P...

Dr. Andrew J. Bauman is a licensed mental health counselor with a Doctorate of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Andrew is the author of How Not to Be an *SS, The Sexually Healthy Man, Floating Away, Stumbling Toward Wholeness, The Psychology of Porn, and (with his wife Dr.
Christy Bauman) A Brave Lament book and award-winning film.  He is also the Founder and Director of the Christian Counseling Center for Sexual Health and Trauma.  We dive deep into sex addiction in this podcast.

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You Reco12 Spearheads... This meeting did not go at all as planned, but it went WAY better than we could have imagined.  A HUGE thanks to Anja, Ela, and Kelly who jumped in with some amazing shares as we put the concept of Acceptance and Step 3 into practice.  What a miracle.  Not what I planned, but it was what God knew and had a plan for it.  Enjoy!

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Tori H is an addict, recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and a precious child of God. She is an active 12 step member of various fellowships since 2016 & now focused mainly on the Big Book of AA.  Tori is excited to share her experience, strength, and hope with us on the topic of trusting and relying on God.

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 ho...

Rachel W is a grateful member of SLAA and Al-Anon. She is celebrating 5 years of sobriety in SLAA this month and 14 years in Al-Anon next month, thanks to sponsorship, meetings and the steps. God's will for her is to grow spiritually and to be happy, joyous and free. In service of this, she practices Authentic Relating and overcomes herself daily using 2-way prayer and meditation. Rachel especially enjoys service in SLAA on the fellowship-wide level as a delegate to the ABM and as a sponsor.  She is speaking to us today on embracing the mystery and on her relationship w...

Gary was born and raised on Long Island and struggled with alcoholism since his early teens which took him to places he never wants to go again. Arrested at 16 for assaulting a police officer, multiple arrests over the following several years, was few blocks north of the WTC on 9/11, AWOL from his first real job on Wall Street in 2002, rebab and back out and until he was given the gift of sobriety. Determined to break free from the cycle of self-destruction, he embarked on a remarkable journey of recovery.
 Today, Gary is an active and grateful member of A...

Nikki 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 fuelled 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 the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message to c...

Justin B is a sex addict and a food addict living in the miracle of recovery. Justin's passion lies in sharing and learning about the commonalities and successful recovery strategies for all types of addictions. Drawing from his personal experience, he has found that the power of the 12 Steps, as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and adapted to many other fellowships, has been instrumental in his own journey to recovery. Justin has discovered that there are similarities in the success stories of people from all walks of life, regardless of their faith, background, nationality, orientation, race...

Josh is a grateful sex addict working his recovery.  He has been sober since June 19, 2014.  He found recovery in the synergistic relationship between therapy and 12 steps.  As well as the grace and forgiveness he received from his wife and his God.  He started attending SA for 2 years and then was introduced to SAL and has been attending SAL 12 Step for over 7 years.  As part of his recovery journey he felt called by God to share his experience, strength and hope.  He did so in group meetings, church  as a sponsor, but felt God's call for more.  As a result he went...

Amanda B came into the rooms of SLAA at the end of June 2022 but quickly found her way to Big Book Sponsorship and jumped straight into the steps with her sponsor. She has found the solution to all her problems by following the instructions that are offered in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Amanda B loves hearing the stories of others in recovery and finds that she can relate to people in every 12 step recovery room. She finds the similarities and knows she’s not alone. You can find Amanda at the Big Book Audio Club meeting (like a b...

Sean B came into the rooms of AA on May 22nd, 2019 after coming to the realization that he was unable to regulate his emotional state without a drink. He quickly recognized there was a large gap between the expectation of where he thought he would be in life and the reality of where he was. While he was able to stay sober for a year, he half measured the steps and didn’t make much spiritual progress.
On February 27th, 2020, he came into the Big Book Sponsorship
fellowship and threw himself into the steps, and abandoned himself to...

Justin B is a multi-disciplinary addict (sex and food), living in the miracle of recovery in the rooms since 2013 and sober since 2015 in sex addiction and 2021 in food addiction.  He is the steward of the Reco12 family of recovery resources and in this share he give some of his story of recovery and a report on Reco12, then, now, and the steps that are next.  In the Q and A portion he answers several questions about Step 11 work and the vital importance of connection with others in his recovery.

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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 substances Christmas eve 2018 and since that moment has thrown himself into a spiritual life and helping others. Young speaks to us today of the power of entering into the world of the spirit and the 10th Step Promises of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Hi! I am Anita born and raised in Spokane WA. I was a chef and cook until my disease of alcoholism grew to something I could not handle anymore. Through the years I’ve faced many traumatic events which in turn made my life spiral down fast. In 2018 I got so sick from my alcoholism it nearly killed me. I spent most of the year in and out of the hospital, and still am battling my never ending health decline to this day.  Anita shares in this conversation the importance of being loud about it and shunning the stigma of...

Irvin S is a recovering addict to lust, who has fallen in love with the results of the steps of AA and SAL. Irvin S is a husband and father of two who finds strength in submitting to his Higher Power.  He shares today on his realization of the power of a growing faith in his recovery journey to this point.

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Karen A. from Jerusalem, Israel is a proud Mommy and member of the Spiritual Gangsters fellowship. Karen had addiction running through her family and lost her baby brother to an accidental morphine overdose when he was just three days out of rehab. In 2014, Karen entered the rooms of OA when her doctor said she had the 4Fs - female, fertile, fat, and forty! She knew that a spiritual approach was the only solution to her food problem and all of life's other challenges, such as codependency, anonism, and love addiction. Today, Karen guides sponsees through the Big Book for...

Rhyll is a founder and Vice President of SA Lifeline Foundation and a family and community advocate. S.A. Lifeline is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to providing hope, education, and resources related to pornography and sexual addiction recovery and the related betrayal trauma healing. Recognizing the critical importance of working 12-step for long term healing, SA Lifeline also offers SAL 12-step recovery, a free resource for those struggling with sexual addiction and betrayed partners. Rhyll is the author of, “What Can I Do About Me? Healing From the Trauma of My Husband’s Pornography and Sexual Addiction”. Steven & Rhyll have b...

Harvey E in Toronto is a 68 year old Orthodox Jew, who, together with his wife, Sharon, have five married children and 20 grandchildren.  He joined SA in January 7th, 2014, on the recommendation of his new therapist.  At the time, his marriage of 36 years was in serious trouble, he had recently been arrested for acting out behaviors going back 40 years, and he was suffering unbearable shame, shunned by his community and many of his family members.  He recently celebrated 3400 consecutive days of sobriety and recovery from sex addiction.  Harvey has embraced a mission of sharing his experience, strength and hope with othe...

Joseph O. grew up on Long Island, New York. He graduated college with degrees in Psychology & Economics, but he would say his real major was Independent Study in Drugs & Behavior. He made a geographic shift to Los Angeles to get away from his drinking companions & start fresh but still made no real investment in Recovery. In LA he maintained some abstinence over 10 months or so but picked up again when a girlfriend moved on. Very rapidly he lost his job, apartment, and car and found himself on Skid Row living in a Christian mission with 200 other bottom rung cases...

Josephine came into the rooms early 2020 more than 3 years ago after countless failed attempts to stop drinking. Little did Josephine know that putting down the drink was the start of what has been, and is the hardest, AND most rewarding part of her life so far. Josephine 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. Only then, she describes, that...

Laura is a mom of 4 who started struggling with a pain pill addiction with her last baby. Her struggle got terrible due to an epidural injury. The next 2 years were chaos and a decline that she didn’t even know was possible.  She racked up 5 felonies and jail and  prison time and thousands of dollars in fees and penalties. But her Higher Power, Christ saw her out of her addiction and now she gets to help others eliminate the shame in their own addiction story and find @the.road.back. Which, by the way, is her Instagram handle. Laura has...

Sean came into the rooms of AA on May 22nd, 2019 after coming to the realization that he was unable to regulate his emotional state without a drink. He
quickly recognized there was a large gap between the expectation of where he
thought he would be in life and the reality of where he was. While
he was able to stay sober for a year, he half measured the steps and didn’t
make much spiritual progress. On February 27th, 2020, he came into the Spiritual Gangsters fellowship and threw himself into the steps, and abandoned himself to...

Evie has been in CoDA for 35 years and has done service throughout most of that time at every level of the Fellowship in three different CoDA communities and at the world level.  She found CoDA after many years of therapy and other personal development efforts and believes that CoDA and the 12 steps have given her the most important tools she needed to heal her relationships especially with members of her family of origin.  She met the love of her life through recovery and they were together for 31 years and married for 29 before he passed away last June. Their relationship we...

Leila is gratefully thriving and prospering in all of her fellowships. It is through rigorously working the 12 steps that she has found peace, serenity and joy in her life today. The 12 steps have given Leila the community, solution and recipe for living that she never knew she always needed. She has started two SLAA meetings which combined have over 300 joining participants every week. She is passionate about being of service and works this program as seriously as she worked her addiction(s).  She rocks this episode on the Essentials of Recovery - Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness.  This is one th...

Well...  I did it again... for the second time in 157 meetings.  I forgot to hit record when we started the meeting.  I will keep the summary of things below of what she talked about, and this quick recording is me trying to summarize Anita's share as well as taking responsibility for my error.  As was brought up in the meeting, "We will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it."  Well... as much as I currently regret that I messed this up, I trust that soon enough, it can and will be used as something that...

Lenette came to SLAA back in 2014.  She had gone thru a divorce and her addiction really surfaced shortly after.  How her sex and love addiction shows up is that she feels she must be validated and chosen.  She ripped thru peoples’ lives and hurt many.  Only thinking of herself.  Lenette’s codependency shows up when in a relationship.  This looks like her micromanaging and pretty much giving up her life for her partner.  

Lenette started her steps for the first time in 2014 with a sponsor when she got through step 2 and left, because she felt anger about and couldn’...

Peg O’Connor, Ph.D., is a Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Her training is in moral philosophy, feminist philosophy, addiction studies, and the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. She believes that philosophy helped her to get and remain sober. Avoiding Alcoholics Anonymous for the first 20 years of her sobriety because of the concept of a “higher power,” she is focused on using some of the great canonical thinkers in western philosophy to illuminate dimensions of addiction. She further shares this in her new book, Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering (Wildhouse Public...

Leo came to NA in 2018 and has stayed clean for more than 4 years now.
He came to the point when he became sick and tired of being
sick and tired. Leo spent a lot of time trying to find the solution, both while
using and while staying clean.
It ended being a long journey searching for the secret recipe
of recovery, some sort of Philosophical Stone. He tried to find the perfect
sponsor, perfect books, perfect step-working method, and even the perfect
religion. All these attempts eventually failed. After a long period...

Buddy C. is an author, businessman, father, podcaster, and a spiritual seeker since his early teens. Buddy made remarkable spiritual progress when he started questioning his belief systems when they did not help with his alcohol addiction. Through 12 Step recovery and open-mindedness to spiritual ideas outside of his comfort zone, Buddy has been sober for over 12 years as of this writing.
 Buddy recently wrote the award-winning book, Powerless But Not Helpless, a recovery interpretation of the Tao Te Ching.  A book that helps bridge the gap between a Power Greater than ourselves and the door knob.

Re...

Priya P is a grateful addict who identifies as a codependent, Al-anon and SLAA anorexic and joined the rooms almost three years ago.
 She has been given a new life through the gift of recovery and is continuously humbled by the journey of fellowship and as more and more is revealed to her in divine timing.
 Spiritual principles of Faith, Trust in infinite God over our finite selves and acceptance are her current recovery focus.  Priya shares beautifully in this meeting about facing fear with faith.

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Ian is a recovered alcoholic of the sort described in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. He has an abnormal reaction to alcohol—but much more troublesome is the way he reacts to the absence of alcohol. Ian started drinking when he was a teenage boy, but it was in his 30s that he discovered his “utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or wish.” (p.34) This lack of power was not curable by any human power: neither expensive rehabilitation centers, nor the love he has for his beautiful four-year-old son, nor any other method he tried...

Ashley S is a recovered sexaholic/lustaholic and codependent from North Carolina. She found herself emotionally in bondage until she discovered a miracle of healing through the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. By working the 12 Steps as outlined within the Big Book through the power of a loving God and her sponsor’s patient guidance, she recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. She had a life-changing spiritual awakening, which resulted in a new relationship with her Creator and a way of living which answers all her problems. Ashley has walked a free woman with newly fo...

Dr. Anna Lembke's  latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of
Indulgence was an instant New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller and has been translated into 25 languages. It combines the neuroscience of addiction with the wisdom of 12-Step recovery to explore the problem of compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world. 

To qualify to receive 1 of 6 free copies of Dopamine Nation, be one of the first 6 people to go to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and read the “ground rules” and then record a 2-5 minute recovery share. When completed, input your email...

Dave A. from Antigua came into the rooms of AA with the motivation of impressing an ex-girlfriend that he had lost. He quickly realized that he needed recovery for himself and then found the rooms of CODA also. Dave actively works both AA and CODA and has found that he must do both to survive. He will be sharing on the Balancing Action that Listening has become for him in his recovery.

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Nikki is one of the founding members of the Big Book Sponsorship Group, an online Twelve Steps global recovery network - grown out of the Toronto Wednesday SLAA Big Book Meeting -  also known as Spiritual Gangsters on WhatsApp.  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 direct instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message, the exact instructions, to countless rooms, sponsors both men an...

Born in 1971, Tim M from London Stopped drinking for the first time in 1990. His Last drink was in 1993. Tim spends much of his free time engaged in sponsorship and service. He does what AA asks, and he get the results it promises in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. 100,000 Al-Anon meetings also help. Other than that, he says that he is simply another bozo on the bus.   Tim Sponsors a lot and in this meeting he shares how he maintains being sponsorable.

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Robert first came into recovery February 9, 1986 and met a group of people who would change his life. After a short relapse, Robert came back to recovery on April 25 of 1986 and has been clean and sober ever since. Robert's mission is to become more well and to encourage others along the way.  Robert also hosts The Recovery Guy Podcast and The Recovery Guy online community, and I was blessed to be a guest on his podcast in 2022.

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Just a quick heads up. This, is one of the most powerful conversations I have had thus far in the Journey in Recovery series. I feel that this is a vital episode to share with young men and young women as parents feel it an appropriate age to do so. But this story starts at the age of 12 and is really relatable to many issues of today.  This week we will be talking with Phil about Step 12. Phil’s story starts at 12 years old with exposure to internet pornography and quickly spins out of control to suicidal thoughts and pla...

On Reco12 today, we will be talking with Matt D about Step 11 and his journey in recovery based on that step. It is pretty interesting to me that many of the new ideas and practices that I have learned about and that I am putting into place in my own life have to do primarily with Step 11. This is another powerful conversation with some really good insights into Conscious Contact with God.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast.  It was not recovery related, although I...

On Reco12 we will be talking with Nick, an alcoholic and addict with over 3 years sobriety at the time of this recording, about his experience, strength and hope and his journey in recovery with Step 10. In this conversation we really focus on the importance of being constantly aware and taking minute-by-minute inventory of self and being accountable to self and others in recovery. He shares his “God shot” as he calls it, where God came into his heart and made him a changed man. This conversation is a very meaningful one and definitely heart-felt.

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In this Reco12, Journey In Recovery series, we will be talking with Wendi F, a sexaholic who also spoke to us in meetings, #4 and #127. In this conversation we explore her life experience that led her to an eventual awakening. We discuss what it means to find the core of an addiction and how it differs from many of the ancillary or appendages to an addiction. We discuss a new life with a Higher Power and the absolute power of having a sponsor to help you walk through the steps of recovery.  All this while sharing her experience, strength, and h...

In this Reco12 Episode of the Journey In Recovery series, we will hear from Angie H, who also spoke in previous Reco12 Meetings #10 and #38, as she shares her experience, strength, and hope on Step 8.  Angie, a lustaholic, sharing her path of addiction and recovery. In this conversation, Angie talks tactfully but completely honestly about the path of destruction that she had unknowingly left in her wake after some traumatic experiences in her childhood. She shares of her awakening to her own situation and he journey to make things right with herself, with God, and with her fellow humans, not t...

In this journey in recovery, we will be hearing the experience, strength, and hope of Joe C in his living in Step 7 in his life. Now, a heads up on this one. The sound quality is a little rough in spots on this episode. The online recording did not come through great. BUT, the content is amazing. So, please listen past the flaws in the sound and to the beauty of what is being said.  In this conversation, Joe C talks about a beautiful, long relationship with his wife and his awakening, late in life to his own issues. H...

Today we will be hearing the experience, strength, and hope of Father Bill W, who was celebrating his 47th anniversary of sobriety being a guest on this show (He will celebrate 50 years later in December of this year). He shares his own experience, faith and hope and focusing mostly on Step 6.  In this Journey In Recovery, we reflect back on the early history of AA and the practices of Two Way Prayer and the 4 Absolutes and how that applies to Step 6 and other steps of recovery.

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Today, we will walk with Jennifer as she shares her experience in addiction and her journey in recovery, starting at about age 14 with alcohol and then moving into marijuana and other drugs and psychedelics in her search for God in her life and also in her quest to numb things from her childhood.  She will share about her experience with Step 5 in this episode.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast.  It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery.  Duriing this tim...

Today we will be hearing the experience, strength, and hope of Cameron F in relation to the 4th Step of Recovery as we continue this Journey In Recovery Series.  His energy, honesty, bluntness, and fire are VERY apparent.  Step 4 reads, “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves”. This is the Step that so many people get hung up on and lose steam. But in this conversation, we learn that this does not need to be the case.

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In this episode of Reco12, Journey in Recovery series, we will hear the experience, strength, and hope of John in relation to Step 8. John is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. And you can just hear the value he puts on being honest with himself and others in this conversation. Honesty with self and others is really one of the cores of real recovery from anything, including addiction.  John talks about his walk through decades of addiction and choices that brought him to the place of becoming willing to make amends and then making amends. You can just hear t...

Today we will be hearing the experience, strength, and hope of Kastle S. in the Journey in Recovery series of Reco12. I really love the vulnerability that Kastle shares in his story and his experience with trusting in God through the 3rd step of recovery. Step 3 is the step that every single person I have interviewed so far has come back to as a hinge pin in their recovery, so Kastle is my second conversation about Step 3. Now, as a reminder, Step 3 reads, “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as...

Bill M shares his experience, strength, and hope on Step 3 and how even after 15 years in the rooms of AA, he was still an untreated alcoholic.  Until someone took him through the steps as laid out in the Big Book, he was "out of his mind".  And now, the happy, joyous, and free life, full of serenity has pervaded his experience since then.  

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast.  It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery.  Duriing this time, I fel...

This is a continuation of episode 131 where Harvey E from Toronto shares his experience, strength, and hope on Step 2 of the Steps of Recovery.  

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast.  It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery.  Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery.  In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery.  It was d...

Harvey E is one of my recovery heroes.  This conversation with him on His experience, strength, and hope on Step 2 of recovery is one of the pivotal moments in my own recovery walk.  His story of learning to trust his Higher Power, God, is powerful.  

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast.  It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery.  Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journ...

Shannon T is the wife of a recovering alcoholic and a member of Al-Anon.  In this vulnerable and powerful and honest interview, she shares her experience, strength, and hope on Step 1.  Her honesty is her strength and her story will move all who give it a listen.  

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast.  It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery.  Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podca...

Sid K teaches us a great lesson on the early, flying blind, pioneer period of Alcoholics Anonymous.  This covers the years from 1935 through 1939.   You may choose to go to YouTube to watch this one as there is a corresponding slide show that gives visuals to this lesson.  The link to the Reco12 YouTube channel is here:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg

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Justin and Erin B are an amazing couple who have run the gauntlet in sex addiction and betrayal trauma.  They share here in a live conference hosted by SA Lifeline Foundation in Lehi, UT in September of 2022.  Their story of addiction, betrayal, fear, pain, and recovery and hope will inspire all who listen.  Their honesty and vulnerability are amazing.  They speak on the importance of qualified therapy, active and dedicated working of the 12 Steps for both partners, and the real pain and collateral damage that happens in addiction. 

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Wendi's SA journey began in 2010. Today, She has learned to use the tools of the program to grow her spiritual life and stay in the solution. The steps, meetings, sponsorship, fellowship, and most importantly, staying connected to her higher power are especially effective tools for her.  She considers herself blessed with this opportunity to share what's worked for her.

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Herb was given the gift of freedom from alcohol February 21, 1984. As the result of the application of the Twelve Steps as contained “precisely” in the AA Big Book he experienced a profound spiritual awakening in 1988. Since then, he has been very involved in carrying the message of recovery through presentations, facilitating workshops, and leading retreats.
 He has authored 3 books (see below)
 Many have found them helpful for accessing the instructions and confirming the process contained in the Big Book for experiencing and sustaining a spiritual awakening.
Herb is widowed, has three adult children, seven grandchildren, and lives...

Scott H is from Pennsylvania and grew up in a family of 4 boys and a father who was gone most of the time. He was the youngest of 4 and began to get into trouble at a very young age Smoked his first cigarette in the 3rd grade then Beer by 5th Grade. Then graduated into much harder drugs and Juvenile Delinquency. Attended his first 12 Step Meeting in 1979 in the 9th grade inside Juvenile Hall. Had a Huge Spiritual Religious Experience at age of 19 then later again at age 26 When he decided to become a Youth Pastor working with...