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A Shot Glass of Recovery
An odd name for a podcast on Recovery? When I was wondering what to call this podcast I reflected back on my drinking history and how I used alcohol and drugs as a Solution to my thinking, my problems, my very existence in general...I always reached for that shot glass of solution. But when the glasses were empty and the bottles ran dry the solution I’d used for decades had only made things worse. I’ve been on this recovery road for a little over 19 years now and what I’ve learned is my recovery is contingent on carrying the message to others. I hope you sit back and enjoy listening to the speaker series I’ve curated from my home group AA Solution Seekers. Perhaps when you feel most alone, in need of company or a positive message, you will join me as I share some of the wisdom the folks in recovery have shared with me over the years. This podcast is just recycled feedback from the rooms of recovery. Thank you for listening and helping me stay sober one day at a time.
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Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
I first started seeing this outline of a figure around a fire on zoom AA meetings. When she spoke it was in a soft whisper because the rest of her household wouldn't be awake at 3 am. Why was she? She is a cancer survivor and was going through the battleground of chemo. She sat with us in the dark as we tried to carry the light that it speaks of in the St. Francis or 11th step prayer.
She always gave me hope.
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
I met Slim at a 6am morning meeting in a rather chaotic online meeting. He was one of those guys I was glad was there. What I've found in a lot of online meetings...is a lack of solution and a whole lot of people treating the zoom platform as group therapy. That is not what AA is. Slim is one of those fella's who even though he didn't have a lot of years in AA, had obviously been taught well by an Old Timer.
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Saturday Jun 22, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Be careful putting those you admire on a pedestal, the higher you elevate a humble human, the greater the fall...sometimes for you both.
#soberlife #AA #recovery #shotglassofrecovery
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Ever feel like you just weren't getting AA? That maybe you never would? That you were so new and so confused. Then there was the trust issues! Who were these crazy people telling you to "Let go and Let God" all the time?
You are not alone.
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Mike lives in daily chronic pain. He has a wife in the program he adores, he has a child he would die for. Today he is a changed man because of the 12 steps and 12 traditions of AA and from what I witness, he always strives for improvement.
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Don't know Linda R but man do I want to after this share!
Her home group is It's in the Book.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Steve is a member from a Big Book Study that I attend. He is one of the old timers i admire.
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Rita is active in service for my home group AA Solution Seekers. She chairs, does security for zoom (something she learned how to do during covid with no prior computer expertise!), she's a nurse, a friend and fierce.
A Shot Glass of Recovery
A Shot Glass of Recovery is Lisa’s solo venture after departing from her popular 100, 000 listening audience on 2 Sober Chicks. Her dear sober friend with whom she created a podcast in 2017 suffered a traumatic event and together they decided to end 2 Sober Chicks. Perhaps, one day they will podcast together again should they meet on the road to happy destiny once more. One can hope. There is always hope.
’Til then, Lisa has decided to light another candle in the dark world of Alcoholism & Addiction.
One for the Road? We never said, “No!” to that before, so why not take me along on your drive to work, walk in the park, or next road trip?
A Shot Glass of Recovery is a twist on an old solution made new, just like her journey in recovery made her feel whole at last.