A Shot Glass of Recovery

Wendi R. from her home group AA Solution Seekers

I believe that Your sobriety, not how dry you are, but your emotional stability, is only as good as your most recent contact with your Higher Power. Daily Conscious Contact is vital to my personal growth and remaining right sized in the world. If I do that, I can handle whatever life throws at me.
 
My old sponsor always used to say "It's easy to trust God and say you have faith, when God's plan is aligning with yours. What does your trust look like when everything appears to be falling to shit around you? How's your FAITH then?"
This is what I try to pass on to those that I carry the message of recovery to.  
I've had the honor and privilege of carry the message to this particular newcomer and I'm so grateful for all we learn together.  When Christmas 2023 rolled around, just 3 months after she celebrated one year of sobriety, life got real rough for her...and we all prayed and held our breath hoping she'd be able to lean into that Faith she was just beginning to understand.
 
It's hard enough in early sobriety to just get sober. Then there is trying to live amongst the world and all it's other members. Throw on top of that financial insecurity, relationship insecurity, a death of a loved one, loss of a job, a major life threatening health crisis, and loss of your only home??!! Sometimes life doesn't get real - it gets SURREAL. 
 
But with faith, trust, a program of action and a community behind her this lady has gone from one of the darkest times to being a shining beacon of hope and transformation for others.
 
We are so proud to call her a home group member and friend in A.A. Solution Seekers home group.
 
Here's Miss Wendi R.  (published children's author don't ya know).
 
Love and Freedom 
 
Lisa M.

Curtis from AA 1.0 in Florida

The first time I heard Curtis share in a big book study group, I knew he was my cup of tea. FACTS, he shared, must replace fiction. The big book deals in FACTS. He then counted how many times the word Fact was mentioned on a particular page.
May I always be as eager to learn in AA as I was in kindergarten.
 
Love and Freedom
 
Lisa M

Tricia G from AA Solution Seekers in NY

What can I say about Tricia G.....so much, I have heard her 5th step after all!!! I JOKE! That shit's locked away in a vault. 
 
Tricia walks the steps of action in this program every day. I admire her. It's not easy to get and stay sober but some folks have an easy softer way, lots of support, money, no drama. Tricia's beginning had none of that. She is a survivor.
 
Here are three things I will say about Tricia; She loves her husband and her kiddo, She is a force, and we love her. 
 
Love and Freedom
 
Lisa M

Lisa's 1st Shot Glass June 4th, 2024

This is IT kids! The very first brand new shot glass of recovery by your Host Lisa M.
Brand New show, Brand new intro! I'd like to thank my friend Yvonne, known as Evon on itunes for recording my very own show intro. My God is she good.
Thanks for joining me on this journey, this podcast is my way of journaling my experience in recovery. It is personal, these are my thoughts and reflections on my recovery. Thanks for coming along. I hope if it be Gods will, that something I share me be of use or help to you along your journey.
 
Love and Freedom
 
Lisa M
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Tony B from Jamaica Presentation NY

Another great member from my home group, I'm starting with all our regulars at AA Solution Seekers. With just a few speakers so far you have already heard over 100 odd years of sobriety.
This is Tony B.  We may not share the same lineage but we speak the same language. It's the language of the love of learning, a desire to grow and change and never stop; The Language of the Heart.
This guy lights up the room when he walks in and doesn't even need a match.
 
Love and Freedom
 
Lisa M

Danny from NY & Celebrate the Morning home group in Florida

I'm so glad I had the opportunity to record this speaker. I'm sad I was just getting to know him before his passing in 2023. The world in general, not just AA, suffered a great loss the day Danny went to the big meeting in the sky.
 
Rest in Peace brother, God know you earned your rest. 
 
Love and Freedom 
 
Lisa
 

Lisa M on suffering transmuted

I left the world of broadcasting in 2009, I was having difficulty reconciling the world of ego in that industry and the reduction of ego necessary to get out of self in order to recovery from the disease of addiction and suffering. 
I've had many jobs since, but I always missed my love of radio. It was for me a way to connect to others, safely, remotely at times, just an invisible voice in the ether. Talking on shows was often how I worked through things, like therapy....and I just brought you along for the ride. You're welcome??? lol
 
So when my dear friend and I started 2 sober chicks in 2017 I felt that God had given me a gift. Since getting clean and sober I've felt a little remorse around having to "leave it all behind". But with the gift of sobriety and a new pair of glasses, seeing the world through a clearer lense and a new perspective - I realized I don't have to give up broadcasting completely. Through podcasting I could make something uniquely mine and hopefully, carry a message of hope, faith and healing to those like me.
 
Love and Freedom
 
Lisa M.
 

Johnny from West Palm Beach

I have some favourite speakers in Alcoholics Anonymous. The late greats such as Clancy, Clarence, Chuck, Sandy. Then the one that spoke to me and made me feel as if I could get sober because HE did, Earl H.
 
Well this next speaker just made my list, get ready for a ride. 
Johnny from WPB Florida.
 
 

PART 18 BIG BOOK STUDY GROUP

Today we are in We Agnostics on pages 54-59

Miss Betty from Jamaica Presentation in NY

Miss Betty is as hard working as they come. She is the salt of the earth kinda person that makes me want to sit on a stool in a kitchen and snap fresh peas and bake pies with just so I can sit and listen to her tell me some things I know I don't know yet.
 
She is sugar. Come get you some. We all need a sweet cup of Miss Betty.
 
Love and Freedom
 
Lisa M