A Shot Glass of Recovery

An odd name for a recovery podcast? Absolutely. But if you knew my drinking history, it would make perfect sense. For years, I used alcohol and drugs as a solution—to my thinking, my problems, and honestly, to life itself. Whenever things got uncomfortable, confusing, or required feelings, I reached for a shot glass full of “solution.”

Spoiler alert: when the glasses were empty and the bottles ran dry, that solution had only made everything worse.

I’ve been on this recovery road for a little over 20 years now, and here’s what I’ve learned: the only way I get to keep what I have is by giving it away—preferably without a hangover.

This podcast is a speaker series curated from my home group, AA Solution Seekers. It’s recycled wisdom, borrowed experience, and feedback straight from the rooms of recovery. So if you’re feeling alone, looking for company, or just need a positive message that doesn’t come with bad advice or worse decisions, pull up a chair and listen in.

Thanks for being here, for listening, and for helping me stay sober—one day at a time.

Keep Coming Back!

Lisa

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Episodes

Jun 25, 2024

45 min

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.
 
 

Slim from Florida

Jun 24, 2024

Jun 24, 2024

49 min

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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.
 
 

Jun 23, 2024

30 min

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She has been sober longer than many newcomers have been alive.

FRANKIE FROM LA

Jun 22, 2024

Jun 22, 2024

46 min

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Jun 21, 2024

6 min

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 

Jun 21, 2024

45 min

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.

Jun 20, 2024

41 min

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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. 

Jun 19, 2024

35 min

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Don't know Linda R but man do I want to after this share!
Her home group is It's in the Book.
 
 

Jun 18, 2024

39 min

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Steve is a member from a Big Book Study that I attend. He is one of the old timers i admire.

Jun 17, 2024

34 min

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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. 

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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. 

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