A Shot Glass of Recovery

Ep 30 of the Big Book Study

Episode 30 of our Big Book study which happens live every other Saturday at 10 am in AA Solution Seekers meeting. All are Welcome! 
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Today we were on page 83 where the step 9 PROMISES are discussed, each sentence is a promise. It didn't happen over night but every single one of these promises has come true for me. 
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Lisa speaks at one of Toronto's oldest AA groups The Beaches group

Today my dear friend Sarah C from the Beaches Group in Toronto celebrates 9 years of continuous sobriety and a changed way of living.
I thought the talk I gave at the home group I "made her" join when she moved to a different part of the city would be a good way to honor her commitment to this way of living. 
 
She always jokes about how I give her orders or make her do things, then she expresses gratitude for listening because everything I've ever suggested was nothing more or less than what I had to do myself to get and maintain my sobriety. 
She also loves to tell the story to anyone who works with me how easy they have it, for when she started working with me she wanted to be my friend and I told her one day "I'm not here to be your fucking friend Sarah! I'm here to help save your fucking life." 
It was this way for me too. My sponsor got frustrated with my balking and whining about life one day and said "your thoughts and feelings are what's wrong with you Lisa so why don't we put them on a shelf for now. I'm not here to be your therapist and I'm not here to be your fucking friend. I have to care more about saving your life than whether or not you like me or I hurt your feelings."
It made sense that my sponsor had done more to help me than any friend ever could, by the very fact that he wasn't motivated by keeping a friendship alive but instead motivated by keeping ME alive.
 
In learning to sponsor this way, Sarah and I have become the closest of friends. We have learned that Iron sharpens Iron and a true friend doesn't just agree or co-sign another's bullshit.
 
 

Bea from Spain and the ABC newcomers group

Bea is a regular at her home group...still. Yes she is one of THOSE as many a newcomer has pondered "why do they still keep coming after all these years?".
 
Listen and find out. 
 

Episode 29 of the Big Book Study with Friends

Today we are picking up on page 76 if you want to follow along...and I suggest you do...with highlighters and a notebook. :)
I also throw in a few references to a wonderful #hazeldon resource known as Drop the Rock. It might not be AA approved literature but I can't recommend this little gem enough especially when it comes to a deeper understanding of steps 6 through 8!
 
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AA Solution Seekers speaker V from Predawn busters Atlanta group sept 29, 2024

I've personally known V for a while now. She was a long time listener of 2 sober chicks and would often write us. It was so nice she reached out when I started this new show.
She is one of us and today talks about a number of things many of us can relate to along this journey to recovery: the past and how it affected us; present struggles like mental health issues and how AA has taught us these are valid but they are NOT excuses or reasons to not recover; and ghosting a sponsor....who hasn't done that to our own peril at least once on this journey?
 
I hope you enjoy her story as an impromptu speaker who answered the call when a speaker was needed.
 
thank you V (sparkles).
 
 

Lisa M speaks at the Area 86 Roundup in Owen Sound

This was my first time being asked to speak at a roundup. It was so much fun to travel outside of my area and visit another area to carry the message.
It would be this speaking engagement that lead to my invite to Peurta Vallarta Sobriety Under the Sun Conference. #SUS
 
I don't consider this one of my best talks, but someone in the audience heard a message that spoke to him. He was on that speaker seeker committee and he submitted my tape.
 
#blessed
 
 
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Big Book Study Ep 28

Still Into Action we cover pages 75 to 76 discussing step 5 through 7.
 
 
 

Mark Lundholm - First Thought Wrong

Mark Lundholm has seen and experienced the bottom of life.  He was a criminal at 13, an addict and former coke dealer, a check forger, homeless at 27, and did prison time for bank fraud. His amazing story how he turned his life around is an inspiration to anyone in recovery. 
 
Mark takes us through the diseased thinking of First Thought Wrong.

Carl the cook with the recipe

Carl belongs to a couple of home groups but he makes Solution Seekers one of them.  
Carl is a cook on a ship and he shares his recipe for success in recovery.
 

Live Show Re-broadcast - Episode 2 on Taking the Steps - Step 4

Today I go through Step 4 and it only took just over 30 minutes. So if I can teach it in 30 minutes....you can do it in a few hours or a day at the most.  Pen to paper. Get at it.