A Shot Glass of 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.
 
 

Taking the first 3 steps together as a group

Today I wanted to show everyone that the 12 Steps can actually be taken in as little as 12 hours! 
Listen in and take them with us. Bring a friend, come with your sponsor!
 
#12steps #takingthesteps #AA

Karolina from the UK

Another special one for me, this little gem of a human lives an ocean away from me and yet we connect through the language of the heart.
 Karolina originated from Poland and has made a life in her home of London in the United Kingdom. She is sober just over 3 years, active in service and sponsors women. She found her true self on page 63 of the big book and has been sky rocketed into the fourth dimension of existence having incorporated the book's wisdom into her daily life.
 
She is one of those friends in my life that I regard as a sharpening instrument put in my path by God's grace. Iron sharpens Iron.
 
This is her story.
 
And join us live 7 days a week if you want to start your day right. 
 
A.A. Solution Seekers - Toronto 
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Live show re-broadcast Sept 10th, 2024 - Tips on Safety in the rooms of AA

A bunch of my female friends join me on a discussion on safety in the rooms of AA. 
 
Some tips to bring to your home group:
SAFETY CARD FOR A.A. GROUPS_EN (aa.org)  Read the safety card at every meeting
Read AA's info on Safety SMF-209 - Safety and A.A.: Our Common Welfare (aa.org)
Read the pamphlet on Sponsorship P-15 Questions & Answers on Sponsorship (aa.org)
 
Protect yourself from predators...Trust your gut, if it feels wrong, it probably is.
Secrets keep us sick...If someone in a group is asking you not to tell others what they are asking of you...it's probably because they know it is wrong.  Tell others, seek support and KNOW THAT ANONYMITY IS NOT A CLOAK FOR BAD, ABUSIVE OR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOUR.
 

Danny Survivor of 911, Firefighter at the world trade center, an Alcoholic

My sponsor introduced me to one of her hero's, Danny the Firefighter. I loved his gentle nature, I could relate to his struggle with the inner demons of this disease and the battle with the mental health scorpion known as PTSD.
 
Danny has given a talk on our show before, this is the one where he reveals his experience as a fire fighter at the world trade center on that terrible day on the 9th of September when North America was rocked by an act that brought us all to our knees. War is a crusher of souls, dignity and decency. It is the ultimate act of selfish, self-centered behaviour, ego and arrogance. When people take opposing sides and both believe they are right.
 
Danny was a first responder who had been sober for 2 decades before this tragic day added another burden to his plate. I don't think he ever saw himself as the hero he was, he was "just doing his job".
 
This is his story.
 
And we miss him.
 
#911 #alcoholics

Ep 27 Big Book Study continues with Into Action

Today we continue from the bottom of page 73 into midway of page 75 of the chapter Into Action. 
Sometimes in a big book study you will find you don't further than a few lines, a couple paragraphs.
The main idea to remember is always IDENTIFICATION. Reading the big book with another alcoholic who got sober before us is the taproot of our shared experience and understanding our disease.
 
I hope if you identify with the thoughts, feelings and behaviours found in the book, you stay long enough to see light at the end of the tunnel and a way into joyous, sober solution based living!
 
Join me for our live session recordings, every other saturday in our zoom room .  
 
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Karen R - author of the chapter The River of Denial in the 4th edition Big Book

We seem to get the most amazing selection of speakers at A.A. Solution Seekers. How do we do that?
One, I've noticed a lot of meetings online have forgotten about the Open Speaker meeting. Two, we are blessed with a long timer who just knows a ton of speakers from decades of hanging around AA. Three, our home group has a ton of new and old experience who all live in the solution. Four, one of my sponsee's chairs an online meeting called One Day at a Time out of the U.K. and she has connected with amazing speakers from around the world and shares them with us.
 
That's how we were blessed to have Karen R come and share her story with us live on a Sunday at 7am.
Karen's story can be found in the 4th edition of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is called The River of Denial.
 
And join us live 7 days a week if you want to start your day right. 
 
A.A. Solution Seekers - Toronto 
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A woman 30 years sober

This is my sponsor. You will fall in love with her.
I will have to Dexter you...but Don't Worry...God will make me realize that's a bad idea. :) 
 
Today my sponsor Celebrates 30 years sobriety. Some people say "Don't drink and don't die and you too can stay sober this long." But there is more to it than that. It's called surrender to God, willingness, action, labour, perserverance, deflation of ego, humility...and a constant quest to be better today than you were tomorrow as you seek to do God's will in this world.
For that I salute her and others like her.
 
We don't have many old timers left these days.

Alexandra from AA Solution Seekers

Alex is one of our newer AA Solution Seekers members who we wanted to get to know better, and what better way than to hear someone share! 
 
We welcome a fellow Canuck  Alex.
 

Lisa sharing on a reading from Melanie Beattie

Good Morning!
 
Today's daily reading is from a #Hazeldon app based on writings from #MelanieBeattie 
 
Today I throw in my own thoughts while reading the selection "Owning our energy".