A Shot Glass of Recovery

Collen K a southern belle

Colleen K is a delight to listen to, a southern belle.
A sober Gem.

Fred speaks at Solution Seekers

5 Incredible Solution Seeking Sober Women

When I went to Maine to speak at their 45th Annual Round up, I had no idea how many gifts I was about to receive.
 
I met beautiful, sweet, soulful Mel who made this trip happen and was the organizer extraordinaire. Mel is like me in that she wears her emotions on her sleeve and is always ready for a hug.
 
Their was my grand sponsee, Rena. One tough cookie on the outside but inside, so deeply grateful to be one of, a part of the tribe. She just walked around soaking it all up like a sponge.
 
Rena's Sponsor and my sponsee Tricia. Who in spite of her fear of the outdoors, braved Maine to come hang with us all. She brings the light and laughter wherever she goes and I'm better for having met her.
 
Then there is April, my shy sponsee who was so nervous I had to ask her if she wanted to ask me to be her sponsor? How does she survive New York?! April is another sweet, kind being who just oozed gratitude in the whole 12 hours she was with us. That's right she drove up Saturday night. I'm so glad God deemed us destined to meet.
 
Finally, I got to meet my newest Sponsor, Miss Stacey...in PERSON.
I feel like I'm blessed to be in the presence of what I consider AA royalty (I winced when I typed that cuz she'd probably smack me and say "don't put anyone on a pedestal but God.")
She is warm, kind, the most amazing listener and makes me feel like I am the most important person in the room when we talk. She
is the mother I always wished I had. (Even if that would make me Steve Martin in The Jerk).
 
The conference was great, but meeting these women in person was Gods true gift.
 
 

45th Annual Roundup in Maine, Sugarloaf - Spiritual Speaker - Lisa M

I am grateful for my past experience and ability to be able to speak off the cuff straight from the heart. I'm grateful for my sponsor Luke who one time ripped up my cue cards right before my talk and said "This isn't a speech! We speak from the heart. Why do you need notes? Don't you know your own story?" 
I'm grateful people find something to resonate with and keep asking me to travel to their locations to do what I believe God wants us all to day, carry the message of Hope by sharing our stories of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous.
 
I'm grateful that on this invitation I got to speak in front of a 1000 fellow AA'ers and amongst them was my sponsor, a Sponsee, a grand Sponsee and a dear friend all who travelled separately to join me in Maine so that we could meet in person for the very first time!!!
 
I  was caught off when the chair person told me just before I began, that I'd have to cut my talk by 15 minutes. So it took me a while to get my brain on track...but eventually God stepped in and lead me to the finish.
 
I hope you find some Hope in there.
Lisa M

Big Book Study ep. 24 FEAR page 67

Today's study begins on page 67. 
We learn how to conquer fear. #conquerfear
We learn what failed us before.
 
Join me live to record this big book study every other Saturday at 10 am right here in the AA Solution Seekers Study room. Join us 7 days a week at AA Solution Seekers online meeting at 7am eastern time.  click the zoom link to attend a live meeting (Only the speaker is recorded on Sundays and Lisa's Big Book Study every other Saturday at 10am - all other meetings are closed and not recorded!)
 
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Talk of things religious is necessary

I always try to share my experience with newcomers, especially about how I didn't know how prejudiced and closed minded I was when it came to things "religious". 
Most importantly I needed to look at myself and take inventory on such behaviours in order to get and stay sober.
 
One of the tools I used in the expansion of my mind and the opening of my heart was a meeting lead by a guy named Craig from an AA group called Primetime. 
They dissect the Lords' Prayer. I needed to make use of what religious people had to offer instead of being angry at the imperfections or downfalls of the humans who saw "half assing" their religious tenets and in my opinion failing miserably at it!
 
So I went to this meeting and it really helped me.
Saturday Sermon on The Mount
12:00 PM PDTONE TOUCH LINKMeeting ID: 419-655-835Password: primetimeAudio RecordedNote: This is not an AA meeting.
 
May it be of some use to you as well...and if you see Craig tell him Lisa from AA Solution Seekers on the east coast, says HI.

August 8,2024 Breaking down the Serenity Prayer

I do a chat group with 9 women and our latest thing is reading something from our Recovery/Spiritual Toolkits (Big Book, 12&12, Grapevine, Daily Reflections, any thing AA related), sharing it with each other and then Sharing ourselves with the group by way of speaking on what the reading meant to us.
 
This was part of our recent discussion.
 
What do you talk about with your friends? How do you support your sisters?
When you share is the thought "how can I best serve God and others?".
#vulnerability challenge #aa #fellowship #serenityprayer
 

Daniel from Celebrate the morning

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Lisa M march 2024

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Jolie from the Peg

Just one of the many gifts of a worldwide pandemic....was meeting people like Jolie from a part of my own Country I'd never visited. Jolie's sobriety date is close to one I gave up for "outside issues", it's amazing what EGO can take from us...sobriety, peace, joy, presence.
I'm glad she got it when she did and shared her journey and experience to where she is at today. 
I love that she talked about what she called "drybriety" because it is definitely a part of our recovery journey that is not talked about enough!
I've seen people with 20, 30 years sobriety behave completely against any principles that they tout in their shares about sobriety and recovery. Principles such as tolerance, patience, forgiveness, humility, letting go and letting God. When someone talks of those principles but leaves a home group in a huff because they took offence to something, that's a perfect example of Dry-briety. Saying we trust in God but only of course until something bad, challenging or unexpected happens, then they cry out, "why me god?". Dry-briety.
 
Jolie has got what I want. SOBRIETY and principles.