This Australian woman of 61 yrs. is in her second round of sobriety, this time using all the tools that are at her disposal, including outside medical care and support. Today, Keli is engaged to be married for the first time and lives a life of genuine joy and peace.

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“I have recovered from the state of hopelessness.”

“Pray, but continue to paddle.”

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This cheeky Catholic Irish woman walked into AA at 29 years old. From a loud, drunk, crazy home, Gerri had to fight her way to a new life. And she beautifully transformed insanity into a life of calm, service, love and grace.

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“I don’t want to be drunk anymore . . . sober is better, no matter what’s going on, no matter how long, sober is better.”

“Alcoholics Anonymous has saved my life, not once, not twice, but over and over and over.”

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Grew up feeling like an outcast, completely rejected, in and out of juvenal hall, drug dealing and 8 DUIs, Tim never thought his life would be anything but a struggle. However, he found his way into the rooms of AA and now has over 30 years of sobriety and a life of joy.

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“That’s [Step 4] the first concrete proof of your willingness to do anything to recover.”

“I’m not ashamed to be an alcoholic . . . I’m grateful because I have a program of living that really works.” 

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An alcoholic only on the inside, Becca was consumed by thoughts of drinking but had no rock bottom, just complete insanity of her thinking mind. After a heavy and emotional night of drinking, Becca woke up and it hit her, a helpful thought: I cannot live like this anymore. 

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“When I walked into one of those rooms for the first time . . . I immediately felt comforted . . . I felt like I found my tribe, my people.”

“Such a great group of people [AA] who will always be there and understand what you’re going through.”

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Monica was never a child, she was constantly full of fear, and first picked up a drink at only 9 years old. It took her a long time to find the rooms of AA, and many, many relapses, but today, Monica is happy, joyous and free in a way she’s never experienced in this life. 

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“Today I am full of hope, passion, energy, life, love . . . if I were to look in the mirror 6 yrs. ago, or even a year ago, I was a dead soul, my soul inside was dead from the disease of alcoholism.”

“You’re gonna have to get sober anyway, why not now?”

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Teddi came to the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous for one reason: to get verification from real alcoholics that she was a normal drinker. They told her to keep coming back . . . and she hasn’t had a drink since. 

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“I was always judging my insides by your outsides and I always came up short.”

“If you’re new . . . and you’re listening to this, I want to tell you what they told me in my first meeting, Welcome Home.”

“They told me to Keep Coming Back.”

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Always feeling like an outsider and unable to connect to others, Ursula found something in the escape of alcohol. Ursula shares a beautifully honest and humble story of growing her small voice and finding peace and love and connection in this world.  

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“God this is it, this is that moment where I can go back . . . or I can pick up the tools . . . I could relapse, or I could work the program . . . and I’m so grateful that the urge started to melt away.”

“Our program of action is really something powerful.”

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Broken on the inside while presenting perfection on the outside led to Karen hating herself, before she ever began drinking. Once alcohol came into the picture, Karen found an escape from herself – and her alcoholism progressed. The day after she stopped breastfeeding, Karen became a daily drinker. Listen to her story of a double-life turned into a beautiful life of freedom.

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“The more I hated myself, the more I drank, and the more I drank the more I hated myself and it became a vicious cycle that I couldn’t stop."

“Things work better if I just surrender to the flow of life instead of trying to control it.”

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Jessica’s share contains painful stories of child sexual abuse, kidnapping, violent spousal abuse, trafficking, suicide attempts, and the development of alcoholism and addiction. Jessica found her path to recovery, freedom and peace through making a simple choice and doing the action that was necessary. Today, she gives back as she continues to heal—learn more about Jessica's purpose at SurvivingBeauty.org

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“Recovery is a transformative process . . . I keep myself open to being teachable, knowing that the rewards that I will get from recovery directly relate to the amount of work that I put in.”

“If I fall off the wagon, it’s not going to be because AA failed me, it’ll be because I failed to do the work of AA.”

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In this calm share Margaret shares her beginnings in the rooms, which started as an Al-Anon member, before she realized it was AA that was needed. As a young single mother of two, Margaret was able to do 90 meetings in 90 days all because she couldn’t figure out how to go home and not drink – and she’s been sober since.

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“When I take alcohol into my body, I can’t control my thinking. I surrender what I’m thinking—I surrender my body’s actions to the alcohol acting in my body.”

“I walked into the meeting . . . and I felt like I had come home, it felt like I fit in my skin, it felt like for once, I was ok.”  

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