Sean shares his Experience, Strength and Hope from a broken home and Mormon background, he walks us through the alluring firsts with alcohol, on to two DUIs, a profound jail experience, and ultimately into sobriety -- bartending during the pandemic. A writer by trade and hobby, Sean's story is easy to listen to and leaves you wanting to hear more. 

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"Alcohol was an old friend." 

"If I'm feeling tense, I have so many healthy avenues that have replaced alcohol."

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Adam shares his Experience, Strength and Hope from the very beginning when his parents met in rehab, to his own sobriety at only 19 yrs old. Despite all the pain of addiction he grew up around, Adam still found himself powerfully curious about alcohol and drugs. He went on to do his own exploring of both; he shares here his journey to DUIs, almost dying, living with an invincibility complex and binge eating as a dry alcoholic. Today however, Adam is 25 yrs old and has found himself living in "peaceful stimulation" when he works his simple program.

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"I was a blackout drinker, almost every time . . . I was fascinated by it, never bothered or ashamed."

"There is this constant peaceful stimulation when I'm plugged into the program." 

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Alexa shares her Experience, Strength and Hope as she begins her adult life sober. She was only 21 when she found sobriety, struggling with both pot and alcohol. Alexa has found the community of Alcoholics Anonymous to be the most valuable asset in her life; she is truly enjoying her journey as a young woman - sober, grateful and present.

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"I'm 21 and all this shit is happening . . . and I couldn't stop getting high." 

"You don't ever have to  be hungover again; that's the coolest promise ever . . . "

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Curtis shares his Experience, Strength and Hope, from a tough childhood filled with anxiety, illness and constantly moving, he finds his way to the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and a whole new way of living, reacting and contributing to life.

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"By now the party was totally on; I was turning twenty and I was a total wreck. I was doing anything I could get my hands on."

"I'm willing to try this AA thing now . . . and I did that, I wanted to change my life. I was willing to do whatever it takes." 

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Glenn shares his Experience, Strength and Hope after enjoying his first year in sobriety. When he entered the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, he immediately saw hope in the Promises. From the beginning, Glenn has embraced the program of AA with honesty, willingness and an open-mind. He even enjoyed Steps 4 and 5, and says they were "very freeing." 

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"Whenever I drank, it was always to get drunk, that was the soul purpose of it." 

"I'm here [in AA] because I don't want to die. I'm here because I'm sick of living a lie and I'm sick of alcohol controlling me." 

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Steven shares his Experience, Strength and Hope in a brief, but honest story of his struggle, recovery and life today in sobriety. His message is simple, solid and to the point. Today, Steven works in Homelessness and Addictions; having been once a functioning addict, he knows the freedom that is possible for each one of them.

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"Every day I wanted to stop, but I didn't know how to stop."

"I've been where you are, I've been at my bottom, but you can recover, we can all recover . . . we just have to want it." 

*recorded via phone internationally, sound varies
You may have to listen twice to translate Steven's wonderful, yet thick Scottish accent.

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Holly shares her Experience, Strength and Hope with complete honesty and vulnerability. Not only is she a straight shooter, she is a down-right interesting human. A tattooed priest working on her masters in Addiction Studies, she's also a Drug and Addiction counselor who was also once an actress, Al-Anon member, and even had an affair with a woman. Holly describes the great dysfunctional family she came from and how that grew her into the woman she is today, with almost 20 years of sobriety serving every single day of her life to a Higher Power.
Holly brings the principles of AA into her congregation where everyone can feel the light of a beautiful Higher Power that loves, accepts and provides grace unconditionally. Holly may be the best antidote for those broken by organized religion.   

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"I worked really, really hard; my goal was to feel good about myself regardless of my circumstance . . . I wanted to walk into a room knowing I was worthy and valuable."

"The way we [alcoholics and addicts] deal with life is so completely different."

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Lydia shares her Experience, Strength and Hope; shortly after becoming a mother her family had an intervention, though it didn't immediately provide closure to her drinking, it did shift something in Lydia. It provided her with enough perspective to seek and ask for help from the rooms of AA. After wondering into her first AA meeting, Lydia was immediately struck with a power greater than herself.

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"I remember waking up thinking, I'm gonna get sober, I have to get sober; I don't know what that means, I don't know what AA is, but I heard about it. I had no idea it would mean the beginning of my entire life." 

"I never knew a moment of peace until I entered AA."

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Todd shares his Experience, Strength and Hope; it took more than 20 years of attending Alcoholics Anonymous before he became willing to do whatever it took to get and remain sober. Todd woke one morning with an almost sudden realization that he had to live the rest of his life sober, and so he began to do the work and work the program; he's been sober since.

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"I went to AA selfishly to manage my consequences and get what I wanted. The minute the meeting was over I went back to doing things the way I've always done them -- what's in it for me, I'll do it if I feel like it." 

"I'm incredibly grateful for Alcoholics Anonymous . . . if ever anyone earned the right to be barred from an AA meeting, it was me, but every time I'd come back, they'd smile and say Keep Coming Back."

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Kaleo shares his Experience, Strength and Hope; once completely hopeless and homeless, he's now sober in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Kaleo tells of his life today with a God of his understanding, how he stays in service and continues to keep his ego at bay.

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"I've come to learn that the void in my soul, this hole, is a god-shaped hole. And no matter how many other things [people/places/things] I put in there, it's never enough." 

"The program has offered me so much more than the freedom from the obsession to drink and use . . . I just wanted to stop drinking, and look at what has been given to me, so much more, I had no idea the blessings I would receive."

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