Courtney agreed to come in and record after we met at on open speaker meeting of Recovery.   She is a woman who lives in the steps and clearly practices the principles on a daily basis.

Karen tried to quit drinking on her own before she came into AA...she knew there was a problem but she couldn’t stop.  

It was wonderful to sit and chat with Karen...I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Kenny has been sober 31+ years

Andrea is a friend whom I always enjoy listening to when she shares. This is the first time I’ve heard her story. 

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Paul is a good friend who has helped me get, and stay sober to this point on my journey. He has a really good way of getting across to the newcomer in sobriety. He’s helped many men and women by speaking the truth and not sugar coating anything.

My wonderful friend Janine joins me on the podcast.  We start our conversation talking about how we met, which was at the first or second AA MEETING I ever attended. And Janine gave me my big book ! The only stipulation she gave me was that I “had to read it!”  

Janine explains how her early foundation in recovery was built on old school speaker tapes. She says she experienced different fellowships early on but stuck with AA as her foundation. 

Janine is a 15 year breast cancer survivor and says cancer sucks just like addiction sucks ...but there is a way out !  

As it relates to her Cancer, Janine is aware of chemical extraction and separation of different foods, drinks and other products. She tries to avoid these types of things in hopes of reducing her chances of cancer relapse, much like she keeps drugs and booze out of her system to avoid a relapse of the other disease she lives with. 

Janine says she never ended up in “jail” for some of the things she did in the past...but quickly adds that jail, for her, was in her own mind

“Those too have went before me and have survived” 

I love this woman. She is strong, honest and caring. And she makes me laugh all of the time!!!! 

This is Janine’s Story...I hope you enjoy it as much as I did 

Glen is a friend from work who is a proud member of the NA fellowship. He is a small business owner and has a 2 1/2 year old little girl. He talks about his upbringing in the historic fishing town of New Bedford MA and what it was like growing up in his home and the community.  Glen uses the the principles of the Narcotics Anonymous program as a blueprint to guide him through life. He has an extremely powerful story...hopefully it helps one person. 

I really enjoyed my conversation with my friend Lauren. We start talking about sobriety dates and the hope that a newcomer may get by hearing other people’s sobriety dates. We also start talking about having fun times in sobriety.