Recovery Coast to Coast

What Happens When a Popular International 12 Step-Step Speaker Relapses


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They are often called 'circuit speakers,' - they tell their 12-Step stories to thousands of people all around the world. Newcomers often hang on their every word. What happens when ego and pride sideswipe sobriety? RC2C host Neil Scott shares a conversation he recently had while down in Texas, with a woman who was in demand as a 'circuit speaker'.

With ego and pride as a backdrop, she fell from grace back into the depths of her disease. Again. Yet it was that same grace that brought her back into the fellowship and 14 years of continuous sobriety. A lesson taught; a lesson learned.

And today's 'Last Word' goes to Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter MacLemore, who is ever-reminded that sobriety is but a daily reprieve!

Here is the 'National Recovery Month' toolkit that Neil mentioned .. https://www.samhsa.gov/about/digital-toolkits/recovery-month/toolkit

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