AA Recovery Interviews

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:12:52 — 50.0MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Though Don didn’t start drinking until his late teens, his first drunk was a harbinger of things to come. Drawn to…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:16:39 — 52.6MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!** Please leave a rating on your podcast app. Thanks! ** Kyle’s hard-fought battle with addiction and alcoholism was one he…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:38 — 51.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Lauren rose to the top of her profession as a prima ballerina and enjoyed international acclaim during her 23 years of…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:30 — 49.1MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is a replay of Episode 22, originally released April 15, 2021] Sue C. is one of those rare people whose presence…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:14 — 46.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is a replay of Episode 19, originally released March 29, 2021] Would a court-mandated breathalyzer and the fear of going to…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:21:22 — 55.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now![This is a replay of Episode 14, originally released Feb. 28, 2021] Ever heard anyone say, “Getting arrested was the best…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:30 — 51.8MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Alejandra’s story is a heart-wrenching tale of alcoholism at its worst. Originally from Venezuela, Alejandra was raised from a baby by…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:18:03 — 53.6MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!This is the incredible story of Tom D., whose life was turned inside out and upside down by alcoholism, drug addiction,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:50 — 49.3MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Paul’s award-winning achievements in the music industry are beyond compare. His work has woven itself into the fabric of 20th and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:12 — 42.7MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Blayne’s path to alcoholism began at age 10 with loneliness, isolation, and, ultimately, bitterness towards God after his beloved grandfather died….

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:37 — 46.4MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Dhom grew up in a poor village in the Philippines. Regularly drinking alcohol by age 14, he joined a gang and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:12:14 — 49.6MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Marianna’s story that will resonate instantly with those of us who’ve been raised in families in which frequent moves disrupted the…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:16:40 — 52.6MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Paul’s older brother and sister both died of liver disease caused by their intravenus drug use and untreated alcoholism. Paul’s own…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:12:01 — 49.5MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ryan grew up in a chaotic home where addiction was a best-kept secret. As an only child, Ryan’s family had also…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:45 — 43.8MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Tilda B. is an AA member from the other side of the world in Nairobi, Kenya. She grew up in London,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:27 — 42.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Gary grew up in a family in which his father was a well-known band leader and his mother was literally the…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:22 — 49.0MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!When Chris attended meetings at our AA clubhouse in 2007, many of us watched with concern as he slipped a half-dozen…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:46 — 43.8MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Amy’s fascinating story is one of early exposure to her father’s alcoholism and her mother’s active involvement in Al-Anon. But her…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:19 — 46.2MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Corby first entered AA in 2017, only to be sidetracked by a relapse in 2020. Fortunately, he survived that slip and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:30 — 47.7MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Kirkland’s family of origin was a difficult place to grow up. Alcoholism was rife and the cause of constant stress and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:11 — 46.1MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Courtney’s backstory is not dissimilar to those who grew up in tumultuous families in which alcoholism was present. The seeming frivolity…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:12 — 2.2MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Today’s episode is to announce a 3-week summer break I’m taking before releasing my next episode on August 3, 2022. In…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:52 — 48.7MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Robert got sober when he was just 13, after a brief, but vicious, struggle with alcoholism and hard-drug addiction. Twenty-two years…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:07 — 46.1MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!At an early age, JB aspired to going to prison. Using at age 12, amidst alcoholism and drug addiction, both in…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:32 — 48.4MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Matt J. describes his family tree as “littered with problem drinkers”, of which he became one all too quickly. As an…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04:14 — 44.1MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Incredibly, Tom hadn’t had a drink in over nine years when he joined AA. He was “dry”, but his behavior during…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:11 — 48.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Nadia’s personal story was published in the 4th Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous in 2001. She’s the first AA member I’ve interviewed…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:14 — 48.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jay’s foray into alcoholism stemmed from a difficult childhood in a home where his father drank, and fear and confusion reigned….

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:25 — 47.0MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!By age 15, Kristine had already been in treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, self-harm, and a suicide attempt. It took…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:43 — 45.8MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!When he started making the coffee, his life got better…. Thirteen years ago, Dale started attending one of my home groups,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:12 — 51.6MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Patrice T. has experienced the disease of alcoholism and the gifts of sobriety, both as a child of an alcoholic and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:18:22 — 53.8MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jails, institutions, or death. These are the three bleak outcomes from alcoholism and drug addiction that faced my guest on today’s…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:04 — 45.4MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Imagine trying to get sober in a country without AA meetings or the Big Book. That’s what faced Ksenija when she…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:32 — 49.1MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!As a medical doctor who secretly battled his own addiction to alcohol and drugs for many years, Jim’s alcoholism literally affected…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 59:18 — 40.7MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jim’s life as an alcoholic began with an addiction to morphine when he was 14.  Administered four times a day while…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:17:03 — 52.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!John started using alcohol and drugs when he was just 13. He drank alcoholically from the start, but his constant nemesis…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:37 — 46.4MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ever wonder what staying “dry” for years without AA would feel like? My guest on today’s show is Julie H., a…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:09 — 48.9MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ray’s difficult road to sobriety was paved with many failed attempts to get sober over the years. Each attempt was thwarted…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:43 — 41.7MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Nicknamed “Happy Jackie” by her meeting mates, Jackie first came to Alcoholics Anonymous to grudgingly fulfill the once-a-week AA meeting requirement…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:04 — 47.4MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jim H. is one of those alcoholics whose unabated drinking created serious medical problems amidst all the other destruction of career…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:01 — 48.8MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Sponsorship is essential to recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous. An effective sponsor can literally save the life of a fellow alcoholic by…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:15 — 48.2MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Sue C. is one of those rare people whose presence in my early meetings was an important factor in my willingness…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:59 — 43.2MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!The term functional alcoholic generally refers to someone whose personal and work lives appear largely unaffected by their alcoholism and/or drug…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 57:35 — 39.5MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Imagine living most of your life as a normal drinker, then finding out in your early 60’s that alcoholism has slowly…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:20:42 — 55.4MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ever heard anyone say, “Getting arrested was the best thing that ever happened to me”? As crazy as that sounds to…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:03 — 51.5MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Maryann G., is one of those rare recovering alcoholics who has successfully implemented the tools of the Program to both stay…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:08 — 42.0MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Think back: If you had lost your eyesight—went blind—would you have stopped drinking? If an alcohol-induced stroke then paralyzed half your…

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:23:38 — 57.4MB)Follow Podcast Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!At 88 years of age and 47 years sober, Bob B., is widely-known as one of the “elder statesmen” among the…