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An Addiction Recovery Lunch-hour Speaker Meeting. A new guest speaker from any 12 Step fellowship who is actively working in recovery, will speak for 25 minutes each week on a specific recovery topic. This will be followed by a moderated 25 minute Q & A session from the live audience. The live speaker meetings will be held on Zoom each Friday at 10:00 AM Pacific time. To attend the live recordings and have the opportunity of asking questions of the guest, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and request to get on the invitation list. To become a Reco12 Spearhead and support this mission, please consider subscribing at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1117700/support . All aspects of recovery will be covered, including but not limited to: Steps, Blessings of Recovery, Relapse Prevention, Sponsoring, Specific aspects of recovery, What to do if I relapse, etc. We invite each guest speaker to seek guidance so they can reflect the light they have been given in order to inspire hope, meaning, growth and worth in each of us, the listening audience.
Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring the common threads of the differing manifestations of alcoholism; sharing tools, and offering hope from those walking a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and locations to learn and support one another. Our speakers come from various fellowships and experiences, demonstrating the universal principles of recovery. Reco12 is not allied or affiliated with any specific 12 Step fellowship.
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Robert P first came into recovery February 9, 1986 and met a group of people who would change his life. After a short relapse, Robert came back to recovery on April 25 of 1986 and has been clean and sober ever since. Robert's mission is to become more well and to encourage others along the way. Robert is also the host of The Recovery Guy Podcast and was also a panelist on the 12 part Reco12 series called the "Ask-it Basket". Today he will be speaking about why surrender is a must in recovery....
Mark C. is a minister, recovery coach, and the founder of Spiritual Sobriety™, a movement helping people discover freedom from addiction through faith and purpose. After finding lasting sobriety himself, Mark has dedicated his life to showing others how to redirect the energy once consumed by addiction into uncovering their true calling. He is the author of Letters of Hope: Freedom from Addiction and creator of the Journey to Freedom online recovery course and workbook, resources used by indi...
Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host about every Friday at 10:00 am Israel time and 8:00 am GMT. Today, Laura shares her experience, strength, and hope. Reco12 appreciates your help in keeping us working our 12th Step with these great resources and services for the addict and loved ones. We gratefully accept contribut...
Michael has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the years. His primary fellowship is AA, even though he is not an alcoholic-He will explain. Currently, he is most active in SLAA and CODA. Michael's favorite topic to talk on is Emotional Sobriety but in this meeting he will talk about Cancer and Addiction and tie the two together using his own experience, strength, and hope. He has been practicing as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 25 years. He and ...
Here is a little bit about Nira F in her own words: Started in march 2025 The psychic change was quick for me.Fully surrendering to the suggestion and the process of the 12 steps was the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle for me.I have six sponsees already and One finished his 12steps.I Work full time and am a mother to a 11year old boy. So if we want it we find the time.I lost 10kg since I started the12 stepsReco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone...
Lisa S. is a recovered Alcoholic/addict of many things. Lisa’s life was full of empty Promises, but Today the Promises in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous have ALL come true. She has now tapped a source of Power much greater than herself, greater than people, greater than places and greater than things. Lisa can see that she has never had it so good. Lisa sees herself as a miracle. Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring the common th...
My name is Joshua B. I have many forms of addiction including Cocaine and my obsessive compulsive thinking. After my relapse I started to make the 12 steps a working part of my life. I feel reprogrammed to deal with life on life's terms today. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host about every Friday at 10:00 am Israel time and 8:00...
Brandon S is a gratefully recovering member of Sexaholics Anonymous. His #1 addiction is lust, then sex, and pornography. Brandon admits complete powerlessness over lust, which is the driving force to my addiction. He also feels that he qualifies for all sex or lust related 12 Step fellowships. He has been in this amazing "design for living" (12-step program) since Oct 15, 2022 with a sobriety date of Feb 12, 2024. Brandon’s topic revolves around fears; how they contributed to his addiction, ...
Here is a little bit about Rachel A in Space: Everything changed when Rachel realized that things weren’t being done TO her, they were being done FOR her. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host about every Friday at 10:00 am Israel time and 8:00 am GMT. Today, Laura shares her experience, strength, and hope. Reco12 appr...
Julian H found his "solution" in sex and porn as a youth. Living in years of shame and secrets, he kept his life as a double life - portraying himself as a good man around others, but living in fear and darkness alone. In September of 2019, his way of secret living was abolished when he was introduced to the 12 Steps by his loving Higher Power. Now, his life is forever changed as he has found a Real Solution and is committed to share this new way of life with others. He speaks to us tod...
Nadia J is a child of God, walking in the Sunlight of the Spirit - cross-addicted to helping others and carrying this message. She is utterly in love with the 12 Steps and our beloved Big Book but an even bigger fan of God! Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host about every Friday at 10:00 am Israel time and 8:00 am GMT. Today...
Cathy C is a member of Overeaters Anonymous since 2013, but only recovered since 2020. Through the Grace of God and working all the steps, she is free from self bondage. Cathy is able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of her life. Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring the common threads of the differing manifestations of alcoholism; sharing tools, and offering hope from those walking a simil...
After 10 years in therapy, reading all the self-help books out there, yet still drowning in low self-esteem and relationship drama (not just romantic), Anna found a simple yet powerful solution in the 12 steps for codependency. In this episode she shares her experience of what codependency actually is (you may be surprised), how to identify if you’re codependent, and what has helped her recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen...
At the end of 1989 just after the fall of the Belin Wall , Damian departed Australia arriving in Europe. Now in 2025, with over 2 years sobriety from narcotics and over 15 months sobriety from Lust Addiction as defined from Sexaholics Anonymous, it is with the Grace of God and the “clear cut directions” of the Big Book that Damian will come and share his E/S & H on his recovery, especially relating to Recovery and Relationships today. Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions or...
My name is Lee H. I am a proud member of CA. My journey of recovery began in August 2023 and I finished my 12 steps in January 2024. I was in active addiction for 22 years, crippled by PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction and self-loathing. Thanks to the 12 step programme and my higher power, I now have a life filled with peace, love, happiness. Just for today, I am free from all the negative things that kept me experiencing love and worth for oneself and others. I hope my share today will de...
Just Joe was born into pain he didn’t choose—abused as a child, shaped in silence, and twisted by what passed for love. In time, he became a mirror of the very harm he had endured, caught in a cycle of fantasy, compulsion, and deep confusion. Four marriages fell apart under the weight of secrets. Joe served nine months behind bars, spent three days locked in a psych ward, survived five years on felony probation, and wandered homeless in the deserts of California—his own self-made leper colony...
Here is a bit about Rae M in Rae's own words: I am 5 years clean and sober I got sober on zoom at the start of the Covid lockdown. I was gifted with enough pain to throw myself into this program and I was reborn into who I was always meant to be. I’m constantly learning and growing each day. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will h...
Candace B has recovered through SLAA and CoDA by working the 12 Steps using the undiluted message of the AA Big Book. Her recovery is from love addiction, fantasy, people-pleaseing, and codependency. God has transformed every area of her life as she continues to live the work, one day at a time. Today her life is a living testimony to God's miraculous grace and guidance. Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring the common threads of the differin...
A new Director and a new Employer Andrew E lives in London in the UK and came into recovery from alcohol and drug addiction in March 2024 in a 12 step treatment centre. I am a member of Cocaine Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous, I have a sponsor and I sponsor other men and I do service in CA at group, district and area. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A. We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hop...
When Carriss joined SA she came in with an expectation that she would quickly work the program, finish the steps, get her certificate of completion and then her husband would be happy and all would be well. Carriss found out pretty quickly that the program doesn’t work that way. She also found out that she wasn’t fully honest, open, or willing yet because she ended up having a relapse. It was that relapse that made her realize that if she didn’t get to work, nothing would change. The tools of...
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