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Podcasts and recordings of AA members, mostly from East Lancashire, but also from the rest of the UK, Ireland and Worldwide too!
Sharing their experience, strength and hope around recovery from alcoholism.
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.
If you are looking for a solution to a drink problem, maybe you like what you hear and gives you the willingness to reach out for help.
We hope you get hope and inspiration from our members experiences...
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Send us a text Part 1 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire. 6 of our local members share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast. Please follow us if you.want to listen to all of this mini series or more content that we release. Support the show
Send us a text A nice short Podcast done by some of our Northdown Intergroup members of AA on What happens at an AA meeting. If you are struggling with staying sober, AA can help. It's free, non judgemental, confidential, never requires a sign up and is available in over 180 countries of the world. You can reach out to us in the UK via telephone 0800 9177 650, via email help@aamail.org or via our chat now facility that usually operates 7am till Midnight from the bottom right ha...
Send us a text A nice short recording done by some of our Northdown Intergroup members of AA around early sobriety. If you are struggling with staying sober, AA can help. It's free, non judgemental, confidential, never requires a sign up and is available in over 180 countries of the world. You can reach out to us in the UK via telephone 0800 9177 650, via email help@aamail.org or via our chat now facility that usually operates 7am till Midnight from the bottom right hand side of our ...
Send us a text In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The fourth and final interview of this series with Garry in this episode is from Mike who is 34 years sober. It's a very interesting interview that on this occasion we will not spoil any further detail! Listen to find out more.... Support the show
Send us a text In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The third interview with Garry in this episode is from Peggy, a lady who is sober thanks to AA and who shares her experience, strength and hope in relation to her recovery from alcohol addiction. Ironically, Peggy was an alcohol detox nurse wh...
Send us a text In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The second short story in this episode is from Suzie, a married lady who is 3 years sober who shares her experience, strength and hope in relation to her recovery from alcohol addiction. Support the show
Send us a text In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The first story in this episode is from Mark who is East Lancashire Intergroup's current Young Person Liaison Officer. Mark grew up as a promising footballer but alcohol got in the way of a promising career. Thanks to an unfortunate event, he found AA and has been sober fo...
Send us a text During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The fifth and final story from this series of radio broadcasts is from a member called Carl who started drinking at the age of 15 at a Christmas party. He recognised early in his drinking career that when he took a drink he wanted mor...
Send us a text During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The fourth story is from a young member called Sarah who transformed from a teenage drinker into a party animal that never realised for a while that her drinking was different to anybody else. She ended up drinking at work, losing her job,...
Send us a text During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The third story is from a member called John. He experienced issues with alcohol including burning a house down, a drinking life in the Royal Navy and family problems caused by his alcoholism. He struggled initially getting sob...
Send us a text During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The second story is from a young member called Rachel who hit a spot of trouble with the local Police drink driving but has managed to find AA and turn her life around completely and be able to live a life now without alcohol. Support the s...
Send us a text During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism, described how they got sober and recovered from the illness. The first story is from a member called Geoff who used to work as a Mental Health Nurse. He struggled with alcoholism whilst being a functioning alcoholic but managed to find a solution and is now more than 41 years sober. Sorry for the exclusion of the music...
Send us a text BRIAN N - BELFAST 12 TRADITIONS OF AA WORKSHOP, WEEK 3 Recorded 26th June 2025 at Belfast Recovery Group Enjoy!! Support the show
Send us a text Henry O originally from Dublin, Ireland, now living in Cheshire, England sharing at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees It meeting on reading 51 "The Coming of Faith" Recorded on the 17th August 2025. Top share, hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Support the show
Send us a text BRIAN N - BELFAST 12 TRADITIONS OF AA WORKSHOP, WEEK 2 Recorded 19th June 2025 at Belfast Recovery Group 🇮🇪 Enjoy!! Support the show
Send us a text Long term sober Margaret H from Ireland shares her Experience, Strength and Hope at the Emotional Sobriety meeting at the Friendly Circle Group Berlin online, on the 30th May 2025. Sit back, listen and enjoy!! Support the show
Send us a text BRIAN N - BELFAST 12 TRADITIONS OF AA WORKSHOP, WEEK 1 Recorded 12th June 2025 at Belfast Recovery Group 🇮🇪 Enjoy!! Support the show
Send us a text Izaak M from Bristol shares his Experience, Strength and Hope at the online Morning After Group, New Jersey USA. Enjoy! Support the show
Send us a text Purdy from Brighton shares at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees it meeting. This episode was recorded 23rd February 2025 Please find the full reading below, enjoy this episode! We Are Not Fighting, p. 121 We have ceased fighting anything or anyone–even alcohol. For by this time sanity has returned. We can now react sanely and normally, and we find that this has happened almost automatically. We see that this new attitude toward liquor is really a gift of God. That is ...
Send us a text Greg B from London shares at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees it meeting. This episode was recorded 13th October 2024. Please find the full reading below, enjoy this episode! No Personal Power, p. 114 “At first, the remedy for my personal difficulties seemed so obvious that I could not imagine any alcoholic turning the proposition down were it properly presented to him. Believing so firmly that Christ can do anything, I had the unconscious conceit to suppose that He ...