Ashlee C. walked into her first 12-step room for food addiction recovery on February 9, 2016, not knowing that God would use this program to teach her the difference between surrendering in defeat and abandoning herself fully to Him. In her first year of abstinence, she lost 125 lbs and reached an ideal size — but after a relapse, her stretches of abstinence grew shorter and her relapses grew longer. On July 22, 2024, she finally abandoned sugar and flour as forms of ease and comfort, marking...
Jenn T is from Stoney Creek, ON. Her home group is Morning Hope AFG in Burlington, ON. Jenn is a grateful member of Al-Anon for seven years. For the past five years she has been involved with a step study taking people through the steps using the Big Book from the perspective of an Al-Anonic and the spiritual malady. Today she speaks to us on her experience with having a spiritual experience. Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring...
Alessia is a recovered sex and love addict and codependent. I have been an active member of CoDA for four years, but in August 2024, I found true recovery through working the AA Big Book first for SLAA and then codependency. Today, I live in freedom and growth, one day at a time. 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 Fr...
Jonny Q has been in the rooms for 10 years. He is a single dad who raised a son single-handedly for the last 8 years. Jonny stopped using cocaine and alcohol in 2015 but picked up an amphetamine-based pre workout between years 6 and 7. He had a continuous sex and love addiction until a few months ago. Jonny is now doing everything he can to strive towards total abstinence of everything. Today he shares with us how sobriety and abstinence alone just aren't enough. Reco12 is an open-to-al...
Mazal G speaks to the Afro Euro audience today on the topic of Sober Dating. 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. 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 a...
Jessica C is a recovering addict and lifelong learner. She overcame substances, alcohol, and harmful pursuit of validation, money, and power. Jessica found peace through a 12-step program and new guiding values. She embraces mentors and community who helped redefine what works for her. Today, Jessica is living with heart, freedom, and purpose, one day at a time. Today she speaks to us on the importance of getting out of one's mind in order to get in touch with God. Reco12 is an open-to-...
My name is James F and I have been clean and sober since 01/01/2020 thanks to the gift of desperation and reaching out for help. I have had many obsessive addictions, from substances such as cocaine to behavioural addictions such as workaholism. In my recovery I have had great sponsors who have taken me through the 12 steps. In doing this I been shown a new way of life which has gifted me with peace and happiness, and how to get free from the bondage of self. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Re...
MarLa B works step 10, 11, 12 everyday, or else she is sucked back into the cycle of addiction. A member of SLAA, CODA and DA, Marla has been in the rooms of recovery since Dec 2023. She loves to muck up the Big Book, work with others and carry the message that there is a solution and a power that can solve all our problems. She speaks to us on 5 ways that the Liar is trying to kill her (and us). Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring th...
MJ’s recovery journey began in the rooms, but it unfolded with many challenges. A turning point came through a sequence of life events that eventually led her to Zoom, where she encountered a deeper spiritual awakening. There she grasped a vital truth: the 12 Steps were not meant to be spoken about in theory, but lived in daily practice. Embracing that path, MJ has found a life beyond her imagination - anchored in God, sustained by recovery, and fulfilled by the joy of passing the message to ...
Donna J has been sober since August 5, 2000. Her recovery began in New York City, where alcoholism led her into darkness until a Power greater than herself set her free. Guided by strong sponsorship and the teachings of the Big Book, she leads online Big Book workshops, sponsors others, and remains active in AA and now also in CA. She strives to live each day in Steps 10, 11, and 12, and is honored whenever asked to speak at meetings, conferences, or workshops across the United States and abr...
Rhea is an addict, compulsive eater, bulimic and relapse survivor. She has had multiple spiritual experiences as the result of working the 12-steps as they’re laid out in rhe big book of AA. She moved to Israel from the US 4 years ago and is actively trying to expand her recovery fellowship here. 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 ho...
Matt D spent the better part of a decade in an obsession that took him to some very dark places. Fueled by alcohol and drugs, he determined to find evidence of his wife's infidelity, driving himself insane in the process. Through the principles he learned in S-Anon, specifically with the help of a growing and thriving group of men in the program, he learned that although his wife's disease was a problem, it wasn't HIS problem--that his serenity was contingent upon the remission of his own chr...
Yisrael is sober continously since Feb 14th 1980. He got sober at 16 Came to AA an Irish Italian Catholic kid from Philly. Now an orthodox Jew living in Jerusalem. 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. Reco12 appreciates your help in keeping us working our 12th Ste...
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...