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An Addiction Recovery Lunch-hour Speaker Meeting. A new guest speaker with at least 1 year sobriety from any addiction, and 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.
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Angie H from Missouri has a 3-16-15 SA and AA sober date and does a ton of program service including being a Phone meeting moderator, Helping to start a local meeting that is going strong. Phone and Zoom Speaker shares, Key note SA speaker in the Golden Colorado Mother Cabrini Retreat in 2019. Angie also Formed a Local SA group fellowship in her area in 2018 Committee member for several retreats in Kansas and Florida And she has and does co-chair many retreats and conferences, including...
Karen A , Kirsty W, and Ursula F along with some live participants, are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers and others who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 6 as families in recovery.Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Kar...
Kathryn joined a food fellowship in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2014. 5 years later she happened upon Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, and got sober from unhealthy eating practices on 9 Nov 2019. She now lives in the UK and her home group is the ABA Australia Zoom Group that meets Mon and Wed at 6pm Sydney time. Kathryn speaks to us today on surrendering control over all things and the concept that sobriety is surrender.Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction an...
Nikki M will be speaking to us today on The Thought Life.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 every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.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 contributions to help c...
Having grown up in an alcoholic home, Dorinda thought she knew all there was to know about alcoholism but that was a trap set up by her ego and illness, and, as it turns out, she knew nothing. She progressed from a fun loving moderate drinker to a miserable daily solo drinker with no hope left to lose and no reason left to live, or so she thought. How dark it is before the dawn. Little did Dorinda know that there was purpose behind the pain and was being surrendered so her life could sky rock...
Bill S struggled with this process for 41 years; unfortunately he didn’t understand the first step, nor the connection. He finally became convinced that he couldn’t have a relationship with God without God. When he invited God in unreservedly, God came like a tidal wave. Then and only then could Bill see how fear ruled his life. Thou Shalt Not Fear!!! Bill's energy and self-described resurrection after 41 years in the rooms of AA is powerful. Don't miss this one!Reco12 is al...
Joseph O speaks to us today on Steps 6 and 7.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 every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.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 contributions to help cover the cos...
Nik B. Is a recovering Sexaholic, Co-dependent, compulsive binge eater and a grateful member of the SAL fellowship. With the Grace of God, a change of heart and rigorous honesty Nik has 2.5 years of sobriety from sexual addiction. His first spiritual awakening was when he became aware of his own ignorance after living a life of self-will run riot. Nik now strives to live a life of quality… with feeling his emotions, making decisions based on integrity, and continuing ...
Here is a little about our guest speaker today, Ursula F: The gift of Desperation met with Divine Intervention.Divorced Mother of 2 saves by Grace through the AA fellowship and 12 Step Program. Today she speaks to us about the grace she found in AA.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 every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT /...
Yitzy has been in recovery for a number of years. His primary program is SA, although he appreciates all the S fellowships and utilizes what he can from each of them. Yitzy also has worked the program for codependency out of the big book, which essentially allowed him to become more emotionally sober and eventually start dating. More recently, he started working ACA (adult children of alcoholics), which helped him put a voice to trauma that he wasn't aware of. It's a continuing journey, and Y...
Here is a little about our guest speaker today, Ora F, in her own words: Having attended alanon as a teenager with a family member, I became familiar with the presence of a higher power in the rooms early on. My search for meaning is now underscored with the big book as I practice seeking on a daily basis. I am thankful to the rooms all over the world that support me as I navigate my recovery in marijuana addiction through the cycles of chronic pain. The awareness through these 164 page...
Raised in the 1960’s and 70’s in Manhattan by parents who worshipped at the altar of the never ending party, Constance S’s alcoholism was a result of both nature and nurture. Having her first black out at 14 and having the Irish side of her family riddled with alcoholism, she knew her drinking days had an expiration date. And so Constance drank and snorted blow with a vengeance until she had reached jer limit of shame, bad decisions, holes in her memory and the detritus that we who are alcoho...
Karen A and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 5 as mothers in recovery.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...
You will not want to miss this one if you are a married person working your recovery. John belongs to AA and Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA). Early in Sobriety, he became a single parent to 3 kids due to his ex-wife's addictions. While AA became a way of life, John found great difficulty applying the principles in his marriage. Although he wasn't drinking he would withdraw under emotional pressure. John joined RCA in 2019 and started a recovery program in his marriage. Today he activ...
Silvio is an active member of Cocaine Anonymous, sponsored and sponsoring, he’s been through the steps twice and is coming up to 2.5 years sober, one day at a time. He’s GSR of the "Friendship on Fridays" CA meeting in Covent Garden in London. His favourite prayer is the serenity prayer, and he hosts and publishes the 12-step recovery podcast “12 Steps & 12 Questions”. Today, Silvio speaks to us on 17 years of untreated alcoholism.Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of ...
A little about Cheryl B in her own words: I lived years in recovery as a dry drunk, thinking sobriety was my goal and battled with my thinking. Being sober did not mean I was working a 12 Step Program. In the grip of a progressive illness, it got worse, never better, until I finally handed my life over to a Power greater than myself. Today she speaks on the topic of God is Everything or God is Nothing.Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zo...
Young found the 12 step rooms in 2010 after losing everything due to his daily heroin, crack and alcohol addiction. He didn't take any of the 12 steps and spent the next 8 years in and out of detox units and treatment centers.He was separated from all mind altering substances Chrismas eve 2018 and since that moment has thrown himself into a spiritual life and helping others.Today, he will speak to us on how our ideas don't work, but the God idea seems to work.Reco12 is all about explorin...
A little about Rego in his own words: "But for the Grace of God, A religious boy who had to let go of god to find God. After alcohol beat me down, I found AA, but i resisted, why the pain? I stood on the edges and looked in, Untill i became part of my life changed. Where would i be without AA, Where would i be without Alcoholics Anonymous? The solution outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life, and "I just want to keep talking about it and telling people"Reco12 Afro-Euro T...
let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Jeffrey B and give a little background on him in his own words: I’m a Sober Member of a 12 step fellowship. My Sobriety date is August 16th, 2003. I found freedom from Alcohol, Freedom from Self and Freedom from the delusion that I can wrest satisfaction and happiness out of this world if I only manage well. It seems that when I reach a glorious sobriety summit, I can see and Get To experience more & more. Let’s stay safe and STAY! ...
Karen A and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery. They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 4 as mothers in recovery.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...
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