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Timothy C - 3 Ideas of the Necessity of God - Afro Euro - Meeting 457

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0700

Timothy C
Redcar and Cleveland
22nd October 2017
AA and CA
The three pertinent ideas demonstrate the necessity of God

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Anonymous - Sticking to the Traditions - Afro-Euro - Meeting 456

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:00:00 -0700

An AA member
26yrs sober
Talking about keeping to traditions or meetings become sick
Is a Sufi and how he incorporates it in his 12 step programme, sponsoring and practicing the principles in all our affairs.

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Osher H - 7th Tradition - Afro-Euro - Meeting 455

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700

Osher H is deeply grateful for the miraculous opportunity to share what she has so freely been given. I came in to recovery because I thought my problem was some substances that I had been putting into my body at the time. I quickly came to learn that my problem was my mistaken thinking. Today she will be speaking to us about Tradition 7: What does self supporting mean?

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Amanda - The Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity, and Service - Afro-Euro - Meeting 454

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:00:00 -0700

My name is Amanda a joyous, free, and recovered alcoholic/addict.
The first time I drank at 13 it was a problem. It led me down a dark path of intravenous drug use, violence and sex work. I was plagued by self loathing, guilt and shame which led to not only me praying i would die but also my beautiful children praying that i would die too. They wanted me to be at peace.
Today is very different. I wake up full of gratitude, love and a zest for life. I finally got this miraculous programme two weeks before my 50th birthday. If i can recover anyone can. Today Amanda speaks to us on the topic of How the Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service Brought Me from Death to Life.

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- Reco12 Workshops: https://redcircle.com/shows/023ca038-59fe-47cb-84cf-d202ce4fde94

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Rach ❤️ - Dating in Recovery - Afro Euro - Meeting 453

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Rach ❤️ is 6 years clean and sober, is lit up by recovery and brimming with enthusiasm for the 12 steps, God and service to others. Today she speaks to us on dating in recovery.

Reco12 is dedicated to exploring the common threads of addiction, 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.

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Update on Justin B and Reco12

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0700

Hello all! It has been a bit. I felt inspired and even compelled to post a little update on Reco12 and of myself as I have received dozens of messages and questions. I am SO grateful for your concerns and prayers and words of encouragement!

Reco12 will be back up and running soon. Here is a quick note from me so that you have a little more info. Thanks again!

Please make sure to listen to the closing bumper music today. It does a pretty good job of describing how I feel today. To learn more about this song and others by the same artist and friend, you can find that info here:

Outro music is "Standing Still" by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This sone, and/or the entire soundtrack for the Broadway musical, "Crosses: A Musical of Hope," can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0084DSWD2 . This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Sheryl S - From Suffering to Serenity - Meeting 451

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Sheryl S had a spiritual experience on May 12, 2022 through working the 12 Step Program outlined in the Big Book of AA. Since then, Sheryl has been journeying in recovery from food addiction and codependency through a spiritual solution that has set her free. She will talk about moving from suffering to serenity as she shares her experience, strength, and hope.

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. So whether your “thing” is alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, food, … whatever… you are home here. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and locations to learn from 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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Ken H - Mexico - 42 Years ESH - Afro-Euro

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0700

Ken H from Mexico has 42 years working recovery. He filled in last minute on Afro-Euro Reco12 and did a masterful share.

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Adam S - The First Principle of Success - Episode 449

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0700

Adam S., has been walking in the sunlight of the Spirit since his Aquarian sobriety date of January 26, 2018, living in permanent abstinence from all mind-altering substances, one day at a time. Recovery is Adam’s path of awakening, rooted in the Twelve Steps, the Big Book, a Higher Power of his own understanding, and the daily choice to align with truth instead of illusion, love instead of fear. As a grateful double winner in AA and Al-Anon, he has learned that emotional sobriety is the next frontier, and every day is Day One in the work of freedom from emotional inebriation, allowing his spirit to lead where his ego once did. Adam believes that we’re here to remember who we really are through honesty, humility, service, and conscious contact with the Divine, carrying the message through the way we live more than the words we speak. As the Big Book reminds us, “We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.”

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Paul McQ - Acceptance - Afro-Euro - Meeting 448

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:00:00 -0700

The topic will be acceptance.
I live in Rockaway Beach
I got sober here in Aug 1992.
My Home group is the Belle Harbor group in Rockaway Beach NYC

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Ash - 10th Step Experience - Meeting 447

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Ash originally found recovery in 2015 with local meetings. After leaving support groups when her son was born, she returned in 2023 to find more support than ever through zoom meetings. There, she met people who were happy, joyous and free. She knew she desperately wanted what they had, so she began to do what they did. And she will always be grateful for those who have gone before her.

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The Power of Now by Ekhardt Tolle

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Maya - London - Grounded by Steps Rooted by Principles - Afro Euro - Meeting 446

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0700

Maya from London got sober in May 2022 after 15 years of trying to battle with this disease. I have a home group The UK OPEN LOUNGE and I also do service on a group called freedom from bondage. Today her topic is "Grounded by Steps, Rooted by Principles."

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Tim C - From Fantasy and Avoidance to Connection and Intimacy - Meeting 445

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Born in Toronto, Canada, Tim C is a member of SAA, SLAA, CoDA, and ITAA and he considers pornography and masturbation his most obvious addictions. He entered 12-Step recovery in 2013 and he has benefited from his fellowships' literature, The Big Book, his Christian upbringing, and from his Buddhist practice.

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Outro music is "TAKIN BACK MY HEART", written and performed by Timber Masterson, a past Reco12 Speaker. This song is used with full permission from Timber Masterson. You may find more of his music on Spotify and Apple Music (https://open.spotify.com/track/5K7jzhSrbpSumYvML1NRzY )

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Andy H- NJ - A New World Came Into View - Afro-Euro - Meeting 444

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0700

Andy's sobriety date is October 21, 2005 and his Home group is currently the same group that he joined when he first came in- the Morning After Group of Westwood, New Jersey, now both on Zoom and in person. AA saved Andy's life- He says that he can never give back to A.A. what’s been given to him but he can try one day at a time. As the result of the 12 Steps-being protected by god, at home with self, and connected to a community, Andy has moved from a taker to a giver- from a greedy soul towards having a servants heart. The journey has been generous- the job god has Andy doing is to engage another alcoholic in spiritual activity so he can live a useful life today. His topic today is A New World Came Into View.

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Glen K - Increasing Our Conscious Contact - Meeting 443

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Glen Kerby is a teacher, creative producer, recovery advocate, and one of the founders of The Simple Plan. Inspired by the work of counselor and longtime 12-step member Ken M, The Simple Plan (https://thesimpleplan.app/) was created to help people simplify recovery, reduce overwhelm, and build practical daily rhythms that support healing and growth.

With more than four decades in recovery and years spent serving in inner-city ministry, Glen has dedicated his life to helping people move from brokenness toward restoration through faith, mindset shifts, music, meditation, and simple daily practices. He is the author of The Power of Brokenness (https://amzn.to/43iDtVi ) and currently leads Creative House Studios, where he is developing multilingual music, guided meditation, and recovery resources designed to support emotional healing and spiritual growth.

Glen believes that lasting recovery is found one day at a time through simple actions, honest reflection, meaningful connection, and a growing relationship with God and other people seeking freedom.

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Narcotics Anonymous

The Simple Plan

Outro Music is one of Glen's peices called Hebrew Symphonic Pop. To learn more about this music, please visit https://thesimpleplan.app/music

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Jimmy S - Netherlands - 12 Step Work - Afro Euro - Meeting 442

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:00:00 -0700

JImmy S from the Netherlands shares with the Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting on 12 Step Work.

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Nikki M - Beyond Human Aid - Meeting 441

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0700

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Andrew E - UK - Serving God - Afro Euro - Meeting 440

Fri, 29 May 2026 05:00:00 -0700

Andrew E, London UK, Sobriety date 26th March 2024. Home group Walthamstow Newcomers (CA) and Brick Lane Big Book Study (AA). Came into recovery in a 12 step treatment centre after more than four decades drinking and using drugs and 28 years trying to get clean and sober.

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Debi S - Step 12: The Program In Action - Meeting 439

Mon, 25 May 2026 13:00:00 -0700

Debi's 1st meeting was in 1981. Her 1st sober date was in 1987. Her current and (TY God) permanent sober date is 1/31/94. Debi had a long history of trouble at home, school, and the law, from a very young age, including rehab, detox, jail, DUI, psych ward, diagnoses, medication, etc. None of those things made her willing to do anything. She tried many other methods in and out of the rooms of AA. She was dry 3.5 years for the 2nd time and ready to suicide when she reached out for help with more humility and desperation than she'd ever before been able to muster and allowed a recovered member and experienced sponsor take her through the Big Book & the Steps. Debi finally had the vital spiritual experience the book talks about. She made ALL of her 9th step amends in a meaningful way and now lives in Steps 10-12, falling more and more deeply in love with Alcoholics Anonymous. The consciousness of the relationship with her Creator it has produced is the center of her life.

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Mags D - Ireland - Maintenance of the Spiritual Programme of Living - Afro-Euro - Meeting 438

Sat, 23 May 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Mags D from Ireland speaks to us today on the Afro-Euro Reco12. Her topic is centered around the maintenance of the spiritual programme of living and about setting aside everything we think we know. She references page 28 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Paulina - What is God-love in Relationships? - Meeting 437

Mon, 18 May 2026 01:00:00 -0700

Paulina identifies as being addicted to self, focusing not on the behaviors (as they are a symptom) but instead living from unselfish love, which is her Higher Power. This includes unlearning codependent behaviors. She defines her recovery as eternally spiritually detoxing from earthly programming and living in pure bliss. Souls are sent to earth to evolve by practicing, like bumper cars with different people and situations is what has God revealed to her. She spoke to us on Saturday on identifying God-love in Relationships.

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Bill S - Afro-Euro - Meeting 436

Sat, 16 May 2026 06:00:00 -0700

Bill been sober for 4 years.
Spoke on some history of the founders.
Speaking about sponsoring, step 4 inventory and nightly review.
About his passion and relationship with God.

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Peter - Ireland - Afro-Euro - Meeting 435

Fri, 15 May 2026 15:00:00 -0700

Alcohol, drugs,gambling brought Peter into the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and has been clean and sober for 34 years.
However since he has got complacent his love sex and fantasy addiction has excelled.

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Liza L - The LESS I Know - Meeting 434

Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 -0700

Liza Love lives in an intimate, ongoing relationship with the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the Infinite Power and Love described throughout it.

Today she shares how simple simple has become for her—and what it's like to live from that guts-and-bones, soul-belly knowing in each and every verb of this lifetime adventure we each get to have.

She’s found she really can believe our book and rely utterly and completely on God, in ALL things.

All really does mean all!

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. So whether your “thing” is alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, food, … whatever… you are home here. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and locations to learn from 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.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Reco12 is entering a new season after nearly six years of meeting every Friday, shifting to a fresh weekly rhythm led by unexpected and God‑filled changes in Justin’s life. Beginning Saturday, May 16th, the live meeting will now gather each week at 10:30 am Pacific / 1:30 pm Eastern / 6:30 pm UK while keeping the same spirit of honesty, surrender, and hope. This transition opens the door for a whole new wave of listeners and speakers, and the community is invited to help spread the word and step into this next chapter together. Come join us live if you can next week!

Resources from this meeting:

12 Steps 4 Hours Workshop and Workbook
Big Book of AA

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Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Jon E - Netherlands - Service - Afro-Euro - Meeting 433

Fri, 08 May 2026 08:00:00 -0700

Recently on the Afro-Euro Reco12 Speaker Meeting, Jon E from the Netherlands spoke to us on Service. Here is a bit about Jon E

In my whole life, I never took responsibility for anything.
By having commitments in the 12 step program I learned how to be a responsible man.
Today people can rely on me.

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Margie F - Surrendering to and Serving a Loving God - Meeting 432

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:00:00 -0700

It was about 14 years ago when someone finally told Margie that she was a sex addict. She had been caught in another adultery affair and was only willing to stop because of the fear of losing her marriage. She went to therapy with an addiction counselor but did not enter the rooms. Shortly after, Margie was diagnosed with cancer and thought that she was “cured.” Little did she know that her disease was just smoldering. In 2019 her world fell apart when her husband was diagnosed with an uncurable cancer. Margie’s disease came back with a vengeance, and she was unable to stop this time around. She entered the rooms with the beautiful gift of desperation and listened intently to her sponsor and began to work the steps vigorously. Slowly, but surely the insanity began to disappear, a slow spiritual awakening was beginning, and her relationship with her God, grew so much deeper than ever before. Margie’s love and desire to be obedient and serve Him, gives her more joy than she ever thought possible. Not only has God restored her to Himself, He has also reconciled and restored her marriage and her relationship with her adult children. Margie says, “I am truly grateful for the steps, and for this program where I can just live one day at a time.”

Resources from this meeting:

White Book of SA

Bethesda Workshops

Torn Asunder: Recovering from an Extramarital Affair

No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction

Outro music is "The Screen Between Us” Copyright Just Joey 10th Leper (Joseph Nehls). To learn more or if you have questions, please visit joe@soffender.com http://www.soffender.com or find the YouTube Channel for other recovery songs at https://www.youtube.com/@tenthleper

Use by Reco12 of this song and any other from the tenthleper YouTube page is done with full permission of the artist.

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Tim I from Belgium - Co-Dependency and Addiction - Afro-Euro - Meeting

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0700

Tim I was the speaker last week on the Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting.

14 years sober.
Talking about the five petals of co- dependency
Avoidance, low self esteem, pleasing,and denial.

To get in contact with either Lisa.S or Russell G, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you connected.

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- Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast: https://reco12.buzzsprout.com/

- Reco12 Noodle It Out with Nikki M: https://redcircle.com/shows/76649f3a-617a-4fc7-95aa-95c19b9eb371

- Reco12 Big Book Roundtable: https://redcircle.com/shows/ba8b016c-de4a-4f9b-99fd-df47ba231605

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David G - Step 12 - Meeting 430

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0700

David G is a recovered alcoholic/addict from Oklahoma in the USA. He is a repeat guest on Reco 12, first appearing on Episodes 80, 96 and 298. He is also a co-panelist on Reco 12’s Big Book Round Table with Nikki M. David has helped countless thousands of members from all fellowships, backgrounds and walks of life to recover from a hopeless state of mind through the 12 steps as laid out in the Big Book. Speaking all over the US and across the world by Zoom, many of his Big Book studies and talks can be found on YouTube and Spotify. Today, and every day since August 8, 1994, there is one thing that has never changed —the absolute certainty that God has entered into his heart and continues to live in a way which is indeed miraculous!

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Resources from this meeting:

Big Book

David G Stuff

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Rez - NY - Afro Euro - Meeting 429

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Rez from New York is the speaker in the most recent Afro-Euro Reco12. Here is what Rez sent in about the topic.

I’d like to talk about step three in all my life. I’d like to focus on letting go of the stories my mind creates to a Higher Power. I’d like to talk about letting go of control and managing my life and understanding. I have a new Director. I especially want to focus on making a decision to turn my plans and ideas over to a Higher Power, who cares about me in an extraordinary way. I’d like to talk about the magic that has happened in my life when I do turn it over.

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Eric H - Step 11 - Meeting 428

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0700

This is Eric's 3rd appearance on Reco12. His other episodes are #84 & 95, both of which are from the SA point of view. Eric found the rooms of SA in 2020 and after working the steps recognized that he was an unrecovered SAnon, joining that fellowship in 2021. Recently he's been attending CL-anon meetings for friends and family members affected by a loved ones' cluttering/collecting. Prayer and meditation have been a large part of Eric's recovery journey and he's excited to share on this topic.

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S-Anon

White Book of SA

CLA (Clutterers Anonymous)

CL-Anon - email reco12pod@gmail.com to get connected with Eric about this one.

Daily Rosary Podcast - Guided Meditation

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Andy F - Afro Euro - Meeting 427

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0700

Andy F from UK was the speaker last week on the Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting.

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Justin B - Step 10 - Meeting 426

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0700

Justin B from Spokane is a multi-disciplinary addict. Sexual addiction is what brought him to his knees and sent him resistantly crawling into the rooms of recovery in September of 2013. After a rocky start and lots of opposing the basic tenets of recovery, he finally jumped into the work and hasn’t looked back since. Justin is the steward of the Reco12 family of recovery resources and loves writing and speaking with others about the miracles of recovery in his life. He is so blessed that his wife of nearly 30 years is still with him, and he has 4 children and 2 grandchildren and they all put up with him. He imperfectly experiences the line from page 108 of the Big Book, “Today most of our [people] are better [spouses and parents] than ever before.” Today he will speak on his experience, strength, hope, and insights around Step 10.

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Marley W - Afro-Euro - Being of Service

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0700

Here is a little about Marley:
I went from living thug life to being a family man. From pretending to be God to be a trusted servant of God.

I love to cook, visit concerts (hard-rock & reggae); and more then anything, being a Father and husband to my son, daughter, son & daughter in law and my beautiful wife to be.

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Marty E - Step 9 - Meeting 424

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0700

Marty E from Anchorage, Alaska came to the SA fellowship in 2008 at the age of 37. Having fought and lost since 12 years old, he never knew there was an answer to his problem until a friend told him there was a recovery program for lust. He initially came in, attended meetings, didn’t get a sponsor, didn’t work the steps, and to his surprise he didn’t get sober. When he finally got a sponsor, worked the steps and followed his suggestions, Marty had a spiritual awakening. It is THE result of working the steps.

He loves talking with newcomers, giving away his literature and working with his sponsees. God has shown him how to build the fellowship he craved.

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Resources from this meeting:

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Sexaholics Anonymous

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Russell G - Afro-Euro - Meeting 423

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0700

Russell G was the speaker last week on the Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting.

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Robert P - Step 8 - Meeting 422

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0700

Robert Pardon 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 (we are coming up on another one-day-at-a-time birthday… 40 years!) and Robert 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".

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12 Steps and 12 Traditions

Jonathon Livingston Seagull

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Dave P - UK - Lack of Power was My Dilemma - Afro-Euro - Meeting 421

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0700

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Heather B - Step 7 - Meeting 420

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0700

Heather has been in the rooms of recovery since 2006. She found the rooms because of a loved one’s addiction. Heather entered the rooms thinking she could fix her loved one but quickly realized that she needed the Steps of recovery herself! She has found healing, hope and a new life through the Steps! Today she speaks on Step 7.

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S-Anon and S-Anon books

Gregory Boyle Books (Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir)

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Texas T - How Ego is Continually Being Uncovered - Afro-Euro - Meeting 419

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0700

Texas .T
She got clean and sober in Los Angeles December 1990.
Talking about her beautiful relationship with her HP, and how it has evolved over the last 35yrs of being clean and sober.
How ego and old beliefs are continually being uncovered.
How the 12 steps really are her new way of life.

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Michael S - Step 6 - Meeting 418

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0700

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. He has been practicing as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 25 years. He and his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of Chicago. This week his topic will be Step 6.

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Izaak M - Afro Euro - Meeting 417

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0700

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Cameron F - Step 5 - Meeting 416

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0800

Cameron F has been a member of Cocaine Anonymous since November 21, 2003. As a Big Book Sponsor, he has worked with all kinds of addicts from around the world. He facilitates a Twelve Steps in four hours workshop and has carried the Twelve Step message of recovery to well over 16,000 suffering addicts over the past 22 years. His recovery message is, "It only takes a day to learn the Twelve Step program and the rest of your life to practice it.” He is currently the archivist for the Southern Ontario Area of Cocaine Anonymous and the archivist for C.A. World Services out of Phoenix, Arizona. Today he shares on Step 5.

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12 Steps 4 Hours Workshop and Workbook

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Max M - Germany - Powerless and Step 3 - Afro Euro

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0800

Max from Germany addressed us last week on the Afro-Euro Reco12 on Powerlessness and Step 3

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Luke H - Step 4 - Meeting 414

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0800

Luke H is a garden variety sexaholic and will be speaking to us today on Step 4 and doing it in a way that is VERY helpful.

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Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

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Lindsey J from UK - Afro-Euro - Meeting 413

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0800

Lyndsey-J- UK
"Anything and everything i put before my recovery or I give it away for a bottle a bag or a crack pipe"
Lyndsey talks about how today trusting and loving God is everything.
How she deals with autism and ADHD in recovery.
How the Big book of alcoholics Anonymous becomes 3D-comes alive, how she "sees it,feels it and believes it"

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Candace B - Step 3 - Meeting 412

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0800

Candace is a recovered love addict and codependent who found recovery through SLAA and CoDA by working the Twelve Steps using the undiluted message of the AA Big Book.

Her recovery includes freedom from love addiction, fantasy, people-pleasing, and codependent patterns. Through a living relationship with God and daily application of the Steps, she continues to grow in emotional sobriety.

Today, Candace is actively involved in an emotional sobriety group and works with others, living the work one day at a time as a living testament to God’s grace.

Today, Candace continues our series on each of the 12 Steps with Step 3.

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SLAA

12 Steps in 4 Hours Workshop

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Angela J from UK - Family - AFro-Euro - Meeting 411

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0800

Angela has 19 yrs of Sobriety.
Her topic " family "
Speaks of this line in doctors opinion
"see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children"
How the family disease of alcoholism looks like with her two daughters in the programme. Talking about her total reliance on God.

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Dennis T - Step 2 - Meeting 410

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0800

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Big Book

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Markus from Sweden - Scales of Sobriety - Afro-Euro - Meeting 409

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0800

Markus from Sweden, who will speak on a topic entitled "Scales of Sobriety".

Here is a little about Markus in his own words:

"I'm now 50, 15 years fulltime in the music industry. Love football. Love sobriety!"

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Debi S - Step 1 - Meeting 408

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0800

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Dr. Bob's 3rd Step Prayer

New Light on Alcoholism by Dick B

12 and 12

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Greg B - Without Help it is Too Much for Us - Afro-Euro - Meeting 407

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0800

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Robert P - Ask-it Basket Live - Meeting 406

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0800

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". He will be marking 40 years in the rooms of recovery in a couple of weeks.

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Mark W - Managing Programme with Dyslexia - Meeting 405 - Afro - Euro

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0800

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Sherri L from NY - The 12 Steps - Meeting 404

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0800

Sherri came into recovery in 2002 with profound self-hatred, multiple suicide attempts, psych wards, blackouts and an overwhelming sense of shame and guilt. Through the transformative power of the 12 steps, what once seemed like an unbreakable burden of alcoholism and low self-esteem has been replaced by a profound sense of ease, freedom and what she now calls “Godfidence.” The disease was determined to destroy her, but The Program is designed to save her, and today, God helps others through her! Today she walks us through a take on the 12 Steps.

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Loz - In All My Affairs - Afro-Euro - Meeting 403

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0800

My name is Loz and I have to work and continue to work on the below to be in God's Will, living in daily prayer and meditation and gratitude and inventory and being of maximum service to others.

I try to live in the spiritual world, continuing to thrive in his abundant grace and wisdom, trying to practise these beautiful principals in all my affairs.... 🙏

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Susie B - Gratitude in Action - Meeting 402

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0800

Susie’s SA Sobriety date is 4/20/2014. Her AA Sobriety date 2/28/1992. She has been involved in some 12-step recovery since the summer of 1991. Her SA home group is in Lewiston, ID. Susie has been active in the SA service structure at the local, Intergroup, and Regional levels. This month she completes a 3-year term as a Delegate from the Northwest Region to the SA General Delegate Assembly. She also had her 75th birthday this last week. Today she speaks to us on Gratitude in Action.

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Living in Process

SA Literature

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Wesley - Afro-Euro - Meeting 401

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting, Lisa.S hosts the Afro-Euro meeting with Wesley being the speaker.

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.

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Harvey E - Maintaining Long-term Sobriety/Gratitude - Meeting 400

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0800

Harvey is 71 years old, married to his wife, Sharon, for over 47 years. Five married children and 20 grandchildren. He has been in SA since January 7th, 2014, and gratefully sober since that day Which, by the way 12 years a couple of days ago. Harvey does not claim to live in Utopia, but he has learned to take things one day at a time. His hope is to retire from practicing Dentistry in the next while, and to move to a warmer climate, when he gets a sign from his Higher Power that it's time.

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Sexaholics Anonymous

Abide with My by Josh Groban

My Cup Has Overflowed Poem

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MJ - 3 Years in Sobriety - Afro-Euro - Meeting 399

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting, Lisa.S hosts the Afro-Euro meeting with MJ from UK being the speaker. MJ talks to us on the topic of "3 Years in Sobriety".

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.

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Paul M - Great Sponsorship is Not Enough - Afro Euro - Meeting 397

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting, Lisa.S hosts her third Afro-Euro meeting with Paul M being the speaker. Paul talks to us on the topic of "Great Sponsorship Isn't Enough".

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.

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Dr. Eddie Capparucci - Inner Child Work - Meeting 398

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0800

Dr. Eddie Capparucci is a licensed professional counselor certified in treating Problematic Sexual Behaviors. He is the creator of the Inner Child Model™ for treating Addictive Behaviors, a unique approach that focuses on identifying unresolved childhood pain points and teaching individuals how to process emotional distress in healthy ways. His trauma treatment method has been endorsed by many leaders in this field. He sits on the board of Christian Sex Addiction Specialists International (C-SASI), an organization committed to training and certifying clinicians, pastors, coaches, lay leaders, group facilitators and others to work with sex addicts, partners, and their families from a Christian perspective. He is the host of the podcast, Getting to the Other Side, which helps couples navigate the road of betrayal trauma and healing. He is the author of six books, including Going Deeper: How the Inner Child Impacts Your Sexual Addiction and Why Men Struggle to Love: Overcoming Relational Blind Spots. His latest book is Going Deeper for Betrayed Partners: Discovering Healing Through Your Inner Child.

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Dr. Eddie Capparucci's books

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Mary Pearl - Postcards From My Higher Power - Meeting 396

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0800

On January 15, 2026, Mary Pearl will celebrate 49 years in Al-Anon. She is a student of the AA Big Book and 12 and 12 as well as the Al-Anon books pamphlets, etc. and believes in strong sponsorship. She and her spouse have been married for 56 years only by the grace of God and our recovery programs. She will speak to us today on Postcards from Her Higher Power.

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Al-anon

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Olivia J - We Will Be Talking About God - Afro Euro - Meeting 395

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting, Lisa.S hosts her second Afro-Euro meeting with Olivia J being the speaker. Olivia talks to us on the topic of "We Will Be Talking About 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.

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Eva C - Truth vs. Self-deception - Meeting 394

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:00:00 -0800

After almost 19 years in Cocaine Anonymous Eva C stopped seeking power, She became blocked by calamity, pomp, and worship…. So her own lies became her truth. Today she speaks to us on the topic of Truth vs. Self-deception.

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Cocaine Anonymous

Big Book of AA

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Katie R - Recovery and Beyond - Afro Euro - Meeting 393

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting, Lisa.S hosts her first Afro-Euro meeting with Katie R being the speaker. Katie talks to us on the topic of "Recovery and Beyond".

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.

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Greg T - Step 3 - Meeting 392

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Greg T is a Longtime addict in recovery. He just got 8 years on Nov 8th of this year. Greg coaches Basketball and is a longtime teacher. His life has been a long strange trip. Today he talks of this long, strange trip through a Step 3 lens.

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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ACA

The Meadows

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Sheryl S - A New Way of Living - Meeting 391

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Sheryl S had a spiritual experience on May 12, 2022 through working the 12 Step Program outlined in the Big Book of AA. Since then, Sheryl has been journeying in recovery from food addiction and codependency through a spiritual solution that has set her free. She will talk about a new way of living as she shares her experience, strength, and hope.

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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Bobbi G - Keep Coming Back! - Afro- Euro - Meeting 390

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting, Bobbi G talks to us on the topic of "Keep Coming Back Until the Miracle Happens".

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.

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Ashlee C - Abandon - NOT Surrender - Meeting 390

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0800

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 a major turning point. On May 1, 2025, she turned more of her will over to the care of God, and on May 31, 2025, she set aside her thinking about God, herself, and others and went through the steps again with the purpose of carrying the message to another suffering addict. That deeper abandonment led her to acknowledge God in all her ways — not only in compulsive eating, but also in sex, love, fantasy, overspending, under-earning, and every area where spiritual principles now guide her daily 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 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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Resources from this meeting:

Reco12 Noodle with Nikki Podcast

Reco12 Big Book Roundtable Podcast

12 Steps in 4 Hours Workshop and Workbook

Big Book of AA

Bible

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Jenn T - Having Had a Spiritual Experience - Meeting 388

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0800

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.

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Al-Anon

Alcoholics Anonymous

Big Book

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Alessia - From Validation to Surrender - Afro-Euro - Meeting 387

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0800

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 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 accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Jonny Q - How a Near Death Experience Made Me Realise Sobriety Isn't Enough - Meeting 386

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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-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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Resources from this meeting:

Cocaine Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

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Mazal G - Sober Dating - Afro Euro - Meeting 385

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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.

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Jessica C - Out of My Mind and In Touch with God - Meeting 384

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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-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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Jessica's Instagram to learn about she and Nikki's new resources: https://www.instagram.com/jessicacoronios/ @jessicacoronios

Big Book

12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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James F - Freedom from Bondage - Afro-Euro - Meeting 383

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 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.

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MarLa B - The Liar is Trying to Kill Me - Meeting 382

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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).

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Resources from Today's Meeting:

SLAA

CODA

12 Steps in 4 Hours Workshop

Searchable Big Book Then use Command + F to search

164 and More

Meetings mentioned

SLAA Sober Dating Workshop

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MJ - Finding God Led to Emotional Sobriety - Afro Euro Meeting 381

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 others.

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.

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Donna J - Carrying the Message - Meeting 380

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 abroad—carrying the message of freedom and hope wherever God leads.

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Resources from this meeting

Al-Anon

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

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Rhea B - Turn My Will and Life Over - Afro Euro

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 host about every Friday at 10:00 am Israel time and 8:00 am GMT.

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Matt D - My Wife's Sexaholism is the Greatest Thing that Has Happened - Meeting 378

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 chronic disease.
He worked the steps aggressively, and within three months, he was surprised to discovere he was living the life that he'd always prayed God would give him.
Now, four years into the program, he can say, without reservation, that his wife's sexaholism is the best thing that has happened to him.

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Resources from this meeting:

S-anon

Green Book of S-Anon

CODA

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Yisrael C - The Greatest Gift of All - Afro Euro - Meeting 377

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 Step with these great resources and services for the addict and loved ones. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Yisrael C please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Robert P - Why We MUST Surrender to Win - Meeting 376

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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.

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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Resources from this meeting:

Recovery Guy Podcast

Recovery Guy Website

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Mark C - Finding Purpose Beyond the Addiction - Meeting 375

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 individuals and recovery organizations alike. Mark’s message is centered on identity, hope, and the transformative power of God’s love to bring lasting change.

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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Resources from this meeting:

Letters of Hope: Freedom from Addiction

Journey to Freedom

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Karen A - Honesty, Open-Mindedness, Willingness - Afro-Euro - 374

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Michael S - Cancer and Addiction - Meeting 373

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of Chicago. Michael was a previous speaker on meeting 68, 110, 200, 259, and 330.

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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Resources from Today's Meeting:

Men's Two Way Prayer Group - for details email reco12pod@gmail.com

My Blueprint: Struggles Toward Emotional Sobriety Podcast

Parker J Palmer Books

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Nira F - The Plague of Perfectionism - Afro Euro - Meeting 372

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 steps

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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Lisa S - Promises - Meeting 371

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 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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Resources from this meeting:

Big Book Sponsorship

Big Book of AA

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Joshua B - Life After Relapse - Afro Euro - Meeting 370

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Brandon S - Fearful to Fearless - Meeting 369

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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, and how it had a massive impact on his unmanageable 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 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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Resources from this meeting:

The Daily Stoic

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Rachel A in Space - Afro Euro - I Thought Step 6 Was Just 1 Paragraph

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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.

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Julian H - We Let God Discipline Us - Meeting 357

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 today on the phrase from the Big Book, "We Let God Discipline Us".

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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Resources from today's meeting:

Big Book of AA

SAL 12 Step

Book of Mormon

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Nadia J - Helping Others - Afro-Euro - Meeting 366

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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, 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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Cathy C - No Middle-of-the-Road Solution: I Had But Two Alternatives - Meeting 365

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 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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Resources from this meeting:

Overeaters Anonymous

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

A Vision For You Daily OA Meeting

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Anna F - Codependency: The Mother of Addiction? - Afro-Euro - Meeting 364

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Damian - Recovery and Relationships - Meeting 363

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 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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Resources from Today's Meeting:

Catholic in Recovery

Big Book of AA

White Book of SA

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Lee H - Transmuting Hate Into Love - Afro- Euro - Meeting 362

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0700

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 demonstrate how we can be the alchemists of our life and transmute hatred into love.

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.

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Just Joe - Outcast No More: A Leper's Work Begins - Meeting 361

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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. For twenty years Joe sat in AA meetings, sober but spiritually bankrupt, never daring to touch the rot in his soul. It wasn’t until he entered intense therapy that the truth emerged: he was emotionally stunted, mentally unwell, and spiritually starving. Joe had no program, just pride and pain. When he finally hit his bottom and failed at ending his life, he cursed God. And in that broken moment, grace didn’t come like light—it came like a whisper: Help someone. Joe remembered what AA had always said. But who would want help from a man like him? A felon? A sex offender? Still, he searched—and found SA. And in that fellowship of the condemned, Joe found communion. He no longer wanted out. He wanted in. Back in the places he once dreaded, back with the men everyone else forgot.

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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Resources from today's meeting:

Professional Pervert - by the 10th Leper

YouTube Page for 10th Leper

SOAR https://soffender.com/

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Rae M - LOVE - Afro Euro - Meeting 360

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 host about every Friday at 10:00 am Israel time and 8:00 am GMT. Today, Laura shares her experience, strength, and hope.

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Candace B - The Gift Wrapped In Pain - Meeting 359

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 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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Resources from this meeting:

SLAA

Big Book

12 Steps in 4 Hours Workshop

Grit

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Andrew E - Afro Euro - A New Director and a New Employer - Meeting 358

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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 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.

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Carriss D - Tools of the Program - Meeting 357

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 the program are the solution; they are the actions that Carriss has taken in recovery that have kept her sober one day at a time for over 3.5 years.

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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S-Anon

FANOS - Couples Check In to get this, send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com

AA Big Book

SA Step Into Action

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Anna F - An Answer to All My Problems - Afro Euro - Meeting 356

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0700

Anna F came into the rooms seeking a solution for her sex and love addiction, but by the grace of God, she received so much more. By following the clear instructions in the Big Book, she discovered a new way of living. Through that transformation—as promised—she has found a solution to all her problems.

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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Father Bill W - The Power of Two Way Prayer - Meeting 355

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Father Bill W. is a retired Episcopal priest continuously sober and active in 12-Step recovery since 1972. He has worked in the addiction treatment field most of his adult life and was the Director of several nationally recognized treatment centers. For about 30 years now, he has researched and promoted the practice of Two Way Prayer through workshops, podcasts, and numerous articles and studies recently published in two major journals. Father Bill also recently released a book called "The Power of Two Way Prayer: Finding New Meaning in
Addiction Recovery and Spiritual Growth". He was awarded the
Johnson Institute’s Wheelock Whitney Award “for advancing the
understanding of faith and science in addiction recovery.” Father Bill’s
podcasts are listed under his name FATHER BILL W. and his website is titled TWO WAY PRAYER

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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Resources from this episode:

The Power of Two Way Prayer by Father Bill W

Alcoholics Anonymous

Two Way Prayer Website

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Emmi E - What Does It Mean to Let God Run the Show - Afro-Euro - Meeting 354

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0700

Today's meeting for the Afro-Euro Reco12 Recovery Resource will be a talk by Emmi E, another Reco12 first-time speaker. Her topic will be entitled, "What Does it Mean to Let God Run the Show". Emmi E is Alcoholic, Sexual anorexic/avoident and codependent. I've always lived with the belief that if i just got rid of the emotions that everything will be great, little did i know that my true recovery was when i accepted and surrendered to it all.

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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Shana C - The Intersection of Grief and Joy - Meeting 353

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Shana C. is the wife of an addict and she tried to carry it by herself when didn’t know any better. It wasn’t until a cross country move, Covid, and her husband‘s first relapse that brought her to the end of her self. That’s when she found S-anon. It hasn’t been a linear journey; She has had setbacks and challenges. But she keeps showing up, working her program and learning to trust God, one day at a time. Recovery has changed Shana’s life and her relationships; giving her a sense of peace and freedom she didn’t think possible. Today Shana says that can say without a doubt that she is a grateful S-anon.

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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Resources from this meeting:

S-Anon

Opening Our Hearts - Transforming Our Losses (Al-anon book)

Blueprint for Progress - Al-anon step-working book

S-Anon Blue Book

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Stephen F - Mental Health in Recovery - Afro Euro - Meeting 352

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0700

Today's meeting for the Afro-Euro Reco12 Recovery Resource will be a talk by Stephen F, a Reco12 first-timer, who will speak on "Mental Health 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 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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Justin B - On the Same Team - Meeting 351

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Justin B is the host of Reco12 and a son of an all-powerful and perfectly loving God and a multi-disciplinary addict living in the miracle of one-day-at-a-time recovery. He has been in the rooms of recovery for about 12 years and is highly devoted to practicing the principles of recovery in all aspects of his life (imperfectly). Today he speaks to us on a topic he entitled, "On the Same Team" in which he shares the power that comes into a coupleship when both partners are working their own recovery and speaking the same language.

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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Purdy - The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory - Afro Euro - Meeting 350

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0700

Today's meeting for the Afro-Euro Reco12 Recovery Resource will be a talk by Purdy, a Reco12 Favorite, who will speak on "The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory, We Have to Live It."

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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Jacqueline S - Cunning, Baffling, Powerful - Meeting 349

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Jacqueline S came in through a different recovery program (Al-Anon), couldn't leave because she felt compelled to return day after day, and slowly her life has been transformed one day at a time. Her 1st exposure to a 12 step program was on Saturday, May 18th. It was different but Jacqueline was hooked, hooked on what she didn't know at the time, but hooked none the less. Jacqueline knew she wanted more of 'IT'... She has now attended more than 1000 meetings since that day, and has finally stopped counting. Come and join as Jacqueline shares her experience, strength, and hope about the phrase, "Cunning, Baffling, and Powerful".

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.

Resources from this meeting:

Al-Anon

Nar-Anon

S-Anon

Big Book Step Study - Hyannis Method

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Louise W - Learning to Live - Learning to Love - Afro Euro - Meeting 348

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0700

Louise W is a Grateful member of CA, AA, Coda, SLAA, Coanon, alanon. I actually could fit into all of the fellowships. My primary fellowship is now CA however. I now focus on emotional sobriety as substances are no longer the issue and actually was never the issue but was my solution to live life. I’m a mother of 3 and a grandmother to 1. I have a sobriety date of 28th December 2017 and have been actively working the 12 step program ever since. In this Afro-Euro meeting today, she speaks to us on the topic of "Learning to Live - Learning to Love"

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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Ask-it Basket with Robert Pardon - 12 - Codependency

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0700

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started last year. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon discuss several questions with principles of recovery at the root of them. We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert's work in treatment facilities. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows. Our primary topic this time is co-dependency

If you would like to connect with Robert or Justin, or if you would like to submit any questions for a future Ask-it Basket episode, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com.

To hear more of Robert's stuff you can listen to his podcast called The Recovery Guy Podcast here or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Asher G - I'd Rather Pretend to Be an Addict than Learn Later that I Really Am One - Meeting 347

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0700

ASHER G is a spiritual entrepreneur, human connection coach, and Rabbi in Southern California. His story began at home as a young child where all seemed well from the outside. As the youngest by nine years, he felt a horrible sense of abandonment. His loneliness was compounded by his father’s prominence as a rabbi and community leader where the pressure to appear as role models was insufferable. This resulted in a childhood eating disorder and drug use by age 14. Asher was 33 when he lost his multi-million-dollar business, with the resulting bankruptcy destroying what little self-worth he had as a provider to his family – he had hit rock bottom. Asher found his road to recovery through the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, where despite the circle of anonymous faces, it was truly the first time in his life he felt the power of shared human connection through service to self and others. The experience marked the debut of an odyssey of self-discovery, trading ego for vulnerability, and leaving the pursuit of pleasure for the pursuit of meaning. Asher decidedly dedicated the rest of his career to helping others help themselves “restore wholeness” in their lives. Armed with a renewed sense of self, profound life experience, and entrepreneurial passion, Asher founded Transcend in 2008, building an internationally recognized recovery community. Now sober seventeen years and counting, Asher has counseled hundreds of men and women and built a renowned reputation where he is recognized by his three hallmark pillars of recovery; Accountability, Community, and Unconditional Love.

Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring the common threads of addiction. 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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Ollie D - Sponsorship in Early Recovery - Afro Euro - Meeting 346

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0700

I have a sobriety date of 26/1/24. I live a life led by God and service to others. Cocaine Anonymous has ignited something within me that I want to shout about! I'm sponsored and actively sponsor. Life really has taken on new meaning and purpose. I feel incredibly blessed to be alive. Ollie D will speak to us on Sponsorship in Early 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 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 contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Shay M - How the 12 Steps Saved Me from a Life of Lust, Fantasy, and Violence - Meeting 345

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Shay was in the various S-fellowships for two years but was unable to stay sober from sex addiction. It wasn’t until he discovered Big Book Step Study that his road to sobriety and a spiritual experience . Shay is a member of All Addicts Anonymous and Violence Anonymous. Today he speaks to us on how the 12 steps have saved him from a life of lust, fantasy, and violence.

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All Addicts Anonymous

Violence Anonymous

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Katie R - Afro Euro - Having Had a Spiritual Awakening - Meeting 344

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0700

My name is Katie R and I am a proud member of CA today, Im proud to share my journey of recovery, which began on August 26, 2023. Like many, I faced challenges that led me down a path of addiction from the young age of 13 but I didn’t ever think I was an addict.
With many twists and turns along the way that lead to my Rock Bottom .
I realized that I had the strength to change my life for the better.
Before my recovery, I struggled with friend groups , relationships and life in general masking the whole time my many faces .
It was a difficult time, filled with moments of hell ,doubt and despair. However, I was 12 stepped in July 2023 and with in a month recognised that I needed to take control of my life and seek help so I got a sponsor and committed.

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.

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Laura - Experience, Strength, and Hope - Afro Euro - Meeting 342

Sat, 31 May 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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.

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Luke H - Selfishness - Meeting 343

Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Luke H describes himself as a garden-variety sexaholic with 11 years sobriety. Today he speaks and opens our eyes to the concept of selfishness, and how it is the root of the problem and how it is the entire plot of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Resources from this meeting:

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Sexaholics Anonymous

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Jesse S - Meaningful Service is the Key to Recovery - Meeting 341

Fri, 23 May 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Jesse S is a single parent, an artist and social worker, and has over three years of recovery through the miracle of the 12 steps. Always trying to find new ways to engage and reaffirm his commitment to the 12 steps, he has found service as the key to staying sober. Sharing reflections, experience, strength and hope around the theme of MEANINGFUL service.

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Bob L - Dual Addictions - Double Denial - Afro-Euro Meeting 340

Wed, 21 May 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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, Bob L shares his experience, strength, and hope on a talk entitled "Dual Addictions - Double Denial".

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Purdy - Creating the Fellowship You Crave - Meeting 339

Fri, 16 May 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Purdy is a Recovered Addict, The Obsession to Drink & Use has been lifted through a 12 Step Programme of Action. Action Heals the soul. His Peace now with God fires up his Soul and Purdy is All In. He's an Active Sponsor at all times. He Does Service and is the Founder of Spiritual Cartel, A meeting in the UK which runs 365 Days a Year. Purdy is Very Grateful and Humbled by it all. He have a Peace today, like nothing he has ever experienced and can feel Serenity from the Inside. No longer driving the external, it’s an inside job and today Purdy has a mind that sits free. TRUST GOD, CLEAN HOUSE, HELP OTHERS. He speaks today on creating the fellowship you crave.

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Resources from this meeting:

Spiritual Cartel

Big Book Sponsorship Workbook

12Steps4Hours

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Ask-it Basket with Robert P and Whitney B - 11

Wed, 14 May 2025 14:00:00 -0700

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started last year. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, and Whitney B, discuss several questions with principles of recovery at the root of them. We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Whitney's work in treatment facilities. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.

If you would like to connect with Robert, Justin, or Whitney, or if you would like to submit any questions for a future Ask-it Basket episode, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com.

To hear more of Robert's stuff you can listen to his podcast called The Recovery Guy Podcast here or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Ross P - Step 12 - Afro Euro - Meeting 338

Fri, 09 May 2025 08:00:00 -0700

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, Ross P shares his experience, strength, and hope on Step 12.

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Jules (On Vocals) - Afro Euro - How Alcoholism Shows Up in the Day I'm In - Meeting 337

Wed, 07 May 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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. Jules (On Vocals) shares her experience, strength, and hope on How Alcoholism Shows Up in the Day I'm In. Jules (on vocals) from Europe is a recovery ninja 🥷🏼 learning to get reliant on HP and not on self it’s a journey for life.

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Andy H - A Recovered Life: A Room without a Roof - Meeting 336

Fri, 02 May 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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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The Morning After AA Group out of Westwood, NJ. Meets every Saturday at 10:30 am Eastern Time. Zoom Meeting ID: 729 163 988

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Joseph O - The Importance of Step Zero - Afro - Euro - Meeting 335

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0700

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. Joseph O shares his experience, strength, and hope on the importance of step zero.

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Ask-it Basket with Robert Pardon - 10

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0700

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon discuss several questions with principles of recovery at the root of them. I recorded this one thinking that the episode recorded earlier with Whitney and Robert were lost in time, never to be heard by anyone but we three. Gratefully, it survived, and now we have another episode with Robert. We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Whitney's work in treatment facilities. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.

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Anna B - Using Humor in Recovery - Meeting 334

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Anna B used to be sneaky but now I'm just crafty. I'm obsessed with the number 5, the color purple, & strict routines. I have much gratitude for regrigeration, indoor plumbing, & modern medicine. Trivia podcasts, jigsaw puzzles, Bananagrams, & library books are my favorite distractions. Dislikes include all things politics, computers, tags on clothing, & places with no shade. For laughs I play with other people's infants and toddlers. I live in Amherst, MA. Today, Anna B spoke to us, hilariously, about the importance of finding humor in recovery and in most situations. She had us laughing many times in her share. To find a link to her book, please see the resources from this meeting section below.

Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions organization, dedicated to exploring the common threads of addiction, 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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Resources from this meeting:

Recovery Limericks Book

Alcoholics Anonymous

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Emma D - Afro-Euro - In God's Time - Not Mine - Meeting 333

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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. Emma D shares her experience, strength, and hope on the acceptance of things being "On God's Time - Not Mine".

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Ask-it Basket with Robert Pardon and Whitney B - 9

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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Troy O - The 4 Things Every Recovering Addict Needs to Know - Meeting 332

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Troy O. is a recovering sexaholic who has been participating in 12 step since April of 2007. Joined SA in 2019. Has attended over 1,000 meetings, has 10 sponsees scattered around the world. In today's meeting, he shares 4 things that he thinks every recovering addict needs to know.

Troy's share today included a visual presentation. Here is the link to that presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jNObfdDF_dgFXip-2oYvb-S4vrJZxA2_S1UUUQprifs/edit?usp=sharing

Reco12 is an open-to-all addictions and afflictions meeting, dedicated to exploring the common threads of addiction, 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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Resources from this meeting:

Sexaholics Anonymous

White Book

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Two Way Prayer

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Richard S - Big Book Recovery - Afro-Euro - Meeting 331

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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Michael S - The 12 Step Program Needs an Update in 2025 - Meeting 330

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0700

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 his take on the 12 Step Programs and some thoughts on changes that could happen. He has been practicing as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 20 years. He and his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of Chicago. Michael was a previous speaker on meeting 68, 110, 200, and 259.

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Resources from this meeting:

Misery Addicts and Self-Sabatogers Anonymous

SPAA

CODA

SLAA

My Blueprint Podcast

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXsThis song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth

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Binyamin H - Afro Euro - Meeting 329

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0700

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Dave H - The Gift of Being Single and Sober - Meeting 328

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0700

Dave H is our speaker today and his topic is The Gift of Being Single and Sober. Here is a little about Dave in his own words:

· Sobriety date in Sexaholics Anonymous: August 1, 1985

o I came into program in Rochester, NY, separated from my first wife

o I moved to Detroit, MI in 1986 and started the first Sexaholics Anonymous meetings there in 1987

o I divorced in 1987 and moved to Nashville in 1988 where I got my first and only sponsor in 1989, we have been together for over 35 years now

o I had my first date while sober in 1990 and married my second wife in 1996, 2 days after my 11th sobriety birthday

o We have been married for over 28 years and have two sons

o I have served the fellowship in multiple capacities including Central Office and Finance chair, member of the team that moved Central Office to Nashville, and chair of International and local conferences.

If you would like to contact Dave H, please email reco12pod@gmail.com and we will connect you with him.

Resources from this meeting:

Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carnes

Sexaholics Anonymous

Terry Gorski recordings

ESSAY Article by Dave H - Progressing Through Relationship Stages in Sober Dating

Al-Anon

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Jem B - Lack of Power - Afro-Euro - Meeting 327

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0700

My name is Jem im from Australia and by the grace of a loving God I am recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body one day at a time. I'm a greatful member of AA, SLAA, CODA and OA. For the last 18 months I have been using the magic Big Book of AA which has taught me a design for living. I have sponsored many others using this same method and am living a life beyond my wildest dreams.

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.

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Debi S - 12th Step - Meeting 326

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Reco12 is dedicated to exploring the common threads of addiction and the common source of addiction, the disease 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.

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Resources from this meeting:

Big Book of AA

12 Steps and 12 Traditions

Grow or Go Poem - To get this document, please email me at reco12pod@gmail.com and I will get it to you.

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Kai D - Afro-Euro - Meeting 325

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0700

Hi there my name is Kai D I’ve been in recovery 145 days I’m in the CA fellowship and fully completed the 12 steps I have 3 sponsees I’m taking through the steps and my location is the north east United Kingdom.

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 accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Levi H - Service Keeps Us Sane and Sober - Meeting 324

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Levi H is a member of SA and S-Anon. He has been sexually sober since July 20, 2017 and a member of S-Anon since January, 2021. Outreach to therapists and clergy and service to others has been a huge part of his recovery. He speaks to us today on how service keeps us sane and sober.

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SA Pamphlet for Clergy

SA Pamphlet for Therapists

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David L - 12 Step Principles - Hosted by Purdy - Meeting 323

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0700

David L’s journey with alcohol began at the age of 2, when his mom gave him his first drink in a baby bottle to keep him quiet.

David grew up in a dysfunctional family, with both of his parents being alcoholics. Despite their struggles, David didn’t follow the same path permanently.

Eventually, He hit rock bottom. He was exhausted from being a drunk and using drugs. That’s when he decided to go to treatment, and hasn’t looked back since.

Today, David’s life is dedicated to helping others. He sponsors men in recovery and stays deeply involved in the H&I (Hospitals and Institutions) community in Phoenix. One of his favorite commitments is bringing meetings to jails—it’s a service that fills him with purpose and hope.

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Chris A - Inventory - Afro Euro - meeting 322

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0700

Here is a bit about Chris A in his own words: I was born to an unwed Mother in the 1950's who married an alcoholic and good time charlie. I grew up poor in a cotton mill town in N.C. I was beaten, sexually abused, abandoned emotionally on the way to becoming the ultimate rebel of society. I found that using sex, alcohol and other mind altering substance to numb out the pain and trauma I was enduring. Life was a party for me as I partied my way further down the road of addiction, self loathing and destruction. I became a workaholic to not only keep my lifestyle going but also as a distraction. Staying focused making money was time I did not have to face my fears and trauma etc. I finally crashed and burned and walked away from my well paying job to become homeless, living on the streets. I began my bumpy recovery 25 years ago and now have 9 years without a drink of alcohol or other mind altering drug. I'm currently retired, celebrating 21 years of marriage and living in Bountiful, Utah.

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.

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Ask-it Basket with Robert P and Whitney B - 8

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0700

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, and Whitney B, discuss several questions with principles of recovery at the root of them. We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Whitney's work in treatment facilities. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows. A take away from this conversation may be, "Don't just go through the recovery program... let the recovery program go through you."

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Logan T - Came to ABA for the Vanity and Stayed for the Sanity - Meeting 321

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Logan T. has over 6 years clean and sober in Crystal Meth Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous. He has over 3 years sober in Sexaholics Anonymous and 9 months sober in Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous. After 4 unsuccessful interventions, Logan finally entered recovery in 2018 because his chemical and process addictions had progressed to the point of unbearable mental and physical torture. His denial of his eating disorder was finally broken after he was 5 years into recovery when it was revealed to him in ABA that his eating disorder was his primary addiction. He wasn’t about to give up his best drug first, instead he gave up his best drug last and finally found freedom. Today he speaks on how he came to ABA for the vanity and remained for the sanity.

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ABA

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Stan P - Meetings, Stepwork, and Sponsorship - Meeting 320

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Stan P. from Anchorage, Alaska is Sober in SA since July 9, 2018. He is also a grateful S-Anon member since April 28, 2021. Currently sponsoring 3 in SA and 1 in S-Anon. Today he speaks on the importance of meetings, stepwork, and sponsorship.

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S-Anon

White Book and other SA Literature

S-Anon Literature

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Jed F - Does God Hate Me or Love Me? - Special Pop-up Meeting - 319

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0800

Today we had a special pop-up Reco12 meeting with Jed F as our speaker. He shared great experience, strength, and hope. A little about Jed: Jed was sent to recovery by his loving God through his wife's addiction and is grateful about it. He learned that he is not perfect, will never be perfect and that's ok. His main focus is emotional sobriety and his connection to his higher power. And his topic today was entitled Does God Hate Me or Love Me?

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Jonathan - Afro-Euro - Active Addiction vs. Pro Recovery Behavior - Meeting 318

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0800

Jonathan shares his personal journey from resistance to transformation, highlighting how reframing common challenges—like the language of “character defects” and the concept of powerlessness—can make the 12 steps a powerful tool for healing.

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.

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Melissa T - Addiction is a Family Disease - Meeting 317

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Melissa T came into the rooms of Al-anon over 15 years ago to learn how to fix all the dysfunctional, maddening people in her life. Fortunately, when that didn’t work, she stuck around to “fix” herself. She is a member of The Big Book Sponsorship group and sponsors fellows in Coda, Al-anon and SLAA. She credits her recovery journey for the beautiful life she has today, and considers it a privilege to share her experience, strength and hope with others. Today Melissa speaks to us on the topic of "Addiction is a Family Disease".

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Karl M - What It Was Like and What Changed - Afro Euro - Meeting 316

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0800

In this week's Afro-Euro Reco12 meeting, Karen A has Karl M as the guest speaker. He speaks about how things were, what changed, and how he tries to be now. Here is a little about Karl:

Sobriety date 1/21/87
From Covina CA
Home group is Covina Group of Alcoholics Anonymous
Sponsor is Bob B from
St Paul MN

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Tomas K - Freedom from Internet and Technology Addiction - Meeting 315

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Tomás K has been a member of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous for 8 years and has been continuously sober from all of his compulsive internet and technology behaviors (including social media, streaming, video games, porn, and more) for over 5 years. Despite being high-functioning in many areas of his life, his increasingly frequent and painful bottoms with technology were driving a suicidal despair which seemed to offer no way out. After initially facing immense confusion and grief in early recovery around what a changed relationship with technology might look like, his experience discovering sobriety and working the Steps in ITAA has led him to a life of connection, fulfillment, and peace that exceeds anything he ever found in the screen.

Resources from this meeting:

ITAA (Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous)

Big Book

Discovering Sobriety Worksheet

12 & 12 AA

12 & 12 OA

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Debi S - Chosen - Afro-Euro - Meeting 314

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0800

In this week's Afro-Euro Reco12 meeting, Karen A has Debi S as the guest speaker. Debi S previously spoke on the Flagship Reco12 2 times on meetings 254 and 300. Debi speaks on the topic entitled, Chosen. Here is a little about Debi:

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Jeff S - Avoiding the 2 Step by Working the Middle 10 - Meeting 313

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Jeff lives in Maryland, near Washington, DC. He joined SA in 1995 and got sober that same year. His service resume includes all levels of service to SA. He has helped plan conventions and other events, sponsored many members including incarcerated friends, and has composed and edited some of our literature yet to be published. He is currently a General Assembly Delegate for the Mid-Atlantic Region and an active member of the Literature Committee and CFC. He speaks to us today about 2-stepping and avoiding that by actually working the middle 10 steps. He also talks about the 12 Surrenders in the 12 Steps of Recovery.

Resources from this meeting:

Letting Go of Expectations Article by Jeff S

Big Book of AA

12 Steps and 12 Traditions

White Book of SA

Step Into Action

Joe and Charlie Recordings

12 Traditions Illustrated

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Ask-it Basket with Robert P and Whitney B - 7

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:00:00 -0800

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, along with a new panelist, Whitney B, discuss several questions with principles of recovery at the root of them. We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Whitney's work in treatment facilities. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows. A take away from this conversation may be, "Don't just go through the recovery program... let the recovery program go through you."

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Samantha M - Stop Painting Red Flags Green! - Meeting 312

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0800

Samantha M is our powerful and passionate speaker today on Reco12. Sobriety Date: 9/5/1995. Home Group: As Bill Sees It Saturday mornings 10:00 am, Santa Barbara, CA. She speaks eloquently and powerfully on why we should stop spray painting red flags green.

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The Language of Letting Go by Melanie Beattie

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Jaynie M - Finding and Building a Relationship with a Power Greater than Self - Afro Euro - Meeting 3

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0800

In this week's Afro-Euro Reco12 meeting, Karen A has Jaynie M as the guest speaker. Jaynie speaks on the topic of Finding and Building a Relationship with a Power Greater than Self. Here is a little about Jaynie:
13 years 7 months clean

1st Home group: Shepperton Read the Black Bits on a Friday F2F

2nd Home Group: Sponsee Family weekly meeting on a Sunday online

Kahi W - All of Me Good and Bad - Meeting 310

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Kahi W. is a wife of 22yrs, mother of 5, and has worked the 12 Steps for Betrayal Trauma for the last 12 yrs. Born and raised in Hawaii, Kahi is grateful for the recovery tools she found when her family moved to Utah. She currently works step 12 by assisting with Women’s Betrayal Trauma meetings for SA Lifeline. Kahi will be speaking to us on the topic entitled, "All of Me, Good and Bad".

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this episode:
SAL 12 Step
SALifeline Foundation
S-Anon
Dr. Jill Manning

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Afro-Euro - Janet K - Fast Asleep to Spritually Awake - Meeting 309

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0800

Janet K, An Irish woman living in Greece, joins Karen A from Israel in this Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting. Her topic is "Fast Asleep to Spiritually Awake" Janet says, “I was fast asleep for so long and all I could see was darkness. Now I’m living in the world of the spirit and basking in the light”

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Patt O - Step 1 - Meeting 308

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0800

WHEN PATT O WAS 11 MONTHS OLD, HE CAME INTO THE ROOM OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WITH HIS MOM WHO WAS EITHER GOING TO GO TO AA OR PRISON FOR 10 YEARS. GROWING UP IN THE ROOMS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP PATT SOBER. HIS JOURNEY OF ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION TOOK HIM TO SKID ROW. PATT KNEW HE WAS DYING FROM - BUT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ALCOHOLISM WAS. TODAY AS A RESULT OF A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING PATT is A FREE MAN! Today Patt O. speaks to us on Step 1.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA
Hospitals and Institutions in AA

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Sheryl A - Surrender vs. Compliance: Recovery Beyond Our Wildest Dreams - Meeting #307

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:00:00 -0800

Sheryl A had a spiritual experience on May 12, 2022 through working the 12 Step Program outlined in the Big Book of AA. Since then, Sheryl has been journeying in recovery from food addiction and codependency through a spiritual solution that has set her free. Today she speaks to us on her chosen topic entitled, "Surrender vs. Compliance: Recovery Beyond Our Wildest Dreams".

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Ursula B and Joseph O - Steps 10 and 11 - Afro Euro

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0800

Ursula B from South Africa and Joseph O from Israel join Karen A from Israel in this Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting. They share their experience, strength, and hope on Steps 10 and 11.

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 accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Ask-It Basket with Robert Pardon - 6

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:00:00 -0800

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, discuss 10 things we have learned from and in recovery. We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Michelle's work in treatment facilities. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows. A take away from this conversation may be, "I am sober because of what I don't do. I am recovered because of what I do."

If you would like to connect with Robert, or Justin, or if you would like to submit any questions for a future Ask-it Basket episode, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com.

To hear more of Robert's stuff you can listen to his podcast called The Recovery Guy Podcast here or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Father Bill W - Spiritual Sobriety - Meeting 305

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0800

Father Bill W. is a recovered alcoholic, who just celebrated 52 years in recovery last week, and an Episcopal priest in Austin, TX, who has worked in the addiction treatment field for over 50 years. Bill presents workshops and hosts the Father Bill W Podcast and speaks frequently on AA’s spiritual history and Two Way Prayer. He is the steward of the twowayprayer.org website. He will
address us this week on the topic of Spiritual Sobriety.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this episode:
A New Pair of Glasses - Chuck C
Oxford Group
Father Bill W Podcast
Two Way Prayer website
The Answer to Job
Prayer for After Christmas by Howard Thurman

When the Song of the Angels Is Stilled
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and the princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among people,
To make music in the heart.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Nadia J - Relationships In Recovery - Afro Euro - Meeting 304

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Meeting of Reco12. which was recorded on Friday, December 27th, 2024, Nadia J from the South Africa speaks with us on the topic of Relationships in Recovery

Here is a little about Nadia J - Twice born.
Agent working for God. Grateful child of God. Spearhead advancing the kingdom.
For seven years I floated in and out of the 12 step rooms; teetering at the jumping off point. Living on page 52 but wanting the promises of page 84.
Someone armed with the facts took my hand and marched me through the pages of our magical & beloved Big Book. I abandoned myself to a radical way of life. Forever grateful, forever changed.

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.

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D. B. - 9th Step Amends with Self and with Higher Power - Meeting 303

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Here is a bit about D. B. in his own words: I grew up in a nuclear family filled with addicts and alcoholics. In 1995, I began a long term relationship with an alcoholic and sex addict. That relationship and eventual marriage led me on a journey with stops in many forms of institutions and hospitals. By the grace of God, I attended my first Al Anon meeting on July 19, 2004 and my first S-Anon meeting on January 13, 2010. In 2023, for a reason I don’t yet see, my S-Anon friends named me Yodanon. I am proud of being named after the wisest (non conference approved) Jedi knight. Finding my voice through public speaking and serving others helps me earn my emotional sobriety, one day at a time. In this Reco12 Speaker Meeting, D. B. speaks with us about making 9th step amends with himself and with his Higher Power.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction. As this is the final Reco12 Speaker meeting of the year 2024, I just want to thank you all for another wonderful year, and wish you all a very happy holidays and a happy new year.

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Resources from this meeting:
Al-Anon
S-Anon
SA
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Ollie D - We Had To Quit Playing God - It Didn't Work - Afro Euro 302

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Meeting of Reco12. which was recorded on Friday, December 20th, 2024, Ollie D from the UK speaks with us on the line from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, "We had to quit playing God, it didn't work."

Here is a little about Ollie D - I’ve been through the 12 steps, I sponsor, I have a sponsor, I have a homegroup which I’m of service to, 10 months 21 days clean.

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.

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Monty M - Anonymity Doesn't Mean Secrecty - Meeting 301

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Monty Meyer (aka, the Monty'man) is Founder and Executive Producer of KHLT Recovery Broadcasting and the Take 12 Recovery Radio Shows. With over 20 years in broadcasting and 30 years’ experience working on the Pastoral Staff of local congregations and drug & alcohol services, Monty's work is primarily with those who have a desire to become whole through the process of Twelve Step recovery.
Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction. Today he speaks to us on the topic of Anonymity Doesn't Mean Secrecy.

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Resources from this episode:
TakeTwelveRadio.com
Big Book
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
Anonymous People Video

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Debi S - 10th Step Evolution - Meeting 300

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Debi's 1st meeting was in 1981. Her 1st sober date was in 1987. Her current and permanent sober date is 1/31/94. After a long history of trouble at home, school, and the law, from a very young age, including rehab, detox, jail, DUI, psych ward, diagnoses, medication, etc. Debi finally surrendered. She was dry 3.5 years for the 2nd time and ready to suicide. She reached out for help with more humility and desperation than she'd ever before been able to muster and allowed a recovered member to take her through the Big Book & the Steps. Debi finally had the vital spiritual experience the book talks about, did all of her 9th step amends in a meaningful way and now lives in Steps 10-12. Today, Debi S speaks to us on 10th Step Evolution.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover our costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this episode:
AA
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

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Ask-it Basket with Robert Pardon - 5

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0800

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, discuss several more questions that were submitted from various addicts from various backgrounds and locations. We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Michelle's work in treatment facilities. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.

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Cristina M - Afro Euro - Step 3 God's Will

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Meeting of Reco12, Cristina M from Romania speaks with us on the importance of God's Will in Step 3.

Cristina alcoholic from Romania.
Prior to AA, I tried therapy, self-help books and any methods I could find but nothing worked to stop drinking.
I first came to Alcoholics Anonymous in 2020. After 2 and half years I started drinking again because I was not willing to do the necessary work of the 12 steps.
Finally, on January 2024 I surrendered and begged God to remove my obsession to drink. Asked a recovered member to guide me through the 12 steps.
I am very grateful for my sobriety and I'd love to give back what was given freely to me.

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.

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David G - The Power of Revealing Self - Meeting 298

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0800

David G from Oklahoma is Sober member of AA since 08-08-1994 having had a life changing spiritual experience in 1995 as a result of the 12 steps as outlined in our Big Book he soon learned he had no idea how grow & develop with it. He found that yesterday’s miracle wasn’t sufficient for today! Other things began to compete for that experience & they eventually won out. In 2019 he reached an emotional bottom in sobriety. He suffered from a spiritual illness brought by a human condition - self. He was freed in 2019 & has continued to grow and walk emotionally free ever since! David is also a co-host on the Reco12 Big Book Roundtable that releases every Thursday morning on your favorite podcast platform. Today David speaks on the power of revealing self.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover our costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this episode:
AA
SA
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Holy Bible
Eternal Bondage
The Good Book and the Big Book by Dick B
The Oxford Group
The 4 Absolutes (Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, Love)
Two Way Prayer
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Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Liza L and Nikki M - Indispensibles

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0800

In today's meeting, Liza L and Nikki M fill in for Justin B as he spends Thanksgiving with his family. They explore the indispensible things in recovery.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Andrew E - Afro Euro - The Gaunt Prospector - Meeting 296

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 pop-up meeting, Andrew E speaks to us. His talk is entitled "The Gaunt Prospector".

Here is a little about Andrew E:

I came into recovery 8 months ago in a 12 step treatment centre after more than 40 years of active addiction, primarily to alcohol, heroin and crack. In that treatment centre I found what I always thought would be unattainable - the solution. I have a sponsor, I've been through the steps a second time, I go to meetings every day, I do lots of service, I sponsor other guys and I have a life led by God. A God who has given me a life of freedom, meaning, purpose and usefulness.

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.

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Jay Westbook - Relationship Resilience - Applying the 12 Traditions in Relationships - Meeting 295

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Jay Westbrook has been clean & sober in Alcoholics Anonymous since December 2nd, 1988. He is a hospice nurse, Grief & Loss counselor, national speaker, and best-selling author. Both his first book, Compassionate Journeys: Lessons From My Work With the Dying by G. Jay Westbrook and his recent release, Relationship Resilience: Applying the 12 Traditions to Relationships by Jay W. are available on Amazon.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this Meeting:
Relationship Resilience: Applying the 12 Traditions fo Relationships
Compassionate Journeys: Lessons from My Work with the Dying
Esteemable Acts by Francine Ward
Pema Chodron - Tonglen

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Liza L - What If - Afro Euro - Meeting 294

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Liza L speaks on the "What If".

Here is a little about Liza L.:

Active member of Cocaine Anonymous in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Tristate Area, as well as the Big Book Sponsorship fellowship, Nikki's Noodle, Spiritual Cartel, and Spiritual Gangsters Families and their various online chats, service meetings, and groups. Freed, even more than promised or expected, from all manner of physically addictive substance and behavior, in addition to continuing ongoing emotional sobriety. Alive and thriving through the profound gift of an ongoing intimate relationship with her own Higher Power - relying on and living through that Power, following the simple instructions and recommendations in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Witness to that profound Power as it continues integrating these things as an entire way of Life, exceeding all expectations and hopes.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Ask-It Basket with Robert Pardon - 4

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0800

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, discuss several more questions that were submitted from various addicts from various backgrounds and locations. We dive deep into selective sobriety, Higher Power, and working with others and creating the fellowship we crave. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.

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Tash M - All of Life on Life's Terms - Meeting 293

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Tash’s Sobriety Birthday in Alcoholics Anonymous is July 22-2001. Her current Sobriety Birthday in Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous is October 26-2018. SLAA and S-anon are also significant areas of her ongoing recovery. This will be the first time that she shares on a forum speaking openly, generally on all these areas of recovery specifically. Tash M, from New Zealand, gives a great share today on living all of life on life's terms. She dives into honesty, relapse, higher power, surrender, and many other powerful topics.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous
Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast (ABA Podcast)
Alcoholics Anonymous
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
S-Anon for loved ones of sexaholics/sexual addicts
Big Book of AA
ABA Basic Text
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Outro music is "I Warm My Bones in the Sun” written by James Carrington and Willow Robinson and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://instagram.com/jamescarringtonmusic https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Golda H - Through Many Lifetimes - Afro Euro - Meeting 292

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0800

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Golda H speaks on the "Through Many Lifetimes".

Here is a little about Golda in her own words:

I started in DA, tunneled into AA, found media addiction recovery, then worked the steps out of the BB for chronic compulsive eating and chronic compulsive codependency. Today I live in 10-11-12 and take people through the steps and guide them how to stay in 10-11-12 one day at a time. This has been a 34 year journey.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Chris A - Change and Transformation - Meeting 291

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Chris began drinking around 6 years old and consider himself to be a career drug addict and alcoholic. He finally crashed and burned in 2000, walking away from a good paying job to become homeless in Salt Lake City, Utah. Chris has been in recovery for 24 years and currently has nine years without a drink. Chris’s sobriety date is September 15. 2015. Today Chris A speaks to us on change and transformation.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Addiction Recovery Program of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints
Alcoholics Anonymous
ACA
Big Red Book
Big Book
Bible
Book of Mormon

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Lorrie - We Alcoholics Are Undisciplined... Meeting 290

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0800

Today Lorrie speaks to us on her chosen topic of We Alcoholics are Undisciplined, so we let God discipline us...

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Dennis T - Staying Connected in Recovery's Garden - Meeting 289

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Dennis T from Alaska joined SA on July 29th 2014. After 40 years of searching for a solution, he was finally introduced to SA at age 52. He asked for a sponsor on day 1 and has worked his program every day since. He states that helping another sexaholic through the steps brings about the greatest connection to his Higher Power than anything else. Being used by God, on a daily basis, has changed his life and his relationships. Living free one day at a time by utterly abandoning himself to his Higher Power has given him a new way of living. Dennis speaks to us today on staying connected in recovery's garden.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Sexaholics Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Link for Recovery Prayers

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Andy H - Miracles of Recovery - Afro Euro - Meeting 288

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0700

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Andy H speaks on the Miracles of Recovery.

Here is a little about Andy in his own words:

My sobriety date is October 21, 2005 and my Home group is currently the same group that I joined when I first came in- the Morning After Group of Westwood, New Jersey, now both on Zoom and in person.

AA saved my life- I can never give back to A.A. what’s been given to me but I can try one day at a time.

As the result of the 12 Steps-being protected by god, at home with self, and connected to a community, I have moved from a taker to a giver- from a greedy soul towards having a servants heart. The journey has been generous- the job god has me doing is to engage another alcoholic in spiritual activity such I can live a useful life 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 every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

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Justin B - Power in Recovery Prayers - Meeting 287

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Justin B finally admitted powerlessness over his sexual addiction and the unmanageability of his life in September of 2013 and reluctantly entered his first 12 Step room. After a few weeks, the approach was made by a fellow who told him how to work the program with a sponsor. Justin hasn't looked back since then. Through mountains and valleys of life, more has been disclosed and Justin now identifies as a grateful, multi-disciplinary addict, living in the miracle of recovery, one day at a time. Justin is the grateful steward of the Reco12 family of recovery resources and loves learning of the myriad perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures of addicts from all fellowships, from all faith traditions, and from all over the world. Today he talks about the power he has found in some of the recovery prayers.

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Resources from this meeting:
Step Into Action (SA Workbook)
How To Listen to God by Wally P
Two Way Prayer
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

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Cathy C - The Crux of the Problem - Meeting 286

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Cathy came to Overeaters Anonymous Sept 2013 because she could not stay stopped from hurting herself with food no matter what she tried! A miracle of healing happened 4 years ago when Cathy finally conceded to herself that she will never have enough “will power” to abstain from compulsively overeating. Only a relationship with a Higher Power does for Cathy what she cannot do for herself. In today's meeting, Cathy shares on the crux of the problem.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

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Resources from this meeting:
Overeaters Anonymous
A Vision 4 You Big Book OA Meetings
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Matt and Carriss D - Emotional Sobriety and Restoring Intimacy - Meeting 285

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Matt and Carriss speak to us today on emotional sobriety and restoring intimacy.

Although sexaholism was pervasive in Matt's family of origin, he didn't know there was a name for it until his wife's own sexaholism brought him to S-Anon in 2021. It wasn't until he was about nine months in that he finally realized he had work to do on himself, and by the end of his first year in recovery he'd completed his step work and had become a new person. It used to be that he couldn't imagine life being any worse, but now, by the grace of God, he struggles to imagine it can get any better.

Carriss is a grateful recovered sexaholic from St. Louis and has been a member of SA since August 2021. Carriss joined the program to save her marriage but when she accepted her sexaholism as a disease and began working a rigorous program she saved herself. Carriss's life, marriage and attitude have changed for the better and for these reasons she is grateful to be a sexaholic.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this episode:
SA Sexaholics Anonymous
S-Anon
RCA Recovering Couples Anonymous
Green Book of S Anon
White Book of SA

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Arron K - Willingness - Afro Euro - Meeting 284

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0700

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Arron K from the UK speaks on Willingness.

Here is a little about Arron:

Separated from alcohol and substance on 24th May 2023. AA home group(big book comes alive in Sheffield) Friday. (Secretary)
CA home group (step11 meeting)Saturday-(GSR)
I’m sponsored by 2 guys. My in person sponsor in Sheffield and my overseas sponsor who lives in New Jersey USA.
I’m currently working with 3 guys and attend meetings all over the Uk sharing my experience, strength and hope. Love the zoom platform as well. big book lover.

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.

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Liza Love - Formulas, Dictionaries, and Mind Movies - Meeting 283

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Liza has been qualified for and in & out of a host of 12-step rooms throughouther entire life, beginning at 8 years old... Every manner of program opportunity relative to familial, chemical, physical, mental, relational, emotional, behavioral, medical, traumatic, legal, experiential... Liza hasn't had (or wanted) an alcoholic beverage since Dec. 31, 1993. Her highest weight was 387 pounds. Liza has been entirely freed from all manner of disordered eating and food matters since inspired Ketogenic eating as a way of life since September 8, 2018, easily maintaining a stable weight of 130 pounds. The simplest truth and reality is that she is quite literally alive today because she finally found everything she had ever been looking for (and so much more) when she discovered recorded shares and real live people reading and living by everything described in that book (Big Book of AA) that sat dusty and resented on her shelves all of these years, and making the decision to join them in doing the same. Liza has been in more 12 Step fellowships than can be reasonably named here and is very active in service in her fellowships. Today she speaks to us on formulas, dictionaries, and mind movies.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book Sponsorship Program

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Reco12 Ask-it Basket with Michelle K - 3

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0700

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Michelle K, discuss several more questions that were submitted from various addicts from various backgrounds and locations. We dive deep into healing relationships, Higher Power, and working with others and creating the fellowship we crave. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.

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Scott H Silverman - From Unlicensed Pharmacist to Coach - Meeting 282

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Southern Comfort. It's the first drink Scott ever had. He was 14 and remembers it clearly. When he was 16 he started smoking marijuana and it wasn't long before he moved on to meth, hallucinogens and cocaine and referred to himself as an "unlicensed pharmacist". Scott's heavy drinking and drug use wasn't recreational, it was a way of life. He felt invincible. Until he hit the proverbial brick wall when he was 30. When suicide didn't work, he went into rehab. From there his life started to turn around and he has done many things in that time including writing a book, and spearheading many community and recovery-centered organizations. He should soon commemorate 40 years of sobriety.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Books by Scott Silverman
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Silvio D - The Non-negotiables of Recovery - Afro-Euro - Meeting 281

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0700

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Silvio D speaks on the Non-Negotiables of Recovery.
Here is a little about Silvio:

Silvio is an active member of Cocaine Anonymous, sponsored and sponsoring, he’s been through the steps twice and is coming up to 3 years of sobriety, one day at a time. He also hosts and publishes the 12-step recovery podcast “12 Steps & 12 Questions”. Silvio was also a guest host of Reco12 for 3 meetings this year.

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Sharon E - We Deal with Addictions in the Order they are Killing Us - Meeting 280

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Sharon started her recovery journey on October 21, 1985 when she was released from the bondage of alcohol. Since then, she has uncovered and discovered other addictions and afflictions that she has experienced relief from. She is a grateful member of several 12-step programs including AA, FA, SLAA, Alanon/S-Anon, and ACoA. Sharon is grateful to be the third generation of recovery in her family. She speaks today on the importance of addressing multiple addictions in the order they are killing us.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
AA
OA
FA
SLAA
Al-Anon
S-Anon
Courage to Change
A Guide for the Family of the Alcoholic

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Chris D - A Sane and Sound Ideal - Afro -Euro - Meeting 279

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Chris D speaks on a A Sane and Sound Ideal.
Here is a little about Chris:

Chris D comes from London, UK. He found the rooms of recovery via AlAnon, but found the program of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous & Cocaine Anonymous and he has been clean & sober since 23/12/2005. He is grateful to have discovered that the promise on page 152 of the Big Book, "The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead!", is always true!

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Gwen W - The 12 Steps Change Us from the Inside Out - Meeting 278

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Gwen spent almost 20 years going in and out of 12-step rooms, struggling to do her part to recover from her food addiction. After years of failing and relapse, she became suicidal. This scared her enough to make one final effort to find recovery . . . and she found it! The more Gwen focused her recovery efforts on a few basic practices outlined in the 12 steps, the better her understanding became of the recovery process. Finally, Gwen made her way to the other side of her food addiction. Today, Gwen is very passionate about teaching the simple addiction recovery framework found in the 12 steps that can lead to peaceful and permanent recovery.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Link to sign up for newsletter

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Sam L - A Decade of Recovery - Afro Euro - Meeting 277

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0700

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Sam L speaks on a Decade of living in recovery.
Here is a little about Sam:

* Sobered up 1 April 2009-Dec 2013

* Only got sponsor 2012

* Cleaned up 1 Sept 2014 to date

* Got sponsor armed with the facts

* Home group CA St Pauls Cheltenham

* 3 sponsees through steps in 2024

* 1 new sponsee

* Fully surrendered to God 27 Nov 2016

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.

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Sheryl A - Real Recovery - Meeting 276

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Sheryl A had a spiritual experience on May 12, 2022 through working the 12 Step Program outlined in the Big Book of AA. Since then, Sheryl has been journeying in recovery from food addiction and codependency through a spiritual solution that has set her free. She will talk about a new way of living beyond mere abstinence as she shares her experience, strength, and hope.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Sugar Blues

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Outro music is "I Warm My Bones in the Sun” written by James Carrington and Willow Robinson and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://instagram.com/jamescarringtonmusic https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Nikki M - Reborn - Afro-Euro - Meeting 275

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:00:00 -0700

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Nikki M speaks on being Reborn.

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.

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Reco12 Ask-It Basket with Robert P, Michelle K, and Justin B - 2

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:00:00 -0700

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July with the Recovery Guy, Robert Pardon. Robert has been a speaker on the Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast several times on meetings 44, 91, and 145. In this conversation, Robert and Justin B bring in Michelle K, who has what I want, to discuss several more questions that were submitted from various addicts from various backgrounds and locations. We dive deep into working with and loving others as well as working for and loving Higher Power. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.

You can find Robert at any of the following places:
Recoveryguy.org
YouTube Channel
Podcast - Recovery Guy - From Broken to Whole

If you would like to connect with Robert, Michelle, or Justin, or if you would like to submit any questions for a future Ask-it Basket episode, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com.

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Rax A - Deepening Emotional Sobriety: AA + CODA - Meeting 274

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Rax got sober from drugs and alcohol September 12th, 2011. She started working the steps of CoDependents Anonymous in September 2022. She currently has a sponsor, is a sponsor, and is working CoDA and AA steps. Rax has held CoDA workshops in FL, held service positions at different district levels, and always does service at group levels. She is always looking for ways to get out of her own way and into boundaried service.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
CODA
Big Book of AA
CODA Book

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Anthony B - Sponsorship - Afro-Euro - Meeting 273

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0700

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Anthony B speaks on Sponsorship.

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.

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Erica Davenport - When Did I Decide to Change My Life - Meeting 272

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Erica Davenport is our speaker today. Here is a bit about her in her own words: "I was homeless and experienced domestic violence. Was almost killed and almost raped. One day I believe I met an angel through all of my scary moments who pulled me aside and told me she had been looking for me to give me a message. What she told me was amazing. And although I never saw her again even after searching for her several times, everything she told me came true 5 years later.

I am now a non-profit organization called TITO (Turning Insecurities To Opportunities). I am a motivational speaker and author and am dedicated to help others overcome their struggles with addiction."

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
TITO - Turning Insecurities into Opportunities
Books by Erica Davenport

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Karen A - Spiritual Life First... Or Else - Afro Euro - meeting 271

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Karen A talks about her experience with managing life when life gets lifey - Dealing with the overwhelming thoughts, while caring for a family, managing a career, builders/ renovations and continuing to show up when it's much easier for us to cut bait & run to cut back on recovery. Resting on our Laurels, however lets see how Karen A handles this in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share her experience, strength, and hope.

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.

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Jay Westbrook - Staying Sober Through Life's Ups and Downs - Meeting 270

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0700

Jay Westbrook has been sober since December 2nd, 1988. He spent most of that time in Los Angeles, but moved to Tupelo Mississippi two years ago. He's been a hospice nurse and Grief + Loss Counselor for over three decades.
Jay authored "Compassionate Journeys: Lessons From My Work With the Dying," and has a new book "Relationship Resilience: Applying the 12 Traditions to Relationships" being released next month.
When asked how he is, Jay always responds, "Blessed," and closes each of his writings (texts, emails, posts, etc.) with "as always, in love & service - jay". Today he speaks to us on staying sober through life's ups and downs.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Compassionate Journeys: Lessons from My Work with the Dying by Jay Westbrook

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Alex - Spiritual Bypass

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 16:00:00 -0700

Alex is speaking today as the guest on Reco12 with Silvio D as the host as Justin takes a couple of weeks for some vacation. Alex is a first time Reco12 speaker and speaks on Spiritual Bypass.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Silvio D is standing in as host for this last meeting. He is the host of the 12 Steps & 12 Questions Podcast that can be listened to on any and all podcast platforms. Please go check them out here.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Sam - Going at Gd's Pace on the Pathway of Recovery - Afro Euro - Meeting 268

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:00:00 -0700

Today we will hear Sam in the Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting. He will be speaking on the topic of Going at Gd's Pace on the Pathway of Recovery. Here is a little about Sam in his own words:

I am Sam, a debtor and underearner. I have been working the the program with increasing intensity for the past three yesrs. I used to rotutinely max out credit cards, bounce checks, and constantly seek quick fixes. Now I am learning to trust G-d one day at a time and by His grace I am solvent/sober. Trusting He will take care of my family and if I do His work well. Trusting in His plan not mine.

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.

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Tom T - Right-sizing - Meeting 267

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Tom T is speaking today as the guest on Reco12 with Silvio D as the host as Justin takes a couple of weeks for some vacation. Tom T is a first time Reco12 speaker and speaks on Right-sizing.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Silvio D is standing in as host for the next 2 meetings. He is the host of the 12 Steps & 12 Questions Podcast that can be listened to on any and all podcast platforms. Please go check them out here.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Inna M - Spiritual Experience - Afro Euro Meeting 266

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0700

Today we will hear from Inna M in the Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting. She will be speaking on the Spiritual Experience. Here is a little about Inna M in her own words:

Inna alcoholic addict
I work the steps through the Big Book Aa
Recently started doing steps in Coda as well
The program has changed my life in every way
I was a hopeless walking tornado that today have a new life filled with hope and faith

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.

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Cameron F - Responsible Sponsorship vs. Codependent Relationships - Meeting 265

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0700

Cameron F is speaking today as the guest on Reco12 with Silvio D as the host as Justin takes a couple of weeks for some vacation. Cameron has spoken on 3 previous Reco12 meetings as is a very involved member of Cocaine Anonymous and also hosts the monthly 12 Steps in 4 Hours workshops. His topic today will be on Responsible Sponsorship vs. Codependent Relationships.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Silvio D is standing in as host for the next 3 meetings. He is the host of the 12 Steps & 12 Questions Podcast that can be listened to on any and all podcast platforms. Please go check them out here.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources:
12 Steps in 4 Hours Workshop
12 Steps & 12 Questions Podcast

Outro music is "I Warm My Bones in the Sun” written by James Carrington and Willow Robinson and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://instagram.com/jamescarringtonmusic https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Reco12 Ask-it Basket with the Recovery Guy - Robert Pardon

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0700

This week, Reco12 branched out a little and did an "Ask-it Basket" with the Recovery Guy, Robert Pardon. Robert has been a speaker on the Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast several times on meetings 44, 91, and 145. In this conversation, Robert and Justin B discuss about 10 questions that were submitted from various addicts from various backgrounds and locations. We dive deep into working with and loving others as well as working for and loving Higher Power. Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.

Specific questions posed and answered include:

How do I learn to take it one day at a time when everything seems urgent?
How do we go into places that could be slippery in early Recovery?
It seems I must surrender, but that is the hardest thing ever done. I’m afraid of surrendering.
Have you lost a loved one in recovery?
A time when you felt that God had abandoned you in recovery and how did you regain that connection?

You can find Robert at any of the following places:
Recoveryguy.org
YouTube Channel
Podcast - Recovery Guy - From Broken to Whole

If you would like to submit any questions for a future Ask-it Basket episode, or if you would like to get in contact with Robert or Justin, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com

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Nira M - How to Sit with Grief - Afro-Euro - Meeting 264

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0700

Nira M speaks to us on how to sit with Grief in this Afro-Euro meeting of Reco12.

Here is a little about Nira in her own words: I am recovered codependent and sex and love addict from Sweden, a member of CoDA, SLAA and SAA. I found my way into the rooms during the summer of 2022.
My homegroup is The Nordic Primary Purpose Group of Sex Addicts Anonymous, or ”the Nordic Group” for short. You can find out more information about us and our meeting at https://www.saappnordic.org
I need not fight for anything anymore since finding this way of life, and for that I am grateful.

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.

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Krissy F - My Painful Past is the Key to Helping Others - Meeting 263

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Only by the grace of God, Krissy F is still alive. She has been sober since December 6, 2006, but stayed sick sober for a long time, suffering from untreated alcoholism without realizing it. Krissy did the program 'her way,' avoiding certain steps and excluding God. For 14.5 years, she hung on by 'not drinking and going to meetings.' When she finally hit rock bottom emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, she surrendered to the 12 Step Program and embraced her need for God. This surrender allowed her to live with power, love, and a transformative way of life, enabling Krissy to be happy, joyous, and free. Today she speaks powerfully on how her painful past is the key to helping others.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Evan P - Journey Through Al-Anon, Ala-Teen, Nar-Teen - Afro-Euro - Meeting 262

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0700

Evan P speaks to us on his journey through Al-Anon, Ala-Teen, and Nar-Teen in this Afro-Euro meeting of Reco12.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Tobias, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Mike L - Spirituality in Recovery - Meeting 261

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Mike L is a sober coach with 36 years of sober and clean lived experience and he has come to believe that he is a spiritual being having a human experience. Mike uses the 3 Legacy model of Unity (Meetings), Service (Helping Others) and Recovery (Practicing Spiritual Principles) to hold off the full-blown return of Stinking Thinking, which in his experience, leads to suffering and Drunk Drinking. While Mike used to believe that he had a drink or drug of choice, the truth is that he never had a choice, he just had to have it, whatever it was, and most days in recovery Mike is happy, joyous and free, as long as he remembers the 12 steps are not an event; they are like breathing for his soul/spirit.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from today's meeting:
Back to Basics - Wally P
Heartmath.org
Bill's Own Story
To Join the Reco12 WhatsApp Group
To get the handout mentioned in the meeting, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and request it.
To get in contact with Mike, please email reco12pod@gmail.com and I will facilitate that connection.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Tobias W - Carry the Message Not the Addict - Afro-Euro - Meeting 260

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0700

Tobias W speaks to us on the topic of carrying the message, not the addict in this Afro-Euro meeting of Reco12.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Tobias, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Michael S - Life After 11 Years in Recovery - Meeting 259

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Michael S has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the last 11years. 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 his experience sober dating and what living recovery is like today after 11 years on the rooms. He has been practicing as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 20 years. He and his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of Chicago.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
The Spirituality of Imperfection Book
Quiet by Susan Cain
How to Listen to God by Wally P
SLAA
CODA
Big Book of AA
The Meadows
Two Way Prayer
2Way Prayer “How to Listen to God” hosted by Prayerful People. 7 days a week at 8.30am EST 7 days a week at 9pm EST.
Meeting ID: 665 164 8754
Passcode: Light https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6651648754pwd=L1pYN3QyR09Ka2s3RVdQZFVEVlhmdz09

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Amit - Prejudice - Afro Euro - Meeting 258

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Amit speaks to us on the topic of prejudice in this Afro-Euro meeting of Reco12.

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.

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Tony H - Identification - Meeting 257

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Tony’s recovery bio is a story of relapses and brief moments of continuous sobriety. It wasn’t until he completely gave himself to this simple program that he found peace and felt clean inside. In this meeting Tony talks about identification as an alcoholic and the importance of finding a place where you fit in.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve or with Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Reco12Spearheads Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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David F - The Foundation Stone of Recovery is Helping Others - Afro-Euro - Meeting 256

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:00 -0700

David F speaks to us on the foundation stone of recovery being that of helping others in this Afro-Euro meeting of Reco12.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Kevin B - The Role of HP in the 12 Steps - Meeting 255

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0700

Kevin got sober in Sexaholics Anonymous on June 11, 2019. He was first introduced to SA in 2001 by a therapist, but he didn't know yet how to be rigorously honest, so he faded away from the Program after a few years. After HP returned him to the Program in 2018, he thought he could skip right over Steps 2 and 3 because his faith practice had already been a central focus for him since early childhood. He never expected the spiritual re-education he's received over the last five years nor the consistent spiritual experiences he now joyously receives. Today Kevin will speak to us on the role of HP in the 12 Steps.

This meeting marks 4 years that Reco12 has been a weekly meeting! Thank you all for making it what it is becoming!

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Sexaholics Anonymous
White Book of SA
Big Book of AA
Gaming Addicts Anonymous - Statement on HP

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Debi S - 9th Step Healing - Meeting 254

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Debi's 1st sober date was in 1987. Her current & permanent sober date is 1/31/94. After a long history of trouble at home, school, & with police, including rehab, detox, jail, DUI, psych ward, diagnoses, medication, etc. Debi finally surrendered. After 3.5 years sober for the 2nd time, she was ready to suicide. In this situation she allowed a recovered member to take her through the Book & the Steps. Finally recovered, Debi did all of her 9th step amends in a meaningful way & now lives in Steps 10-12. Today Debi will speak on 9th Step Healing.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from today's meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

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Babe K - A Design for Living - Meeting 253

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Babe K was separated from alcohol on March 2, 2002. His initial experience with the fellowship was unspectacular but he immediately fell in love with the Big Book. Through the process and discipline of the twelve steps,he has been given a life of useful joy beyond his wildest dreams. Today he speaks on A Design for Living.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
AA
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Simon and Garfunkel - My Little Town

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Dennis T - Sober is Not Well - Meeting 252

Fri, 31 May 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Dennis T in Alaska is sober since July 29th, 2014. He came into the program after experiencing 40 years of pain and destruction and being unable to stop. The program has given him principles and tools to practice and live by on a daily basis. His experience showed him that only "not doing" left him sick and suffering, and the only path to freedom was by utterly abandoning himself to the God of his understanding, then as time passed everything began to change. He speaks to us today on this concept that sober is not well.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
SA (Sexaholics Anonymous)
White Book of SA
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
If you would like the Step 10/11 template, the essays referenced, or to get in contact with Dennis, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you set up with those items.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Angie and Kevin H - You Were Stronger than My Lust - Meeting 251

Fri, 24 May 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 the upcoming International SA conference in Dallas TX in 2025. Angie Sponsors and has a sponsor and has Hosted several hundred Recovery people in her home on the Serenity farm over the last many years. Angies continue to have spiritual awakenings and Live happy joyous and free while living the steps and practicing her program principles in all her affairs.

Kevin H first came to S-Anon on 18 May, 2015 and he is also very involved in program service at all levels. He has started a local S-Anon meeting, Chaired an international convention in St. Louis in 2018, Has started, with God’s grace, a international mens’ S-Anon Whats App Group with several hundred members. He is a member of the Board of Trustees as a regional trustee for the Midwest in s-Anon. Kevin is the chairperson for the 2025 internaional Convention in Dallas for S-Anon. He is always talking with hundreds of newcomers in S-Anon while sponsoring about 18 men in S-Anon.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Resources from this meeting:
SA
S-Anon
If you would like to get in contact with Kevin or Angie please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and I can connect you.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - The Family Afterward - Step 6 - Meeting 250

Wed, 22 May 2024 07:00:00 -0700

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 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with Karen, Ursula, or Kirsty, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Kathryn M - Sobriety is Surrender - Meeting 249

Fri, 17 May 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous
ABA Textbook
Al-Anon

If you would like to get in contact with Kathryn M, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Nikki M - The Thought Life - Afro Euro - Meeting 248

Wed, 15 May 2024 07:00:00 -0700

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 cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Nikki M, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

You can also hear Nikki at the Noodle It Out with Nikki M Podcast and the Big Book Roundtable Podcast.

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Dorinda W - Drinking for Two - Meeting 247

Fri, 10 May 2024 12:00:00 -0700

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 rocket. She shares about drinking for two through pregnancy was finally the low that brought her into the rooms of recovery and into a new life.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this Episode:
AA
Big Book
Thomas Merton Prayer

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Bill S - Thou Shalt Not Fear! - Meeting 246

Fri, 03 May 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
AA
Big Book
Bible
I Am No Longer a Slave by Bethel

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Joseph O - Steps 6 and 7 - Afro Euro - Meeting 245

Wed, 01 May 2024 07:00:00 -0700

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Nik B and Carrington S - Stepping Into Action - Meeting 244

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 to practice his conscious contact with God. Keeping idle isn’t an option; constantly taking action is the pathway to his peace.
Carrington S. is a proud/grateful member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Her sobriety date is 11/18/2013. Carrington lives her life by the great words of Britney Spears “you better work”. Leaning into the unknown and trusting in the care of her higher power has been the key component of Carrington’s recovery,“Hope is praying for rain, faith is bringing an umbrella”. Carrington knows that taking action has been the key ingredient to sustainable transformation and that “faith without works is dead”. They speak to us today on Stepping Into Action.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from today's meeting:
SAL
AA
RCA
The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life by John Kennedy Vaughn

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Ursula F - AA's Grace - Meeting 243

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0700

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 / 11AM Israel time.

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Yitzy R - Being a New Parent in Recovery - Meeting 242

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 Yitzy has already had a spiritual awakening as the result of getting started with facing his childhood. By God's grace, Yitzy got married to his wife, who is also in recovery. We now they have a baby girl. That has taken both of them on a deeper journey into recovery, healing from trauma, self judgment, fear, and responsibilities. He will speak to us on what it's like to be a new parent in recovery.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this episode:
SA
SAA
ACA
Big Book
Inside Out Movie
12 Steps and 12 Traditions

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Ora F - Awareness Through Addiction in Chronic Pain - Afro-Euro - Meeting 241

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0700

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 pages has been a bright spot in my 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 cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Constance S - Remaining Sober in a World that Celebrates Alcohol

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 alcoholics have swirling around us. And so now, with 38 years of hard fought and hard won recovery under her belt, cobbled together one day at a time, she wouldn’t change any of it as she considers herself one of the most blessed humans on the planet, a truly grateful alcoholic. In this meeting she shares how she stays sober in a world that celebrates alcohol.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
To get in contact with Constance or other previous guest speakers, please send a request to reco12pod@gmail.com

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Afro Euro - The Family Afterward - Mommys In Recovery - Step 5

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0700

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 and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with Karen, Nadia, or Kirsty, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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John K - Personal and Couples Recovery - Meeting 238

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 actively tries to merge his Higher Power in his recovery, marriage, and faith.

Reco12 is self-supporting, and your contributions help us continue our mission. Thank you this last week to Shawn, Ethan, Justin, and Emma, for being Spearheads and supporting the Reco12 cause. If you would also like to support Reco12 and become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA)
2024 RCA Convention
Intimacy Anorexia by Doug Weiss

To get in contact with John K, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Silvio D - 17 Years of Untreated Alcoholism

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0700

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 addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from today's meeting:
12 Steps and 12 Questions Podcast
Cocaine Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Cheryl B - God is Everything or Nothing - Afro Euro - Meeting 236

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0700

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 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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Young L - Our Ideas Didn't Work, But the God Idea Did - Meeting 235

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from Today's Meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Rego - Half Measures Avail Me Nothing - Afro Euro - Meeting 234

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0700

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 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.

Resources from this meeting:
Al-Anon
12 Steps 4 Hours

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Jeffrey B - What You are Looking For, You Are Looking With - Meeting 233

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:00:00 -0700

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! Jeffrey speaks to us today, with Purdy as the host, about What You are looking for - you are looking with.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, thus showing the common threads of recovery, no matter our addiction or affliction.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Purdy was kind enough to fill in in this meeting as Justin B was in route to seeing his first grandchild. Thanks SO much to Purdy for doing this!

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Afro-Euro - Family Afterward - Mommys in Recovery - Step 4

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0700

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 and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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Nikki M - Al-Anon - Afro-Euro - Meeting 230

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0800

Nikki M found her way into the rooms in 2012 and has never left. The first few years were spent dying in the diluted message. Finally, after four years she was approach by a fellow with a real answer and a Big Book. Since that day her program of recovery has been fueled by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps, sponsorship and the fellowship of all recovery rooms. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the direct instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message to countless rooms, sponsors both men and women, provides service to numerous local community groups and can be found at Noodle It Out with Nikki on Monday mornings at 9:00 am Eastern. She is also part of 2 new Reco12 podcasts Noodle It Out with Nikki and Big Book Roundtable. If you have not heard Nikki M, Spearhead of God's ever advancing creation, you are in for a treat.

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.

Resources from this meeting:
Al-Anon
12 Steps 4 Hours

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Nikki M, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Ashley S - Drop the Rocks! - Meeting 229

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Ashley S from North Carolina is grateful to be a recovered sex addict and codependent. She has a deep love for the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous as it is the primary text that enabled her to enter upon a new relationship with her Creator and have a profound spiritual awakening to overcome her sex addiction back in 2021. However, Ashley found herself hopeless once more as she was stuck in a toxic relationship in sobriety. By the grace of the God, she entered into the rooms of Al-Anon back in March 2023 and found a sponsor to take her back through the Big Book to heal from her codependency. Ashley’s talk today is based on Steps 6 & 7 and another spiritual text which had a profound impact on her recovery journey – Drop the Rock. Today, she is passionate about carrying the message to the addict who still suffers as she found it was the solution to help her “drop her rocks.” Ashley is grateful to be back on Reco12 one year later after reworking the 12 steps to share her new story!

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 is self-supporting, and your contributions help us continue our mission. Thank you this last week to Anne, Lo, Katrina, Ashley, and John for becoming Spearheads and supporting the Reco12 cause. If you would also like to support Reco12 and become a spearhead, visit www.reco12.com/support . For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
SAA - Sex Addicts Anonymous
All Addicts Anonymous
Drop the Rock book
How to Listen to God book
Al-anon
Big Book Step Study Meetings
To get in contact with Ashley, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you connected.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Ben K - Recovery from Debting and Vagueness - Afro-Euro - Meeting 228

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Ben K talk about Debting and Vagueness, and the recovery from both in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Here is a little about Ben K: Ben K was a disturbed little kid, after discovering program and trying out different fellowships he finally found DA. Five years later, he is solvent, pays his taxes on time (with no resentment), and tries to live in abundance 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 on Wednesdays at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Resource from this meeting:
For an explanation about spending plans and how to use them and how to make them, check out this video Ben K did: Link

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Ralph D - Resentment and Obsession of the Mind is a Dangerous Place - Meeting 227

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Here is a little about Ralph D. From being raped by his brother at the age of 15 and groomed by four of his friends from that age until I was almost 18 lead him to many years of resentment, drinking very hard, using drugs and planning on killing the five of them or anyone that looked like them. The planning went on for many years in his head because he was trying to figure out a way of getting away with it without having to go to prison and without having to kill himself. In 2006 a friend of his told him (while they were drinking Jack Daniels and snorting cocaine) that he could find happiness in life if he went to AA and worked the steps and he believed hi=s friend. Ralph worked the steps right away after getting a sponsor and learned about forgiveness through working the fourth fifth sixth and seventh step. Through doing that he has never had that resentment again and his life has been much better. He currently has almost 3 years of S-Anon sobriety and part of the message he wants to give is to don't give up and to keep coming back. He speaks to us today on resentment and obsession of the mind being a dangerous place to be.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Any donations received during this meeting will be sent directly to the National Suicide Hotline.

Resources from this meeting:
AA
S-Anon
AAA
National Suicide Hotline - Dial 988

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Binyamin H - There Is a Solution - Meeting 226

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Binyamin H talk about the fact that There IS A Solution in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Here is a little about Binyamin: He had a spiritual awakening but he didn't do the step or work a program of recovery. Lost his mind and went insane. Started to work the program and found God's purpose for his 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Chuck H - Step 10 - Meeting 225

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Chuck started off his sobriety journey, July 9, 2020 after feeling useless to everybody, especially to himself, that’s when he stuck a pistol in his mouth.
He drank to black out since he was 13 years old, and at 46, finally hit his bottom.
The 12 steps has led him to a God that he has only been able to experience, through working the 12 steps and living them on a daily basis. Chuck has found usefulness in his life, usefulness to others, and especially usefulness to himself.
Chuck thanks God for bringing him to AA!!

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA
12 Steps and 12 Traditions
The Wisdom of the Rooms book

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward - Step 3

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0800

Karen A, Nadia J, 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 3 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 and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Karen A - Twisted Thinking and Depression - Meeting 223

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0800

Karen A talks about her experience with twisted thinking and dealing with depressive thoughts and feelings in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share her experience, strength, and hope.

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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Dr. Judi Hollis - Transferring Addictions and Obsessions - Meeting 222

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Dr. Judi Hollis has been an addiction pioneer since 1969 when under Mayor Lindsay’s Addiction Services Agency, she helped develop the first therapeutic communities in New York City. Using her countless books, workbooks, recorded lectures, and pamphlets she has been a tireless campaigner on national and local TV and radio broadcasts training professionals and aiding families throughout the world. A chair is being named in her honor at the Keck School of Medicine offering scholarships and a yearly symposium to study family therapy and a twelve step approach to treating all addictions. Although a gifted and artful professional, she emphasizes that her most vital strength comes from her continuing membership in three 12-step fellowships.
Her talk today focuses on the issue of “cross addiction,” or “transferring obsessions,” and multiple use disorders. If we’ve surrendered to needing help with one part of our self-destructive lifestyles, why is it so difficult to ask for further help if needed? We’ll explore some of the resistances to further surrender and “contempt prior to investigation.” We’ll look at why the final addiction is always the most difficult. What essential ingredient of recovery are we avoiding? Can we see the need for more help not as a sentence, but as an opportunity?

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Judi Hollis Contact - email judihollis@aol.com
Overeaters Anonymous
Al-Anon
Alcoholics Anonymous
OA Bridge
Books by Judi Hollis

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Joan - Unique Definition of the Drug and of Sobriety in ABA - Meeting 221

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Joan is from Western Canada and has been engaged in recovery from anorexia since 1983. She was one of the pioneering members of ABA in 1993. Her sobriety date July 13, 2002. She speaks to us today on the unique definition of the drug and of sobriety in ABA - Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous
AB-Anon
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous Book
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

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Doug L - Helping Others is the Foundation - Afro Euro - Meeting 220

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0800

Karen A from Israel and Doug L from South Africa talk about how helping others is the foundation stone in recovery iin this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Here is a little about Doug L

Doug L, a recovering addict, entered Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 2013 to address my severe drug and alcohol addiction. It took Doug slightly over a year to achieve sobriety and confront the consequences of his actions. With over 10 years in the recovery program, he now serves as a sponsor, guiding others through the BB sponsorship guide. He embraces each day, knowing that a caring and powerful God is available to all that seek him, even during the challenging moments. The Big Book provides clear introductions to navigating life peacefully, and Doug strives to follow this path everyday

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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Doug L, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Beth E - We Must Be Rid of Selfishness - Meeting 219

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0800

“I should, they should, the world should”! is how Beth started her email to me. She says she can live life ‘should-ing’ all over the place where she starts objecting to reality - and reality only wins 100% of the time. Blaming others for the way she feels, playing the victim, complaining, diving into self-pity or using anger to manipulate people to act right can easily be her emotional (im)maturity level. Attending AA, having a sponsor, taking the 12 Steps and continuing to seek and improve conscious contact with God helps her grow up & stay out of selfishness, by taking responsibility for herself with God’s help.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book
12 Steps and 12 Traditions
Melody Beattie
Richard Rohr

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Andy T - Rebuilding from the Rubble - Meeting 218

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Andy T, from Australia, had a spiritual awakening (as a result of discovering meditation) 34 years ago. It enabled him to put down alcohol and other drugs. However, he had a sex addiction that progressed up till he joined 12-Step S fellowships 14 years ago. He now also does Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families. Today he shares with us the process of rebuilding from the rubble by sharing some of his poetry he has written about recovery.

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Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from today's meeting:
Andy's poetry. To request a copy of it or to get in contact with Andy T, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com
SA
NA
SLAA
Big Book of AA

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Purdy - My Spiritual Home - Meeting 217

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Purdy talk about Purdy finding his spiritual home in the rooms of recovery iin this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Purdy just spoke in the original Reco12 earlier this week and we are happy to have him on a second time. His message is one that does not get tired.

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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Chris D, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Purdy - A Mind that Sits Free - Meeting 216

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Purdy is a Recovered Addict, The Obsession to Drink & Use has been lifted through a 12 Step Programme of Action. Action Heals the soul. His Peace with God fires up his Soul and he is All In. Purdy is an Active Sponsor at all times. He does Service and is the Founder of Spiritual Cartel, A meeting in the UK which runs 365 Days a Year. Purdy is Very Grateful and Humbled by it all. He has a Peace today, like nothing he has ever experienced and can feel Serenity from the Inside. No longer driving the external, it’s an inside job and today Purdy has a mind that sits free. TRUST GOD, CLEAN HOUSE, HELP OTHERS.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book Sponsorship
Cocaine Anonymous
Spiritual Cartel Meetings
Poem (to get a recording of the poem, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com)

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward - Step 2 - Meeting 215

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0800

Karen A, Nadia J, 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 2 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 and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with Karen, Nadia, or Kirsty, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Thierry F - The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory - Meeting 214

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0800

Thierry was promised…that permanent recovery is achievable if he does exactly what it says in “how it works, into action, in trying to help others, and being a demonstration of the principles in all of his affairs”. Thierry testifies that his experience validates that promise. In this meeting Thierry shares an energetic and powerful message on how the spiritual life is not just a theory.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this Meeting:
AA
CA
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
12 Spiritual Practices
1.watch for manifestations of self (resentment, dishonest, selfishness, fear)
Also…watch for Gods magic.
2.Ask (pray)-use all prayers
3.Discuss
4.Amends
5.Turn
6.Love and tolerance
7.Cease fighting
8.Safe and protected (don’t look at a clock or watch for 8-12 hours. Live a God directed life)
9.Carry the vision of Gods will into all my activities (God show me the way)
10.how can I best serve thee
11.Thy Will is being done
12. Exercise will power (if you don’t know what Gods will is, do the next right thing)
Practice one a day. Then combine them to become a way of life
To get a pdf of these principles, send an email request to reco12pod@gmail.com

CA Meeting referenced - Outright Mental Defectives. Meets Saturdays at 3:00 pm eastern on Zoom. Zoom ID: 794-600-3709 Passcode: pdl

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Chris D - The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Chris D help us understand the meaning of the word "trudge" as they walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Young's topic is "Keeping it Simple" Here is a little about Skye. Skye is 15 months sober in AA and is also doing steps now in OA after 49 years of an unmanageable life. She shares her walk through poetry and music in her recovery process. Chris's topic is "The Gift that Keeps on Giving". Here is a little bit about Chris D: Chris D comes from London, UK. He found the rooms of recovery via AlAnon, but found the program of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous & Cocaine Anonymous, and he has been sober since 23/12/2005. Having sworn he was finished with online meetings in late 2022, it turned out God had other plans for him! Chris is immensely grateful to have found the Big Book Sponsorship/Spiritual Gangsters community, at a point where he was prioritising length of sobriety over the daily reprieve.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Chris D, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Miracles Experienced and Promises Fulfilled - Meeting 212

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 12:00:00 -0800

In today's meeting we did things a bit differently. We opened up the floor to anyone who wanted to share for 4-5 minutes on a miracle they have experienced in recovery or a promise fulfilled in recovery in 2023. We had 12 shares in the hour meeting and they all brought experience, strength, and hope.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Shares from today's meeting were from:
Harvey, Ela, Irvin, Anne, Justin, Sholom, Crystal, Mary Ruth, Lily, Kat, Al, and Harvey.

If you would like to also record a share of a miracle experienced or promise fulfilled please consider going to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and record the share.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Ensley G and Evarleigh - Gratitude Connect & Code - Behind The Door - 211

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:00:00 -0800

Gratitude [gra - ti - tude] noun.
The positive state of being grateful; an overwhelming, feeling of appreciation and thankfulness and the desire to return kindness to others.

Ensley G. connects with Reco12’s Guest Host Evarleigh S. on episode 211 on the subject of Gratitude. There’s an in-depth open, honest, willing dialogue exploring gratitude - of course, they couldn’t take themselves too seriously. After all, we are not a glum lot.

Ensley shares his experience strength and hope bringing us back to beginning when he’s a young child, how his life progressed, and the depths of the madness. After spending much time in and out of prison for approximately eight years, he was offered a solution, fast-forward six years Ensley is now five years Sober. His faith has returned and grown exponentially.

Ensley shares how addiction is not discriminatory it can affect anyone! It does not matter a person’s, age, gender, race, economic standings etc. - No One is immune to it. He shares the experience strength and hope how the insanity of our thoughts can warp a situation, even coming from a loving kind place. Then proceeds explain the details of how he came to find the rooms of recovery; by the deflation of ego and finding humility through gratitude.

Ensley threads gratitude throughout his day and finishing every evening prior to a nights rest with his gratitude list as a part of his nightly routine. Ensley places the importance of putting his recovery first and then working his life around recovery, to ensure that he stays within the triangle of unity, service, and recovery. After many years of living in the madness, as well as behind prison doors - He’s grateful to pass along the message to others, by paying it forward, for a new life that has blossomed beyond his wildest dreams.

Grace & Gratitude

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward - Step 1 - Meeting 210

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:00:00 -0800

Karen A, Nadia J, 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 1 as mothers in recovery.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with Karen, Nadia, or Kirsty, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Afro-Euro - Tom S - The Spirituality of the 12 Steps - Meeting 209

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 07:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Tom S walk and sing through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Tom's topic is "The Spirituality of the Twelve Steps" Here is a little about Tom. By the Grace of a loving God of his own understanding, Tom S is sober, alive and grateful; recovering one day at a time from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of working the 12 Steps, as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, He has come to realize that God is doing for him what he could not do for himself. He gets to keep his recovery by giving it away!

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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Tom S, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Dennis T - The Four Absolutes in Step 10 - Meeting 208

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:00:00 -0800

Dennis T comes to us from Alaska. His sobriety date is July 29, 2014. He suffered from sexholism, drugs and alcohol abuse for more that 45 years as a way to find freedom from the pain of early childhood sexual abuse. By the Grace of his Higher Power he is living free one day at a time, through working and practicing the spiritual principles he found in the program of recovery. His hope is that in sharing today it may help one person find a way out of the torturous bondage of their hellish addiction as he goes over the Four Absolutes in recovery and in Step 10. Make sure you bring your 4th Edition of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous ready to read, mark, and take notes!

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from Today's Meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
The Eight Points of the Oxford Group
Practicing the Presence of God
Recovery Continues

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Skye - Keeping it Simple - Afro-Euro - Meeting 207

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Skye walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Young's topic is "Keeping it Simple" Here is a little about Skye. Skye is 15 months sober in AA and is also doing steps now in OA after 49 years of an unmanageable life. She shares her walk through poetry and music in her recovery process.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Melissa M - Healing from Betrayal Trauma - Meeting 206

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Melissa M. is a mother of 5, a spouse to a sex and food addict and is a recovering codependent. She found herself in the rooms of recovery with her husband starting in 2009, but only found herself in the rooms for her own personal healing and recovery in 2021 and has benefited greatly in her healing journey. Melissa is a talented carpenter and a home editor who enjoys blessing others with home organization and experiencing the power it holds in helping others, specifically in recovery, by bringing joy and clarity to space, mind and spirituality as it has in hers. She’s found that a home in order opens a pathway that aids in triumphant results in recovery across the board. Her story of finding healing from betrayal trauma and codependency is what she will be sharing with all of us today.

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers represent various fellowships, addictions, and afflictions, reflecting the richness of our shared experiences. Join us in this journey of recovery and unity.

Reco12 values your support in carrying out our 12th Step mission, providing essential resources for addicts and their loved ones. We welcome contributions to cover Zoom, podcast, web hosting, and administrative costs. Become a Reco12 Spearhead by becoming a monthly donor at https://www.reco12.com/support. For one-time donations, you can use PayPal at https://www.paypal.me/reco12 or Venmo at @Reco-Twelve. Your support makes a meaningful impact – thank you!

Resources from this meeting:
Suicide Hotline
SAL 12 Step Meetings
Melissa's Podcast on Fingers

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Mommies in Recovery - The Family Afterward

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0800

Karen A, Nadia J, and Kirsty W did a pop-up panel for this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Their topic of discussion comes from the chapter of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous entitled The Family Afterward. These 3 "mommies" in recovery discuss what the family afterward can look like.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with Karen, Nadia, or Kirsty, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Paige F - Loneliness - Meeting 204

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0800

For the 204th meeting of Reco12 Speaker Meeting, we hear from a first timer at Reco12, Paige F. Paige's sobriety date is November 17th, 2009, and since then she has fallen in love with the book Alcoholics Anonymous, the process of recovery it contains and the solution found as the result. She has a passion and enthusiasm for helping others to recover and sharing the book. You will not be disappointed in her energy and passion as she addresses the topic of Loneliness as we do the Big Book Bounce-around with her.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
AA
CA
Ho'oponopono Meditation Example
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Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Young L - Seeking Escape with the Desperation of a Drowning Man - Afro-Euro - Meeting 203

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Young L walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Young's topic is "Seeking Escape with the Desperation of a Drowning Man." Here is a little about Young: 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 Christmas Eve 2018 and since that moment has thrown himself into a spiritual life and helping others.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you would like to get in contact with either Karen A or Young L, please send an email to reco12@gmail.com and we will get you connected with them.

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Matt D - Gratefully Married to a Sexaholic - 202

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0800

In the Thanksgiving replay of this POWERFUL meeting, Matt D shares on how he eventually became grateful that he is married to a sexaholic woman. Here is a little about Matt D: Matt's wife's sexaholism brought him to the S-Anon fellowship in December 2021 as a homicidal, suicidal lost cause. After a slow start, he learned through the principles of the 12 steps and the tools of S-Anon to love God, his wife, his children, and his fellows, and to take
solution-based action to break the patterns of co-dependency in his life. The lessons he's learned in S-Anon have also helped him to tackle his drug and alcohol addictions. He is now an S-Anon success story, living his best life as one who is happy, joyous, and free.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. If you would like to become a spearhead and support Reco12 and our mission, please consider going to www.reco12.com/support and making either a one-time donation, or become a monthly Spearhead donor.

Resources from this meeting:
S-Anon
SA
S-Anon meetings
If you want a list of mens'-only S-Anon meetings, email reco12pod@gmail.com and I will get you the image with that list.

Links to other Reco12 Podcasts:
o Reco12 Noodle It Out with Nikki M: https://noodlewithnikki.buzzsprout.com/
o Reco12 Big Book Roundtable: https://bbroundtable.buzzsprout.com/
o Reco12 Shares: https://reco12shares.buzzsprout.com/

To record a Reco12 Shares … share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and leave a share or your favorite recovery prayer.

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Michael S - Sober Dating - It's Hard - Meeting 200

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0800

Episode 200!!!!!

Michael has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the last 10 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 his experience sober dating. He has been practing as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 20 years. He and his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of Chicago. Michaels was a previous speaker on meeting 68 and on meeting 110.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this episode:
When Misery is Company by Anne Katherine
My Blueprint Podcast - Michael's podcast
Misery Addicts Anonymous
CODA
SLAA
Mens Two Way Prayer Meeting Held daily at 9:00 am CST

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic

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Nicola B - Happy Joyous and Free - Afro Euro - Meeting 201

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0800

Karen A and Nicola B walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope. Nicola's topic is Happy, Joyous, and Free in a 12 Step Program." Here is a little about Nicola: Nicola B, from Manchester England. Present mother and member of CA and founding member of the all fellowship group ‘Pass It On, Bills Way’.
Being inspired by the direct quote from the big book of AA ‘We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous and free’ she set out to sponsor people through the big book sponsorship guide and to show people with her actions that by working a fully rounded 12 step program, anyone can be not just clean and sober, but also happy, joyous and free.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Nikki M - We Have Entered the World of the Spirit - Meeting 199

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Nikki M found her way into the rooms in 2012 and has never left. The first few years were spent dying in the diluted message. Finally, after four years she was approach by a fellow with a real answer and a Big Book. Since that day her program of recovery has been fueled by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps, sponsorship and the fellowship of all recovery rooms. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the direct instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message to countless rooms, sponsors both men and women, provides service to numerous local community groups and can be found at Noodle It Out with Nikki on Monday mornings at 9:00 am Eastern. She is also part of 2 new Reco12 podcasts Noodle It Out with Nikki and Big Book Roundtable.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book Sponsorship
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
How to Listen to God by Wally P
To get in contact with Nikki or Justin, send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Babe K - A Vast Amount of Fun - Meeting 198

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Babe K was separated from alcohol on March 2, 2002. His initial experience with the fellowship was unspectacular but he immediately fell in love with the Big Book. Through the process and discipline of the twelve steps,he has been given a life of useful joy beyond his wildest dreams.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
AA
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
AA Coin/Medallion mentioned

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Rach ❤️ - Jealousy, Control, and Fear - Afro-Euro - Meeting 197

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Karen A and Rach ❤️ walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope Rach ❤️'s walk in addiction, recovery, and freedom as she shows us that it works, even when feeling Jealousy, Control, and Fear.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

If you wish to get in contact with Rach ❤️, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will facilitate that connection.

"Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Maureen N - Creativity in Recovery - Meeting 196

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Maureen N is a recovered Alcoholic and grateful member of Alanon-
She began her journey in 1990 at the age of 20. She grew up in a New England middle class town. From a family of 5, most are in recovery now. She is an Artist, Teacher & Creative Guide - Maureen uses her creativity for healing & transformation in recovery as a way to communicate & listen to her Higher Power’s messages.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
AA Toolkit App Google
AA Toolkit App Apple
Maureen's Website
Father Bill W Two Way Prayer Reco12 Episode

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Terry S - Bought Out and $pent: Recovery from Compulsive Shopping and Spending - Meeting 195

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Terry S. is a 58-year old Detroit native who has been in recovery from
codepenency AND addictive-compulsive shoplifting since 1990.
He founded the 12-Step group C.A.S.A. (Cleptomaniacs And Shoplifters
Anonymous) in Detroit in 1992. He has been a licensed social worker and
certified addictions therapist since 1997 and founded The Shulman Center
for Compulsive Theft, $pending and Hoarding in 2004. Terry has written and
published four addiction-recovery books and offers brief, sensitive and
effective therapy programs by phone or video-chat.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Terry S Website for recovery meeting and contact
Recovery Books Terry has written
Debtors Anonymous
Spenders Anonymous
Underearners Anonymous
Clutterers Anonymous

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Karen A - This is War! - Afro-Euro Meeting 194

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0700

Karen A. from Jerusalem, Israel is a proud Mom and member of the Spiritual Gangsters, Noodle with Nikki and Reco12 Family. Karen had addiction running through her family. She lost her baby brother, when he was just three days out of rehab, to an accidental overdose of morphine.

Karen entered the rooms of OA. She knew that a spiritual approach was the only solution to her addiction and all of life's other challenges, such as codependency, Al-Anon-ism, and love addiction.

Karen guides sponsees through the Big Book of All Addictions, especially in areas of - CoDA, Al-Anon, SLAA, etc. She specializes in carrying the message of AA to Orthodox Jewish women worldwide who otherwise would not have access to recovery.

She speaks to us not as the Host of the Reco12 Afro Euro Time Zone but as a Speaker sharing her Experience Strength and Hope. Providing a deeper insight into relationship as she continues to work with others during her Spiritual Recovery Journey in Jerusalem, Israel during a time of an internal and external War.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Richelle J - Love Addiction - Meeting 193

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0700

My name is Richelle from New Jersey. I found 12 step rooms in the year 1999 and got clean on January 18, 2000. I was acting out in love addiction and did not even know it. I found Nikki M and the spiritual gangsters Big Book in October 2020. Richelle speaks on the hopeless state of an untreated Love Addict. She shares on what a love addict is and how it is defined.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
SLAA (Characteristics of a SexLove Addict
Bill W's Emotional Sobriety
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Spiritual Gangsters List of Meetings
12Steps4Hours Big Book Sponsorship

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Jay M - A Slow Walk with God - Meeting 192

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Jay M from Bali, Indonesia has been walking on his path through recovery for the last 25 years. He had a transformative spiritual experience that brought him to the awareness of God at an early age, but then fell into the abyss of addiction, in a myriad of forms for decades. When he finally got clean and sober and found his way into the rooms of AA, NA, SLAA and CODA, he began to grow spiritually, but it wasn’t until he hit his third rock bottom and lost everything that he loved, that he was surrendered enough to dedicate his life to this journey of recovery. He was fortunate that God put David G from Oklahoma in his life, right at that moment, to show him the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous in a way that he never could have imagined. It was only then that the true promises and miracles of recovery began to manifest and be revealed in his life. He speaks on his slow walk with God and journey into recovery.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this episode:
High Road to a New Freedom (Jay's Fellowship)
Big Book of AA

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Joseph O - God of My Understanding - Afro Euro Meeting 191

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0700

Karen A and Joseph O walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope on Joseph's take on Step 3 and pages 61-63 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Joseph shares how he has come to believe in the God of his understanding.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Timber M - My Spiritual Journey of Self-Discovery - Meeting 190

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Timber M. has experience with detoxes, hospitals, treatment centres, building (and crashing) his multiple recovery networks, while always seeking out an authentic life that makes sense for him, being heavily involved in 12 step recovery fellowships; sponsoring and being sponsored in AA, NA, CA as well as SLAA/CODA in Canada and the U.S and most recently DA; his last relationship demise brought him to feeling suicidal and returning to heroin. As a writer, actor and musician Timber has returned to living a life where he finds being grateful is the key. He will speak to us today on his spiritual journey of self-discovery.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book Sponsorship
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
AA
NA
Step 10 Prayer
Spiritual Gangsters Meetings

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Melissa T - I Am the Problem... AND the Solution - Meeting 189

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Melissa came into the rooms of Alanon 15 years ago to learn how to fix all the dysfunctional, maddening people in her life. Fortunately, when that didn’t work, she stuck around to “fix” herself. She is a member of The Big Book Sponsorship group and sponsors fellows in Coda, Alanon and SLAA. She credits her recovery journey for the beautiful life she has today, and considers it a privilege to share her experience, strength and hope with others. In this meeting, Melissa speaks about how she came to realize that she was the problem... and if so... that she could also be the solution.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this Meeting:
Alanon
Two Way Prayer
CODA
Big Book Sponsorship Meetings
SLAA
ACA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Avital J - Humility Set Me Free - Afro Euro Meeting 188

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Avital J has been clean from drugs and alcohol for over 10 years, she got clean when she was 17 through the rooms of NA. Working the 12 steps and walking hand in hand with her higher power has been top priority for me in living in this world. She believes that it is her job to carry the message to the addict who still suffers and that is what she hopes to do. In this meeting, Avital shares on how humility has set her free in her life.

Karen A and Avital J walk through this powerful Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Narcotics Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

"Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Trace B - Surrender and Willingness - Meeting 187

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Trace B is from Australia and is member of Overeaters Anonymous. In Trace's own words: I came into OA almost 2 years ago after battling with weight my whole life. I was looking for a solution for a weight issue and 12 step recovery has taught me that I have a life problem and I use food and compulsive behaviour as the solution! These days I am so grateful to be a compulsive eater and food addict. Trace shares her experience, strength, and hope in this meeting on the concepts of surrender and willingness.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Overeaters Anonymous
9 Tools of Overeaters Anonymous
To get in contact with Trace, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and I will get you in contact with her.

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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David F - Cross Addiction is My Story - Meeting 186

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0700

David is from Manchester UK and is a Compulsive Gamber, Cocaine Addict married for 21 years with 3 children. He is a business owner who fell into the darkness of gambling which brought to him to his knees for the first time age 35, in 2005. While a member of GA, he never embarked on the 12 steps in the GA fellowship. He only went to meetings and never worked with a sponsor. His las bet was in 14th January 2013, but soon after leaving the rooms of GA late 2014 he crossed over into Cocaine and Alcohol abuse.
By October 2020 his life was burnt to the ground once more. His marriage was hanging by a very frayed thread and his relationships with the world and the people within it
were disintegrated. He lost his business due to his addiction in 2021 and finally started working the steps of recovery at that point. His life since has never been the
same, and after experiencing a spiritual awakening, he yearned for more and G-d
graced him with a new sponsor in late 2022 where he embarked on the steps with for the 2nd time working the Big Book Work Book, further enrichening his 4th dimension experience. His relationship with his wife is blossoming, his relationship with family, friends, and others have been restored. David is now filled with hope faith and courage. And has regained his integrity and is so very grateful to a power he calls G-D.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve

Resources from this episode:
Gamblers Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous
12Steps4Hours
SALifeline Conference

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Nadia J - It Works! - Afro-Euro Meeting 185

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0700

Nadia is a self-described "absolute Book Nerd" who stays close to God and performs His work well. Nadia owes her life to Alcoholics Anonymous, intensive sponsorship, and the magic of the 12 steps. A meeting-maker who could not and would not accept the simple solution offered to us and when she finally did, she got to witness an age of miracles and she got to re-create her life. Nadia shares in this meeting how working the program really works. It works!

Karen A and Nadia J walk through this powerful Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
12 Steps 4 Hours.

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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When All Other Measures Failed - Meeting 184

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0700

"...This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day." (Alcoholics Anonymous Pg 15). You Reco12 Spearheads... You saved the day again! A HUGE thanks to Ela, Margarita, Terese, and Stephan who jumped in with some amazing shares as we shared about service and working with others. You really did save the day! What a miracle. Not what I planned, but it was what God knew and had a plan for it. Enjoy!

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. Those donations really help in our mission to share this message with others. If you would like to become a spearhead and support Reco12 and our mission, please consider going to www.reco12.com/support and making either a one-time donation, or become a monthly Spearhead donor.

The conference I will be doing a 10 minute talk on Saturday, September 9th:

SALifeline Conference whose theme is “Come Heal With Us: A Community Focus On Recovery From the Effects of Pornography, Sexual Addiction & Betrayal Trauma“,: https://salifeline.org/events/

"Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Matt D - Gratefully Married to a Sexaholic - Meeting 183

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0700

In this POWERFUL meeting, Matt D shares on how he eventually became grateful that he is married to a sexaholic woman. Here is a little about Matt D: Matt's wife's sexaholism brought him to the S-Anon fellowship in December 2021 as a homicidal, suicidal lost cause. After a slow start, he learned through the principles of the 12 steps and the tools of S-Anon to love God, his wife, his children, and his fellows, and to take
solution-based action to break the patterns of co-dependency in his life. The lessons he's learned in S-Anon have also helped him to tackle his drug and alcohol addictions. He is now an S-Anon success story, living his best life as one who is happy, joyous, and free.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. If you would like to become a spearhead and support Reco12 and our mission, please consider going to www.reco12.com/support and making either a one-time donation, or become a monthly Spearhead donor.

Resources from this meeting:
S-Anon
SA
S-Anon meetings
If you want a list of mens'-only S-Anon meetings, email reco12pod@gmail.com and I will get you the image with that list.

Links to other Reco12 Podcasts:
o Reco12 Noodle It Out with Nikki M: https://noodlewithnikki.buzzsprout.com/
o Reco12 Big Book Roundtable: https://bbroundtable.buzzsprout.com/
o Reco12 Shares: https://reco12shares.buzzsprout.com/

To record a Reco12 Shares … share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and leave a share or your favorite recovery prayer.

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Evarleigh S - Liarland to a Helping Higher Power's Hand - Afro-Euro - Meeting 182

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0700

Evarleigh S. found her way into the virtual rooms of recovery April 2022, her first experience was through Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families. Seeking help for those around her that had done harm to her -pointing the finger at all others. Little did Evarleigh know that this one decision; to start her on a journey by connecting with a fellow, round the globe in Sweden, was just the divine intervention needed. Evarleigh realized she needed more - of what she didn't exactly know at the time, just more. She was eventually catapulted into the hands of a helping Higher Power from her place in what she calls Liarland.

Karen A and Evarleigh S walk through this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this episode:
12 Steps 4 Hours Workshop
Noodle With Nikki WhatsApp Group
Ian S Reco12 Share
Reco12 WhatsApp Group

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Dr. Andrew Bauman - Stumbling Toward Wholeness - Meeting 181

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Dr. Andrew J. Bauman is a licensed mental health counselor with a Doctorate of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Andrew is the author of How Not to Be an *SS, The Sexually Healthy Man, Floating Away, Stumbling Toward Wholeness, The Psychology of Porn, and (with his wife Dr.
Christy Bauman) A Brave Lament book and award-winning film. He is also the Founder and Director of the Christian Counseling Center for Sexual Health and Trauma. We dive deep into sex addiction in this podcast.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12. If you would like to become a spearhead and support Reco12 and our mission, please consider going to www.reco12.com/support and making either a one-time donation, or become a monthly Spearhead donor.

Resources from this meeting:
ChristianCC.org
Stumbling Toward Wholeness
How Not to be an *SS (and all of Dr. Bauman's other books)
How to Honor Your Mother and Father as You Heal
Dr. Andrew Bauman Facebook
SAL12Step for Sex Addicts and Betrayed Spouses
Sheila Gregoire
Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast
Frederick Buechner
Omar Minwalla
Dr. Robert Masters - To Be a Man
Unwanted by Jay Stringer
Prayer

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Acceptance is the Answer to ALL! - Meeting 180

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0700

You Reco12 Spearheads... This meeting did not go at all as planned, but it went WAY better than we could have imagined. A HUGE thanks to Anja, Ela, and Kelly who jumped in with some amazing shares as we put the concept of Acceptance and Step 3 into practice. What a miracle. Not what I planned, but it was what God knew and had a plan for it. Enjoy!

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Speakers in this meeting include:
Justin B.
Anja
Ela
Kelly

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book of AA
Next week's speaker will be Andrew Bauman and he will speak on his book, "Stumbling Toward Wholeness". Check out more about him and his book here.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Tori H - Trusting and Relying on God - Meeting 179

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 02:00:00 -0700

Tori H is an addict, recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and a precious child of God. She is an active 12 step member of various fellowships since 2016 & now focused mainly on the Big Book of AA. Tori is excited to share her experience, strength, and hope with us on the topic of trusting and relying on God.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW 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 1-2x/month on Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

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Rachel W - Embracing the Mystery and Relationship with Power - Meeting 178

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Rachel W is a grateful member of SLAA and Al-Anon. She is celebrating 5 years of sobriety in SLAA this month and 14 years in Al-Anon next month, thanks to sponsorship, meetings and the steps. God's will for her is to grow spiritually and to be happy, joyous and free. In service of this, she practices Authentic Relating and overcomes herself daily using 2-way prayer and meditation. Rachel especially enjoys service in SLAA on the fellowship-wide level as a delegate to the ABM and as a sponsor. She is speaking to us today on embracing the mystery and on her relationship with Power. Rachel also spoke to us on meeting number 117 about Recovery Prayers Coming True.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. I want to thank a few of our spearheads and donors. Thank you, Evarleigh, Amy, Ana, Joseph, and Lindsay, for your donations! If you would like to become a spearhead and support Reco12 and our mission, please consider going to www.reco12.com/support and making either a one-time donation, or become a monthly Spearhead donor.

Resources from this meeting:
SLAA
Al Anon
Triggers As A Resource
Video about the Triangles

"Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Gary M - A GRATEFUL Alcoholic - Meeting 177

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Gary was born and raised on Long Island and struggled with alcoholism since his early teens which took him to places he never wants to go again. Arrested at 16 for assaulting a police officer, multiple arrests over the following several years, was few blocks north of the WTC on 9/11, AWOL from his first real job on Wall Street in 2002, rebab and back out and until he was given the gift of sobriety. Determined to break free from the cycle of self-destruction, he embarked on a remarkable journey of recovery.
Today, Gary is an active and grateful member of Alcoholics Anonymous in New York, married to the love of his life and father of two amazing children of which he owes all to his sobriety. Gary is now launching his own podcast, The Begin Again Podcast .

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Resources from today's meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA
Adult Children of Alcoholics
The Begin Again Podcast
To contact Gary M.

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Nikki M - See Where Religious People are Right - Meeting 176

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Nikki M found her way into the rooms in 2012 and has never left. The first few years were spent dying in the diluted message. Finally, after four years she was approach by a fellow with a real answer and a Big Book. Since that day her program of recovery has been fuelled by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps, sponsorship and the fellowship of all recovery rooms. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the direct instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message to countless rooms, sponsors both men and womyn, provides service to numerous local community groups and can be found at Noodle It Out with Nikki on Monday mornings at 9:00 am Eastern. She is also part of 2 new Reco12 podcasts that are launching this next week, Noodle It Out with Nikki and Big Book Roundtable. Today she speaks to us on the topic of seeing where religious people are right.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources:
Reco12 Noodle It Out with Nikki M Podcast
Reco12 Big Book Roundtable Podcast
Reco12 Shares Podcast
Torah
Bible
Koran
The Chosen

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Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Afro-Euro Reco12 - Justin B - Full Serenity Prayer and Acceptance - Meeting 175

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Justin B is a sex addict and a food addict living in the miracle of recovery. Justin's passion lies in sharing and learning about the commonalities and successful recovery strategies for all types of addictions. Drawing from his personal experience, he has found that the power of the 12 Steps, as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and adapted to many other fellowships, has been instrumental in his own journey to recovery. Justin has discovered that there are similarities in the success stories of people from all walks of life, regardless of their faith, background, nationality, orientation, race, or addiction. His ultimate goal is to connect with people in a way that inspires them to recognize their own worth. Justin works in this goal by seeking guidance from his Higher Power and striving to reflect light that inspires hope, meaning, worth, and growth in others. He is excited to be a guest on this new Reco12 project and share his experience, strength, and hope in this meeting today about the full version of the Serenity Prayer and the concept of Acceptance.

Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a brand NEW Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone. I hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host 1-2x/month on Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Full Version of the Serenity Prayer
SAL12Step Fellowship
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Josh W - Embracing the Process, Not Just the Outcome - Meeting 174

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Josh is a grateful sex addict working his recovery. He has been sober since June 19, 2014. He found recovery in the synergistic relationship between therapy and 12 steps. As well as the grace and forgiveness he received from his wife and his God. He started attending SA for 2 years and then was introduced to SAL and has been attending SAL 12 Step for over 7 years. As part of his recovery journey he felt called by God to share his experience, strength and hope. He did so in group meetings, church as a sponsor, but felt God's call for more. As a result he went back to school
and left a career of 15 years in pursuit of becoming a Clinical Mental Health
Counselor (CMHC). He is now working at the clinic where he started his recovery journey (Circles of Grace/formerly LifeStar in Salt Lake City).

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

To record a Reco12 Shares share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares

Resources from this meeting:
SA
SAL12Step
White Book of Sexaholics Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
SAL Book: Recovering Individuals, Healing Families

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Amanda B - Sponsorship: The Pipeline to Power - Meeting 173

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Amanda B came into the rooms of SLAA at the end of June 2022 but quickly found her way to Big Book Sponsorship and jumped straight into the steps with her sponsor. She has found the solution to all her problems by following the instructions that are offered in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Amanda B loves hearing the stories of others in recovery and finds that she can relate to people in every 12 step recovery room. She finds the similarities and knows she’s not alone. You can find Amanda at the Big Book Audio Club meeting (like a book club but for speaker shares) on Thursdays at 2pm weekly thru July 2023 and then 1st and 3rd Thursdays starting in August 2023! All are welcome to join. To get information on how to join, send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book Sponsorship Group/12 Steps in 4 Hours
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Recovery In the Torah: Models of Spirituality and Healing by Rabbi Chaim Meyer Tureff

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"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Sean B - Getting Back to the Basics - Meeting 172

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Sean B came into the rooms of AA on May 22nd, 2019 after coming to the realization that he was unable to regulate his emotional state without a drink. He quickly recognized there was a large gap between the expectation of where he thought he would be in life and the reality of where he was. While he was able to stay sober for a year, he half measured the steps and didn’t make much spiritual progress.
On February 27th, 2020, he came into the Big Book Sponsorship
fellowship and threw himself into the steps, and abandoned himself to God. In that process, he has learned much about addiction, emotional sobriety and codependency. He has worked with over 30 sponsees, and maintained 3 years of sobriety from hard drugs and alcohol. In this meeting, Sean speaks on getting back to the basics of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book Sponsorship / 12Steps4Hours
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA

"Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Justin B - Reco12: Then, Now, and Next Steps - Meeting 171

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Justin B is a multi-disciplinary addict (sex and food), living in the miracle of recovery in the rooms since 2013 and sober since 2015 in sex addiction and 2021 in food addiction. He is the steward of the Reco12 family of recovery resources and in this share he give some of his story of recovery and a report on Reco12, then, now, and the steps that are next. In the Q and A portion he answers several questions about Step 11 work and the vital importance of connection with others in his recovery.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

To find Reco12 Shares on virtually any podcast platform and follow and listen, go here: https://reco12shares.buzzsprout.com/share To record a Reco12 Shares … share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and leave a share or your favorite recovery prayer.

Resources from this meeting:
SAL12Step (an S fellowship)
Reco12 Shares
Noodle it out with Nikki - Monday mornings at 9:00 eastern time
In July, there will be a Reco12 podcast link for Noodle it out with Nikki. Keep your eyes and ears open for it.
David G and Ashley S We Do Recover Podcast
The Reco12 Big Book Roundtable podcast will launch in July also. Keep your eyes and ears open for it when it launches.
Two Way Prayer
A Vision 4 You Big Book OA Fellowship
12 Steps 4 Hours Workshop

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Young L - We Have Entered the World of the Spirit - Meeting 170

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0700

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 Christmas eve 2018 and since that moment has thrown himself into a spiritual life and helping others. Young speaks to us today of the power of entering into the world of the spirit and the 10th Step Promises of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Resources from this meeting:
To get in contact with Young, please send the request to reco12pod@gmail.com and we will facilitate that.
Cocaine Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA
Audio Anonymous WhatsApp Group (email reco12pod@gmail.com and we will facilitate you joining that group)

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Tom L - No Longer Running the Show - Meeting 169

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:00:00 -0700

At 33, recovery found Tom obese, isolated, and dependent on welfare and disability payments. Deeply unhappy and ashamed of what he had become, he had no idea he was an addict. Fifteen years later, healthy, employed, married, and living free from life threatening addiction, he was shown that normal living was not enough to keep from returning to insanity, that for him the spiritual life cannot be just a theory. Tom will speak to us today on how he is No Longer Running the Show.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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Resources from this meeting:
Overeaters Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA

"Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic ."

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Anita H - Be Loud About It - Meeting 168

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:00:00 -0700

Hi! I am Anita born and raised in Spokane WA. I was a chef and cook until my disease of alcoholism grew to something I could not handle anymore. Through the years I’ve faced many traumatic events which in turn made my life spiral down fast. In 2018 I got so sick from my alcoholism it nearly killed me. I spent most of the year in and out of the hospital, and still am battling my never ending health decline to this day. Anita shares in this conversation the importance of being loud about it and shunning the stigma of addiction and alcoholism as well as a ton of other experience, strength, and hope. This is a powerful conversation from one who has lived in the trenches.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We also hope to smash the stigma of addiction so that people are more willing to come out of the shadows and into the light.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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To record a Reco12 Shares … share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and leave a share or your favorite recovery prayer.

Outro music is "Just Can’t Do this On My Own" written by James, Carrington, Thomas Barkmeijer and Paul Freeman and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Irvin S - The Power of a Growing Faith - Meeting 167

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Irvin S is a recovering addict to lust, who has fallen in love with the results of the steps of AA and SAL. Irvin S is a husband and father of two who finds strength in submitting to his Higher Power. He shares today on his realization of the power of a growing faith in his recovery journey to this point.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs.

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Resources in this meeting:
SAL12Step Fellowship
"Rest is an act of defiance... It's the audacity to face the demands of this world and proclaim, We will not be owned." - Cole Arthur Riley.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lectio 365 (app Irvin uses in his morning routine)

Outro music is "Truth and Reconciliation" written and performed by James Carrington and used with full permission of James Carrington. To learn more about this music and performer, please visit https://www.jamescarrington.net/ and https://m.facebook.com/jamescarringtonmusic .

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Karen A - Using the Big Book in People and Relationship Addictions - Meeting 166

Thu, 25 May 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Karen A. from Jerusalem, Israel is a proud Mommy and member of the Spiritual Gangsters fellowship. Karen had addiction running through her family and lost her baby brother to an accidental morphine overdose when he was just three days out of rehab. In 2014, Karen entered the rooms of OA when her doctor said she had the 4Fs - female, fertile, fat, and forty! She knew that a spiritual approach was the only solution to her food problem and all of life's other challenges, such as codependency, anonism, and love addiction. Today, Karen guides sponsees through the Big Book for any affliction, especially people addictions - CoDA, Al-Anon, Sex and Love Addiction, etc. and she specializes in carrying the message of Alcoholics Anonymous to Orthodox Jewish women worldwide who otherwise would not have access to recovery. She speaks to us today on using the Big Book and Big Book principles in people and relationship addictions.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Resources from this meeting:
George Lewis 11st Step Evening Meditation
Spiritual Gangsters Fellowship
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
OA
CODA
Al-Anon
SLAA

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Rhyll C - Detaching with Love - Meeting 165

Fri, 19 May 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Rhyll is a founder and Vice President of SA Lifeline Foundation and a family and community advocate. S.A. Lifeline is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to providing hope, education, and resources related to pornography and sexual addiction recovery and the related betrayal trauma healing. Recognizing the critical importance of working 12-step for long term healing, SA Lifeline also offers SAL 12-step recovery, a free resource for those struggling with sexual addiction and betrayed partners. Rhyll is the author of, “What Can I Do About Me? Healing From the Trauma of My Husband’s Pornography and Sexual Addiction”. Steven & Rhyll have been married for 50 years and are grateful to be working their recovery one day at a time. They are the parents of seven children and twenty nine grandchildren. Rhyll speaks passionately and articulately about Detaching with Love.
Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions.
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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!
Resources from this meeting:
What Can I Do About Me - Rhyll Croshaw
SAL12Step information and meetings for the betrayed spouse and for the sexual addict.
SA Lifeline Foundation
White Book of SA (Roy K Story)

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Harvey E - The Power of the Pause - Meeting 164

Fri, 12 May 2023 12:00:00 -0700

Harvey E in Toronto is a 68 year old Orthodox Jew, who, together with his wife, Sharon, have five married children and 20 grandchildren. He joined SA in January 7th, 2014, on the recommendation of his new therapist. At the time, his marriage of 36 years was in serious trouble, he had recently been arrested for acting out behaviors going back 40 years, and he was suffering unbearable shame, shunned by his community and many of his family members. He recently celebrated 3400 consecutive days of sobriety and recovery from sex addiction. Harvey has embraced a mission of sharing his experience, strength and hope with others, and has spoken around the world both in person and on phone and zoom platforms. He is slated to speak at the upcoming international SA convention in Krakow, Poland in July. Harvey will speak to us on The Power of the Pause.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

To record a Reco12 Shares … share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and leave a share or your favorite recovery prayer. To find Reco12 Shares on virtually any podcast platform and follow and listen, go here: https://reco12shares.buzzsprout.com/share

Resources from this Meeting:
Recovering Spirituality: Achieving Emotional Sobriety in Your Spiritual Practice - Ingrid Mathieu, PHD.
Beware of Pride - Ezra Taft Benson
Essay, "I Don't Need to Know" by Art B. To get a copy of this, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com to request it.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Joseph O - Page 63 of the Big Book of AA - Meeting 163

Thu, 11 May 2023 10:00:00 -0700

Joseph O. grew up on Long Island, New York. He graduated college with degrees in Psychology & Economics, but he would say his real major was Independent Study in Drugs & Behavior. He made a geographic shift to Los Angeles to get away from his drinking companions & start fresh but still made no real investment in Recovery. In LA he maintained some abstinence over 10 months or so but picked up again when a girlfriend moved on. Very rapidly he lost his job, apartment, and car and found himself on Skid Row living in a Christian mission with 200 other bottom rung cases. Finally on February 29, 1996 he crawled up the steps of a Jewish rehab. He was blessed with a great sponsor that got him into the work quickly and made the process fun & understandable. He was very active in AA around LA. Three years ago He moved to Jerusalem to continue his studies to become a Rabbi. Joseph is a proud member of Spiritual Gangsters and a believer that Alcoholism is a condition he needs to tread even today. Joseph attends meetings daily, leads a Book Study twice weekly focusing on going line by line in order to understand & apply the authentic message as a lifestyle. He has a sponsor and he sponsors & has a God Squad that he can rely on for feedback & support that is Program based. Joseph is a member of Jerusalem AA and active with Intergroup as Chairman of Public Information and member of H&I where he dedicates time to bringing the message to Rehabilitation facilities & jails. Page 63 of the Big Book is where he strives to live.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.
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The newest Reco12 Recovery Resource is called “The First 164” The Zoom ID that you can get into the meeting with is: 879 5413 7997 no password needed. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87954137997 Meets Fridays at 1:00 pm pacific time.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Laura Palmer - Taking the Shame Out of Addiction - Meeting 161

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Laura is a mom of 4 who started struggling with a pain pill addiction with her last baby. Her struggle got terrible due to an epidural injury. The next 2 years were chaos and a decline that she didn’t even know was possible. She racked up 5 felonies and jail and prison time and thousands of dollars in fees and penalties. But her Higher Power, Christ saw her out of her addiction and now she gets to help others eliminate the shame in their own addiction story and find @the.road.back. Which, by the way, is her Instagram handle. Laura has been clean off of opiates now since May 27, 2014 and she also refuses to take pain meds, even through multiple surgeries. She states that when she commits to God that she won’t take those drugs, God takes the pain, and makes the situation bearable.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

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Resources from this Meeting:
Addiction Recovery Program
VictoryRecoveryAZ
Meeting 53 with Brock Bevell

The newest Reco12 Recovery Resource is called “The First 164” and is a Big Book Study with The Recovery Guy, Robert P. The first meeting will be today, April 14, at 4:00 pm eastern time. The Zoom ID that you can get into the meeting with is: 87954532608 no password needed.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Sean B - Be Still and Know God - Meeting 160

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Sean came into the rooms of AA on May 22nd, 2019 after coming to the realization that he was unable to regulate his emotional state without a drink. He
quickly recognized there was a large gap between the expectation of where he
thought he would be in life and the reality of where he was. While
he was able to stay sober for a year, he half measured the steps and didn’t
make much spiritual progress. On February 27th, 2020, he came into the Spiritual Gangsters fellowship and threw himself into the steps, and abandoned himself to God. In that process, he has learned much about addiction, emotional sobriety and
codependency. He has worked with over 30 sponsees, and maintained 3 years of
sobriety from hard drugs and alcohol. The pursuit of Stillness and God have made a massive difference in his own recovery.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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Resources from today's meeting:
reco12pod@gmail.com to connect with Sean, Justin, or other speakers and to join the WhatsApp community.
Big Book of AA
12 Steps and 12 Traditions
Bible
Jesus Calling
Language of Letting Go by Melodie Beatty
Spiritual Gangsters Meetings

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Evie S - Life Changes Over 35 Years in Recovery - Meeting 159

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Evie has been in CoDA for 35 years and has done service throughout most of that time at every level of the Fellowship in three different CoDA communities and at the world level. She found CoDA after many years of therapy and other personal development efforts and believes that CoDA and the 12 steps have given her the most important tools she needed to heal her relationships especially with members of her family of origin. She met the love of her life through recovery and they were together for 31 years and married for 29 before he passed away last June. Their relationship went through many periods of struggle and she truly believes that it would not have survived without the CoDA tools. Her ongoing CoDA recovery and her many CoDA friends have been her primary support during this past year.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs.

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Reco12 is collaborating with The Recovery Guy to bring you a Big Book Study and Forum that starts today in a live Zoom meeting. It will be held each Friday at 1:00 pm pacific time. reco12pod@gmail.com to get link and more info.

Resources from this meeting:
Big Book Joe and Charlie
CODA
ACA
CODA Prayers
What You Feel, You Can Heal - John Gray
Inner Child Zoom Meeting: Sundays at 11:00 am Eastern time.
Zoom ID: 814 5678 0560 Password: 828733
To get any of the materials that Evie mentioned, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and I will get them to you.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs

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Leila J - Recovery Essentials - Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness - Meeting 158

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Leila is gratefully thriving and prospering in all of her fellowships. It is through rigorously working the 12 steps that she has found peace, serenity and joy in her life today. The 12 steps have given Leila the community, solution and recipe for living that she never knew she always needed. She has started two SLAA meetings which combined have over 300 joining participants every week. She is passionate about being of service and works this program as seriously as she worked her addiction(s). She rocks this episode on the Essentials of Recovery - Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness. This is one that you will want to share with your sponsees and other fellows who are struggling.

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Resources from this meeting:
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous - seriously, if you don't yet have a Big Book... Get one!

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Justin's Mistake Part 2 - Meeting 157 with Anita H

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Well... I did it again... for the second time in 157 meetings. I forgot to hit record when we started the meeting. I will keep the summary of things below of what she talked about, and this quick recording is me trying to summarize Anita's share as well as taking responsibility for my error. As was brought up in the meeting, "We will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it." Well... as much as I currently regret that I messed this up, I trust that soon enough, it can and will be used as something that I can draw from in the future to help another or myself in a hard time.

Anita H is from Spokane, WA. She was born and raised there. Here sobriety birthday from alcohol is 11/21/2018. She previously worked as a chef. That is where her alcoholism started, or so she thought. In all actuality, from about 14 or 15 years old, she was already planning how she would drink. Then at the age of 19, she began drinking. At age 20, one of her co-workers died right in front of her and that experience caused PTSD. This is when her alcoholism really got bad. She was chasing alcohol to try to get the images out of her head. She nearly drank herself to death in 2018, and the damage she did to her organs from this drinking is permanent.

She says that each day comes with new challenges, but she has to take it one day at a time. Alcohol, Anita says, does not care who you are, how many degrees you have, how rich you are, or how much you are loved by others. She shares in this meeting how she strives to stay strong through the cravings that still happen.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

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Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Lenette M - Living Step 10 - Meeting 156

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Lenette came to SLAA back in 2014. She had gone thru a divorce and her addiction really surfaced shortly after. How her sex and love addiction shows up is that she feels she must be validated and chosen. She ripped thru peoples’ lives and hurt many. Only thinking of herself. Lenette’s codependency shows up when in a relationship. This looks like her micromanaging and pretty much giving up her life for her partner.

Lenette started her steps for the first time in 2014 with a sponsor when she got through step 2 and left, because she felt anger about and couldn’t figure out a higher power and couldn’t believe that God or something bigger than her actually loved her. Because if it did, why was she an addict and suffering? After several starts and stops, she finally got a Big Book sponsor and worked through all of the steps and started sponsoring others. As one of the results, she has found that she is loved and lovable. Even if she is not in a relationship.

Lenette now loves the 12 steps and finds that when she is taking a sponsee through them, it still moves her to tears. She really loves living Step 10 as it can mean cleaning the slate each night and starting anew the next day.

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Resources from this meeting:
Spiritual Gangsters Meetings
Big Book of AA
Emotional Freedom Technique (there are lots of resources on YouTube for this. I just chose the most popular one that came up).
12 Step App (My Spiritual Toolkit)
12Steps4Hours Workshop

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Peg O'Connor - Higher and Friendly Powers - Meeting 155

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Peg O’Connor, Ph.D., is a Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Her training is in moral philosophy, feminist philosophy, addiction studies, and the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. She believes that philosophy helped her to get and remain sober. Avoiding Alcoholics Anonymous for the first 20 years of her sobriety because of the concept of a “higher power,” she is focused on using some of the great canonical thinkers in western philosophy to illuminate dimensions of addiction. She further shares this in her new book, Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering (Wildhouse Publications, August 2022).

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept one-time contributions through PayPal and Venmo through the links in the chat and show notes. We have also started a new monthly subscription program called Reco12 Spearheads. To join in and help support these cool projects, please consider donating at www.reco12.com/support, or click on the link in the chat of the live meeting or the show notes of the podcast.

Resources from this meeting:
Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering
Soren Kierkegaard
William James Varieties of Religious Experiences
Henry David Thoreau
Aristotle

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Leo B - Surrender - Meeting 154

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Leo came to NA in 2018 and has stayed clean for more than 4 years now.
He came to the point when he became sick and tired of being
sick and tired. Leo spent a lot of time trying to find the solution, both while
using and while staying clean.
It ended being a long journey searching for the secret recipe
of recovery, some sort of Philosophical Stone. He tried to find the perfect
sponsor, perfect books, perfect step-working method, and even the perfect
religion. All these attempts eventually failed. After a long period of
depression and after all his ideas let him down he finally started to develop a
real contact with his Higher Power - Gods of his understanding. He feels home
now, even thousands miles away from his homeland (in Russia) in the state of surrender.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

To record a Reco12 Shares … share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and leave a share or your favorite recovery prayer.

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Resources from this meeting:
Narcotics Anonymous
NA Book
Two Way Prayer
Triangle of Self Obsession
Big Book of AA

Next week's Speaker will be Peg O, and her topic will be "Higher and Friendlier Powers". She wrote a book by the same title. If you wish to purchase it and read it, you can find it here: https://amzn.to/3mIzyiw

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Buddy C - Powerless But Not Helpless - Meeting 153

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Buddy C. is an author, businessman, father, podcaster, and a spiritual seeker since his early teens. Buddy made remarkable spiritual progress when he started questioning his belief systems when they did not help with his alcohol addiction. Through 12 Step recovery and open-mindedness to spiritual ideas outside of his comfort zone, Buddy has been sober for over 12 years as of this writing.
Buddy recently wrote the award-winning book, Powerless But Not Helpless, a recovery interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. A book that helps bridge the gap between a Power Greater than ourselves and the door knob.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented so many fellowships, addictions, and afflictions. And we look forward to continuing to add to the diversity of speakers and backgrounds.

Resources from this meeting:
Buddy C.org
Powerless But Not Helpless
Vinegar Tasters
Transitions Daily Email
Tao Daily Email
Letting Go: The Pathway to Surrender by David Hawkins
Tao of our Understanding Podcast
Gospel of Thomas
Nag Hammadi
4th Dimensioners AA Meeting
A Course in Miracles
Tao Te Ching Stephen Mitchell

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Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Priya P - Facing Fear with Faith - Meeting 152

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Priya P is a grateful addict who identifies as a codependent, Al-anon and SLAA anorexic and joined the rooms almost three years ago.
She has been given a new life through the gift of recovery and is continuously humbled by the journey of fellowship and as more and more is revealed to her in divine timing.
Spiritual principles of Faith, Trust in infinite God over our finite selves and acceptance are her current recovery focus. Priya shares beautifully in this meeting about facing fear with faith.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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 costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs.

To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support or you can do one-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve . Thanks for your support!

To record a Reco12 Shares … share or prayer, please link to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and leave a share or your favorite recovery prayer. To learn more about Reco12 Shares, go here.

Resources from this meeting:
Spiritual Gangsters meetings where SLAA and CODA (and other fellowships) meetings can be found
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Magic my Elizabeth Gilbert
12Steps4Hours Workshop

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Ian S - The 10th Step & Its Promises - Meeting 151

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Ian is a recovered alcoholic of the sort described in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. He has an abnormal reaction to alcohol—but much more troublesome is the way he reacts to the absence of alcohol. Ian started drinking when he was a teenage boy, but it was in his 30s that he discovered his “utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or wish.” (p.34) This lack of power was not curable by any human power: neither expensive rehabilitation centers, nor the love he has for his beautiful four-year-old son, nor any other method he tried could free him from the insidious insanity of that first drink. But then, Ian had a profound spiritual experience, midwifed by a man who had suffered the same difficulty and found the same solution: the Twelve-Step program of spiritual action outlined in the same book that described my trouble exactly. Over the course of ten days, his sponsor took him through all twelve steps and he experienced complete recovery from that seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. He has not had a drink since. The 10th Step Promises play a huge role in his recovery.
Resources from this meeting:
Big Book of AA
Alcoholics Anonymous
12Steps4hours
Spiritual Gangsters Meetings

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are on this path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are also walking this path. Speakers from past meetings have represented many fellowships and addictions. And we look forward to adding to the diversity of speakers.

Launching on March 1, 2023 will be a new open share meeting called Reco12 Shares. (Pilot episode is now live). All are welcome to record a solution-based share that will be uploaded into short, 20 minute recorded recovery meetings available in podcast format anytime anywhere. To learn more and to record a share of your own, please visit Reco12 Shares

Reco12 appreciates your help in keeping us working our 12th Step with these great resources . We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To become a Reco12 Spearhead you can quickly and easily become a monthly donor here: https://www.reco12.com/support
One-time donations through PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) or Venmo: @Reco-Twelve .
Thanks for your support!

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Ashley S - An Earnest Seeker - Meeting 150

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Ashley S is a recovered sexaholic/lustaholic and codependent from North Carolina. She found herself emotionally in bondage until she discovered a miracle of healing through the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. By working the 12 Steps as outlined within the Big Book through the power of a loving God and her sponsor’s patient guidance, she recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. She had a life-changing spiritual awakening, which resulted in a new relationship with her Creator and a way of living which answers all her problems. Ashley has walked a free woman with newly found inner power and peace since November 2nd, 2021.

With reliance upon Him, Spirit has shown Ashley how to create the fellowship she craved. The bright spot in her life is now sharing experience, strength, and hope primarily across AAA (All Addicts Anonymous) and AASS (All Addictions Step Study). Inspired by her sponsor’s men’s group called The Freedom Seekers, she formed its counterpart called The Serenity Seekers – an all addiction inclusive women’s lineage group. Ashley and her sponsor also founded an all addiction inclusive study of the Big Book called the “High Road to a New Freedom,” where by God’s grace they have carried the message for 30 weeks to numerous countries across the world.

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Resources from this meeting:
-https://linktr.ee/HighRoadToANewFreedom - Where all talks, etc are found
-https://bbstepstudy.org/
-https://alladdictsanonymous.org/
-https://bigbookstepstudyalladdictions.com/
Prayer of Protection

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Dr Anna Lembke - The Role of Dopamine in Addiction - Meeting 149

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Dr. Anna Lembke's latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of
Indulgence was an instant New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller and has been translated into 25 languages. It combines the neuroscience of addiction with the wisdom of 12-Step recovery to explore the problem of compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.

To qualify to receive 1 of 6 free copies of Dopamine Nation, be one of the first 6 people to go to https://www.speakpipe.com/reco12shares and read the “ground rules” and then record a 2-5 minute recovery share. When completed, input your email address in the text box and submit it. I will then contact the first 6 who do this and get contact info so I can mail the book to you. These shares will be used in the future "Reco12 Shares" Podcast. The goal is to accumulate lots and lots and lots of each of these so that when Reco12 Shares goes live in podcast format that we have a very solid base to start from.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions and effective today, we started a new subscription program called Reco12 Spearheads. Here is a little about the ideas that the Reco12 Spearhead program will help shape and fund:

Reco12 also has some future plans to create other podcasts and services to assist the addict of any variety who still suffers or who is supporting those who still suffer. Some of these ideas include:
A new podcast that will be launched by March 1, 2023 called Reco12 Shares. You can learn more about that in the chat, shownotes, and at reco12.com/shares.
Another future roundtable-type podcast discussing The Big Book of AA and recovery.

If you would like to become a Reco12 Spearhead and help ... spearhead these or any other missions that you think would fit in the Reco12 family of resources, please join in. Or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting or in the show notes of the podcast. This is meeting number 149.

Resources from this meeting:
Dr. Anna Lembke Books:
Dopamine Nation
Drug Dealer, MD
Dr Anna Lembke Website

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Dave A - Listening-A Balancing Action - Meeting 148

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Dave A. from Antigua came into the rooms of AA with the motivation of impressing an ex-girlfriend that he had lost. He quickly realized that he needed recovery for himself and then found the rooms of CODA also. Dave actively works both AA and CODA and has found that he must do both to survive. He will be sharing on the Balancing Action that Listening has become for him in his recovery.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety as alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups, just to name a few.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions and effective today, we started a new subscription program called Reco12 Spearheads. Here is a little about the ideas behind the Reco12 Spearhead program:

Reco12 also has some future plans to create other podcasts and services to assist the addict of any variety who still suffers or who is supporting those who still suffer. Some of these ideas include:

Recorded sponsoring resources on how to work with others.
An on-demand, share-only open meeting.
A paragraph-by-paragraph Big Book Roundtable podcast.

If you would like to become a Reco12 Spearhead and help ... spearhead these or any other missions that you think would fit in the Reco12 family of resources, please subscribe.

To learn more, go to https://www.buzzsprout.com/1117700/support and join us on this Road of Happy Destiny. Or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting or in the show notes of the podcast. This is meeting number 148.

Resources from this meeting:
Co-Dependency books by Melody Beattie
Crossroads Treatment Center - Antigua
Alcoholics Anonymous
CODA
CODA Meetings Wednesday and Sunday at 7:00 pm EST (Zoom Meeting)

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Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXsThis song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth

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Nikki M - Exact Instructions of the Big Book - Meeting 147

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Nikki is one of the founding members of the Big Book Sponsorship Group, an online Twelve Steps global recovery network - grown out of the Toronto Wednesday SLAA Big Book Meeting - also known as Spiritual Gangsters on WhatsApp. Her program of recovery began by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps and the fellowships of CA, AL-ANON and SLAA. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the direct instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message, the exact instructions, to countless rooms, sponsors both men and womyn, provides service to numerous local community groups and can be found at Noodle It Out with Nikki on Monday mornings. Find meeting list here https://bit.ly/2WYbJms

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Resources from this meeting:
Spiritual Gangsters List of Meetings
12 Steps 4 Hours Workshop
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Tim M - Being Sponsorable and Sponsoring Others - Meeting 146

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Born in 1971, Tim M from London Stopped drinking for the first time in 1990. His Last drink was in 1993. Tim spends much of his free time engaged in sponsorship and service. He does what AA asks, and he get the results it promises in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. 100,000 Al-Anon meetings also help. Other than that, he says that he is simply another bozo on the bus. Tim Sponsors a lot and in this meeting he shares how he maintains being sponsorable.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety as alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups, just to name a few.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. We also have a Venmo: @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 146.

To join our private Facebook group or our WhatsApp group and now. To follow us on Instagram, and even to subscribe on YouTube, the links are below:

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Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
A Course in Miracles Early Purdy
A Course in Miracles Anna Kujawa
Tim M Talks

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Robert P - Alone vs. Loneliness in Recovery - Meeting 145

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Robert 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 also hosts The Recovery Guy Podcast and The Recovery Guy online community, and I was blessed to be a guest on his podcast in 2022.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.

Resources from this meeting:
Recovery Guy Podcast
Recoveryguy.org
RealRecoveryGuy on YouTube
As Bill Sees It (Book)
As Bill Sees It Zoom Meeting ID: 87954532608 Code: 691826 Every Friday at 7:00 pm Eastern / 4:00 pm Pacific.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Phil L - Journey In Recovery - Step 12 - Episode 144

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

Just a quick heads up. This, is one of the most powerful conversations I have had thus far in the Journey in Recovery series. I feel that this is a vital episode to share with young men and young women as parents feel it an appropriate age to do so. But this story starts at the age of 12 and is really relatable to many issues of today. This week we will be talking with Phil about Step 12. Phil’s story starts at 12 years old with exposure to internet pornography and quickly spins out of control to suicidal thoughts and plans. We follow his journey and desperate search for healing and a return to the feelings he had before he was exposed to pornography. Phil was a guest speaker on Reco12 previously on meeting number 20

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

This is the last Journey in Recovery episode in the series. We will be back to the live speaker meetings starting on Jan 6, 2023. To get in on those meetings go to Reco12.com and get on that email list.

Resources:
ARPSupport: www.arpsupport.org/
Sexaholics Anonymous: www.sa.org/
S-Anon (for the loved ones of sex addicts): www.sanon.org/
Sexaholics Anonymous Lifeline: sal12step.org/
Sitting in a Rowboat Throwing Marbles at a Battleship: rowboatandmarbles.org/wordpress/

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Matt D - Journey In Recovery - Step 11 - 143

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

On Reco12 today, we will be talking with Matt D about Step 11 and his journey in recovery based on that step. It is pretty interesting to me that many of the new ideas and practices that I have learned about and that I am putting into place in my own life have to do primarily with Step 11. This is another powerful conversation with some really good insights into Conscious Contact with God.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

It was after this series, that the idea of the Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast came to be. It was in this series that I realized just how powerful the Steps of Recovery are. It was in this series that my Higher Power opened up huge new ideas to me. The concept of firing my old concept of lower case g god and hiring a new Capital G God and the practice of Two Way Prayer are just two of the major game-changers that came to me in during that time and that continue to shape and re-shape my walk with God and with my fellows.

Resources:
alladdictsanonymous.org/
aa.org/
www.sa.org/

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

To join our private Facebook group or our WhatsApp group and now, even on Instagram and YouTube, to ask and answer questions there:

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Nick T - Journey In Recovery - Step 10 - Episode 142

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

On Reco12 we will be talking with Nick, an alcoholic and addict with over 3 years sobriety at the time of this recording, about his experience, strength and hope and his journey in recovery with Step 10. In this conversation we really focus on the importance of being constantly aware and taking minute-by-minute inventory of self and being accountable to self and others in recovery. He shares his “God shot” as he calls it, where God came into his heart and made him a changed man. This conversation is a very meaningful one and definitely heart-felt.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. During this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

To join our private Facebook group or even to follow us on Instagram and YouTube, to ask and answer questions there:

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If you wish to join our WhatsApp group, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com to request to be added there.

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Wendi F - Journey In Recovery - Step 9 - Episode 141

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

In this Reco12, Journey In Recovery series, we will be talking with Wendi F, a sexaholic who also spoke to us in meetings, #4 and #127. In this conversation we explore her life experience that led her to an eventual awakening. We discuss what it means to find the core of an addiction and how it differs from many of the ancillary or appendages to an addiction. We discuss a new life with a Higher Power and the absolute power of having a sponsor to help you walk through the steps of recovery. All this while sharing her experience, strength, and hope on Step 9. This is another powerful conversation that will help break the stigma of addiction if you allow it to.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

To join our private Facebook group or our WhatsApp group and now, even on Instagram and YouTube, to ask and answer questions there:

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Angie H - Journey In Recovery - Step 8 - Episode 140

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0800

In this Reco12 Episode of the Journey In Recovery series, we will hear from Angie H, who also spoke in previous Reco12 Meetings #10 and #38, as she shares her experience, strength, and hope on Step 8. Angie, a lustaholic, sharing her path of addiction and recovery. In this conversation, Angie talks tactfully but completely honestly about the path of destruction that she had unknowingly left in her wake after some traumatic experiences in her childhood. She shares of her awakening to her own situation and he journey to make things right with herself, with God, and with her fellow humans, not the least of which, her family. This is a powerful conversation that may open the eyes of some of our listeners. Lust, sex, and other related addictions are not a men-only issue. And I am grateful that this stigma is being broken down, as it is a positive thing for all people to start to remove the stigma of all addictions, including sexual addiction.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

To join our private Facebook group or our WhatsApp group and now, even on Instagram and YouTube, to ask and answer questions there:

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Joe C - Journey In Recovery - Step 7 - Episode 138

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

In this journey in recovery, we will be hearing the experience, strength, and hope of Joe C in his living in Step 7 in his life. Now, a heads up on this one. The sound quality is a little rough in spots on this episode. The online recording did not come through great. BUT, the content is amazing. So, please listen past the flaws in the sound and to the beauty of what is being said. In this conversation, Joe C talks about a beautiful, long relationship with his wife and his awakening, late in life to his own issues. Her support and help, her death, and how the Steps of Recovery and the program have and do help him to see that “it keeps getting better”. He also talks about one of my new favorite 4 letter words, “Stay”. You will gain a ton from this episode as you Listen and learn and then apply what you learn.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

During the month of December, I am re-playing those episodes of the Journey in Recovery series with minor edits and re-branding so that the listening audience can get more background on several of our Reco12 guests who had more time to share their stories here, as well as to get introduced to others who have not been Reco12 guests.

To join our private Facebook group or our WhatsApp group and now, even on Instagram and YouTube, to ask and answer questions there:

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Father Bill W - Journey In Recovery - Step 6 - 137

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0800

Today we will be hearing the experience, strength, and hope of Father Bill W, who was celebrating his 47th anniversary of sobriety being a guest on this show (He will celebrate 50 years later in December of this year). He shares his own experience, faith and hope and focusing mostly on Step 6. In this Journey In Recovery, we reflect back on the early history of AA and the practices of Two Way Prayer and the 4 Absolutes and how that applies to Step 6 and other steps of recovery.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

It was after this series, that the idea of the Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast came to be. It was in this series that I realized just how powerful the Steps of Recovery are. It was in this series that my Higher Power opened up huge new ideas to me. The concept of firing my old concept of lower case g god and hiring a new Capital G God and the practice of Two Way Prayer are just two of the major game-changers that came to me in during that time and that continue to shape and re-shape my walk with God and with my fellows.

Two Way Prayer Website

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

To join our private Facebook group or our WhatsApp group and now, even on Instagram and YouTube, to ask and answer questions there:

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Jennifer E - Journey In Recovery - Step 5 - 136

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0800

Today, we will walk with Jennifer as she shares her experience in addiction and her journey in recovery, starting at about age 14 with alcohol and then moving into marijuana and other drugs and psychedelics in her search for God in her life and also in her quest to numb things from her childhood. She will share about her experience with Step 5 in this episode.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

It was after this series, that the idea of the Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast came to be. It was in this series that I realized just how powerful the Steps of Recovery are. It was in this series that my Higher Power opened up huge new ideas to me. The concept of firing my old concept of lower case g god and hiring a new Capital G God and the practice of Two Way Prayer are just two of the major game-changers that came to me in during that time and that continue to shape and re-shape my walk with God and with my fellows.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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John - Journey In Recovery - Step 8 - Episode 139

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

In this episode of Reco12, Journey in Recovery series, we will hear the experience, strength, and hope of John in relation to Step 8. John is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. And you can just hear the value he puts on being honest with himself and others in this conversation. Honesty with self and others is really one of the cores of real recovery from anything, including addiction. John talks about his walk through decades of addiction and choices that brought him to the place of becoming willing to make amends and then making amends. You can just hear the efforts at being completely honest with himself and others and his desire to help all and share the message of recovery with everyone. This is an honest and open conversation with a man who has seen the light and strives to walk in it.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. During this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Cameron F - Journey In Recovery - Step 4- Meeting 135

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

Today we will be hearing the experience, strength, and hope of Cameron F in relation to the 4th Step of Recovery as we continue this Journey In Recovery Series. His energy, honesty, bluntness, and fire are VERY apparent. Step 4 reads, “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves”. This is the Step that so many people get hung up on and lose steam. But in this conversation, we learn that this does not need to be the case.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

During the month of December, 2022, I am re-playing those episodes of the Journey in Recovery series with minor edits and re-branding so that the listening audience can get more background on several of our Reco12 guests who had more time to share their stories here, as well as to get introduced to others who have not been Reco12 guests. And also to learn more about how the problem is so similar, no matter the addiction, and how the solution is the same, no matter the addiction.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Bill M - Journey In Recovery Step 3 - 133

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

Bill M shares his experience, strength, and hope on Step 3 and how even after 15 years in the rooms of AA, he was still an untreated alcoholic. Until someone took him through the steps as laid out in the Big Book, he was "out of his mind". And now, the happy, joyous, and free life, full of serenity has pervaded his experience since then.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Harvey E - Journey In Recovery - Step 2-2 - 132

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

This is a continuation of episode 131 where Harvey E from Toronto shares his experience, strength, and hope on Step 2 of the Steps of Recovery.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Harvey E - Journey in Recovery - Step 2-1 - 131

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

Harvey E is one of my recovery heroes. This conversation with him on His experience, strength, and hope on Step 2 of recovery is one of the pivotal moments in my own recovery walk. His story of learning to trust his Higher Power, God, is powerful.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Shannon T - Journey In Recovery Step 1 - 130

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 07:00:00 -0800

Shannon T is the wife of a recovering alcoholic and a member of Al-Anon. In this vulnerable and powerful and honest interview, she shares her experience, strength, and hope on Step 1. Her honesty is her strength and her story will move all who give it a listen.

Back in 2019 I was hosting another podcast called Journey Through Life, it was a long-form conversation/interview style podcast. It was not recovery related, although I was actively working my recovery. Duriing this time, I felt compelled by my Higher Power to do a series on the Journey Through Life podcast called Journey in Recovery. In this series, I interviewed 16 people over a 3 month period on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. It was during this 3 month period that my own recovery walk was radically changed and my vision of what the Steps can do for anyone, anywhere, from any background was drastically opened up.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Sid K - The Pioneer Period - Early AA History - Meeting 129

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0800

Sid K teaches us a great lesson on the early, flying blind, pioneer period of Alcoholics Anonymous. This covers the years from 1935 through 1939. You may choose to go to YouTube to watch this one as there is a corresponding slide show that gives visuals to this lesson. The link to the Reco12 YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg

Resources from this episode:

Sid K's email address: AAHistoryNerd@gmail.com
Back to Basics – Wally P - https://amzn.to/3tuzbZ4
Dick B Books - https://amzn.to/3UZ6eA9
Came to Believe Recovery - https://amzn.to/3Od5KEf
What is the Oxford Group? - https://amzn.to/3gcHeGH
Not-God: A History of AA - https://amzn.to/3gcHeGH
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers: https://amzn.to/3EzwdbQ
Soul Surgery by HA Walter: https://amzn.to/3AfwgHy
Books by Sam Shoemaker: https://amzn.to/3GjoBvl
For Sinners Only by AJ Russell: https://amzn.to/3hMlMZy
Eight Points of the Oxford Group: https://amzn.to/3TB9bpn
Anne Smith’s Journal: https://amzn.to/3tvlsBh
Glenn F Chesnut Books: https://amzn.to/3g92dKE
I Was a Pagan by Kitchen: https://amzn.to/3twa7AH
Pass it On Bill W Letter: https://amzn.to/3O7OjVE
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Justin B and Erin B - Healing Families: It Really Happens - Meeting 128

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0800

Justin and Erin B are an amazing couple who have run the gauntlet in sex addiction and betrayal trauma. They share here in a live conference hosted by SA Lifeline Foundation in Lehi, UT in September of 2022. Their story of addiction, betrayal, fear, pain, and recovery and hope will inspire all who listen. Their honesty and vulnerability are amazing. They speak on the importance of qualified therapy, active and dedicated working of the 12 Steps for both partners, and the real pain and collateral damage that happens in addiction.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. We also have a Venmo: @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 128.

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Resources in this meeting:
SA Lifeline Foundation
SAL 12 Step
Addiction Recovery Program
Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke
Big Book of AA
SAL Book: Recovering Individuals Healing Families

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Wendi F - Living In The Solution - Meeting 127

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Wendi's SA journey began in 2010. Today, She has learned to use the tools of the program to grow her spiritual life and stay in the solution. The steps, meetings, sponsorship, fellowship, and most importantly, staying connected to her higher power are especially effective tools for her. She considers herself blessed with this opportunity to share what's worked for her.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. We also have a Venmo: @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 127.

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Resources in this Meeting:
White Book of Sexaholics Anonymous
Step Into Action
Sexaholics Anonymous
12 Steps and 12 Traditions
Wendi F - Progressively Miraculous - Reco12 Meeting 4
Wendi F - Step 9 - Journey Through Life Podcast

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Herb K - The Best Kept Secret – NOT CURED & DAILY REPRIEVE! - Meeting 126

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Herb was given the gift of freedom from alcohol February 21, 1984. As the result of the application of the Twelve Steps as contained “precisely” in the AA Big Book he experienced a profound spiritual awakening in 1988. Since then, he has been very involved in carrying the message of recovery through presentations, facilitating workshops, and leading retreats.
He has authored 3 books (see below)
Many have found them helpful for accessing the instructions and confirming the process contained in the Big Book for experiencing and sustaining a spiritual awakening.
Herb is widowed, has three adult children, seven grandchildren, and lives in Rancho
Palos Verdes, California.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Resources from this meeting:
Back to Basics by Wally P
Object of my Affection is My Reflection: Coping with Narcisists by Rokelle Lerner
HerbK.com
Herb's YouTube Channel
Twelve-Step Guide to Using the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book” (2004)
Twelve Steps to Spiritual Awakening; Enlightenment for Everyone” (2010)
Practicing the Here and Now: Being Intentional with Step 11” (2017)
The Sacred Art of Loving-kindess by Rami Shapiro
Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating
Co-Dependent No More by Melody Beattie
Big Book of AA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Scott H - Finally Getting It After 40 Years in the Rooms - Meeting 125

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Scott H is from Pennsylvania and grew up in a family of 4 boys and a father who was gone most of the time. He was the youngest of 4 and began to get into trouble at a very young age Smoked his first cigarette in the 3rd grade then Beer by 5th Grade. Then graduated into much harder drugs and Juvenile Delinquency. Attended his first 12 Step Meeting in 1979 in the 9th grade inside Juvenile Hall. Had a Huge Spiritual Religious Experience at age of 19 then later again at age 26 When he decided to become a Youth Pastor working with Troubled Incarcerated Youth with Youth For Christ. In Spite of all that he was able to quit drugs and alcohol but never could seem to get past Step 3. He is a Blackout Codependent. with 8 failed back surgeries he became addicted to Opiates and Benzodiazepines. Today he has gone through all 12 steps 4 Times.. and continues to grow and trust God and The Big Book and his Big Big Book The Bible to Celebrate Recovery and lead others in his very own fellowship "The Jokers Wild" using the Big Book of AA for ALL Addictions and Afflictions... Including Codependency and Love Addiction.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Resources from this meeting:
Jokers Wild Daily Recovery Meeting Daily from 4:00 - 6:00pm Eastern Time
Zoom ID: 860 9988 3843 PW: JokersWild (case sensitive)
Spiritual Gangsters
PPG Recovered Codependents
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Jon R - Addressing Fear - Meeting 124

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Jon R struggled with addiction throughout his teenage years and went into residential treatment at the age of 19 for alcohol and drug use. At 28 Jon was diagnosed with advanced-stage thyroid cancer in early 2003. As a result of complications from his first surgery, Jon was prescribed oxycontin. Jon’s story involves a 14-year struggle with drugs and alcohol, losing his career, and nearly losing his family. He tried using the knowledge from his education to fight this disease and it wasn't until he turned to a Higher Power for help. He is actively involved in AA with his personal recovery. He will talk on his experience, strength, and hope of addressing fear.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Pete B - Sponsorship - Meeting 123

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Pete B in his own words: I’ve been in 12 step recovery since age 22, continually abstinent from all mind and mood altering substances since 1980, at the age 25. I’ve had a fascinating journey that’s taken me through about 10 different recovery fellowships (NA, AA, Addicts Anonymous, All Addicts Anonymous, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Al-Anon, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Freedom From Fear, Refuge Recovery, and Recovery Dharma). I got to help N.A. create its Basic Text on Recovery early on and established several N.A. Newsletters. More recently I was the editor for an AA newsletter. Today I find myself back in N.A., where my recovery journey began. Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have found myself privileged to actively sponsor addicts all over the world through the 12 Steps, including 6 different countries and 7 different states in this country. I’ve probably learned more about sponsorship in the past 3 years than I had in the previous 39.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Resources from this meeting:
NA
AA
All Addicts Anonymous
Sex Addicts Anonymous
Al-Anon
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Big Book
NA Book

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Cameron F - Principles Before Personalities - Meeting 122

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Cameron F has been a member of Cocaine Anonymous since November 21, 2003. As a Big Book Sponsor, he has worked with all kinds of addicts from around the world. He facilitates a Twelve Steps in Four Hours workshop (https://12steps4hours.org/) the 4th Sunday of every month and has carried the Twelve Step message of recovery to well over 5000 suffering addicts over the years. His recovery message, "It only takes a few hours to learn the Twelve Step program and the rest of your life to practice it.” Cameron does service at all levels of the fellowship. And is currently the archivist for Cocaine Anonymous Worldwide. In short… Cameron has what I want.

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Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Resources from this meeting:
Cocaine Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
12Steps4Hours Workshop
Step 3 Meditation
Step 7 Meditation
Step 11 Meditation
Recording of a 12steps4hours workshop
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Judy G - Using is an Option - For a Change - Meeting 121

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Judy started drinking and using other drugs around age 13. Ten years later she'd been kicked out of three schools, was homeless, had contracted Hepatitis C from sharing dirty needles and had lost the respect of everyone, including herself. Faced with the choice between an early grave and abstinence, she thought curing her disease would be a way out, and got into recovery in 1986. Since then, her career has combined teaching students about the brain and studying the causes and consequences of drug addiction. Judy recently wrote a book for a lay audience synthesizing these endeavors entitled, Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds ane the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Resources from this meeting:
Never Enough: the neuroscience and experience of addiction
Big Book of AA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Brendan T - Just Let Go - Meeting 120

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Brendan T from Ireland. Sober since 28 June 2008. He is an SA Nomad. Brendan joined the fellowship in Japan, and got sober in Ireland. He Loves a laugh and sharing recovery. Brendan Does service at All levels.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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Resources from this meeting:
Brendan T's email: brendanessay@gmail.com to get speaker tapes and/or WhatsApp group info
SA
AA
Big Book of AA
Let Go and Let God Poem
Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier By Bill W
12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: Getting Your Recovery Unstuck By Dr. Allen Berger
Shame Inventory

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Richie Norton - Pause. Ask A Better Question - Anti-Time Management - Meeting 119

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0700

RICHIE NORTON is an award-winning author and serial entrepreneur. An executive coach to CEOs, he is featured in Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Huffington Post. Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best and brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii. Richie is one of the world’s leading thinkers and Top 100 coaches as honored by MG100. He is the CEO and Cofounder of PROUDUCT—an INC. 5000 company—a global entrepreneurship solution helping businesses go from idea to market with full-service sourcing, product strategy, and end-to-end supply chain. He is the author of several books including Anti-Time Management, The Power of Starting Something Stupid and Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It. Richie was born and raised in San Diego before moving to Brazil and then Hawaii. Richie is happily married to Natalie. They have four boys (one son already made his way to Heaven) and they have cared for three beloved foster children. They live on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, with their little dog, Velzy.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds ane the similarities of recovery from all afflictions and addictions, and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences, faith traditions, nationality, or background.

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I have acquired an extra copy of Richie’s book, Anti-Time Management and will be giving it away to one of our listeners on October 1st, 2022. In order to be considered to receive this book, please share this episode of the podcast with a friend who may benefit from it and/or rate and review Reco12 in your podcast platform. Then send me an email with the subject line, Richie and a quick note stating that you shared or rated and reviewed. Email me at reco12pod@gmail.com. I will randomly select one of you and will mail the book to you.

Resources from Today's Meeting:
Anti-Time Management Book
Richie Norton Show Podcast
Man's Search for Meaning

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Sara B - Big Book Solution for Co-Dependents - Meeting 118

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0700

Sarah B identifies as a blackout codependent. She has been a member of Codependents Anonymous for almost 7 years. Sarah spent 18 months in the rooms of CoDA attending meetings weekly. Although learning a lot about the disease of codependency, sponsorship was not a part of her meetings. Eventually, Sarah helped start a step study group within the fellowship so that members could work the steps in recovery using the Big Book. This still continues today. However, after yet another bottom and yet another failed relationship, Sarah needed more help than simply going to meetings. Even the coda step study was insufficient to provide Sarah with the help she desperately needed. 2.5 years ago, by the grace of God, she found a sponsor in the rooms of SLAA who believed in the undiluted message of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. 3 months later, Sarah was rocketed in the fourth dimension of existence. She went from being suicidal, anxiety ridden, and hopeless to being happy, joyous and free. Since then, Sarah has been on a mission to sponsor members of coda and share the Big Book message with those who still suffer. In March 2020, Sarah started “The Spiritual Solution” group of Codependents Anonymous on Monday nights at 8:00 pm. This is a women’s group whose primary purpose is to connect untreated codependents to recovered codependents who can guide the newcomer through a personalized study of the Big Book of AA.

Welcome to the 118th episode of Reco12. Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences and background.

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Resources from this meeting:
CODA

Intro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Rachel W - Recovery Prayers Coming True - Meeting 117

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Rachel W has been sober in SLAA 4 years and 13 in Al-Anon. She has worked all 12 Steps and has lots of experience, strength, and hope that she loves to share. She does service in her fellowships and is a delegate representing the Los Angeles Intergroup at the SLAA Business Meeting this year. She will be speaking to us on her experience with Recovery prayers coming true. Recovery prayers being answered.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences and background.

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Resources from this meeting:
SLAA
Al-Anon
ACA
Authentic Relating Classes

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth

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Evie S - How I Work My Recovery Program - Meeting 116

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0700

Evie found Codependents Anonymous (CoDA) when CoDA was just a year old and has been working her CoDA recovery program for almost 35 years. She has done service throughout most of that time at every level of the Fellowship which has supported her recovery growth. She found CoDA after many years of therapy and other personal development efforts and believes that CoDA and the 12 steps has given her the most important tools she needed to heal her relationships, especially with members of her family of origin. For 31 of those years Evie was in a committed relationship/marriage with another member of CoDA. Their relationship went through many periods of struggle and, thanks to their CoDA recovery program, it became truly loving and supportive as they supported each other in their ongoing recovery journey.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences and background.

To learn more about Reco12, please go to www.reco12.com.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 116.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Resources from this meeting:
Evie's Daily Routine
CODA and Evie's 12 Steps
CoDA
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)
Joe and Charlie Workshops
Co-Dependent No More by Melody Beattie
Beyond Co-Dependency by Melody Beattie
Big Book of AA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Big Book Roundtable Informational

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Andrew and Sara - Intimacy in Marriage: Creating Something Out of Nothing - Meeting 115

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Andrew and Sara were a previous speaker on meeting 83. This is a fantastic follow-up to that meeting. Here is a little about Andrew and Sara.

I am Andrew, and a 47 year old recovering sexaholic, sober over 6 years. I joined SA fellowship over 11 years ago, . My primary fellowship is Sexaholics Anonymous, i have sponsor and few sponsees, I have also worked the steps in CODA (codependency program). I am also clean from drugs for over 23 years. Recently I started to do part-time work as an addiction therapist in a small clinic that specializes in sex addiction. In recovery I found God and God's guidance, and thanks to His grace I have been married for more than 2 years to my lovely wife Sara whom I first met in SA. I am living the life I had never expected to be possible for me.

My name is Sara. I am a 30 year old recovering sex addict, sober from lust thanks to God's grace for more than 4.5 years. I have worked the 12 step program with a sponsor and served as a sponsor to other female sex addicts in our fellowship. Since I am married to another recovering sex addict I am also part of the S-Anon fellowship which helps me to address the patterns of codependency and heal from them as well. When I first joined the SA fellowship I was a broken woman. I felt like my life was over. I reached my lowest low and didn't expect there was any decent life possible after that. But God in His goodness made me recover rapidly and soon after gave me my wonderful husband and best friend- Andrew. We have our highs and lows but mutual faith and the 12 steps principles keep us close and make our marriage flourish.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are trudging this road. We are an open meeting for ALL, no matter your life experiences and background.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 115.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Resources mentioned in this meeting:
SA
S-Anon
CoDA
ACA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Deb in WV - Intimacy with Self, Others, and Higher Power - Meeting 114

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Deb in WV, her chosen topic is Intimacy with Self, Others, and Higher Power. Here is a little about her, written in her own words: In 2012, I went online to research fellowships that start with the letter “S” in order to help someone else… and found a pamphlet that is now called, “Intimacy Avoidance – Another Aspect of Sex Addiction.” Identifying with several characteristics from the list of symptoms in that pamphlet, I began attending SAA meetings with the focus of intimacy and sexual avoidance. Powerful changes in my life have occurred as a result. I am discovering what intimacy truly means and what it feels like, and I enjoy helping others on that same journey.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups, just to name a few.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Resources from this meeting:
SAA (Sex Addicts Anonymous)
SAA Pamphlet referenced
Sexual Anorexia by Patrick Carnes
Parts Work

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Nikki M - Spiritual Principles in Action - Meeting 113

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the direct instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. She carries the undiluted message to countless rooms, sponsors both men and womyn, provides service to numerous local community groups and can be found at Noodle It Out with Nikki on Monday mornings. I will post the link to those meetings in the chat and in the show notes. https://bit.ly/2WYbJms Nikki has abandoned herself to God and understands her purpose is to fit herself to be of maximum service to God and the people about her. She continues to work a rigorously honest program and believes to be vital, faith must be accompanied by self-sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups, just to name a few. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 113.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Resources from this meeting:
Noodle It Out with Nikki (and other Spiritual Gangsters Meetings)
Big Book Sponsorship Monthly Workshop
Other Reco12 Podcasts with Nikki M
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Father Bill W - Carl Jung and the Recovery Journey - Meeting 112

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Father Bill W. is a recovered alcoholic with nearly 50 years in recovery and an Episcopal priest in Austin, TX, who has worked in the addiction treatment field for over 45 years. Bill presents workshops and hosts the Father Bill W Podcast and speaks frequently on AA’s spiritual history and Two Way Prayer. In this meeting he talks a lot about the spiritual and religious side of 12 Step Programs and the vital nature of the hero's journey in recovery.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths ,and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Resources from this meeting:
Flammarian Engraving
Robert Johnson Works
Father Bill W Podcast
Edward Edinger Works
Carl Jung Works
Two Way Prayer

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Thomas - Addiction, Recovery, and Mental Health - Meeting 111

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Thomas shares beautifully on his journey in mental health while working 5 phases of recovery. Life changes brought on by addiction recovery are very difficult. Experiencing addiction, coupled with intense recovery efforts, create perfect conditions for mental illness. Thomas shares his addiction recovery story highlighting the propensities for mental illness. Thomas identifies five situations in his recovery affected by mental illness and shares his experience on how to manage mental illness during recovery.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths ,and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups.

Join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Resources mentioned in this meeting:
David Thompson from ADDO
Addiction Recovery Program
SAL12Step
Sexaholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Michael S - Can Addiction be Cured? - Meeting 110

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0700

In this controversial conversation with Michael S, he shares how he hopes and believes that there may just be a CURE for addiction and mental health. Michael has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the last 8 years. His primary fellowship is AA. Currently, he is most active in SLAA and CODA. Michael's favorite topic to talk on is Emotional Sobriety. He has been practicing as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 20 years. He and his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of Chicago.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths ,and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 110.

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Resources from this meeting:
Success TMS
Michael Pollan: How to Change Your Mind
Netflix Series: How to Change Your Mind
My Blueprint Podcast: Struggle Towards Emotional Sobriety
Pass it On: The Story of Bill Wilson
New Warriors Weekend
TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
The Meadows
Dr. Kevin McCauley

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Big Book Roundtable Informational

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Lydz G - We Do Recover (and Laugh Again) After Violence - Meeting 109

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Lydz G (aka Lydia) is a multimedia experimental artist and activist who came into the rooms of 12 step to heal from Domestic Violence. As a self-described Native Glitter Tomboy Lesbian™, Lydz thought they were too niche or too broken to heal, and genuinely Google searched "is it possible to have friends and laugh again after violence" before beginning the step work of 12 step recovery.

Today, they are privileged to share the tools they used to regain their sense of humanity, connect deeper in the communities they're a part of, repair relationships that suffered, and gain a host of new lifelong friends. They are in the process of learning how to show up and use the 12 steps to make the world safer for fellow Queer folks, BIPOC, and trauma survivors; including reading works about addiction recovery by some of their favorite revolutionary authors.

They also have good news for people with similar search histories: recovery, connection, and being restored to laughing IS possible. The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous says "why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered and have been given the Power to help others". You're not alone - we recover together, and we're building a future that NEEDS you.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths ,and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups.

We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 109.

Resources from today's meeting:
12Steps4Hours Workbook
Drop the Rock
Spiritual Gangsters Fellowship Meetings
Naiika S - A Multidisciplinary Addict

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Big Book Roundtable Informational

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Al N - What Happens When the Formal Work is Done? - Meeting 108

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Here is a little about Al, in his own words: I came to AA in January-February 1974. Have been sober since! I came into recovery from compulsive sexual behavior in both SA (Sexaholics Anonymous) and SAA (Sex Addict Anonymous) at the same time in October of 1994. After 3 years, I took a sabbatical to do some field research (relapse), but have been sober since January 15, 1998. After weighing the pro's and con's of my personal needs, SAA is the program that fit best for me and it is my home program. I currently attend the ARP program for maintenance. I sponsor extensively and make many contributions at the international level.

Welcome to Reco12. Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths ,and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups.

We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 108.

Resources from this meeting:
A Gentle Path Through the 12 Steps by Patrick Carnes
I Am Only One by Edward Everett Hale
The Meadows
Mending a Shattered Heart by Stefanie Carnes

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Sid K - Living a Surrendered Life - Meeting 107

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Sid is a grateful, recovered addict living in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was brought into recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in 2015 at the age of 18 and has since sought to bring God into every area of his life to live happily and usefully whole, free from all addiction. He is also the founder of the Pioneer Program Research Group, which seeks to conduct unbiased, fact-based research into the program of action undertaken by the early members of Alcoholics Anonymous of 1935-1939. Their mission is to conduct and share this research; making it free and accessible for all, in hopes that they may one day better see and pass along an authentic representation of how the pioneers practiced their recovery program.

Welcome to Reco12. Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths ,and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups.

We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 107. All donations from this meeting will go to support the mission at https://www.twowayprayer.org/

Resources from this meeting:
Sid's email address: aahistorynerd@gmail.com
Alcoholics Anonymous
Two Way Prayer
Oxford Group
Big Book of AA

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Jay Westbrook - Applying the 12 Traditions in Romantic Relationships - Meeting 106

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Guest Intro and Bio in Jay’s own words:

I walked into the rooms on December 2, 1988, a "functional alcoholic," but at an absolute bottom spiritually, emotionally, and behaviorally. At that first meeting, I felt the breath of God (Grace) blowing on me with a gentleness I did not deserve and had not earned, and have been clean & sober ever since. I'm a clinical hospice nurse, Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist, national speaker, and author of Compassionate Journeys: Lessons From My Work With the Dying. A second book, on Applying the 12 Traditions to Relationships will be out in Spring of 2022.

Welcome to Reco12. Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths ,and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups.

We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 106.

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big Book of AA
Compassionate Journeys: Lessons from My Work with the Dying
Jay is also writing another book that hopefully will be out in the fall of 2022 called "Applying the 12 Traditions to Relationships"

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Esther C - Program Is Not About Don'ts But About Do's - Meeting 105

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0700

My name is Esther C and I’m a grateful recovering Lust Addict (aka: Sex addict). I am originally from NY but currently reside in Jerusalem, Israel. I am sober for 1 year plus and have been in the rooms for about 3 1/2 years. For me, it was not an easy route to recovery but it’s the closest thing I ever got to having a home. Watching the promises come to life on a day to day basis has been such a blessing and I can’t wait to see what else is in store.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups, just to name a few.

We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 105.

Resources from this meeting:
Sexaholics Anonymous
SLAA
CODA
Articles that Esther wrote and referenced can be found here: https://www.sa-israel.org/en/author/esther/

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Paul S - Anger vs. Grief in COVID - Meeting 104

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Paul Schulte is a certified drug and alcohol counselor who has also been sober almost 19 years. He received his degree in Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment from Loyola Marymount University. He completed his clinical hours at the UCLA School of Medicine where he worked on LGBT addiction studies. He is the author of two books on addiction. The First is “Paths to Recovery for Gay and Bisexual Addicts: Healing Weary Hearts”. The second is “We Agnostics: How William James, Father of American Psychology, Inspired the Twelve Step Movement.”

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups, just to name a few.

We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 104.

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
12 and 12
CS Lewis: A Grief Observed

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Chris R - Carry This Message - Meeting 103

Fri, 27 May 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Chris spent 40+ years trapped in his addiction. He tried and failed countless times to free himself from this unwanted behavior. Porn wasn't his problem, porn was his solution. He discovered through the Steps why he was self medicated and the healing finally began. Chris just celebrated three years of complete sobriety.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and the anon groups, just to name a few.

We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions. If you choose to contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 103.

Resources from this meeting:
SAL12Step
SA Lifeline Foundation
Donate to SAL or SALifeline Foundation

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Kimia - Step 12 - Meeting 102

Fri, 20 May 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 12 is: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”

Here is a little about Kimia:

Kimia is one of the founding members of the Big Book Sponsorship Group, an online Twelve Steps global recovery network - incepted from the Toronto Wednesday SLAA Big Book Meeting - also known as Spiritual Gangsters on WhatsApp. She has entered the world of recovery via the rooms of CA, Al-Anon and SLAA in Toronto and has never left. An intelligent agent of Love and a spearhead of God's ever advancing Creation, Kimia has dedicated her life to full-time service, serving humynkind in their desire to stop living out a pattern of addiction and connecting the suffering newcomer to a sponsor who would guide them through a one on one study of the steps as described in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

From building a comprehensive network of Big Book sponsorship for all addictions and afflictions to training and empowering other recovering fellows to be of service, Kimia remains humbled in the fundamental understanding that helping others is the foundation stone of her recovery - that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking/thinking as intensive work with other alcoholics/addicts.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and several anon groups, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 102.

Resources from this meeting:
To get connected with Kimia, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and request to get connected.
Big Book Sponsorship Workshop
Spiritual Gangsters Meetings
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Nicki M (Squared) - Step 11 - Meeting 101

Fri, 13 May 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 11 is: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”

Here is a little about Nicki M(squared): Nicki M (squared) is new to these recovery rooms. Before September 2021, she was an undiagnosed addict for nearly 30 years before finding the 12-step Big Book Sponsorship lifestyle. Nicki flew through the 12-steps and began sponsoring women right away. She continues to do her best to show her children and her Self to do the next right thing. Nicki believes deeply in the power of prayer and meditation, and found out her yogi life prior to these rooms aligns with recovery beautifully. Without questioning how she found Spiritual Gangsters fellowship, Nicki M (squared) strives every moment to live these steps, this simple but not always easy recipe. She is forever grateful for finding her God, the pioneers of AA, the ZOOM and F2F meetings, her service work, sponsees, children, beautifully healthy relationship, and the list goes on. It truly works, if we work it.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, co-dependency, and several anon groups, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 101.

Resources from this meeting:
Spiritual Gangsters Meetings
AA Big Book
Spiritual Gangsters has meetings for many, many different fellowships and all of these meetings are Big Book focused.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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David A - Step 10 - Meeting 100

Fri, 06 May 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 10 is: “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
Here is a little about David A in his own words: “My name is David. I got sober through the BI\ig Book of AA and the "Back to Basics- Beginner Meetings" of Wally P. I have been sober from drugs and alcohol since October 23rd, 2013. Since then I have also entered into sex recovery, sober since july 25th 2020. My primary "S"-programs are PAA/SAA, but have found much support and truth in SA, as well as help from SLAA. I have also found much help in my life from ACA and OA. Living in steps 10,11 and 12, and the yardsticks of the 4 absolutes, permit me an ever-growing and deepening relationship with a higher power who loves me unconditionally. This helps keep me sober and teaches me to view myself and others with love--not to be confused with lack of boundaries or people-pleasing.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 100!

A quick disclaimer. While we hope that these episodes will be helpful to both sponsors and sponsees alike. The next 12 weeks of episodes are NOT intended to replace the necessity of working with a sponsor through the Steps. We will not be “working the steps” in these meetings. They are meant only to be a supplement and informative reference on what the Steps mean and why they are important to the individuals speaking about them.

Resources from this meeting:
Big Red Book ACA
Big Book of AA
Big Book Awakening
Alcoholics Anonymous
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Pornography Addicts Anonymous
Sex Addicts Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Daniel T - Step 9 - Meeting 99

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 9 is: “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."

Daniel T is sober in his primary program since December 16th 2016.

A true addict, Daniel has addicted to anything that is possible to be addicted to - often cross addicting several times a day in active addiction.

Some of his top plates include sex, relationships, marijuana, cocaine, workaholism. gambling, codependency and a healthy dose of anonism alongside what he calls anonanonism - which is being an anon to anons.

Daniel has taken recovery very seriously (after taking his addiction seriously for many years) - working the steps several times with different focuses and being heavily involved in sponsorship and service at multiple levels of the service structure.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Normally, Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. Today, we are obviously recording on Wednesday instead, and it is for good reason. We will go back to Fridays next week. For the 12 week period that we started on March 4, 2022 through May 20th, 2022, we are focusing on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 99.

Resources from this meeting:
Sexaholics Anonymous
First 164 Blog
SA Fireside Chat Podcast (Daniel's Podcast)

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Debbie B - Step 8 - Meeting 98

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 8 is: “Made a list of all persons we have harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.”

Here is a little about Debbie B in her own words:

“My name is Debbie and I am an alcoholic. I found recovery in April 13, 2007 and have stayed since then, one day at a time. I work with many women in the program, as well as my sponsor. I do service work and lots of meetings. I try always to stay in the middle.

I am so very grateful to so many people. I love AA. I hope all of you choose to stay in recovery.
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Jon R - Step 7 - Meeting 97

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 7 is: “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.”

Jon R struggled with addiction throughout his teenage years and went into residential treatment at the age of 19 for alcohol and drug use. After treatment, he earned a degree in Psychology and an MBA.

Upon graduation, he got married, started a family, and within months of finishing his MBA program, Jon was diagnosed with advanced-stage thyroid cancer in early 2003. As a result of complications from his first surgery, Jon was prescribed oxycontin. This quickly progressed to include alcohol and other mind-altering substances.

Jon’s story involves a 14-year struggle with drugs and alcohol, losing his career, and nearly losing his family. He tried using the knowledge from his education to fight this disease and felt too much shame to ask for help. In desperation, he said a prayer and asked for help. His prayer was answered in a remarkable way and continues to be answered every day since.

On Aug 24, 2017, he went into a treatment program and now has an opportunity to work in recovery where he uses his experience to help others. He is actively involved in AA with his personal recovery and serves on the board for the non-profit recovery club in his community. He is excited to share his experience, strength and hope about Step 7 with us.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

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David G - Step 6 - Root and Branch Taken Away- Meeting 96

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 6 is: “Were entirely ready to have God remove ALL these defects of character.”

David G. from Oklahoma was the guest speaker at the 80th Reco12 meeting back in December 2021. David was a sponsee of Charlie P. from "Joe and Charlie," and has been sharing experience, strength, and hope for 27 years. He had a miraculous and life-changing spiritual experience as the result of working the 12 Steps outlined within the Big Book. He is a recovered sexholic/lustaholic, alcoholic, and drug addict with a sobriety date of August 8th, 1994 and is a grateful member of SA, AA, and NA.

David learned he didn't know how to grow and develop his experience and soon found yesterday's miracle wasn't sufficient for today. After reaching an emotional bottom in sobriety, he learned that he suffered from a spiritual illness brought on by a human condition – self. He recovered emotionally in 2019 and has walked a free man ever since!

As the founding member of the Freedom Seekers group, David tries to carry the message to the addict who still suffers. The Freedom Seekers is an addiction-inclusive fellowship of sober and recovered men from drugs, alcohol, sex addiction, and more. The Freedom Seekers are growing in strength and numbers every day and are now up to 30 men within their lineage.

His talk today on Step 6 is based on a quote on page 13 of Bill's Story in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous: "I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch. I have not had a drink since."

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. For the 12 week period that we started on March 4, 2022 through May 20th, 2022, we are focusing on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. Our speaker today will share for 20-25 minutes on his experience with Step 6, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of him for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 96.

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Eric H - Step 5 - Meeting 95

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 5 is: “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."

Eric H is a 42 year old practicing Roman Catholic. He was married at the age of 24 while in active addiction. After having an emotional affair for several months at the age of 40, that same woman introduced him to the SA program. Eric knew that if he was going to continue in addiction that it would bring shame and damage to himself, his family, and his faith community. He entered the rooms on January 16, 2020. His oldest daughter, 5 at the time, was emotionally detaching. Eric was having visions of living his fantasies vicariously through her. These became the founding ideas upon which his first step was built and why he finds the 5th step so important to recovery. Eric’s current mission is to practice these principles in all his affairs and to teach his family to practice them as well.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. For the 12 week period that we started on March 4, 2022 through May 20th, 2022, we are focusing on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. Our speaker today will share for 20-25 minutes on his experience with Step 5, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of him for another 20-25 minutes. To get weekly invitations to join us, please go to www.reco12.com/join-us and submit your email address there to get the reminders and links.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 95.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Cameron F - Step 4 - Meeting 94

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Step 4 reads: "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."
Cameron F has been a member of Cocaine Anonymous since November 21, 2003. As a Big Book Sponsor, he has worked with all kinds of addicts from around the world. He facilitates a Twelve Steps in four hours workshop and has carried the Twelve Step message of recovery to well over 2200 suffering addicts over the past 17 years. His recovery message, "It only takes a day to learn the Twelve Step program and the rest of your life to practice it.” He is currently the archivist for the Southern Ontario Area of Cocaine Anonymous and the Archive Chair for C.A. World Services out of Los Angeles, California.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. For the 12 week period from March 4, 2022 through May 20th, 2022, we will be focusing on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 94.

Resources from this meeting:
12Steps4Hours.org
BigBookSponsorship
Cocaine Anonymous
Codependents Anonymous
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Al-Anon
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
The Shack (movie)
The Shack (book)
Big Book AA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Harvey E - Step 3 - Meeting 93

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0700

Harvey E in Toronto is a 67 year old Orthodox Jew, who, together with his wife, Sharon, have five married children and 19 grandchildren. He joined SA in January 7th, 2014, on the recommendation of his new therapist. At the time, his marriage of 36 years was in serious trouble, he had recently been arrested for acting out behaviors going back 40 years, and he was suffering unbearable shame, shunned by his community and many of his family members. This week he celebrates 3000 consecutive days of sobriety as well as years in recovery from sex addiction. Harvey has embraced a mission of sharing his experience, strength and hope with others, and has spoken around the world both in person and on phone and zoom platforms. Today he is excited to share on Step 3.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. For the 12 week period from March 4, 2022 through May 20th, 2022, we will be focusing on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. Our speaker today will share for 20-25 minutes on her experience with Step 2, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of him for another 20-25 minutes. To get weekly invitations to join us, please go to www.reco12.com/join-us and submit your email address there to get the reminders and links.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 93.

Resources Mentioned in Today's Meeting:
Sexaholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
AA Comes of Age (book)
Poem: My Cup Has Overflowed by John Paul Moore

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Sarvy P - Step 2 - Meeting 92

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Step 2 is: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity”. Sarvy P came in through the back doors of SLAA to discover she had a debilitating addiction to marijuana. A mother of two small children, she could not afford to lose a single thing more. By God’s grace, she woke up. From Iran to Toronto to California, the immigrant experience is interwoven into her journey as an addict. Sarvy has ventured from disconnection and denial to alignment and awakening. Her story is about somebody who had a sudden and profound spiritual experience, and through staying in the work, has been enabled to continue to allow big doses of God into her life.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. For the 12 week period from March 4, 2022 through May 20th, 2022, we will be focusing on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. Our speaker today will share for 20-25 minutes on her experience with Step 2, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of her for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 92.

Resources from this meeting:
Marijuana Anonymous
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Robert P - Step 1 - Meeting 91

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Robert first came to Recovery through the back doors of Gamblers Anonymous in December 1985. Trying to overcome his gambling disorder Robert quickly learned that he had more than a gambling problem. As his life would begin to deteriorate around him, Robert finally went into treatment on February 9 of 1986 in Las Vegas Nevada. When Robert arrived he was addicted to alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling, compulsive over eating and bulimia. Robert would stay sober for 71 days and then his lack of honesty resulted in a relapse. Robert returned to Alcoholics Anonymous April 25 of 1986 and has been clean and sober ever since. Robert runs a website called recoveryguy.org and is on most all social media channels. Robert publishes a blog every Thursday and a fresh podcast every Tuesday. Robert is committed to the 12 steps of recovery, a loving God, an active sponsor relationship and serving others. Robert believes that if you were willing to work a program that works - you can get well. Robert will celebrate 36 years of personal recovery this April and his mission in life is to stay sober and help raise a new generation of recovered people.

Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (insert your addiction here) – that our lives had become unmanageable.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. For the next 12 weeks, we will be focusing on each of the 12 Steps of Recovery. Our speaker today share for 20-25 minutes on his experience with Step 1, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of him for another 20-25 minutes.

Resources from this meeting:
Recoveryguy.org
Recovery Guy Podcast
Gamblers Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous
Father Martin You Tube Step 1

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 91.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Nanci B - Abstinence: No Matter What - Meeting 90

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Here is a little about Nancy in her own words. "I was taken to my first meeting of OA January 28, 1975 at Beverly Hills High School more than 45 years Ago. At that time I weighed approximately 300lbs. I was trying to separate from a man who was beating me up on a daily basis, now called a battered wife. I had a seven an 9 year old totally out of control from neglect. I had smuggled dope across border with Heroin Addicts to have friends. I thought if I helped them, I could have a friend. I was arrested and taken to jail.
I was a fat kid and fat my entire life. Spent a decade on drugs given to me by top physicians in order to lose weight. My parents had me institutionalized. They mortgaged their home but I still got bigger. I now am a woman who has dignity. I put in my mouth what nurtures me and only have friends that are kind to me. They say beyond your wildest dreams.
I had no dreams. This disease took them all away so how do I live now? ….free of shame and resentment and anger it is called happy, joyous, and free." Nancy is also active in AA and a member of alanon, aca, coda, and emotional health anonymous. I am a world service delegate and regional delegate and served on the local intergroup board and active in aa hospitals and institutions and worked as an addiction counselor.
Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Resources from this meeting:
Overeaters Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Adult Children of Alcoholics
CODA
Narcotics Anonymous
Gamblers Anonyous
Fat is a Family Affair (book)
Sugar Blues (book)
Nanci's Prayer that she shared:
Happy Moments Praise God
Difficult Moments Seek God
Quiet Moments. Worship God
Painful Moments. Trust God
Every Moment. THANK GOD
If you wish to contact Nanci, her email is: nancigo@yahoo.com

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Cheryl S - Humiliation to Humility: Phase II Recovery - Meeting 89

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Here is a little about Cheryl. She often says, "Slowbriety" – She is 26 years in recovery. Her great dependency on human aid was killing her; it took on the form of para-alcoholism / codependency. She made it to Al-anon and after many years there went onto several other 12 step fellowships – Overeaters Anonymous and Food addicts Anonymous, and Debtors Anonymous. These fellowships helped, however she had lots of information with very little transformation. After reading an article published by Bill W. in 1958 called “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety” -- She arrived at the door of Adult Children of Alcoholics. This is where her life started to take on new meaning. she can honestly say that she is coming to – a state of consciousness, awakened spiritually. Step 2 –is not that I am crazy or insane rather the Latin term Sanitey = the condition of having a healthy mind.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. They share for 20-25 minutes on that topic, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of that speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 89.

Resources from this episode:
Al-Anon
Overeaters Anonymous
FA
Debtors Anonymous
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Spiritual Gangsters link to meetings
Big Book Sponsorship
Big Red Book of ACA
CODA
SLAA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Cathy M - Keep Coming Back No Matter What - Meeting 88

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Cathy M is 65 and retired She lives in Shreveport, LA. She has degrees in Psychology and Nursing,and was a commercial airline pilot for a major airline with her husband. Cathy has 26 yrs sobriety in AA, 17 years abstinence with food, 6 yrs in Al Anon, and 1.5 yrs in Emotional Sobriety meetings. She has been in OA 47 yrs, AA 44 yrs. She is married with 2 Stepchildren and 2 Granddaughters. And she tells me that This is the happiest time of her life and that she is very grateful and feels very blessed.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. They share for 20-25 minutes on that topic, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of that speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 88.

Resources from this episode:
To contact Cathy M you may email her at cmclelland@comcast.net
Two Way Prayer
Alcoholics Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous
Al-Anon
Emotional Sobriety Meetings
Toastmasters
12 Essential Insights to Emotional Sobriety
12 Smart Things
Who Calls Me Beautiful
Kristen Neff

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Cristine P - Ladder of Love: Raising Frequency Through Recovery - Meeting 87

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Cristine Price recently celebrated 33 years of recovery. Cristine has a professional background as a licensed therapist, substance abuse professional and specializes in holistic mental health. She has authored books and created training programs to facilitate frequency shifts, like those she has experienced, as a blueprint for others. She has also crafted her story of transformation into a fictional series, which she plans to launch this year.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. They share for 20-25 minutes on that topic, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of that speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Resources from this meeting:

Spiritual Progression in the Last Days - Blaine M. Yorgason
Stage II Recovery: Live Beyond Addiction - Earnie Larsen
Al-Anon
CristinePrice.com You can get a free ebook here called 4 Bodies: 4 Medicines that goes into detail on Emotional Freedom Technique, Meditation, and other healing principles.
For those who want more information on what Cristine shared, she invites you to email her at hhwholeness@gmail.com and put "RECO12" in the subject line.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Damon W - Be A Coffee Bean - Meeting 86

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:00:00 -0800

This is a replay of a previous meeting, meeting 21, with Damon W. Sentenced to sixty-five years in a Texas prison, Damon once had it all. At 20 years old, he was a Division 1 starting quarterback, after a career-ending injury, Damon was by all outside appearances, very successful. It all came crashing down when he turned to hard core drugs to cope with disappointments of life. After a fateful discussion during his incarceration with a seasoned convict, Damon had a spiritual awakening. He learned a lesson about a single coffee bean that changed his whole perspective. Armed with a program of recovery, a renewed faith, and a miraculous second chance at life, Damon emerged from over seven years of prison a changed man. His story of redemption, grit and determination continues to inspire many today, and I know it will inspire you.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many, many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. They share for 20-25 minutes on that topic, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of that speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 86.

Resources from this meeting:
Damon West Website
The Coffee Bean Book
NA
Alcoholics Anonymous
Damon West Books

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Dara L - Two Step Ones Before One Step Two - Meeting 85

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Dara L is a recovered anorexic, bulimic, compulsive overeater, sex and love addict and a grateful member of OA and SLAA. She has hit many spectacular bottoms in her lifetime and has finally found recovery through surrendering all aspects of her addictions. Her story offers a powerful example of how not all addicts are served by treating their addictions in the order that they kill you. In her case, it was treating two addictions simultaneously that enabled her to discover the unconditional love of a Higher Power.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many, many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

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Resources from this meeting:
Overeaters Anonymous
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Eric H - God With Skin On - Meeting 84

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Guest Intro and Bio in Eric’s own words: Today I celebrate my 2 year sobriety birthday! I’ve been a Sexaholic forever, and finally, two years ago, I was finally ready to admit to myself that my life was a mess. My addiction was taking over all aspects of my life and I saw a vision of everything I claimed to care about slipping away. I came into SA on the heels of an emotional affair that ended in 2019. I truly thought at the time that I was going to have to suffer with this affliction for the rest of my life. SA and my HP saved my life. The thing I craved most and never got as a child was emotional connections. I’ve found the Real Connection here in the rooms of SA and it’s given me the tools to use to make those connections in all aspects of my life.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many, many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few. Each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. They share for 20-25 minutes on that topic, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of that speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 84.

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Resources referenced:
Sexaholics Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the express permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Andrew and Sara - Sexaholic Nuts and Bolts of a Healthy Relationship - Meeting 83

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Andrew: is a 47 year old recovering sexoholic, sober for 6 years. He joined the SA fellowship 11 years ago. He does his step work and has a sponsor and a few sponsees in SA. He has also worked the steps in CODA. He is clean from drugs for 23 years but has never joined a drug fellowship. Recently he started to do part-time work as an addiction therapist in a small clinic that specializes in sex addiction. In recovery he found God and God's guidance. Thanks to His grace he has been married for 2 years to his lovely wife Sara who he first met in SA. This last year in July, their baby girl was born and right now he is living the life he had never expected to be possible.

Sara: is a 30 year old recovering sex addict, sober from lust thanks to God's grace for 4.5 years. She has worked the 12 step program with a sponsor and served as a sponsor to other female sex addicts in her fellowship. Since she is married to another recovering sex addict is a part of the S-Anon fellowship which helps her to address the patterns of codependency and heal from them as well. When she first joined the SA fellowship she was a broken woman. She felt like her life was over. She reached my lowest low and didn't expect there was any decent life possible after that. But God in His goodness made her recover rapidly and soon after, gave her a wonderful husband and best friend- Andrew. They have their highs and lows but mutual faith and the 12 steps principles keep them close and make their marriage flourish.

The Reco12 project which is an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 83.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Reco12 is now on YouTube! To listen there, and to subscribe to the brand new channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg or search “Reco12” on YouTube.

Resources:
Sexaholics Anonymous

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Nikki M - God Creating the Fellowship You Crave - Meeting 82

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Nikki is one of the founding members of the Wednesday Night SLAA Big Book Meeting and the Spiritual Gangsters groups. Her program of recovery began by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps and the fellowships of CA, AL-ANON and SLAA. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the Big Book's Twelve Steps and Traditions - as a program of daily living. Awakened to the spirituality of life, Nikki has been empowered to rise up from the bottomless depths of despair, hopelessness, and futility. Today, she carries the message to countless rooms, sponsors both men and women and has the awareness that her life depends on working this program of action, every day. Lifted by the Grace of God and propelled by the Power of Twelve Steps, Nikki works a rigorously honest program and enjoys freedom from the bondage of self, a full and grateful heart, and a spirit filled with hopes, dreams and possibilities.

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many, many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

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References and Resources from this meeting:
Big Book Sponsorship (Condensed 164 pages of the Big Book)
Spiritual Gangsters Big Book Meetings
SLAA Toronto
Al-anon
Cocaine Anonymous
Big Book of AA
To connect with Nikki M, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and I can connect you with her.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Justin B - I Played My Best for Him - Meeting 81

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:00:00 -0800

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. Speakers from our past meetings have represented many, many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.

Typically, each Friday at noon central time, we hold a live, lunch-hour speaker meeting with a recovering addict from anywhere on Earth, pertaining to any or no faith tradition, and with any background, who shares their experience, strength, and hope on a specified recovery topic of their choice. They share for 20-25 minutes on that topic, and then the live audience gets the opportunity to ask questions of that speaker for another 20-25 minutes.

For a few reasons, among which that today is Christmas Eve, I am pre-recording this week’s meeting and releasing it only as a podcast. But we will be back with a live meeting next Friday, on New Year’s Eve with our most listened-to guest speaker, Nikki M, who will close out 2021 and launch us off into 2022 with the topic of “God Creating the Fellowship You Crave”. If you haven’t heard her previous 2 meetings, I would highly suggest you go and tap into her energy, love, and light. Her Higher Power has definitely lit a fire with her and she is always happy to share that fire with others.

If you, or someone in your fellowship is passionate about one of the Steps and just seems to share and share about a particular step and the power of that step in your life, please consider reaching out to me at reco12pod@gmail.com and we will discuss it and get it scheduled. I would also like to do a few other targeted multi-week series based on the 12 traditions, specific tenets, sayings or clichés, or other recovery principles.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 81.

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David G - Brought To Where We Stood - Meeting 80

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0800

David G from Oklahoma: He is a Sober member of AA since 08-08-1994 having had a life changing spiritual experience in 1995 as a result of the 12 steps as outlined in our Big Book, he learned that he had no idea how grow & develop with it. He soon found that yesterday’s miracle wasn’t sufficient for today! Other things begin to compete for that experience & they won out. In 2019 he reached an emotional bottom in sobriety. He learned that he suffered from a spiritual illness brought by a human condition. self. He was freed in 2019 & has walked emotionally free ever since! His quote that this talk is based on is found on page 53 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, 'Had we not been brought to where we stood by a certain kind of faith?'

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 80.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Reco12 is now on YouTube! To listen there, and to subscribe to the brand new channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg or search “Reco12” on YouTube.

Resources from this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous
Joe and Charlie
Big Book AA

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Leonie T - A New Way of Living - Meeting 79

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Guest Intro and Bio for Leonie T: She joined Alcoholics Anonymous and a 12 step food fellowship in August 1980. Sobriety commenced for her in November of that year and she lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions. If you choose to contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 79.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Reco12 is now on YouTube! To listen there, and to subscribe to the brand new channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg or search “Reco12” on YouTube.

Resources mentioned in this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Addictive Eaters Anonymous

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Tony S - How Addiction Swapped in Recovery - Meeting 78

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Tony S from New Zealand in his own words: I came into Alcoholics Anonymous in a very dark state in 1989, and while I was grateful when the craving to drink and drug was removed by a power greater than me, the obsession to eat I'd been battling all my life got more powerful by the day. I continued to eat addictively, and, as a result, didn't experience the freedoms of AA's promises. (Sponsoring myself for eight years didn't help!). In a Paris hotel in 2002, after a deeply shameful episode, I finally accepted I was as powerless over food as I was over alcohol, and that I must seek help from sober members following the principles now practised by Addictive Eaters Anonymous (AEA). Since getting a real sponsor and starting to work the Steps, I haven't had to eat addictively or use any mind-altering substance and my life continues to get better day by day.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions. If you choose to contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 78.

To join our private Facebook group to ask and answer questions there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291099645261990

Reco12 is now on YouTube! To listen there, and to subscribe to the brand new channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg or search “Reco12” on YouTube.

Resources mentioned in this meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Addictive Eaters Anonymous (AEA)

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Tanya D - The Root of My Affliction - Meeting 77

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Today’s speaker, Tanya D, is in Germany. Tanya has experience with OA, UA, DA/BDA, SLAA, CODA, NA, SLAA & Al-Anon. She's been 14 years in recovery & wishes to share her experience, strength, & hope with the desire of relieving suffering in the world. She also wishes to break stigmas & taboos, speaking up more about these subjects and her own experiences in the recovery journey. She currently lives in the Black Forest region of Germany with her son.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is now on YouTube! To listen there, and to subscribe to the brand new channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg or search “Reco12” on YouTube.

Resources from this meeting:
Al-anon
CODA
SLAA
DA
Big Book Sponsorship
Big Book of AA
To get involved with Prison Angels, email here: spiritualgangstersoutreach@gmail.com

“Through the Prison Angels program, Spiritual Gangsters extends our fellowship to incarcerated addicts, sharing our experience, strength and hope found through the 12 steps of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. We invite our incarcerated members to send shares that we read aloud during our meetings and recover shoulder to shoulder, inside and outside.”

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Jared K - Gaining Independence While Working the Steps - Meeting 76

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0800

In Jared’s own words: I have been sober for over 4 years mostly due to the hard work and higher power. I have reached a point in my sobriety that allows me to socialize like a "normal" person. Constant self awareness and the ability to go to that safe space in your heart/mind at will is very important.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is now on YouTube! To listen there, and to subscribe to the brand new channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg or search “Reco12” on YouTube.

Resources referenced in this meeting:
Sexaholics Anonymous
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
SLAA Book with purple stripes

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Dennis T - Made a Beginning - Meeting 75

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Dennis T in Alaska is our speaker today. He has been sober and in recovery since July 29th 2014. He finally found freedom from sexaholism, drug addiction, gaming addiction, and pain pills only to discover that it was Self that had defeated him. These other addictions were only symptoms. He had to quit playing God!

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is now on YouTube! To listen there, and to subscribe to the brand new channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHToLwCJhBB1Qqs10Ontzg or search “Reco12” on YouTube.

Resources mentioned in this meeting:
Sexaholics Anonymous
Al-Anon

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3RIjKXs This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Pamela G - Going Deeper in Challenging Times - Meeting 74

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0700

In Pamela’s own words: I came into AEA and AA broken in 2008, my life wasn’t working anymore! I felt like a big fat oversized childish oaf. Totally dependent of other people’s opinions of me. I was so relieved when my sponsor offered me a complete change of my life and thinking if only I was able to go to any length to get it! I said yes and I’ve found life get’s better and better with this new Way of Life; despite outside circumstances!

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Ryan L - Honest Self Amends - Meeting 73

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0700

If asked about Ryan L's most prominent character trait growing up, his family would likely cite his need to be right. This trait caused him to inwardly (and sometimes outwardly) push his family members aside at the cost of the loving connections that he needed as a sensitive kid. Through his parents' attempts at sexual education, Ryan learned that sex was supposed to be a loving, connecting thing – never mind that it was only supposed to be used in marriage. At 8 years old, he discovered masturbation and then at 14 he discovered pornography and used them to avoid having to admit that he was wrong. His "inner child" never had a chance to grow up because he couldn't admit his mistake or accept his family members in their imperfections. Instead, he hid that boy away behind walls of half-truths, outright lies, and secrecy. Resentment became a way of life and it only progressed with the practice of sexual addiction. However, while watching his brother's change from the darkness of his own addictions to light, Ryan saw something that he wanted: real change and light. Ryan began working the 12 steps of recovery with ARPSupport sponsorship and SAL groups. One of the most powerful experiences he has had in the last 2+ years of recovery was the amends he made and still works on today to God and to himself.

If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Have I been honest with you today?
Where did I try to pause and listen to you today?
How have I shown you love today?
How have I shown you your worth today?
What have I worked towards today?
What did your emotional sides try to tell you today?
How have I accepted and supported the little boy today?
What did I try to run from today?

Sitting in a Rowboat Throwing Marbles at a Battleship
SAL12Step
ARP
ARPSupport
Sexaholics Anonymous and the White Book

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Lydz G - Where's the Power in the Low Spots? - Meeting 72

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Lydz G has been in medical treatment for their eating disorder on and off for the last 12 years, and began their journey in 12 step a year ago through the rooms of Al Anon, after the bad break up of their first open, long term lesbian relationship. The big book says "we addicts are extremists" and Lydz is no exception - they went to three zoom meetings a day seeking experience, strength, and hope after being given their first conception of God in recovery- the Gift Of Desperation.
Their obsessive mind was put to use immediately in service, where they helped organize a worldwide recovery marathon for BIPOC (Black + Indigenous People of Color), therefore serving the second Power Greater Than Themself: Cultural Resilience. There they found their sponsor and began their journey in the steps through Big Book recovery. They identify today as a multidisciplinary addict.
Today, they talk about a Higher Power in the form of astrology, tarot, culture, tradition, community, Source, Spirit of the Universe, and Mother Earth, and how to genuinely seek our own concept of God when there are certain trials and low spots ahead. God is meant to be experienced and not understood, but Lydz understands so far that their Creator fills their life with jokes and lessons.
Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.
Another way to help us work our 12th step is to consider donating to Reco12. We are a self-supporting service. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 72.

Resources from this meeting:
Native 3rd Step Prayer

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Father Bill W - Imagination in Step 11 and Two Way Prayer - Meeting 71

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Father Bill W. is a retired Episcopal priest continuously sober and active in 12-Step recovery since 1972. He has worked in the addiction treatment field most of his adult life and was the Director of several nationally recognized treatment centers. For nearly 30 years now, he has researched and promoted the practice of Two Way Prayer through workshops, podcasts, and numerous articles and studies recently published in two major journals. He was awarded the Johnson Institute’s Wheelock Whitney Award “for advancing the understanding of faith and science in addiction recovery.” Father Bill’s podcasts are listed under his name FATHER BILL W. and his website is titled TWO WAY PRAYER.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 71.

Resources Referenced:
YouTube Link to Ignatian Contemplation
Alcoholics Anonymous
All Addicts Anonymous
TwoWayPrayer.org/books
Father Bill W Podcast on Two Way Prayer and the History of Alcoholics Anonymous
Brave Like Brooke
Journey Through Life Podcast with Brooke Ellefsen
Donations/Swag Purchase for Brooke

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Adeline G - Playing the Blame Game - Meeting 70

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Adeline G in her own words: I entered program 12 years ago as an Adult Child in ACA, then migrated through the fellowships in the following order: Al-Anon, CoDA, NA, CMA, SLAA, then finally AA (last house).I actively work the Al-Anon, SLAA, and AA program. Al-Anon is the software I run in all my programs but AA is where I got my recovery and SLAA is my core addiction. I’m best known for my analogies and acronyms.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Resources Mentioned in Today's Meeting:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Two Way Prayer Workshop for Saturday, October 9th, 2021 at 10:00 am central time:
Saturday 10:00am -12:30pm
Central Time (Chicago)
Oct. 9th & Dec 11, 2021
Zoom ID: 851 9308 4852
Password: 474 201
TwoWayPrayer.org
TwoWayPrayer@gmail.com

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Cameron F - Why Did I Relapse? - Meeting 69

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Cameron F has been a member of Cocaine Anonymous since November 21, 2003. As a Big Book Sponsor, he has worked with all kinds addicts from around the world. He facilitates a Twelve Steps in Four Hours workshop monthly (link) and has carried the Twelve Step message of recovery to well over 5000 suffering addicts over the past 17 years. His recovery message, "It only takes a day to learn the Twelve Step program and the rest of your life to practice it.” He is currently the archivist for the Southern Ontario Area of Cocaine Anonymous and the Archive Chair for C.A. World Services out of Los Angeles, California.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Michael S - Emotional Sobriety - Meeting 68

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Michael has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the last 8 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. He has been practings as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 20 years. He and his family live in the Southwestern Suburbs of Chicago.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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References from today's meeting:
Podcast: MY BLUEPRINT: Struggle Towards Emotional Sobriety
Silently Seduced by Kenneth Adams
Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody
Other books by Pia Mellody
12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety by Dr. Allen Berger
When Misery is Company by Anne Katherine
Alcoholics Anonymous
SLAA
CODA
Self Sabotage and Misery Anonymous
The Meadows
To connect with Michael S offline, please email me at reco12pod@gmail.com and I will connect you.

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Ariel O'N - Staying in the Middle of AA - Meeting 67

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Ariel O’N is a grateful recovering alcoholic in Ontario, Canada. As a 39 year old woman and single mom coming into AA, she had a lot of shame, trauma and pre conceived ideas to work through. The program has helped her to weather life’s storms, one day at a time, for more than 7 years without having to change her dry date.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Ellen S - Surrender: Hitting a Second Bottom - Meeting 66

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Ellen S. came across the Big Book rooms nearly 5 years ago, and treated the program as an alternative to therapy. She took from the program what she wanted, and left the rest in the rooms. Because her life began to get better anyway, this worked for a time. Until she had achieved every major goal her “self” from 5 years ago had set out to do, and her anxiety only grew stronger. This was her second bottom. It had to be thoroughly proven to her that she was an addict at heart. She has a body allergy to living life on life's terms. Wealth, relationship, career - all of it can be a “log” if she pursues them selfishly. All are a gift in God's will. BB p 334: an alcoholic cannot both control and enjoy his drinking. She could not both run her life, and enjoy living it too. Even if her actions changed little, her motivations had to align with God's constantly. If she doesn't live in surrender, she can't live at all.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

For those interested, best thing to do is to join one of our meetings, and we’ll provide information on how to join the whatsapp group in the chat there.

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Mike H - Confused at the Grace - Meeting 65

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Mike is a recovering porn addict. He spent 38 years in his addiction, and has been clean now for 14 years. He was raised in Bellevue, WA and Raleigh, NC. Shortly after marrying his wife, Andrea, he moved to the Atlanta, GA area to raise their kids. They have five children and seven grandchildren. He worked for the FAA for 37 years (most of those as an air traffic controller), retiring in 2019.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 65.
Next week, we will be hearing from Ellen S who has been working Big Book recovery since November of 2016 and will be speaking to us on “Hitting a Second Bottom”.

Resources mentioned in this meeting:
ARP: https://addictionrecovery.churchofjesuschrist.org/
He Restoreth My Soul by Donald L. Hilton Jr: https://www.amazon.com/Restoreth-Soul-Donald-Hilton-Jr-ebook/dp/B009WTXC4G/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AVEXR8QAU8G9&dchild=1&keywords=he+restoreth+my+soul+book&qid=1630693335&sprefix=he+restoreth+my+soul+book%2Caps%2C229&sr=8-1
Believing Christ by Stephen E Robinson: https://www.amazon.com/Believing-Christ-Parable-Bicycle-Other/dp/1570089264/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=believing+christ&qid=1630693360&sr=8-1
Warrior Heart Bootcamp: https://wildatheart.org/events/wild-at-heart-boot-camp

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Bianca R - Journey from FIGHT to FLOW - Meeting 64

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Bianca is a gratefully recovered addict of the hopeless variety, LIVING FREE and working with others. In finding the Great Reality deep down within, turning her thinking and actions over the the care and divine timing of Spirit, she continues to be worked by the 12 steps and has commenced shoulder to shoulder our common journey… FROM FIGHT TO FLOW.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Robin R - Perseverance - Meeting 63

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Robin R - In her own words - I started my recovery journey on 8/7/1995 with complete abstinence from all drugs. It is through perseverance that I keep trying to use every recovery tool God hands to me to find abstinence from trigger foods, sex, spending, Codependence, and a variety of other compulsive behaviors. NA is my home program yet I have had amazing freedom recently with SLAA, CODA, 2Way prayer and working the steps from The Twelve Step Program-Big Book Guide. I am honored, blessed and grateful to share my experiences of perseverance in 12step recovery!

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Marcus B - A Family Illness - Meeting 62

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Marcus B from California, 26 years old, in recovery for 3 years since 2018. A multi disciplinary addict, Marcus shares from working the steps in Al-anon and S-anon to SA and SLAA. He shares from a standpoint of being engaged to be wed in recovery to now being a single father co-parent, and dealing with the family illness of sexaholism and alcoholism while recovering from his own sex addiction. His life has changed dramatically in recovery while working an active program of recovery, one day at a time!

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Laurie D - The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory - Meeting 61

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Laurie is grateful to say that when it comes to addiction she pretty much have them all with a few exceptions. She initially got sober in Alcoholics Anonymous in NYC Sept 29th, 2001. About 2 wks after the 911 attacks. AA in downtown NYC was a vibrant scene and she was most grateful to be given a second chance at life. Shortly thereafter it became clear that she had more problems than just alcohol and in 2002 entered Alanon (on her knees), as she was deeply entrenched in an addiction and obsession with a heroine addict she met in AA. From there she would enter Overeaters Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous, Adult Children of Alcoholics Anonymous and Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous. She has learned that there is no finish line in recovery. She has come to know that her various addictive experiences can benefit others. When she makes helping others her primary purpose, miracles happen. She is forever indebted to a loving Higher Power for her life and her recovery.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

References from this meeting:
AA - https://www.aa.org
Al-Anon - https://www.alanon.org
Overeaters Anonymous: https://oa.org/
Debtors Anonymous: https://debtorsanonymous.org/
ACOA: https://adultchildren.org/
SLAA - http://slaa-ontario.org/

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Tamar O - Getting the Life I Never Knew I Wanted - Meeting 60

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0700

Tamar is a grateful member of Al-anon, SLAA, and CODA and has been actively working the 12 steps through the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Coming from a hopeless state of mind, Tamar gained a new joyous outlook on life through step work, every single day. She came to understand the meaning of serenity, happiness, and emotional freedom, which were previously foreign. Tamar is passionate about sponsorship and uses her past as a tool to build awareness, serenity, self-love and connection to a Higher Power.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, typically each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. This week, and a few other weeks during this summer, we are pre-recording the meeting as I will be on the road during those Fridays. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 60.

References from this meeting:
Al-Anon Open Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82202974003?pwd=WXg2TzJpTjZHMFNCelBJVnJiMTZNQT09
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82202974003?pwd=WXg2TzJpTjZHMFNCelBJVnJiMTZNQT09
SLAA: http://slaatoronto.org/
CODA: https://coda.org/find-a-meeting/online-meetings/

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Michael Brody-Waite - Benefits of Living Like a Drug Addict - Meeting 59

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0700

At the age of twenty-three, Michael Brody-Waite was a full-blown drug addict. Every day he drank a fifth of vodka and a twelve pack of beer, he smoked two packs of cigarettes and more weed than any human should, and he did whatever other drugs he could get his hands on. He had been kicked out of college, fired from his job, and evicted from his apartment. He had no money and no home, was throwing up blood, and believed he would be dead before his thirtieth birthday.
Then, on September 1, 2002, after running out of options and fearing death, he checked into rehab, entered recovery, and has been transforming himself every day since.
Today, Michael is on a mission to teach individuals, organizations, and communities how to lead themselves by living mask-free. In his personal time, he is focused on being the best husband, father, and recovering addict he can be.

Welcome to Reco12. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 59.

References in this meeting:
Michael talked about some Step 10 questions and a Step 7/Surrender Worksheet. He has shared these with Reco12 and if you would like them sent to you, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and request them. I will get them back to you.
Michael's Book: https://greatleaderbook.com/
Mask Free Program: https://michaelbrodywaite.com/login/

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Nick P - The Missing Piece of Recovery - Meeting 58

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Nick P is an educated, agnostic professional who wanted to fit in culturally and professionally by drinking, drugs, and sex. When he tried to stop on his own, he learned just how powerless and unmanageable his life had become. He resorted to self-education and self-knowledge to quit and that did not work. He finally turned to rehab and the found the 12 Steps of Recovery there. He will be sharing about the missing piece of his recovery.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Kevin M - Slow the Game Down - Meeting 57

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0700

Kevin M is known as the Dean of Arizona High School sports, hosting the #1 rated weekly radio program....this after a 40 year career as a sports broadcaster that included 10 years working the sidelines for the NFL on FOX.
As a personal aside, I grew up in Arizona in the 80’s and 90’s and Kevin was a staple in my sports life in the Valley from my youth and young adulthood. I am excited to hear his story.And, one day at a time, he will be celebrating his sobriety by picking up his 6 year chip on July 11th.....its Kevin M.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Mary H - Freedom of Recovery - Episode 56

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Mary H is a grateful recovering addict living in Murffreesboro, Tennessee. She is a multidisciplinary addict and work NA/AA/SLAA. She has been clean and sober for almost 6 years and finds joy in her life through recovery, friends, family, and her fur babies. She never thought she would be where she is at 42 but is grateful to be alive and hopeful for her future.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Justin B - Small g vs. Capital G God - Meeting 55

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Today's episode went completely unexpected. Our scheduled guest speaker was unable to join us live so I was persuaded by the live audience to "take the mic" and give a little of my own experience, strength and hope. While impromptu, I am grateful for that opportunity and hope that it was and will be helpful to someone out there.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Resources mentioned in this meeting:
SAL - https://www.sal12step.org
Step Into Action - https://www.sexaholics.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=97
Two Way Prayer - https://www.twowayprayer.org
Journey Through Life Podcast: https://www.jtlpod.com/episodes

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Mike C - Urgency is the Enemy of Recovery - Meeting 54

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Mike C has been sexually sober in SA for 37 years. His home group is in Chicago where he resides with his wife of, not coincidentally, 37 years. He has been speaking about recovery for many 24 hours. Mike is also sober over 40 years in Alcoholics Anonymous.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Brock Bevell - Recovery is Hard - So Is Addiction - Meeting 53

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:00:00 -0700

Brock is the host of the Chase the Vase Podcast, a podcast targeted a first respoders and people in uniform to inform about addiction and to hear the stories of those who have lived in and risen above addiction and other traumas induced in uniform. He is also the co-host of the Agents of Recovery Podcast where he and 2 other studs talk their own experience strength and hope and offer energy and hope for other addicts out there suffering. Brock is a medically retired police officer turned opioid addict. The pills tried to take his life. For a time, they took his honor and his moral compass. Today, he stands as a beacon of hope for all those struggling. It will be done and we will do it!

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Naiika - A Multidisciplinary Addict - Meeting 52

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0700

This is one of the best meetings yet. You will LOVE Naiika!
Naiika is a multidisciplinary addict in NY. She will be sharing her experience, strength and hope of thriving and prospering in multiple fellowships. What’s her secret? Hint: it’s found on pg 53 in the AA Big Book.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Resources Mentioned In the Meeting:

Big Book Sponsorship: https://bigbooksponsorship.org/
SLAA Toronto: https://slaatoronto.org/
Debtors Anonymous: https://debtorsanonymous.org/

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Arlina A - Making New Sober Friends - Meeting 51

Fri, 28 May 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Arlina A is sober since 4/23/97 from drugs and alcohol. Married since 97 to a sober spouse, two amazing boys and an english bulldog called Teddy. We are from San Jose, CA but now live in the Boise, ID area. Arlina is also the host of the long-running recovery podcast called "One Day At A Time Recovery Podcast with Arlina Allen" Link to it here: https://odaatchat.com/

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Jackie C - Dynamic Recovery - Meeting 50

Fri, 21 May 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Jackie C is from New England. She is a Sex Love Addict and Anorexic Growing in Recovery, one day at a time. Jackie’s been in the 12 step experience since the 1990s, finding herself and finding her God/HP in CoDA, Al-Anon, SCA, DA, BDA and SLAA. For the past 5.5 years SLAA has been her 12 step community. The past 8 months or so, her delving into the Big Book of AA as an overall compulsive problem thinker has hugely influenced her present recovery and experience.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 50. We are grateful you are here celebrating with us and for helping us work our step 12 by sharing Reco12 with your recovery networks and also rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you are listening.

References from today's speaker:
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA): https://slaafws.org/
Two Way Prayer: https://www.twowayprayer.org/
Big Book Sponsorship: https://bigbooksponsorship.org/

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Kelly T - From Chronic Despair to Hope - Meeting 49

Fri, 14 May 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Kelly T is a recovering addict and alcoholic who spent more than 27 years cross-addicted to drugs, alcohol, and food. At the worst of her addictions she lost her children, ended up homeless and supported her heroin and meth habit with prostitution. Thanks to her Higher Power, 12-step recovery, and the fellowship of the rooms she has been given a new life and has been sober for over 4 years.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Fellowships mentioned:

Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org
Food Addicts Anonymous: https://www.foodaddicts.org/
Addiction Recovery Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: https://addictionrecovery.churchofjesuschrist.org/

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Heather and Justin Shoot the Breeze - Meeting 48

Fri, 07 May 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Our scheduled guest speaker for today was unable to join us live and so Heather (a previous guest from meeting #17 - "Finding God Through My Husband's Addiction) and Justin took a few minutes to just discuss some of the things on our minds today as they relate to addiction and recovery. We hope you enjoy this little conversation.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Leila J - First of All We Had to Stop Playing God - Meeting 47

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0700

Leila is gratefully thriving and prospering in all of her fellowships. It is through rigorously working the 12 steps that she has found peace, serenity and joy in her life today. The 12 steps have given Leila the community, solution and recipe for living that she never knew she always needed. She has started two SLAA meetings which combined have over 300 joining participants every week. She is passionate about being of service and works this program as seriously as she worked her addiction(s)...!

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Would love to see you all !

FRIDAYS: Take Away My Difficulties Q&A
7:00PM PST
Format: Big Book SLAA, all genders. 60 mins!

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Cece’s Prayer (a take on the 11th step) found during treatment in 1985

Lord God,

Make me an instrument of Your healing:

When I am weak and in pain, help me to rest;

When I am anxious, help me to wait;

When I am fearful, help me to trust;

when I am lonely, help me to love;

When I place You apart from me,

Help me to know You are near.

Healing God, grant me no so much to demand

Everything from myself as to let others help me;

Nor to expect others to cure me

as to do my own part toward getting better.

Grant me not so much to seek escape,

as to face myself and learn the depths

of Your love. For it is in being uncertain

and not in control, that we find true faith,

in knowing the limits of mind and body

that we find wholeness of spirit, and in

passing through death that we find life

that lasts forever.

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Faith A - Growth During Transitional Phases - Meeting 46

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0700

Faith A. has been sober since June 25, 2013. Her main fellowship is AA, though she has dipped her toe in ITAA (Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous). Her recovery is based on a 12-step program that requires daily maintenance, which involves-- at minimum-- daily prayer and meditation, pausing and watching for character defects, correcting when necessary, and working with others.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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John S - Cut the Junk and Do the Work - Episode 45

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0700

John S is a recovering alcoholic with over 5 years sobriety. He co-hosts a weekly podcast with his best friend and long-time drinking buddy Jerry W. called A is for Alcoholic. Their hope is that in discussing their short comings and failings other might not have to make the same mistakes.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping us working our Step 12 in this manner. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 45.

Things referenced in this podcast by John S:

Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org
Mishka Shubaly: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Run-Other-True-Stories/dp/B00VU3FMVS
A is for Alcoholic: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-is-for-alcoholic/id1408870161

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Robert Pardon - Wisdom in the Order of the 12 Steps - Meeting 44

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Robert Pardon is the Recovery Guy, and you can learn more about him at recoveryguy.org or on his podcast called Recovery Guy. Robert holds a degree in alcohol and drug studies and has been clean and sober since April 25, 1986. Robert spends the majority of his time assisting others in their pursuit of wellness.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your support. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 44.

Some of the things referenced by Robert, or that he is a part of:
Alcoholics Anonymous: https://aa.org
Gamblers Anonymous: https://gamblersanonymous.org
Recovery Guy: https://recoveryguy.org/
Sober Curator: https://thesobercurator.com/

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Jeremy R - Capital C-Connection - Meeting 43

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Our guest speaker is Jeremy R, whose topic is “There must by a Capital C-Connection”. Here is a little about our guest in his own words: I am Jeremy R I am a son of God, a husband, a father and I am addicted to sex and lust. I have been clean since Feb 10 of 2020 only by the power of my Heavenly Father. I believe in the teachings of the gospel as taught by The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints. As such, through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ I feel the peace and joy that only recovery can bring. I have learned over the last year that the most important things in my life are my spiritual well being and my family.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. When we invite them, we ask them to seek guidance from their Higher Power so that when they speak, they can reflect that light and inpire hope, meaning, worth and growth in each of us. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

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Rivkah R - The Spiritual Life is NOT a Theory - Meeting 42

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0700

Rivkah R has been thriving in many fellowships for three years. They have a sponsor, they actively sponsor others, and they're passionate about being of service to their fellow BIPOC and LGBTQ+ fellows in recovery. Their favorite 12 Step joke is "if you're ever struggling, read the first 3 words on page 112 of the Big Book!", which by the way, are “read this book”!

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 42.

That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom. If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

Rivkah mentioned the following fellowships:

SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: https://slaafws.org/
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous): https://aa.org/
CA (Cocaine Anonymous): https://ca.org/
Two Way Prayer Meetings: https://recoveredfrom.com/index.php/two-way-prayer-meeting-resources/

Intro and outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Heston C - HOPE! - Meeting 41

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0700

Today’s guest speaker is Heston C. Here he is, in his own words: My name is Heston & I started using alcohol and drugs at a very young age which continued on for decades. I am now going on 8 years clean and sober and I have a good life. I’m a Realtor as a professional and a father to 6 kids. My life is all based on God, family and serving wherever I can. I have peace. The title and topic of Heston’s talk today is “HOPE”.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom webinar, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations. Quick side note. Reco12 passed 10,000 downloads in 54 countries around the world this last week. And according to ListenNotes.com, Reco12 is in the top 5% of all podcasts worldwide. The growth is really neat to witness. Thank you ALL for the sharing and listening. It’s really cool!

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 41.

Keep Coming Back! It Works IF You Work It! So Work It! YOU ARE WORTH IT!

To find Heston's radio shows, go to https://www.facebook.com/RadioStGeorge and search for "Heston" and you will find lots of those shows.

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Anita O. - God in Meetings vs. Group Therapy - Episode 40

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0800

Anita O has been sober since 1991, actively working recovery in the rooms of AA, SLAA, and COdA. She is Canadian but was living in Los Angeles, where she got sober, for the last 30 years. She moved back to Toronto last summer. Faced with a lot of pain being back, (on all fronts job, health, relationships, family and wreckage of the past). She says that she wanted to die. By the Grace of God she was introduced to a whole new way of looking at the Steps, had another awakening, and now lives to carry the message.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this meeting in recorded podcast form and would like to participate as a live audience member in the future, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 40.

If you find value in Reco12, please take a moment to go to the podcast platform of your choosing and leave a rating and review. Also, please feel free to share a meaningful episode with any in your recovery network that may benefit from it. It helps us work our 12th step by carrying the message of recovery to more addicts who suffer.

References from Anita's Talk:
Big Book Sponsorship: https://www.bigbooksponsorship.org
Alcoholics Anonymous: https://aa.org
Narcotics Anonymous: https://na.org
Codependents Anonymous: https://coda.org
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: https://slaafws.org/

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Justin's Mistake - Meeting 39

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0800

My name is Justin and I am an addict AND I am imperfect. And thanks to my God, the Steps, and the fellowship of other addicts, I am sober, one day at a time, since June 19, 2015, and for that, I am beyond grateful.

Today's speaker meeting with Michael Brody-Waite was FANTASTIC! His topic was "Benefits of Living Life Like a Drug Addict". All who attended were nourished and came away with a little livelier step. As soon as I ended the meeting my heart sank... I realized that I never hit record and that the meeting with Michael was lost to the moment. I got the opportunity to practice the lessons shared by Michael right away. Those lessons/principles were as follows:

1. Practice absolute authenticity
2. Surrender the outcome
3. Do the uncomfortable work

With my error, I got to do these things right away. I hope that we will be able to have another time when Michael can join us and record that discussion as it was really fantastic.

For those not in attendance, I am going to include some links to some of Michael's stuff so you can get to know him a little and support him if you choose.

Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnRKf2CemA

Website: https://michaelbrodywaite.com/

Book: https://greatleaderbook.com/

Thank you for your patience with my imperfection.

Intro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 39.

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Angie and Kevin H - Restoring Intimacy in a Marriage with Addiction - Meeting 38

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Kevin was born on a farm in the Midwest, born into a family of co – dependent’s. Went on to be a military pilot and a successful business man. Married a fixer upper that sent him and his family into a tail spin. In that tail spin and suffering, Kevin found the true meaning of humility and to learn that acceptance is the answer to all of his problems today because absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. He needed to concentrate not so much on what needed to be changed in his family as much as what needed to be changed in him and his attitude. Angie is a sexaholic with nearly 6 years in recovery. Married 33 years. She loves and lives the steps and loves to help others.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. After our speakers finish their talk, we, the live audience have the opportunity to ask questions of them. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations to join in.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting and in the show notes.

If you find value in Reco12, please take a moment to go to the podcast platform of your choosing and leave a rating and review. It helps us work our 12th step by carrying the message of recovery to more addicts who suffer.

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Resources included in episode:
Today’s speakers are Kevin and Angie H. Kevin is a member of S-Anon. To learn more about S-Anon, please go to: https://sanon.org/ . Angie is a member of SA. To learn more about SA, please go to: https://www.sa.org/ . They also discussed Recovering Couples Anonymous: https://recovering-couples.org/
Book referenced: "Married for Life: Inspirations from those married 50 years or more"

Intro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Nikki M - The Big Book Promises Are Real - Meeting 37

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Nikki was the guest speaker in the 7th Reco12 meeting back in July of 2020. Her energy is infectious. Be ready for this one. Nikki brings the power of God in her recovery with her. Nikki is one of the founding members of the Wednesday Night SLAA Big Book Meeting. Her program of recovery began by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps and the fellowships of CA, AL-ANON and SLAA. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the Big Book's Twelve Steps and Traditions - as a program of daily living.

Awakened to the spirituality of life, Nikki has been empowered to rise up from the bottomless depths of despair, hopelessness, and futility. Today, she carries the message to countless rooms, sponsors both men and women and has the awareness that her life depends on working this program of action, every day.

Here is a link to a list of the fellowships we crave: https://bit.ly/2WYbJms

Intro and outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Thomas - Game Changers of Recovery - Meeting 36

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0800

Here is a little background on Thomas, our guest speaker today: Thomas has been married for 20 years, is a father of two amazing children, and a grateful son of God whose life has taken a 180 degree turn since entering recovery from a 30-year sex addiction in March of 2016. Since entering into recovery, his life, marriage, hobbies, service activities, and career have all changed as God molds him into the man God wants him to be. He and his wife created the website destroytheplague.com providing resources dedicated to destroying the plague of pornography. Thomas is a member of two recovery fellowships. He facilitates a recovery meeting of the Addiction Recovery Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and also is a member of SAL. Today, Thomas will share with us the "Game Changers of his Recovery".

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 36.

If you find value in this service, please take a moment to go to the podcast platform of your choosing and leave a rating and review. It helps us work our 12th step by carrying the message of recovery to more addicts who suffer.

Today’s speaker, Thomas, is a member of ARP (Addiction Recovery Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To learn more about ARP, please go to https://addictionrecovery.churchofjesuschrist.org/ as well as SAL (SA-Lifeline). To learn more about SAL, you can go to https://www.sal12step.org

Intro and outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Ruairi O - Surrender - A Therapeutic Practice - Meeting 35

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Guest Intro:

Put on your Irish listening ears and enjoy this amazing share in a cool Northern Ireland accent. Ruairi O in his own words: I got sober in 2001. My first meeting was in the year 2000 at age 20. I'm still active in AA in Northern Ireland. I will be 20 years sober on May 10th, 2021 Surrender and personal transformation is linked to the spirit inherent in the principles of recovery I try to live by. I know I can admit defeat but still haven't surrendered, hence the need for a spiritual awakening. If I don't surrender I'm dead.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 35.

If you find value in this service, please take a moment to go to the podcast platform of your choosing and leave a rating and review. It helps us work our 12th step by carrying the message of recovery to more addicts who suffer.

Next week's meeting will be with Thomas 2.0 and his topic will be "Game Changers of Recovery".

Today’s speaker, Ruairi, is a member of AA. To learn more about Alcoholics Anonymous, please go to https://aa.org/

Intro and outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Jed A - Attachment Rupture and Restoring Secure Attachment - Meeting 34

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0800

Jed A experienced his first exposure to pornography at 9 years old when he was out riding a little motorcycle his dad had purchased for him and his brother. He had stopped to explore an old barn and found some pages someone had stashed away. His entrapment with addiction covers a span of nearly 20 years culminating in finally reaching the point of humility where he admitted that he was an addict and needed help. Throughout two full years of counseling and 12 step work Jed experienced the wonderful healing of the attachment ruptures that had been left in the wake of his addiction. His experience working with a professional counselor who specializes in pornography addiciton lead him to a decision to go into the field and to also specialize. He has been working as a licensed therapist for 10 years now and practices online using HD video conferencing which allows him to work with people all over country and even with some people overseas. Today Jed will be talking about how addiction causes attachment rupture with the self, with God and with the spouse and then how recovery brings an opportunity to restore secure attachment in all of these relationships.

There were 3 pdf's shared in this episode. If you wish to have those sent to you, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and request them and I will get them to you.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is a self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 34.

If you find value in this service, please take a moment to go to the podcast platform of your choosing and leave a rating and review. It helps us work our 12th step by carrying the message of recovery to more addicts who suffer.

SAL12Step.org
https://ldshopeandrecovery.com/

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Yitzy R - I've Recovered, Now What? - Meeting 33

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Yitzy is a sex and love addict who found his recovery in the big book of AA. He spends lots of his time helping people in recovery as well as outside of recovery. He sponsors as many people as he can, as well as being of service to others in many ways. He finds ways to be helpful, by finding people sponsors, meeting information and recovery literature and other resources. He does this in many fellowships and has lots of connections with people in fellowships that he doesn't attend .He studies AA history, of the steps traditions and concepts and has a passion for it. His primary fellowship is sa and he attends other twelve step fellowships that he qualifies for.He has a passion that the solution he found remains as the original – a simple way of working the steps out of the big book in a few hours.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

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David H - The Integrated Life: Embracing the Shadows and Making Peace With Our Shame - Meeting 32

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Here is a little about David H: David is a person who moved to Nashville with two songwriting deals, the author of two books, and now a Certified Professional Recovery Coach in private practice in the Greater Nashville area. Also, the co-host of the Positive Sobriety Podcast, which, by the way, is a fantastic podcast for us addicts. Go and check it out!

David is a part of the St. Augustine’s Episcopal Chapel Recovery Eucharist, The Samson Society, and a couple of private recovery meetings in the Greater Nashville area and is sober since 2005.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is an self-supporting service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 32.

If you have also found value in Reco12, please take a moment to go to your podcast platform and leave a rating and review. It helps us work our 12th step by carrying the message of recovery to more addicts who suffer.

To learn more about David H: https://www.davidhamptoncprc.com/
For the books he has written go to:
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Authentic-Selves-Reflections-Believed/dp/1938499964/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=our+authentic+selves+david+hamption&qid=1610739958&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/After-Miracle-Illusions-Along-Restoration/dp/1683505778/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=after+the+miracle+david+hampton&qid=1610739992&sr=8-1

To listen to the Positive Sobriety Podcast go to: https://positivesobriety.podbean.com/

Intro and outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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David A - Follow Up Q&A - Primary and Secondary Addictions and God - Meeting 31

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:00:00 -0800

This is a follow up to Meeting 30 made necessary due to additional questions that came in after the meeting was nearly over. Some good stuff was expounded upon. If you haven't yet listened to Meeting 30, I highly recommend doing that before listening to this one.

David A in his own words: I came up in solution-oriented AA. I try to use the Big Book as my barometer, in that, whatever I regard as God’s will/ positive action in recovery I try to reconcile with the Big Book. Some are sicker than others. I regard myself as one of the sicker. Not in that my war stories are more extravagant, but in that I have to hold myself to high spiritual standards or I get spiritually sick pretty quick.

This is a unique meeting in that we are doing a follow-up Q and A with our guest speaker from this last Friday’s meeting. At the very end of that meeting, as we needed to close up, he said something that triggered a ton more questions, both from the listening audience, as well as from me. And we just didn’t have time to dig into something that I found very important. So much so, that I felt to ask David if he would be willing to come back to do an additional Q and A. Gratefully he agreed, and here we have it.

For those of you here live, you will notice that the set up is a little different. Typically we do this in a webinar format where the audience is pretty restricted in ability to interact. Today, we chose to do a Zoom meeting where the live audience has more interaction with the speaker and the host. We are only recording the audio of this meeting, so any video will not be saved in any form. When we get to the Q and A part, if you have a question, you may either type it in the chat and I can read it, or if you choose to ask it live, please raise your hand and I will call on you and you can ask it vocally. Just know that your voice will be recorded and used on the podcast that will be released in the next 24 hours.

If you have not yet listened to David’s talk from last week, I would highly recommend that you hit stop on this episode and go back and listen to episode 30, called “David A – Primary and Secondary Addictions and God” from January 8, 2021. Then come back and listen to this additional Q and A so that you get the background of what many of these questions are about.
Today’s speaker, Adam, is a member of AA and he mentions a few other fellowships. To learn more about those fellowships, you can link to them here:
i. https://aa.org
ii. https://www.pornaddictsanonymous.org/
iii. https://adultchildren.org/meeting-searc
iv. https://oa.org/
v. https://twowayprayer.org/

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David A - Primary and Secondary Addictions and God - Meeting 30

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Guest Speaker is David A. Here he is in his own words: I came up in solution-oriented AA. I try to use the Big Book as my barometer, in that, whatever I regard as God’s will or positive action in recovery I try to reconcile with the Big Book. Some are sicker than others. I regard myself as one of the sicker. Not in that my war stories are more extravagant, but in that I have to hold myself to high spiritual standards or I get spiritually sick pretty quick.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

i. https://aa.org
ii. https://www.pornaddictsanonymous.org/
iii. https://adultchildren.org/meeting-search/
iv. https://oa.org/

Intro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Tom B - My Path to a Meditation Practice: 20 Years of Struggle - Meeting 29

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Tom B will be our speaker today. His chosen topic is “My path to a meditation practice: 20 years of struggle.”

Guest Intro and Bio:

Tom B. is a member of AA with a sobriety date of 5/20/85. He has also been a member of Alanon since 5/95. He is active in the program working the steps with a sponsor and sponsoring others. He started a non-profit called “Transformations in Recovery” to bring evidence based curriculum to treatment centers and has been active on boards of conferences and treatment centers. His current passion is working with Father Bill W, a past guest speaker on Reco12, to bring Two Way Prayer to people in recovery.

Links to items mentioned in Tom's presentation:

https://insighttimer.com

https://storiesofrecovery.org/SandyB.htm

https://www.twowayprayer.org

https://unyte.com

https://aa-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/Workshops/2007-12-10+Far+Corners+Retreat+2007+-Sandy+B+%28Tampa%2C+FL%29/FC2007+-+Companion+Reading+List.pdf

I first want to express my hopes and wishes for a very healthy and happy 2021 to all. Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 29.

Intro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.
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Justin B - I Am Already Dead - Meeting #28

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 07:00:00 -0800

Here is a little about our speaker today, Justin B, in his own words: I am a son of God and a recovering addict to lust. I have been blessed with sobriety, one day at a time, since June 19, 2015. In my journey in recovery, I have learned many lessons. One of the primary is that "I don't got this". I have learned that when the phrase, "I got this!" crosses my mind or lips, that I better put my head on a swivel and become very aware of my situation and surrender it to my Higher Power immediately. That is kind of the basis of the essay that I will be reading for the podcast. I am going to read an essay that I wrote after an experience I had with my 5th birthday in sobriety and soon thereafter.

Merry Christmas to you all! Today’s Podcast and meeting will be a bit different since today is Christmas Day. And, to be honest, I am spending it with my family. This was pre-recorded and scheduled to be released today, on Christmas Day. I know that addiction does not rest on holidays, in fact, for many, holidays are the hardest days. That being the case, I felt it important to still release something for you to get a little bit of that daily bread that helps us make it through today, one day at a time. So, let’s get to it.

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Antonella - Steps 10, 11 and 12 - Living In The Solution - Meeting #27

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0800

Guest Intro and Bio: My name is Antonella. My parents separated when I was two years old. I had a very dysfunctional childhood which led to a life of unmanageability and maladaptive thinking acting in self will. Using drugs, alcohol, food and relationships for ease and comfort to cope. In the midst of an unhappy marriage my 14-year-old was expelled from school for using drugs. It was suggested to us to send my child to a treatment center. It was there, when I read the 12 Steps on the wall, that I realized I needed this help myself. This started my recovery journey and the qualification to several 12 step programs.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

When we line up a speaker for a meeting, we ask them to seek guidance on what and how to present so that they can reflect the light that they have been given. That light will inspire hope, meaning, worth, and growth in us, the listening audience.

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Michelle C - Came to Believe in a Power Greater than Self - Meeting #26

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0800

Guest Intro:

Here is Michelle in her own words: I'm an alcoholic and have been in recovery since July 30th, 2007. I've been an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous since the beginning of my sobriety. I have a sponsor who has a sponsor and I work with other women. I've been saved by Grace and I'm grateful to God for giving me a life beyond what I've ever deserved.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker. We are scheduling our guest speakers now in February and March of 2021.

Last week’s meeting was with Robert D was powerful. His story and journey in recovery are inspiring. It was entitled, “Connection, Correction, Direction”. It is well worth your time.

I invite the audience to come back next week. Our speaker next week will be Antonella, a member of SLAA and her topic will be “Steps 10, 11, and 12: Living In the Solution.” If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Robert D - Connection, Correction, Direction - Meeting #25

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0800

Robert D is a member of Alcoholics Anonymous living in Turkey. He is sober since 2015, Robert is a Dutch citizen, 52 years of age, master in tax law, former senior executive at Fortune 500 group, father of three children with whom contact has been lost for years. He ended up homeless, institutionalized and practically-speaking, broke from his rebellion against God. A man who fought what the program asks, who was eventually beaten into a state of reasonableness - finding himself relieved of a mental disorder and in a cure for alcoholism through the practice of AA's clear-cut set of directions.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Intro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Harvey E - I've Got This... Oops! - Meeting #24

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0800

Harvey E has fast become one of my best friends. He is a sexaholic with nearly 7 years sobriety. Since he and I first met on December 10, 2019, via Zoom, for an interview I did with him for the Journey Through Life Podcast, he has been instrumental in the current phase of my recovery and in the idea and initial development of the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. He was the first guest speaker for this, the Reco12 project back on June 19, 2020. I am grateful that he was able and willing to fill in this week for a spot that unexpectedly came open. Harvey will be speaking to us today on a catchy title that I identify with all too well. It is, “I’ve Got This… Oops!” I am looking forward to this talk and think it will be very helpful to many.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

If you have also found value in Reco12, please take a moment to go to the podcast platform of your choosing and leave a rating and review. It helps us work our 12th step by carrying the message of recovery to more addicts who suffer.

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Intro and outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Bill M - Recovery vs Sobriety - Meeting 23

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0800

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Bill M.
Here is Bill M in his own words: I got booze sober in 1987. Had what is probably considered the ‘pink cloud’ phase for a few years but at about 4-5 years started to feel not right. I struggled for the next 5 years with mild anxiety but by 10 years sober, I suffered from severe anxiety which led to a nervous breakdown at 15 years sober. At that low point, I met a man who took me through the steps as set forth in the Big Book and am living anxiety free since.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

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Cindy H - Overcoming the Elixir of Co-dependency and Sexaholism

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0800

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Cindy H. I had the opportunity to have a quick conversation with her earlier. She is a high-energy, excited recovering addict. She is alcohol free since 18 years of age and a happy member of Sexaholics Anonymous since 2018. Her topic today is Overcoming the Elixir of Co-dependency and Sexaholism.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

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Damon W - Controlling the Controllables - Episode 21

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0800

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Damon W, whose topic is “Controlling the Controllables”.

Sentenced to sixty-five years in a Texas prison, Damon once had it all. At 20 years old, he was a Division 1 starting quarterback, after a career-ending injury, Damon was by all outside appearances, very successful. It all came crashing down when he turned to hard core drugs to cope with disappointments of life. After a fateful discussion during his incarceration with a seasoned convict, Damon had a spiritual awakening. He learned a lesson about a single coffee bean that changed his whole perspective. Armed with a program of recovery, a renewed faith, and a miraculous second chance at life, Damon emerged from over seven years of prison a changed man. His story of redemption, grit and determination continues to inspire many today, and I know it will inspire you.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

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Phil L - From Self-hatred to God's Love - Meeting 20

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0700

Phil is a sexaholic who has been blessed with 5 years of sobriety. 5.5 years ago he was introduced to true recovery and had his big spiritual awakening. He currently runs ARPsupport.org and has been blessed to participate in the great camaraderie that exists with his fellow addicts of SAL and SA. Throughout his journey for long term recovery God has orchestrated every piece. God is his light and has saved him from the awful hell he was in.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for about 25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 20.

a. Today’s speaker is a member of SAL and SA. To learn more about those fellowships, you can link to them here:

i. https://www.sal12step.org

ii. https://www.sa.org

b. Phil also runs https://www.arpsupport.org/ an organization geared towards members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help them connect with sponsors as they work through the steps of recovery.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Patricia and Sid - Addiction is a Family Affair - Meeting 19

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:00:00 -0700

Let’s introduce our guest speakers for today, Patricia and Sid.

Patricia and Sid are mother and son. They will be speaking today about their recovery journeys – both individually and together. Patricia has actively been working her recovery in AL-Anon and CODA (Co-dependents Anonymous) for about 20 or so years, but not consecutively. As you’ll hear from her, she was away for a while as she thought she was “cured”. She’ll tell you more about this “cure” during the speaker meeting. Sid’s fellowship is CMA (Crystal Meth Anonymous) and his sobriety date is July 3, 2017. Both Patricia and Sid are very active in program service and continue to work the steps with their respective sponsors and sponsees. They see this invitation to speak as a continuation of their 12th Step and hope that their stories will give others the confidence, courage, and optimism to never give up.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 19.

Today’s speakers is are members of CoDA, Al-Anon, and CMA. To learn more about those fellowships, you can link to them here:

https://coda.org/

https://al-anon.org/

https://www.crystalmeth.org/

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Amy B - Honesty in Recovery - Meeting #18

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0700

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Amy B.

Amy is a recovered food addict and-Anon and has been working recovery with varying degrees of success since April 2013. It took a major relapse to humble her to the point of complete honesty about her problem. Hitting bottom when she thought she knew all there was to know about recovery was baffling and confusing to her. God waited patiently for her to run out of her own plans and designs and then led her to ARP (The Addiction Recovery Program of her church), a fellowship which she said would never work for her. She’s been happily working the steps of recovery every day since September 2018.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

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Heather - Finding God in My Husband's Addiction - Meeting #17

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:00:00 -0700

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Heather.

Heather has been working recovery since July 3, 2007. This date is the day that forever changed her life and brought her to the road to recovery. She continues to work the steps in her life and is grateful for the gift that God has given her to work step 12 as a sponsor! She asks for your prayers that God will help her know what He would have her share today.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom. If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

https://www.sal12step.org
https://addictionrecovery.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng

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Dennis T - Freedom From Lust - Meeting #16

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0700

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Dennis T.

Dennis T comes to us from Alaska. His sobriety date is July 29, 2014. He suffered from sexholism, drugs and alcohol abuse for more that 45 years as a way to find freedom from the pain of early childhood sexual abuse. By the Grace of his Higher Power he is living free one day at a time, through working and practicing the spiritual principles he found in the program of recovery. His hope is that in sharing today it may help one person find a way out of the torturous bondage of their hellish addiction.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 16.

Thanks again, Dennis! That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom. If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

https://www.sa.org

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Blake M - Reconciling Childhood Trauma with a Compassionate God

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0700

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal https://www.paypal.me/reco12 in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 15.

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Blake M. Blake is a recovering sexaholic and has been sober for over 2 years. Blake started working on his recovery 7 years ago. Today he is going to talk on his journey of childhood trauma and abuse and its effect on his relationship with God. This speaker meeting is one of the most vulnerable and REAL meetings I have ever heard. Get ready for an enlightening and emotional journey. Well worth your time.

Thanks again, Blake! That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom. If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

https://www.sal12step.org

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Dr. Benjamin Hardy - Personality Isn't Permanent and Willpower Doesn't Work - Speaker Meeting 14

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:00:00 -0700

I was introduced to Dr. Hardy through a podcast that he was a guest on, called the Richie Norton Podcast. I was in the process of developing the idea of the Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast and his interview with Richie Norton (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-richie-norton-show/id1493699560?i=1000473674959) spoke the language of addiction and the powerlessness of willpower so clearly that I had to reach out to him right away and ask if he would be a guest speaker. I am so grateful that he has agreed to do this. Here is his bio:

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn’t Work and Personality Isn’t Permanent. His blogs have been read by over 100 million people and are featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think, and many others. He is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today and from 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer in the world on Medium.com. He and his wife Lauren adopted three children through the foster system in February 2018 and, one month later, Lauren became pregnant with twins, who were born in December of 2018.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations.

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Sarah B - The Big Book Solution for Co-dependents - Meeting #13

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:00:00 -0700

Sarah identifies as a blackout codependent. She has been a member of Codependents Anonymous for almost 5 years. Sarah spent 18 months in the rooms of CoDA attending meetings weekly. Although learning a lot about the disease of codependency, sponsorship was not a part of her meetings. Eventually, Sarah helped start a step study group within the fellowship so that members could work the steps in recovery. This still continues today.

However, after yet another bottom and yet another failed relationship, Sarah needed more help than simply going to meetings. Even the coda step study was insufficient to provide Sarah with the help she desperately needed. 2.5 years ago, by the grace of God, she found a sponsor in the rooms of SLAA who believed in the undiluted message of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. 3 months later, Sarah was rocketed in the fourth dimension of existence. She went from being suicidal, anxiety ridden, and hopeless to being happy, joyous and free. Since then, Sarah has been on a mission to sponsor members of coda and share the Big Book message with those who still suffer.

Reco12 is a self supporting project, and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 13.

Thanks again, Sarah! That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom.

https://www.coda.org

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Kevin H - Emotional Sobriety: A Dangerous Neighborhood - Speaker Meeting #12

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0700

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes.
If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 12.

Our guest speaker for today is Kevin H who will be speaking on Emotional Sobriety. In his own words: I have been in S Anon for 5 years. I was a military pilot. After the War I got out and started my own company. The past 5 years I have been working S anon like it is a full-time job. I have 15 sponsees currently. I was a chairman for the International S Anon convention a couple of years ago. I am on the phone 1-4 hours a day working with men in S anon or on meetings.

Thanks again, Kevin! That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom. If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

https://www.sanon.org

For images of flyers mentioned in the podcast, please go to https://www.reco12.com/post/images-of-flyers-from-kevin-h-s-speaker-meeting-on-emotional-sobriety

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Pamela from UK - How the Big Book Saved an Addictive Eater - Speaker Meeting #11

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0700

Let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Pamela from Glasgow, Scotland, in her own words.

"I came into the rooms obese, drunk and inadequate at 29 - but only truly surrendered at aged 44! I thought I knew everything, I presented well, I had a marriage, 2 cars on the drive, and a mortgage. I had friends who adored me and I had a life others might crave - but inside I was broken. I felt like a fraud. I couldn’t stop eating chalk… yes chalk! I knew I needed more than to just stop eating drinking and popping painkillers but how? How was I going get out of this mess? I cried out - and my prayers were answered."

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. The guest speaker also chooses a fellowship or recovery-centered organization to which the majority of contributions from that week’s meeting will be donated to. This week’s organization for any contributions to go to will be Addictive Eaters Anonymous. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 11.

Thanks again, Pamela! If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to the website and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

Intro and closer music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

https://www.addictiveeatersanonymous.org/

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Angie H - Forgiveness of Those Who Have Harmed Us - Meeting #10

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0700

Angie H is a sexaholic and is sober over 5 years, married for 32 years, has 4 adult children, and most of her family is in recovery. She will share on “Forgiveness: Even of those who really harmed us.” She has spoken in international speaker meetings and has been a guest on at least one podcast in the past (Journey Through Life Podcast) On top of that, she is one of my favorite people in recovery.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. The guest speaker also chooses a fellowship or recovery-centered organization to which the majority of contributions from that week’s meeting will be donated to. Angie has chosen to have any contributions from this week’s meeting to go to Sexaholics Anonymous International. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 10.

Thanks again, Angie! If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

Intro and closer music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

https://www.sa.org

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Andrew S - My Fall From and Return To Grace - Meeting #9

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:00:00 -0700

After 42 years of actively acting out in sexual addiction Andrew S learned what he had been hearing in recovery groups that his life was really out of control and that the only way to get it back was through connection with his higher power. This connection began after he was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Andrew realized that he could not simple say "I got this" anymore. "there's a couch in the hallway" became his new catch phrase when he needed to be reminded that it is God that sets things right and not himself. This connection has helped him achieve and maintain sobriety for the past 3 years. The phrase, "there's a couch in the hallway" will definitely take on a new meaning for you as you listen to and apply the lessons from this episode into your life.

Reco12 is an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

The guest speaker also chooses a fellowship or recovery-centered organization to which the majority of contributions from that week’s meeting will be donated to. Andrew has chosen SAL as the fellowship to which any contributions will go to. You can learn more about them at www.salifeline.org. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 9.

Thanks again, Andrew! If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

Intro and closer music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for the future Broadway musical, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 This song is used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

https://www.sal12step.org

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Father Bill W - Two Way Prayer - Speaker Meeting #8

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0700

Guest Intro and Bio: Father Bill W is a recovering alcoholic with 48 years sobriety and is a leading voice in living in the maintenance steps, specifically in Step 11 - seeking constant contact with God through a practice used by the early members of AA before the 12 Steps were created. This practice is called Two Way Prayer. It has been a life changing practice for many (myself included).

Father Bill W asks that donations be sent to Two Way Prayer in order to keep extending the mission of helping more people realize that hearing the voice of God is as available to anyone as is the very air we breathe.

The host heard a bit longer version of it and it is all fantastic. If others want to hear his longer story, he shared it with me in the Journey Through Life Podcast from earlier this year. You can find it there. I have also posted a link to that episode in the chat and will in the show notes. https://soundcloud.com/journey-through-life/step-6-father-bill-ws-experience-strength-and-hope. He also has a few workshops coming up in the next two months. To learn about those, please email twowayprayer@gmail.com and get on the mailing list.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. Father Bill W is electing to have any contributions go to the Two Way Prayer Organization. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 8.

https://www.twowayprayer.org

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Nikki M - How the Big Book Saved a Sex and Love Addict - Meeting #7

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:00:00 -0700

This week’s meeting is entitled: “Nikki M – How the Big Book Saved a Sex and Love Addict”

Nikki is one of the founding members of the Wednesday Night SLAA Big Book Meeting. Her program of recovery began by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps and the fellowships of CA, AL-ANON and SLAA. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the Big Book's Twelve Steps and Traditions - as a program of daily living.

Lifted by the Grace of God and propelled by the Power of Twelve Steps, Nikki works a rigorously honest program and enjoys freedom from the bondage of self, a full and grateful heart, and a spirit filled with hopes, dreams and possibilities.

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety and who are actively working their recovery in their respective fellowships to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. In order to ask questions, please type them in the Q and A link at the bottom of your Zoom window. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker. This week’s meeting is entitled: “Nikki M – How the Big Book Saved a Sex and Love Addict”

To join in the SLAA weekly open meeting, get details at https://slaatoronto.org/.

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. The guest speaker also chooses a fellowship or recovery-centered organization to which the majority of contributions from that week’s meeting will be donated to. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 7.

“Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 Used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Terrence S – When Stealing Becomes a Drug - Speaker Meeting #6

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:00:00 -0700

Guest Intro and Bio: Terrence has been in recovery since March 1990 from addictive-compulsive shoplifting and stealing. He is the founder of C.A.S.A. (Cleptomaniacs And Shoplifters Anonymous) in 1992 which has support groups in the metro-Detroit area and across the U.S. Terrence has used his own experience, strength and hope to help provide means for others who walk similar paths to him by becoming a certified social worker and addictions therapist. He is the founder of The Schulman Center for Compuslve Theft, Spending and Hoarding in metro-Detroit. He counsels people in person, by phone, and via video from across the United States and beyond. He has authored several recovery books which will be listed in the chat section of the live meeting and in the show notes for the podcast. Terrence has presented at many conferences across the United States and has been featured in numerous media interviews including The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004. I am grateful to present Terrence S to you.

https://theshulmancenter.com/shoplifting-addiction.html
http://unsteal.org/
Terrence's Books:
Something for Nothing: Shoplifting Addiction and Recovery (2003)
Biting The Hand That Feeds: The Employee Theft Epidemic (2005)
Bought Out and $pent! Recovery from Compulsive $hopping and $pending (2008)
Cluttered Lives, Empty Souls: Compulsive Stealing, Spending and Hoarding (2011).

“Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 Used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Wendi F - Progressively Miraculous - Speaker Meeting #4

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:00:00 -0700

Wendi F. is a recovering sexaholic from Colorado. She's been in SA for almost 10 years now, sober for 8 1/2 years. Her marriage survived the addiction and they will celebrate their 23rd anniversary in just a couple weeks. As group secretary, she was instrumental in getting a dashboard set up on the noon eastern phone meeting in order to control the safety of the meeting. She has also served as a secretary and Intergroup rep for her local face to face meetings, helped plan retreats and conferences and served as a speaker for several of them. Many of her speaker shares are available on different platforms, including the Journey Through Life podcast, and Media Fire. Her share here will be about the miracles that continue to happen since working the steps and by maintaining fit spiritual condition, it is entitled “Progressively Miraculous”. Wendi asks that contributions be sent to Sexaholics Anonymous in order to keep extending the hand for sexaholics around the world.

Thanks again, Wendi! That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom. If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

“Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 Used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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John G - His Experience, Strength and Hope - Speaker Meeting #3

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:00:00 -0700

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 3. And John has kindly chosen to have all donations from this meeting go to Reco12. We are very grateful for that, John.

John is a 73 year old Alcohol, Heroin, Methadone, and Cocaine addict. He got clean in NA in 1992. He lived at a 12-step community for approximately 7 years. John has been attending AA for the past 6 years. Always has had a service commitment in whichever is current home group, had a coffee commitment last year for 6 months and has done service at the intergroup level, and with H and I, which stands for Hospitals and Institutions. It is a way that one can give back to the addict who suffers in hospitals and institutions. John has always worked with a sponsor, and has gone through the steps of recovery several times. He sponsors men quickly through the steps as outlined in the AA Big Book. John is also friends with 14 cloistered nuns who reside in a Monastery.

Thanks again, John! That was a great Reco12 weekly speaker meeting for all addicts and those wanting to learn more about addiction and the recovery therefrom. If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

If you would like to contact John G about working the steps, please email us at reco12pod@gmail.com and we will get you connected with him.

“Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 Used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Cameron F - Are All Addictions the Same? - Meeting #2

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0700

Reco12 is an ad-free service and we appreciate your help in keeping it that way. We gratefully accept contributions to help cover the costs of the Zoom platform, podcast platform, web hosting, and administrative costs. The guest speaker also chooses a fellowship or recovery-centered organization to which the majority of contributions from that week’s meeting will be donated to. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 2.

Our speaker has been a member of Cocaine Anonymous since November 21, 2003. As a Big Book Sponsor, he has worked with all kinds of addicts from around the world. He facilitates a Twelve Steps in four hours workshop and has carried the Twelve Step message of recovery to some 2200 suffering addicts over the past 16 years. His recovery message, "It only takes a day to learn the Twelve Step program and the rest of your life to practice it.” He is currently the archivist for the Southern Ontario Area of Cocaine Anonymous and the Archive Chair for C.A. World Services out of Los Angeles, California, which, by the way, is the organization that Cameron has chosen to have contributions go to. ... please welcome our speaker, Cameron F. from Toronto, Ontario Canada.

Please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

“Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262 Used with the permission of Cory Ellsworth.

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Harvey E - The Gifts of Recovery - Speaker Meeting #1

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:00:00 -0700

Welcome to the Reco12 Speaker Meeting. We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few. We come together from all places, faiths and backgrounds to learn the similarities of addiction and to gain tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path. We invite recovering addicts with at least 1 year sobriety to share their experience, strength and hope on a live Zoom meeting, each Friday at 12:00 pm central time, for 20-25 minutes. Then, we, the live audience, get the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker for another 20-25 minutes. If you are hearing this podcast recorded and would like to participate as a live audience member, or if you would like to be a guest speaker in a future meeting, please go to www.reco12.com to learn more and submit your email address there to receive weekly invitations or to submit to become a guest speaker.

Harvey E is a 65 year old Orthodox Jewish Dentist from Toronto, soon to celebrate 42 years of marriage to his wife, Sharon. Proud PAPA to 18 grandchildren, soon to be 19. Sober since January 7, 2014. He came into the Sexaholics Anonymous rooms as a very low bottom, acting out with escorts sometimes multiple times a day. Today, even with almost 6 and a half years of sobriety and recovery, Harvey works a very solid program, including Daily Sobriety renewals, prayer, meditation, daily maintenance steps, 10 through 12. Harvey has spoken at international SA conventions, and his shares are available on podcasts such as The Journey Through Life Podcast and the Daily Reprieve Podcast. He has been a very active member of the SA phone meeting community for years, moderating calls throughout the week and spearheading the use of Whatsapp groups to extend the fellowship of these meetings 24/7. Over the last year, he has become an active participant in SAL zoom meetings. Harvey has chosen to have contributions from this speaker meeting go to SAL. It can be found at www.sal12step.org. To contribute, you can go to https://www.reco12.com/support or you can click the link to PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/reco12) in the chat of the live meeting. Or, if you use Venmo, you can also contribute there. Our handle is @Reco-Twelve. When you contribute, please specify the meeting number. This is meeting number 1.

Since I met Harvey a little over 6 months ago, he has quickly become one of my best friends in recovery and has changed the way I look at my relationship with God. I love this man and I think you will learn to love him too.

If we didn’t get to your question or if you have other questions, please go to https://www.reco12.com/forum and join in our community and ask those questions and answer others’ questions that will come up. I invite the audience to come back next week. If you have not yet gone to www.reco12.com and submitted your email address (you only need to do it once), please get on the invitation list, so you can join us live, each Friday at 12:00 noon, central time.

Outro music is “Standing Still” by Cory Ellsworth and Randy Kartchner, performed by Mike Eldred and Elizabeth Wolfe. This song, and/or the entire soundtrack for “Crosses: A Musical of Hope”, can be purchased here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-musical-hope-by-cory/528476262

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Introduction to Reco12 Speaker Meeting Podcast

Fri, 29 May 2020 15:00:00 -0700

Welcome to the Reco12 Addiction Speaker Meeting Podcast. I am Justin B and am a son of God and sexaholic. By the grace of God, and by working the steps of recovery with a sponsor, as well as sponsoring others through those steps of recovery I can gratefully state that my sobriety date is June 19, 2015, one day at a time.

In my Step 11 work, I have felt guided to facilitate a speaker meeting where recovering addicts and spouses and family members of addicts can share their experiences, strength and hope, no matter their addiction or fellowship. One way that this speaker meeting is unique is that the guest speaker is not required to be a such and such-aholic. Just a recovering addict of any kind, or a spouse of an addict of any kind with at least one year sobriety and actively working recovery in his or her own sphere.

Speakers will be invited to share their experience on a given topic of recovery. Guests will share as honestly and openly as they can and will be encouraged to use language that will allow people of all backgrounds to feel comfortable listening. They will speak for 20 – 25 minutes in front of a live webinar audience.

Another way that this speaker meeting is unique is that there will be a moderated Q and A of 20 – 25 minutes where questions submitted by the live audience will be asked to the speaker through the host. This will give an interview-type feel to the speaker meeting and allow for audience participation.

Live, lunch-hour meetings will be held each Friday at 10:00 am pacific time. The podcast will be published within 2 hours of being live. To attend the live meetings, a unique link will be sent out each week to all people on our email list that we will be building as we go along. To be included in the weekly email please email us at reco12pod@gmail.com and you will be added to the email list.

We are building a website that will include archived recordings, exclusive information about the speakers and other ideas and products. That website is www.reco12.com.

The Reco12 Speaker Meeting has no dues or fees but is fully self-supporting entity through the benevolence of our listening and participating audience. These contributions help recover the costs of the webinar platform, the podcasting platform and administrative costs. We have made it easy to contribute through Venmo, PayPal, or other options found at www.reco12.com/support.

We rely on our audience to refer qualified guest speakers to us. If you are someone or know someone as defined earlier with at least 1 year sobriety AND actively working your recovery program, and who will share his or her experience, strength and hope in a manner that is entertaining, but more important, meaningful, please fill out the form at www.reco12.com/speaker.

I am excited for this new project and I hope that it will provide you some light and hope and motivation in your own journey through life. If you are excited too, please rate and review the podcast and jump on board for this one-day-at-a-time trip.

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