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Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast

Sober Sunrise
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Sober Sunrise brings you AA Speaker Tapes from around the world. Rather than an AA discussion podcast, Sober Sunrise brings you speakers who share step-work, workshops, and general fellowship discussion points. We are not affiliated with AA in anyway.

  1. 51M AGO

    You Can’t Think Your Way Into a New Life: AA Speaker - Jeanette S. - Waitsburg, WA

    Jeanette arrived in Alcoholics Anonymous convinced her life was manageable, but the steps showed her the truth and led her to a freedom she never thought possible. Jeanette S. from Naches, WA speaking at the Waitsburg speakers meeting in Waitsburg, WA - February 28th 2009 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jeanette shares a candid and often funny story about growing up spiritually confused, drinking in blackouts from the age of twelve, and eventually losing control of her life despite believing she had everything under control. After multiple overdoses, treatment centers, and losing custody of her son, she was dragged into Alcoholics Anonymous where a strong Big Book sponsor guided her through the Twelve Steps. What began with very little willingness slowly turned into real change as she learned that recovery required action, not just thinking. Through inventory, amends, prayer, meditation, and helping others, Jeanette discovered a spiritual life and a freedom she had never known before. Today she carries the message of Alcoholics Anonymous and practices those principles in every part of her life. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    35 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Five Notebooks and Mud Puddle Prayers - AA Speaker - George S.

    After his teenage son told him exactly where every dollar went — up his nose, in his arm, or down his throat — George S. walked into Alcoholics Anonymous and met an old-timer who handed him a spiral notebook and two weeks to fill it. George S. from Freehold, NJ talking about steps 3, 4 and 5 at the Carry This Message group in West Orange, NJ - June 13th 2002 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com George S. came into AA after his teenage son laid out the truth about his using and walked out of his life. His sponsor was old-school to the bone — charging him for every excuse, making him kneel in mud puddles for step prayers, and handing him a thick spiral notebook with strict instructions: two weeks for the Fourth Step, any shorter you're lying, any longer you're drinking. George filled five of those notebooks. The Fifth Step brought a relief he'd never felt from any substance, and he's been dragging sponsees through the same process ever since — because every time he takes someone through the steps, he goes through them too. The talk closes with a quiet gut-punch: his granddaughter just kissed him before he walked in the door, and she has never seen him drunk. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    54 min

  3. 2D AGO

    A Drunk Pilot’s Spiritual Awakening: AA Speaker - Scott L. - Nashville, TN

    After years of flying drunk, Scott L. found sobriety through Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps. Scott L. from Nashville, Tennessee at Specific Group - August 24th 2000 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Scott L. shares his journey from discovering alcohol in college to years of drinking through a successful career as an Air Force pilot, where the illusion of confidence and belonging alcohol gave him slowly turned into a cycle of craving, shame, and loss of control. Though his life appeared successful on the outside, he eventually reached a breaking point and entered treatment, where a deeply personal moment of surrender and a cry for forgiveness became the beginning of a real spiritual awakening. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, sponsorship, and working the Twelve Steps, Scott discovered that alcohol had only been his temporary solution to a deeper spiritual problem, and that lasting freedom came from spiritual growth, service, and learning to live life one day at a time. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    59 min

  4. 3D AGO

    I Was 18 and Already Dying From Alcoholism - Kellie L. - Athens, GA

    At eighteen years old, Kellie L. walked into Alcoholics Anonymous broken, homeless, and convinced she had no future — and discovered a life she never imagined possible. Kellie L. from Chicago, IL speaking at the Georgia State Convention in Athens, GA - 25 Oct 2002 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Kellie L. shares a remarkable journey from a chaotic childhood in a Florida trailer park to finding sobriety at just eighteen years old through Alcoholics Anonymous. Raised by a mother struggling with addiction, she spent her teenage years living alone, dropping out of school, committing felonies, and spiraling deeper into drugs and alcohol while chasing relief from a constant feeling of being restless, irritable, and discontent. After arriving in Chicago sick, malnourished, and spiritually empty, a group of AA members who met regularly at the restaurant where she worked reached out and invited her to a meeting. Though she continued drinking for several weeks, their persistence and kindness kept her coming back long enough to hear a simple suggestion: pray for help in the morning and say thank you at night. From that moment forward she began building a new life through sponsorship, service work, and the Twelve Steps, eventually helping start a thriving home group and dedicating herself to carrying the message of recovery. Kelly’s story is a powerful reminder that Alcoholics Anonymous can transform even the most hopeless circumstances into a life of purpose, connection, and gratitude. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    55 min

  5. 5D AGO

    I Came to AA With No Underwear - AA Speaker - Joe A. - Louisville, KY

    Joe A. shares how alcoholism took him from a promising young life to a roach-infested room on skid row—and how Alcoholics Anonymous gave him a new way to live. Joe A. from Cincinnati, OH speaking at ICYPAA in Louisville, KY - May 24th 2002 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Joe A. tells a powerful and often humorous story of how alcoholism slowly unraveled a life that once showed enormous promise. As a young man he was an Eagle Scout with a college opportunity ahead of him, but drinking and drugs gradually scrambled his judgment, destroyed relationships, and left him living in a filthy skid-row room with nothing but a mattress on the floor. When he finally walked into Alcoholics Anonymous at twenty-two years old, he didn’t understand what alcoholism really was or why he couldn’t stop drinking once he started. Through the guidance of a sponsor, honest work through the Twelve Steps, and a growing commitment to service, Joe began to experience the spiritual change the Big Book promises. Over time the obsession to drink was replaced with purpose, responsibility, and gratitude—allowing him to build a stable life with a family, meaningful work, and decades of sobriety. His message reminds us that AA doesn’t just stop the drinking; it teaches alcoholics how to live, grow, and find happiness right where they are on the side of the mountain. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    1h 6m

  6. 6D AGO

    Drinking on Antabuse and Still Thinking I Was in Control: AA Speaker - David T. - Hilton Head, SC

    David T. shares how losing the power of choice in drink led him to fully rely on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. David T. from Spartanburg, SC speaking at YANA on Hilton Head Island, SC - May 15th 2004 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com David T. shares a powerful and deeply honest journey from a frightened, insecure young man who found instant relief in alcohol to an alcoholic who discovered he had completely lost the power of choice in drink. Despite scholarships, graduate school, marriage, therapy, Antabuse, counseling, and even sheer willpower, nothing could stop the mental obsession that always led him back to alcohol. His turning point came not from fear of consequences but from a moment of surrender when something inside finally broke, opening him to the possibility of a Higher Power he did not yet believe in. Through sponsorship, a clear understanding of the Big Book, and a willingness to work all Twelve Steps thoroughly — especially Steps Three through Nine — David experienced the removal of the obsession and a transformation that reshaped his relationships with his parents, restored integrity to his life, and grounded him in consistent service. From cleaning clubhouses to carrying meetings into detox centers and helping build a Primary Purpose group centered on the solution, he discovered that real recovery is not about trying harder but about following a clear program of action that replaces self-will with faith, responsibility, and service to others. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    47 min

  7. MAR 3

    I Bought a Horse to Stay Sober: AA Speaker - Erna G. - Sacramento, CA

    She tried meetings, therapy, willpower — even buying a horse to stay sober. Nothing worked until she finally did the Steps completely. Erna G. from Walnut Creek, CA speaking at Hope and Serenity Meeting in Sacramento - April 7th 2012 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Erna's journey from early drinking in Iceland to years of restless, irritable sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous where she believed meetings alone would save her. After cycling through treatment, sponsorship, self-help ideas, and even buying a horse on the advice of a well-meaning sponsor, she discovered that activity without full surrender to the Twelve Steps left her spiritually blocked and emotionally miserable. Though she accumulated time, she was still driven by self-will, jealousy, fear, and unfinished amends until she finally committed to a complete Third Step decision, a searching Fourth Step, and thorough amends through Steps Eight and Nine. What followed was not just relief from alcohol, but real freedom — the obsession lifted, relationships restored, motherhood embraced, and a growing life of service grounded in daily practice of Steps Ten, Eleven, and Twelve. Through marriage, homelessness, and even a stroke at thirty-five, Erna learned that recovery is not about managing life better, but about trusting God fully and carrying the message with joy and conviction. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    1h 3m

  8. MAR 2

    The $3 Amends That Changed My Life - AA Speaker - Cecil C. - Blackstone, VA

    After years of rebellion, ego, and nearly walking away from AA, Cecil discovered that the Twelve Steps weren’t suggestions — they were the only path back to peace. Cecil C. from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada speaking at The Blackstone Retreat - 1970 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Cecil C. shares a powerful journey from early rebellion and military drinking to ego-driven sobriety and eventual spiritual renewal through the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. After losing jobs, fighting in bars, nearly losing his family, and almost walking away from AA because he thought he “wasn’t bad enough,” he finally found real recovery when a group committed to working the Steps in order. Step One revealed not just powerlessness over alcohol but the unmanageability of his sober life; Step Four and Five exposed his ego and dishonesty; Step Eight and Nine taught him humility through even the smallest amends; and Step Ten brought him back when success and material ambition began to replace spiritual growth. Through prayer, meditation, sponsorship, and carrying the message, Cease learned that AA is not about activity or applause but about practicing spiritual principles in all affairs. His closing challenge remains simple and direct: we may look good on the outside at conferences and meetings, but the real question of recovery is how we are on the inside. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

    1h 14m
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Sober Sunrise brings you AA Speaker Tapes from around the world. Rather than an AA discussion podcast, Sober Sunrise brings you speakers who share step-work, workshops, and general fellowship discussion points. We are not affiliated with AA in anyway.

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  • Creator
    Sober Sunrise
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    101
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Sober Sunrise
  • Show Website
    Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast
  • Provider
    Benjamin Shepherd

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