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Joe G. from Pearland, TX speaking at the South East Texas Area 67 convention in Beaumont, TX - January 20th-22nd 2006 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Joe shares a brutally honest, often humorous, and deeply spiritual journey that begins with his first drink as a child, races through blackout drinking, violence, homelessness, near-death experiences, a crazy Mexico trip, and complete emotional collapse, and ultimately arrives at lasting recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous and the Big Book; he describes losing all control at an early age, mistaking alcohol for manhood and freedom, repeatedly choosing death over sobriety, and finally surrendering when every other option was gone, showing how rigorous step work, gut-level honesty, sponsorship, amends, and service transformed him from a desperate, broken teenager into a man with peace, gratitude, purpose, and a life rebuilt from the inside out—proving that AA didn’t just help him stop drinking, it gave him mercy instead of justice and a life worth living. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu