Podcast Episodes

Many Paths to Spirituality [Season 5, Episode 4]

Season 5 Episode 4

Jenn, a delegate to the General Service Conference, talks to Don and Sam about keeping an open mind and accepting the group conscience. Jenn also tel…

3 years ago

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The People in the Program [Season 5, Episode 3]

Season 5 Episode 3

Bill L., an AA member with 53 years of sobriety, shares how he found "Freedom Hall" in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill describes how the firs…

3 years ago

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Where are Your Feet? [Season 5, Episode 2]

Season 5 Episode 2

Carissa joins Don and Sam and shares about the importance of giving newcomers the opportunity to grow with group commitments. In her experience estee…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Trouble with the Second Step [Season 5, Episode 1]

Season 5 Episode 1

Christopher M., whose article Safe & Loved appears in the July 2023 issue of Grapevine, shares with Don and Sam about finding a higher power that wor…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Fear of People Stopped [Season 4, Episode 26]

Season 4 Episode 26

Mark talks about how external pressure from the legal system got him to AA, and how service work saved him physically and spiritually. He searched ou…

3 years, 1 month ago

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A Cork in a Washing Machine [Season 4, Episdode 25]

Season 4 Episode 25

Maggie P. shares with Don and Sam about her struggles to surrender to her alcoholism and to AA. She says she had to be brought to her knees, and that…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Take Me to a Meeting [Season 4, Episode 24]

Season 4 Episode 24

Gary, the Intergroup Manager from Austin, TX, talks to Don and Sam about his recovery. He started out with periodic relapses and describes the misery…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Street Tough [Season 4, Episode 23]

Season 4 Episode 23

Lonnie from Washington, DC, whose story appears in the June issue of Grapevine, shares with Don and Sam about growing up on the streets, landing on t…

3 years, 2 months ago

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I Fell in Love with AA [Season 4, Episode 22]

Season 4 Episode 22

Val M. from Vancouver, BC, talks about her sober date of July 2, the day after a Canada Day party. She learned early to go to lots of meetings and to…

3 years, 2 months ago

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One becomes two, two becomes five, five becomes ten [Season 4, Episode 21]

Season 4 Episode 21

John T. from the Bronx, NY talks to Don and Sam about his struggles to come back to AA, and the differences between his original first year and his s…

3 years, 2 months ago

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