Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSeven Years of Walking Into AA for Cake and Walking Back Out - AA Speaker - Larry T.
Episode 316
Larry T. started drinking Four Rose Whiskey at 11, bounced around with lowriders, and spent seven years walking into AA for cake and walking back ou…
6 months ago
Everyone Said My Case Was Too Special for the Regular Program - AA Speaker - Susan D.
Episode 315
Susan D. survived four treatment centers where everyone agreed her case was too special for the regular program — until a man with an eye patch told…
6 months, 1 week ago
They Pronounced Me Dead Twice and I Still Wasn't Done Drinking - AA Speaker - Dave M.
Episode 314
Dave M. entered a monastery to become a priest, fell in love with alcohol on his first beer, and spent the next decade hiding bottles behind medicin…
6 months, 1 week ago
From Federal Prison at 18 to Calling Home at Six Years Sober - AA Speaker - Robbie W.
Episode 313
Robbie went from federal prison at 18 to getting kicked out of his own AA club at three months sober — until a pig farmer from Michigan took him home…
6 months, 1 week ago
If It's Not in the Book It's Not Important - AA Speaker - Ray O.
Episode 312
A law professor who lost everything sat in a wet, smoldering chair planning his revenge — then a sponsor with one rule changed everything: if it's n…
6 months, 1 week ago
My Daughter Named Her Son After Me and It's Not Because I'm a Good Dad - AA Speaker - Frank J.
Episode 311
Frank J. went from Marine sniper to homeless with everything he owned in a cardboard box in a stolen car — and 13 months without a drink, with no me…
6 months, 1 week ago
I Sent the Devil Into My Son's Room and Didn't Remember Any of It - AA Speaker - Chris L.
Episode 310
Chris L. spent four years sober in AA without taking the steps and almost died of untreated alcoholism — then a phone call, a big book, and three oth…
6 months, 1 week ago
I Got Arrested Telling My Wife About Her Bad Behavior - AA Speaker - D.J. S.
Episode 309
D.J. got busted with two felonies in a parking lot while lecturing his wife — court-ordered into AA, a no-nonsense sponsor and a moment in a 7-Eleve…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Bill Wrote the 12 Steps in 40 Minutes After His Wife Said You're Gonna Get Drunk - AA Speaker - Jay S.
Episode 308
The 12 Steps were written in 40 minutes on a cot under the stairs — but the ideas in them had been circulating for decades. This AA history talk trac…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
I Was Drunk in 12 Hours After Begging God to Save My Daughter - AA Speaker - Keith L. - San Diego, CA
Episode 307
Keith L. is one of the funniest AA speakers you'll ever hear — but underneath the stories about mutant rosary beads and grocery store meltdowns is a …
6 months, 2 weeks ago