A Shot Glass of Recovery

Janet has over 40 years sobriety and some great stories. She has been around and spoken at a lot of meetings.

Our good friend and humble servant of AA mr Tony B brings us some great guest speakers from his home group Jamaica Presentation in NY. This is one of them, please enjoy Still Bill. (besides a great story - he's got a nicname...now come ON! can't get much cooler than that!)   Join us 7 days a week at AA Solution Seekers online meeting at 7am eastern time.  click the zoom link to attend a live meeti...

I met Lucy when one of my sponsees brought her to Solution Seekers as a guest. She experienced first hand how we try to be inclusive to all our members and guests. My sponsee and Lucy are both blind. They are active participants of our group and amaze us with their contributions and service.    Contact AA General Service Board to get them working on providing copies of the AA Big Book in braille....

An odd name for a podcast on Recovery? When I was wondering what to call this podcast I reflected back on my drinking history and how I used alcohol and drugs as a Solution to my thinking, my problems, my very existence in general...I always reached for that shot glass of solution. But when the glasses were empty and the bottles ran dry the solution I’d used for decades had only made things worse....

Reg was invited to speak at my home group and she really shared from the heart, even coming to tears near the end of her talk.  She closed our meeting with a prayer her home group had named after a deceased member, Gwen's prayer.  we are grateful for her message.   Join us 7 days a week at AA Solution Seekers online meeting at 7am eastern time.  click the zoom link to attend a live meeting (Only t...

This was one of my favourite online meetings during covid. They talked program which, let's face it, a lot of online meetings were not doing at the time. They stayed in the solution focusing on getting out of self and gave solid resources and guided all in attendance how to identify ego and stay out of self by inviting God in every single minute of every day.   Check them out if you can as they ar...

Patty O (or Patty R.) with over 40 years of sobriety teaches us some keys to staying sober for that long, one day at a time. She has a home group, a sponsor who has a sponsor, sponsees and she does a ton of service.  Chances are if you've been in a psych ward or a prison institution - you've met her doing service.   She is a remarkable example of how recovery should look.   take notes   Join us 7...

The Big Book Study with Lisa and Friends: Part 21 SHOW NOTE: Like the shows? Consider showing your support  paypal.me/AShotGlassofRecovery We have landed on my FAVOURITE pages in the big book. Pages I once hated because I was told to read them so many times. But they would identify the real problem that stood in the way of my facing life effectively! In later pages they would then reveal the solut...

Join us 7 days a week at AA Solution Seekers online meeting at 7am eastern time.  click the zoom link to attend a live meeting (Only the speaker is recorded on Sundays and Lisa's Big Book Study every other Saturday at 10am - all other meetings are closed and not recorded!)   A.A. Solution Seekers - Toronto is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: A.A. Solution Seekers - Toronto's Person...

Tuesday July 9th, 2024   Resentment – this word occurs 17 times in the first 164 pages of the big book of alcoholics anonymous.   We first come across it a couple of times in Bill’s Story, Bill Wilson was the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. One of those times is found on page 15 when Bill is talking about being sick, and he doesn’t mean physically.   Today I share my own perspective and thoughts...

I recently came across this cool instagram page called the Holistic Psychologist. Her name is Dr. LePera and I think she is pretty cool. I recently bought one of her books called How to Do the Work. Being an alcoholic I know what that work is - it's work on self, discovery, change, letting go, detaching from outcomes and perceived notions and old ideas. Everything I am reading in her book, I feel...

The Big Book Study with Lisa and Friends: Part 20 SHOW NOTE: Like the shows? Consider showing your support  paypal.me/AShotGlassofRecovery The Big book study continues - grab a highlighter and follow along.   Join us 7 days a week at AA Solution Seekers online meeting at 7am eastern time.  click the zoom link to attend a live meeting (Only the speaker is recorded on Sundays and Lisa's Big Book Stu...

When I first met Bel, she was just like I was when I was new...angry and full of self pity. She asked me to be her sponsor and I said I had a full roster at that time and directed her to another. When that connection didn't work out, she came back again, still full I told her and suggested another person. That person didn't work out. Third time was a charm, I finally had an opening and agreed to s...

Bo started visiting AA Solution Seekers home group from his home group the 5th Tradition group in Scarborough/Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A newcomer from our group followed a suggestion to go to the nearest local meeting and get a sponsor, he found Bo. Bo found us and the rest is history. We love Bo. We think you will too.   Join us 7 days a week at AA Solution Seekers online meeting at 7am eastern...

Smiling Jeff. Always sits in a meeting smiling. Not once have I ever seen this man without a smile on his face during a meeting that talks about the program of action and recovery. From an environment deprived of emotional balance, this alcoholic sought a release at a young age and most specifically a geographical cure. From that to a peaceful and forgiving person, sits Smiling Jeff.    

Miss Melvina is a regular participant at a New York meeting called Jamaica Presentation. She has 27 years of sobriety at the time of this recording in 2024. She focuses on the grace of God instilling in her the desire and want to still be here in the center of Alcoholics Anonymous, because she did NOT come here to stop drinking! She wanted to try and control it. Aren't us alcoholics just like that...

Chris talks about not believing at first that he was an alcoholic and how his sponsor was putting in more work than he was. Then he surrendered.   Thanks for listening to our speaker series on A Shot Glass of Recovery   Lisa 

A shot glass with your Host, Lisa M SHOW NOTE: Like the shows? Consider showing your support  paypal.me/AShotGlassofRecovery   AA Solution Seekers zoom link I was asked to speak in the U.K. at a meeting online and in it they ask for 1 line or paragraph from the big book. I have many favorites but they needed a line immediately so i dropped the book open and read where my gaze landed.  It was page...

Texas Tea is a larger than life character from PrimeTime meetings that started in L.A. She now resides in Berlin and carries the message from over there. #primetime #texastea #soberlife

Keith and I met in another online meeting. We both left for similar reasons - choosing peace and not wanting to be part of chaos today.   He is an example of how far you can come and a short amount of time when you focus on the solution of AA.   #aa #howitworks #recovery #addiction #soberlife

Yvonne recently told me that she thought I didn't like her at first but has realized it was all in her head. I said "Aren't us alcoholics just like that", because haven't I done just the same thing a hundred times if I've done it once. My mind makes shit up. It tells me I'm less than all the time. It says I need to compete with you instead of be compassionate towards you. It tells me there is only...

SHOW NOTE: Like the shows? Consider showing your support  paypal.me/AShotGlassofRecovery Roy P. May 3rd, 1982  - This next guy is a real gentleman and I'm sad I don't see him around anymore. When I met him he had  40 years of sobriety and I loved his calming presence when he shared in a group.    

I first started seeing this outline of a figure around a fire on zoom AA meetings. When she spoke it was in a soft whisper because the rest of her household wouldn't be awake at 3 am. Why was she? She is a cancer survivor and was going through the battleground of chemo. She sat with us in the dark as we tried to carry the light that it speaks of in the St. Francis or 11th step prayer.   She always...

SHOW NOTE: Like the shows? Consider showing your support  paypal.me/AShotGlassofRecovery I met Slim at a 6am morning meeting in a rather chaotic online  meeting. He was one of those guys I was glad was there. What I've found in a lot of online meetings...is a lack of solution and a whole lot of people treating the zoom platform as group therapy. That is not what AA is. Slim is one of those fella's...