Alcoholics Alive

S7E12 Trey M. shares his experience with a reading from the chapter A Vision For You from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Nobody gets here by mistake", "More will be revealed" and "Alcoholism is to give up one thing for everything".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S7E11 Julie M. shares her experience with a reading from the chapter To Employers from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "We get a front row seat to the greatest show on earth", "Attitude of Gratitude" and "My mind is a bad neighborhood, I don't go there alone".  If you have a quesiton, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S7E10 Heather shares her experience with a reading in the The Family Afterward from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "This AA thing is more than alright", "Pigeon Meeting" and "I can't think my way into good living, I have to live my way into good thinking". If you have a suggestion, question or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at  freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S7E9 Dawn L. shares her experience with a reading from To Wives in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "When you know better you do better", "The spiritual side of the program" and "There are only two meetings you should go to - the one you don't want to go to and the one you do want to go to".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at...

S7E8 Otis shares his experience with a reading from the chapter Working With Others from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "A grateful drunk never drinks", "You may be the only copy of the Big Book someone else reads" and "You can start your day over at any time".  If you have a question, comment of suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S7E7 Jana shares her experience with the chapter Into Action from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I never wanted to stay sober this long when I got here", "Serenity is being ok with where I'm at", and "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsal...

S7E6 Ian shares his experience with the chapter How It Works from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "The man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man", "Stick with the winners", and "Secrets die in the light". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com   

S7E5 Kristi shares her experience with the chapter We Agnostics from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Sober up a horse thief and you still have a horse thief", "Restrain of thumb and send" and "If God brought me to it, God can bring me through it". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com   

S7E4 Tom shares his experience with the chapter More About Alcoholism from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "AA is not where you wind up, its where you start over", "Alcoholics all drink for the same reason - Any Reason!", and "The world record for sobriety is 24 hours".  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsaliv...

S7E3 Maggie shares her experience with the chapter, There is a Solution, from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Utilize, don't analyze", "An AA member is just a drunk with a conscience", and "If you spot it, you got it".  If you have a question, comment, or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S7E2 Dan shares his experience with Bill's Story from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "TIME - This I Must Earn", "Carry the message, not the mess", and "1000 lb Telephone". If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S7E1 Mrs. Jones shares her experience with a reading from the Doctor's Opinion from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Seven days without a meeting makes one weak", "Service is God's rock tumbler", and "Pigeon Meeting".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E13 Shank and Wayne share their experience on Season 6 and Grapevine Books. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I've got a built in forgetter", "The goal is not to think less of myself but to think of myself less", and "Half measures availed us nothing".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E12 Brie shares her experience with Sponsorship.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "You can only keep what you have by giving it away", "In the rooms" and "SLIP (sobriety losses its priority).  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

Shank and Wayne discuss some Grapevine history, personal experience, relevance and financial condition.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E11 Chris shares his experience with coming to believe.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I came, I came to, I came to believe", "Give your higher power a hand for the chips that you hold", and "ISM - I sponsor myself".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E10 Steve shares his experience with Long Term Sobriety.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "A check up from the neck up", "An alcoholic on his own is terrible company" and "There's only two things you have to do to become an old timer: Don't drink and don't die".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E9 Tom shares his experience with Making Amends.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I'm making living amends", "Everything happens for a reason" and "There are no coincidences in AA". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

Special Episode - Shank and Wayne discuss the approved Advisory Action from the 74th General Service Conference relating to the PLBB: The committee recommended that the draft manuscript “Plain Language Big Book: A Tool for Reading Alcoholics Anonymous” be approved with minor editorial changes to include: • Relocation of the “A.A. Steps Table” to constitute an Appendix (on the Twelve Steps) at the...

S6E8 Katie shares her experience with "Thank you for sharing".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "You can only keep what you have by giving it away", "Act of Dog" and "I have a Sponsor who knows they are my Sponsor". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E7 Nick shares his experience with "Into Action". Meeting Shrapnel discusses "A member in good standing", "Grateful to be here, grateful to be sober", and "Suit up and show up". If you have a question, commment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E6 Tracy shares her experience with being Happy, Joyous and Free sober.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Poor Me, Poor Me Pour Me another Drink", "If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your Plan" and "FEAR - Fight Everyone and Relapse". Email questions, suggestion or comments to freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E5 Jeremy shares his experience with being free while incarcerated.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I'm allergic to alcohol - when I drink, I break out in handcuffs", "Stick with the winners", and "One more link in the chain".  If you have a comment, question of suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E4 Julia shares her experience with being Young and Sober in AA.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "PUSH - Pray until something happens", "Whom I choose to call God" and "It works if you work it, work, work, work." If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com  

S6E3 Dee G. shares her experience with handling adversity in sobriety.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Life on lifes terms", "In the rooms" and "There is no escalator to recovery, you have to take the steps".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com