RECO12

Dara L is a recovered anorexic, bulimic, compulsive overeater, sex and love addict and a grateful member of OA and SLAA. She has hit many spectacular bottoms in her lifetime and has finally found recovery through surrendering all aspects of her addictions. Her story offers a powerful example of how not all addicts are served by treating their addictions in the order that they kill you. In her case...

Guest Intro and Bio in Eric’s own  words:  Today I celebrate my 2 year sobriety birthday!  I’ve been a Sexaholic forever, and finally, two years ago, I was finally ready to admit to myself that my life was a mess.  My addiction was taking over all aspects of my life and I saw a vision of everything I claimed to care about slipping away.  I came into SA on the heels of an emotional affair that ende...

Andrew:  is a 47 year old recovering sexoholic,  sober for 6 years. He joined the SA fellowship 11 years ago. He does his step work and has a sponsor and a few sponsees in SA.  He has also worked the steps in CODA.  He is clean from drugs for 23 years but has never joined a drug fellowship. Recently he started to do part-time work as an addiction therapist  in a small clinic that specializes in se...

Nikki is one of the founding members of the Wednesday Night SLAA Big Book Meeting and the Spiritual Gangsters groups. Her program of recovery began by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps and the fellowships of CA, AL-ANON and SLAA. Nikki's story is one of transformation and healing distinguished by her practical application of the Big Book's Twelve Steps and Traditions - as a program...

Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.  Speakers from our past meetings have represented many, many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.   Typically, each Fr...

David G from Oklahoma: He is a Sober member of AA since 08-08-1994 having had a life changing spiritual experience in 1995 as a result of the 12 steps as outlined in our Big Book, he learned that he had no idea how grow & develop with it. He soon found that yesterday’s miracle wasn’t sufficient for today! Other things begin to compete for that experience & they won out. In 2019 he reached...

Guest Intro and Bio for Leonie T:  She joined Alcoholics Anonymous and a 12 step food fellowship in August 1980.   Sobriety commenced for her in November of that year and she lives in Christchurch, New Zealand. Welcome to Reco12.  We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs, lust and sex, food and gambling, just to name a few.  We come together from all places, faiths and backgr...

Tony S from New Zealand in his own words:  I came into Alcoholics Anonymous in a very dark state in 1989, and while I was grateful when the craving to drink and drug was removed by a power greater than me, the obsession to eat I'd been battling all my life got more powerful by the day. I continued to eat addictively, and, as a result, didn't experience the freedoms of AA's promises....

Today’s speaker, Tanya D, is in Germany.  Tanya has experience with OA, UA, DA/BDA, SLAA, CODA, NA, SLAA & Al-Anon. She's been 14 years in recovery & wishes to share her experience, strength, & hope with the desire of relieving suffering in the world. She  also wishes to break stigmas & taboos, speaking up more about these subjects and her own experiences in the recovery journ...

In Jared’s own  words:  I have been sober for over 4 years mostly due to the hard work and higher power. I have reached a point in my sobriety that allows me to socialize like a "normal" person. Constant self awareness and the ability to go to that safe space in your heart/mind at will is very important. Welcome to Reco12.  We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs,...

Dennis T in Alaska is our speaker today.  He has been sober and in recovery since July 29th 2014. He finally found freedom from sexaholism, drug addiction, gaming addiction, and pain pills only to discover that it was Self that had defeated him. These other addictions were only symptoms. He had to quit playing God! Welcome to Reco12.  We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol, drugs,...

In Pamela’s own  words:  I came into AEA and AA broken in 2008, my life wasn’t working anymore! I felt like a big fat oversized childish oaf.  Totally dependent of other people’s opinions of me. I was so relieved when my sponsor offered me a complete change of my life and thinking if only I was able to go to any length to get it! I said yes and I’ve found life get’s better and better with this new...

If asked about Ryan L's most prominent character trait growing up, his family would likely cite his need to be right. This trait caused him to inwardly (and sometimes outwardly) push his family members aside at the cost of the loving connections that he needed as a sensitive kid. Through his parents' attempts at sexual education, Ryan learned that sex was supposed to be a loving, connect...

Lydz G has been in medical treatment for their eating disorder on and off for the last 12 years, and began their journey in 12 step a year ago through the rooms of Al Anon, after the bad break up of their first open, long term lesbian relationship. The big book says "we addicts are extremists" and Lydz is no exception - they went to three zoom meetings a day seeking experience, strength,...

Father Bill W. is a retired Episcopal priest continuously sober and active in 12-Step recovery since 1972. He has worked in the addiction treatment field most of his adult life and was the Director of several nationally recognized treatment centers. For nearly 30 years now, he has researched and promoted the practice of Two Way Prayer through workshops, podcasts, and numerous articles and studies...

Adeline G in her own words:  I entered program 12 years ago as an Adult Child in ACA, then migrated through the fellowships in the following order: Al-Anon, CoDA, NA, CMA, SLAA, then finally AA (last house).I actively work the Al-Anon, SLAA, and AA program. Al-Anon is the software I run in all my programs but AA is where I got my recovery and SLAA is my core addiction. I’m best known for my analog...

Cameron F has been a member of Cocaine Anonymous since November 21, 2003. As a Big Book Sponsor, he has worked with all kinds addicts from around the world. He facilitates a Twelve Steps in Four Hours workshop monthly ( link ) and has carried the Twelve Step message of recovery to well over 5000 suffering addicts over the past 17 years. His recovery message, "It only takes a day to learn the...

Michael has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the last 8 years. His primary fellowship is AA, even though he is not an alcoholic-He will explain. Currently, he is most active in SLAA and CODA.  Michael's favorite topic to talk on is Emotional Sobriety.  He has been practings as a licensed psychotherapist and life coach for the past 20 years. He and his family live in the Southwest...

Ariel O’N is a grateful recovering alcoholic in Ontario, Canada. As a 39 year old woman and single mom coming into AA, she had a lot of shame, trauma and pre conceived ideas to work through. The program has helped her to weather life’s storms, one day at a time, for more than 7 years without having to change her dry date. Welcome to Reco12.  We are an organization whose addictions include alcohol,...

Ellen S. came across the Big Book rooms nearly 5 years ago, and treated the program as an alternative to therapy. She took from the program what she wanted, and left the rest in the rooms. Because her life began to get better anyway, this worked for a time. Until she had achieved every major goal her “self” from 5 years ago had set out to do, and her anxiety only grew stronger. This was her second...

Mike is a recovering porn addict. He spent 38 years in his addiction, and has been clean now for 14 years. He was raised in Bellevue, WA and Raleigh, NC.  Shortly after marrying his wife, Andrea, he moved to the Atlanta, GA area to raise their kids. They have five children and seven grandchildren. He worked for the FAA for 37 years (most of those as an air traffic controller), retiring in 2019.  W...

Bianca is a gratefully recovered addict of the hopeless variety, LIVING FREE and working with others. In finding the Great Reality deep down within, turning her thinking and actions over the the care and divine timing of Spirit, she continues to be worked by the 12 steps and has commenced shoulder to shoulder our common journey… FROM FIGHT TO FLOW. Welcome to Reco12.  We are an organization whose...

Robin R - In her own words - I started my recovery journey on 8/7/1995 with complete abstinence from all drugs.  It is through perseverance that I keep trying to use every recovery tool God hands to me to find abstinence from trigger foods, sex, spending, Codependence, and a variety of other compulsive behaviors.  NA is my home program yet I have had amazing freedom recently with SLAA, CODA, 2Way...

Marcus B from California, 26 years old, in recovery for 3 years since 2018.  A multi disciplinary addict, Marcus shares from working the steps in Al-anon and S-anon to SA and SLAA.  He shares from a standpoint of being engaged to be wed in recovery to now being a single father co-parent, and dealing with the family illness of sexaholism and alcoholism while recovering from his own sex addiction. ...

Laurie is grateful to say that when it comes to addiction she pretty much have them all with a few exceptions.   She initially got sober in Alcoholics Anonymous in NYC Sept 29th, 2001. About 2 wks after the 911 attacks. AA in downtown NYC was a vibrant scene and she was most grateful to be given a second chance at life.  Shortly thereafter it became clear that she had more problems than just alcoh...