RECO12

Step 5 is:  “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." Eric H is a 42 year old practicing Roman Catholic.  He was married at the age of 24 while in active addiction.  After having an emotional affair for several months at the age of 40, that same woman introduced him to the SA program.  Eric knew that if he was going to continue in addiction th...

Step 4 reads: "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Cameron F has been a member of Cocaine Anonymous since November 21, 2003. As a Big Book Sponsor, he has worked with all kinds of addicts from around the world. He facilitates a Twelve Steps in four hours workshop and has carried the Twelve Step message of recovery to well over 2200 suffering addicts over the past...

Harvey E in Toronto is a 67 year old Orthodox Jew, who, together with his wife, Sharon, have five married children and 19 grandchildren.  He joined SA in January 7th, 2014, on the recommendation of his new therapist.  At the time, his marriage of 36 years was in serious trouble, he had recently been arrested for acting out behaviors going back 40 years, and he was suffering unbearable shame, shunn...

Step 2 is:  “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity”.  Sarvy P came in through the back doors of SLAA to discover she had a debilitating addiction to marijuana. A mother of two small children, she could not afford to lose a single thing more. By God’s grace, she woke up. From Iran to Toronto to California, the immigrant experience is interwoven into her jour...

Robert first came to Recovery through the back doors of Gamblers Anonymous in December 1985. Trying to overcome his gambling disorder Robert quickly learned that he had more than a gambling problem. As his life would begin to deteriorate around him, Robert finally went into treatment on February 9 of 1986 in Las Vegas Nevada. When Robert arrived he was addicted to alcohol, drugs, pornography, gamb...

Here is a little about Nancy in her own words.  "I was taken to my first meeting of OA January 28, 1975 at Beverly Hills High School more than 45 years Ago.   At that time I weighed approximately 300lbs. I was trying to separate from a man who was beating me up on a daily basis, now called a battered wife.  I had a seven an 9 year old totally out of control from neglect.  I had smuggled dope...

Here is a little about Cheryl.  She often says, "Slowbriety" – She is 26 years in recovery. Her great dependency on human aid was killing her; it took on the form of para-alcoholism / codependency. She made it to Al-anon and after many years there went onto several other 12 step fellowships – Overeaters Anonymous and Food addicts Anonymous, and Debtors Anonymous. These fellowships helped...

Cathy M is 65 and retired  She lives in Shreveport, LA.  She has degrees in Psychology and Nursing,and was a commercial airline pilot for a major airline with her husband.  Cathy has 26 yrs sobriety in AA, 17 years abstinence with food, 6 yrs in Al Anon,  and 1.5 yrs in Emotional Sobriety meetings.  She has been in OA 47 yrs, AA 44 yrs.  She is married with 2 Stepchildren and 2 Granddaughters.  An...

Cristine Price recently celebrated 33 years of recovery. Cristine has a professional background as a licensed therapist, substance abuse professional and specializes in holistic mental health. She has authored books and created training programs to facilitate frequency shifts, like those she has experienced, as a blueprint for others. She has also crafted her story of transformation into a fiction...

This is a replay of a previous meeting, meeting 21, with Damon W.  Sentenced to sixty-five years in a Texas prison, Damon once had it all.  At 20 years old, he was a Division 1 starting quarterback, after a career-ending injury, Damon was by all outside appearances, very successful.  It all came crashing down when he turned to hard core drugs to cope with disappointments of life.  After a fateful...

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...