Recovery Crone Podcast

Alice and I discuss different ways of defining abstinence based on our personal experience and our experience of sponsoring.  Take what you like and leave the rest!

New Year's Eve recording of speaking at the Saturday 10am in-person meeting.  

I had a wonderful conversation with my friend, Mattie. Together we talk about her experience being a trans woman in the 12 step rooms of recovery.  

I feel beyond grateful for my recovery and for yours.

With over 30 years of service, MerleAnn initiated several meetings, consistently reached out to welcome newcomers, and held holiday potlucks on Thanksgiving and Christmas where all were welcome. She continues to be loved and missed. Thank you to the Sunday 7pm phone meeting for sharing MerleAnn's pitch from 2/8/2020.

Well, we reconvened after the summer holiday and forgot we already did this tradition!  We did have a great conversation, so I removed the beginning where we review the literature and included just our musings and reflections. Tradition Eight: "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers." AA Tradition Eight Tradition Eight Speake...

This podcast is for my friend. I tell the story of how I realized I was angry at a God I didn't even believe in and my process of healing from that. 

This workshop was speaking about HP for atheists, agnostics, and seculars.

Me waxing philosophical about Step 1. Also, the sound quality in the beginning is very poor and I'm not sure why. 

Anne Lamott is another 12 Step recovery hero.  She is a recovered alcoholic/ bulimic and her BFF is Father Tom.  This podcast is an excerpt from her book "Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith".  Here is a link to one of her early AA recovery talks . 

Stacy answers a question about her DNRS practice for healing trauma. 

I had a beautiful experience discussing with Jess her real-time experience in Step One.  Thank you Jess for sharing your heart and baring your soul for us. I hope this is the beginning of many conversations.

I was invited to pitch at a zoom meeting in Jolly Ol' England!  Thank you, OA Leeds! Mondays, 11am Zoom ID: 317 2495 555 PW: oaleeds

Thank you, Stacy, for sharing with me Glennon Doyle's We Can Do Hard Things podcast episode with Liz Gilbert.  Liz shares many things in these 2 episodes (listen to both!), including her journey into 12 Step.  This is an excerpt of her expressing her journey in Step 2 and her Step 3 ritual.  Links to the whole podcast episode (part 1) are here: Apple Podcast Spotify Audacity  

May need headphones! I boosted the volume, so hopefully it will help. 

Links to the various resources we mention are listed in part 1: https://recoverycrone.podbean.com/e/recovery-is-possible-healing-trauma-related-illness-part-1/

Links to the various resources we mention are listed in part 1: https://recoverycrone.podbean.com/e/recovery-is-possible-healing-trauma-related-illness-part-1/

Links to the various resources we mention are listed in part 1: https://recoverycrone.podbean.com/e/recovery-is-possible-healing-trauma-related-illness-part-1/  

I don't know how to describe the incredible experience of this conversation between Stacy, Stephanie and myself. I can only pray that you will listen to all 4 parts and share in the laughter, tears, joy and hope that we shared during this very rich conversation.    Resources: Christine Northrup - Adrenal Fatigue Handout: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B249DzLjDDB8SGJ5SkJ1SlFlb3M/view?usp=sharing...

Neil found the part in the 12&12 he was looking for: Step Five in the AA 12&12 P.57 – middle of the page Isolation – the mysterious barrier that we could neither surmount nor understand   The paragraph before the bottom of the page A bit further down - “…while we weren’t alone in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness”

Oregon Intergroup does a monthly newcomer meeting. Long pitch (40 minutes) with a lot of colorful language. 

Just another Saturday morning pitch.  TinyUrl.com/NLS12Step

Great discussion on Tradition Eight: "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers." AA Tradition Eight Tradition Eight Speaker AA Traditions Illustrated Pamphlet

This talk is from session 3 of "Choosing to Be A Caregiver" Al-Anon workshop.  You can download all of Fr Terry's talks here .

In exploring Step Two, Stephanie and I talk about our positive and negative experiences growing up and learning about God.