Sober Shares - Alcoholics Anonymous addiction recovery interviews

Lauren SHARES 20 years of sobriety and her journey to a higher level of spirituality.  Click this link to Donate to Sober Shares with your debit or credit card: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MD6DFY5RUYT5A Website: www. SoberShares.com Email: mike@SoberShares.com

Bob D. SHARES his sobriety journey in AA with us from a talk given in 2013. Click this link to Donate to Sober Shares with your debit or credit card: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MD6DFY5RUYT5AWebsite: www. SoberShares.comEmail: mike@SoberShares.com

Barbara SHARES 13 years of sobriety and explains how the 12 steps saved her life. Click link to donate to Sober Shares with your debit or credit card: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MD6DFY5RUYT5A Website: www. SoberShares.com Email: mike@SoberShares.com

Angie SHARES her addiction recovery story and sings Amazing Grace at the end of her talk.  Click this link to Donate to Sober Shares with your debit or credit card: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MD6DFY5RUYT5A Website: www. SoberShares.com Email:  mike@SoberShares.com

Tony SHARES his recovery story which was recored at the Pacific Group in Los Angles California in 1991. This recording was made when he had 16 years sober, Tony is still sober today and has 46 years of continuous sobriety. Please click the link below to make a donation to this podcast so we can keep it ad free. Our Paypal user name for donations is mike@sobershares.com Website: www. SoberShares.co...

Welcome home friend to Sober Shares episode 32. Jimmy Daniels ( PART 4 ). Jimmy SHARES his experience, strength, and hope on steps 9, 10, 11, and 12 as he wraps up this 4 part series which was recored in Greenville, Texas in 2005. Please listen to all four episodes of this set of Alcoholics Anonymous talks that was orginally recorded over a four week period. You can hear each talk in chronological...

Welcome home friend to Sober Shares episode 31. This episode is titled Jimmy Daniels part 3. Jimmy SHARES his experience, strength and hope on steps 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as he tells his powerful and intimate stories about his sober journey in Alcoholics Anonymous. Jimmy's story is one of hope and redemption we can relate to. I remember thinking to myself every time I was around him that if Jimmy coul...

Welcome home friend, to a very special edition of Sober Shares. This episode is titled Jimmy Daniels ( PART 2 ). Jimmy was an AA step speaker who specialized in presenting his life story and how the twelve steps worked in his life. Mr. Daniels was extremely popular and he was booked several months to several years in advance due to his powerful message. This episode will highlight steps 1, 2, and...

Welcome home friend, to a very special edition of Sober Shares. Over the next four episodes you will hear a set of AA talks given by my late sponsor Jimmy Daniel’s. This type of AA talk is commonly referred to as “DOING THE STEPS”. Jimmy got sober on June 10th, 1982 and went on to help thousands of alcoholics get and stay sober. I asked Jimmy to be my AA sponsor during my 5th year of sobriety. I w...

Brad SHARES 15 years of sobriety with us and explains what it was like to grow up in Buffalo, New York. We cover his childhood which was filled with some bullying events by kids and adults in his neighborhood. As Brad got older his anger and fear grew to uncomfortable levels. Brads physical gifts allowed him to attend a Division 1 school on a Football scholarship and he hoped that the new geograph...

Michael McCoy SHARES 4 years of sobriety with us and explains how Alcohol and Drugs helped him to feel comfortable during his early days of partying in High School. His College years were fueled with alcohol and drugs. Mike had a great deal of fun for many years until his addictions started to rage out of control. The wheels started to fall off as his adult years started wiz by. Mike worked as an...

Damon Dobson SHARES 10 years of sobriety with us as we explore his drinking, which started at age 13. He moved so much as a child it was hard for him to put down roots and feel safe. Damon’s football and academic efforts helped to contain his drinking for a time while in High School. Blackouts are a big part of his story and the damage done was usually told to him after the episode had taken place...

Megahn SHARES 6 year of sobriety and her journey to becoming a sober mother and wife. Website: www. SoberShares.com Email:  mike@SoberShares.com Click link to Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MD6DFY5RUYT5A

John SHARES 14 years of sobriety with us and explains how acceptance is the answer to all his problems. Since getting sober his life has changed in reference to how he views himself, God, and those around him. His relationships at work and with those around him have all seen a marked increase in quality. Working with others and being of service are taking on a much larger roll in his life over the...

Stan SHARES his 33 years of sobriety and explains the importance of practicing the principals in all of his affairs. We cover the topics of honesty, making direct amends and the importance of sponsorship. Stan tells us how he aims to attend at least three AA meeting per week to keep in emotional balance and to stay sober. His relationship with GOD is the only reason he was able to get and stay sob...

Patrice SHARES her 3 years of sobriety with us and explains how alcohol almost destroyed her. Her drinking really took off during her college days and made it hard for her to concentrate on school or much else other than drinking. Her drinking progressed quickly and she decided to get married and have kids soon after her drinking escalated. Patrice did not believe she had a problem with drinking f...

Leslie SHARES her 16 months of sobriety by telling us about getting sober DURING the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020. She explains that she believes she may have already been an alcoholic long before alcohol ever touched her lips. She has always been a seeker and that seeking is the reason she found alcohol and fell in love with it. Alcohol was fun and magical for many years until it tu...

Casey SHARES his 31 years of sobriety with us and shows it is possible to get sober as a teenager and stay sober. He began to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes early in life by modeling the behavior of adults that were close to him. He was lonely as a child due to his parents working long hours. Left to his own devices he began to allow his drinking to take on a larger roll in his life. The Alcoh...

Jennifer SHARES her life story with us as we explore what long term sobriety looks like. We explore her drinking career and pin point the time she began to drink against her will. We cover dating in AA and how that worked out for her. Jennifer talked about how she has grown closer to her God via the growth opportunities of living life on life terms. We explore the dangers of sponsoring yourself an...

Will SHARES his sober journey with us and how it all began while he was in treatment and he said to a counselor  "I need help, I cannot live this alcoholic life anymore". His total surrender unlocked the willingness to follow his treatment teams advice to work the 12 steps and move to a sober living house in Atlanta, Georgia. Will developed rules for himself in early sobriety like never being alon...

Krista SHARES her 25 years of sobriety and takes us on a journey though her life story. We learn about the early years of her drinking and how she could feel the fear leaving her body as she drank. The alcohol was a great comfort to her during the early years of her addiction. She remembers being able to breath, relax, and deal with life for the first time as she got drunk. Her drinking history wa...

Chico West SHARES his 32 years of sobriety and explains how he was raised in a family where alcohol was part of the fabric of his life as a young person. The death of his father and aunt in separate alcohol related automobile accidents created fear and anger in him as a young boy. Chico started to drink regularly soon after his fathers accident and it helped ease the pain and sadness. Chico began...

Stephanie SHARES her story of being a young woman in recovery who is doing the work to stay sober and help others on a daily basis. We discuss step one and what that looks like in the real world as a young person who is out there hustling and doing whatever it takes to survive. Stephanie has always been a seeker and she explored many faiths as a child looking for something to soothe her. She was a...

Cary SHARES with us how a relationship with his Higher Power is the foundation of his emotional and physical sobriety. We talk about loneliness and how recovery can lead to a new life of fellowship and family. We explore the fine line between solitude and isolation in recovery and how that translates into why going to recovery meetings is important. The topic of sex, marriage and fatherhood are di...

SOBER SHARES RECOVERY PODCAST episode #13. Gary SHARES his moment of clarity and what it looked like when he hit rock bottom with his drinking and drug use. He said to himself “I can not live like this anymore, I do not want to live like this anymore.” Gary was a young man when he got sober and he understood the causes of his woes were directly related to his alcohol addiction issues. Gary reached...