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Nikki M will be speaking to us today on The Thought Life. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A.  We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time. Reco12 appreciates your help in keeping us working our 12th Step with these great resources...

Having grown up in an alcoholic home, Dorinda thought she knew all there was to know about alcoholism but that was a trap set up by her ego and illness, and, as it turns out, she knew nothing. She progressed from a fun loving moderate drinker to a miserable daily solo drinker with no hope left to lose and no reason left to live, or so she thought. How dark it is before the dawn. Little did Dorinda...

Bill S struggled with this process for 41 years; unfortunately he didn’t understand the first step, nor the connection. He finally became convinced that he couldn’t have a relationship with God without God. When he invited God in unreservedly, God came like a tidal wave. Then and only then could Bill see how fear ruled his life.  Thou Shalt Not Fear!!!  Bill's energy and self-described resurr...

Joseph O speaks to us today on Steps 6 and 7. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A.  We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host every other Wednesday at 9AM GMT / 11AM Israel time. Reco12 appreciates your help in keeping us working our 12th Step with these great resources and services...

Nik B. Is a recovering Sexaholic, Co-dependent, compulsive binge eater and a grateful member of the SAL fellowship.  With the Grace of God, a change of heart and rigorous honesty Nik has 2.5 years of sobriety from sexual addiction.  His first spiritual awakening was when he became  aware of his own ignorance after living a life of self-will run riot.   Nik now strives to live a life of quality… wi...

Here is a little about our guest speaker today, Ursula F:  The gift of Desperation met with Divine Intervention. Divorced Mother of 2 saves by Grace through the AA fellowship and 12 Step Program.  Today she speaks to us about the grace she found in AA. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A.  We hope that you will join us and draw streng...

Yitzy has been in recovery for a number of years. His primary program is SA, although he appreciates all the S fellowships and utilizes what he can from each of them. Yitzy also has worked the program for codependency out of the big book, which essentially allowed him to become more emotionally sober and eventually start dating. More recently, he started working ACA (adult children of alcoholics),...

Here is a little about our guest speaker today, Ora F, in her own words:  Having attended alanon as a teenager with a family member, I became familiar with the presence of a higher power in the rooms early on. My search for meaning is now underscored with the big book as I practice seeking on a daily basis. I am thankful to the rooms all over the world that support me as I navigate my recovery in...

Raised in the 1960’s and 70’s in Manhattan by parents who worshipped at the altar of the never ending party, Constance S’s alcoholism was a result of both nature and nurture. Having her first black out at 14 and having the Irish side of her family riddled with alcoholism, she knew her drinking days had an expiration date. And so Constance drank and snorted blow with a vengeance until she had reach...

Karen A and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery.  They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 5 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the...

You will not want to miss this one if you are a married person working your recovery.  John belongs to AA and Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA). Early in Sobriety, he became a single parent to 3 kids due to his ex-wife's addictions. While AA became a way of life, John found great difficulty applying the principles in his marriage. Although he wasn't drinking he would withdraw under emot...

Silvio is an active member of Cocaine Anonymous, sponsored and sponsoring, he’s been through the steps twice and is coming up to 2.5 years sober, one day at a time. He’s GSR of the "Friendship on Fridays" CA meeting in Covent Garden in London. His favourite prayer is the serenity prayer, and he hosts and publishes the 12-step recovery podcast “12 Steps & 12 Questions”.  Today, Silvio...

A little about Cheryl B in her own words:   I lived years in recovery as a dry drunk, thinking sobriety was my goal and battled with my thinking. Being sober did not mean I was working a 12 Step Program. In the grip of a progressive illness, it got worse, never better, until I finally handed my life over to a Power greater than myself.  Today she speaks on the topic of God is Everything or God is...

Young found the 12 step rooms in 2010 after losing everything due to his daily heroin, crack and alcohol addiction.  He didn't take any of the 12 steps and spent the next 8 years in and out of detox units and treatment centers. He was separated from all mind altering substances Chrismas eve 2018 and since that moment has thrown himself into a spiritual life and helping others. Today, he will...

A little about Rego in his own words:  "But for the Grace of God, A religious boy who had to let go of god to find God. After alcohol beat me down, I found AA, but i resisted, why the pain? I stood on the edges and looked in, Untill i became part of my life changed. Where would i be without AA, Where would i be without Alcoholics Anonymous? The solution outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymo...

let’s introduce our guest speaker for today, Jeffrey B and give a little background on him in his own words:  I’m a Sober Member of a 12 step fellowship. My Sobriety date is August 16th, 2003. I found freedom from Alcohol, Freedom from Self and Freedom from the delusion that I can wrest satisfaction and happiness out of this world if I only manage well. It seems that when I reach a glorious sobrie...

Karen A and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery.  They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 4 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the...

Nikki M found her way into the rooms in 2012 and has never left. The first few years were spent dying in the diluted message. Finally, after four years she was approach by a fellow with a real answer and a Big Book.  Since that day her program of recovery has been fueled by the Grace of God, the Power of 12 Steps, sponsorship and the fellowship of all recovery rooms. Nikki's story is one of t...

Ashley S from North Carolina is grateful to be a recovered sex addict and codependent. She has a deep love for the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous as it is the primary text that enabled her to enter upon a new relationship with her Creator and have a profound spiritual awakening to overcome her sex addiction back in 2021.  However, Ashley found herself hopeless once more as she was stuck in a tox...

Karen A and  Ben K talk about Debting and Vagueness, and the recovery from both in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope.   Here is a little about Ben K:  Ben K was a disturbed little kid, after discovering program and trying out different fellowships he finally found DA. Five years later, he is solvent, pays his taxes on time (with no resentment), an...

Here is a little about Ralph D.  From being raped by his brother at the age of 15 and groomed by four of his friends from that age until I was almost 18 lead him to many years of resentment, drinking very hard, using drugs and planning on killing the five of them or anyone that looked like them. The planning went on for many years in his head because he was trying to figure out a way of getting aw...

Karen A and  Binyamin H talk about the fact that There IS A Solution in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share their experience, strength, and hope.   Here is a little about Binyamin:  He had a spiritual awakening but he didn't do the step or work a program of recovery. Lost his mind and went insane. Started to work the program and found God's purpose for his life. Reco12 Afro-E...

Chuck started off his sobriety journey, July 9, 2020 after feeling useless to everybody, especially to himself, that’s when he stuck a pistol in his mouth. He drank to black out since he was 13 years old, and at 46, finally hit his bottom. The 12 steps has led him to a God that he has only been able to experience, through working the 12 steps and living them on a daily basis.  Chuck has found usef...

Karen A, Nadia J,  and Kirsty W are continuing this special series for The Family Afterward as a group of mothers who are living in recovery.  They will go through the Steps of Recovery from the perspective of mothers and families. Their topic of discussion in this episode will be the experience of working and living Step 3 as mothers in recovery. Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in...

Karen A talks about her experience with twisted thinking and dealing with depressive thoughts and feelings in this Reco12 Afro-Euro Speaker Meeting and share her experience, strength, and hope.    Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone is a Reco12 Resource in and for the Afro-Euro time zone hosted by Karen A.  We hope that you will join us and draw strength and hope from these podcasts that we will host every...