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Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast

Sober Sunrise brings you AA Speaker Tapes from around the world. Rather than an AA discussion podcast, Sober Sunrise brings you speakers who share step-work, workshops, and general fellowship discussion points.We are not affiliated with AA in anyway.

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AA Speaker - Steve B. - Paramount, CA - 2001

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2025/07/11

Steve B. from Van Nuys, CA speaking at the Paramount speakers group in Paramount, CA - February 4th 2001 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Steve B. delivers a raw, hilarious, and heartfelt look at sobriety after over two decades of living alcohol-free since May 25, 1979. With self-deprecating humor and brutal honesty, he shares what it was like to come into AA thinking he was God, only to find out the real miracle was being willing to be rebuilt from the inside out. Steve doesn’t glamorize his

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AA Speaker - Wayne B. - Eugene, OR - 2021

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2025/07/10

Wayne B. from Santa Monica, CA speaking at Summerfest 44 in Eugene, OR - July 16th 2021Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Wayne B. speaks with deep reverence for the long arc of recovery, having been sober since November 8, 1977. His journey—from living in a dumpster on Skid Row to becoming a police officer and respected AA speaker—is a testament to the enduring power of spiritual awakening and service. Diagnosed and institutionalized 17 times before finding recovery, Wayne shares candidly about

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AA Speaker - Ilene W. - Brentwood, CA - 2015

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2025/07/09

Ilene W. from Los Angeles, CA speaking at the Brentwood Beginners Workshop in Los Angeles, CA - January 8th 2015Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Eileen W. speaks with a captivating mix of sharp humor, brutal honesty, and heartfelt wisdom, reflecting on nearly 40 years of continuous sobriety since March 3, 1975. Once a self-described terrified, angry, and broken woman, Eileen found grace and transformation through the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. Her life’s arc—from teenage pregnancy and

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52:35

AA Speaker - Chris S. - Toronto, Canada - 2023 - 1st...

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/07/08

Chris S. from Pottersville, NJ speaking on step 1 at the Fellowship of the Spirit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - June 23rd 2023Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Chris shares a gripping, deeply human story of addiction, surrender, and redemption centered around the First Step of Alcoholics Anonymous. His journey began with anxiety and unease even before his first drink at age 13, followed by a fast descent into blackout drinking, wrecked cars, violent outbursts, and a progressively unmanageable

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AA Speaker - Rósa Á. - Oslo, Norway - 2022

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2025/07/07

Rósa Á. from Tønsberg, Norway speaking at the Primary Purpose convention in Oslo, Norway - November 6th 2022 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Growing up largely unsupervised in a small Icelandic fishing village, Rosa endured trauma, early addiction, and mental health challenges that led to repeated institutionalization and a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Despite 13 rehabs, relapses, and a chaotic path, her surrender to a higher power on September 16, 2001, marked a turning point. Rosa’s

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AA Speaker - Searcy W. - Houston, TX - 2002

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2025/07/06

Searcy W. from Dallas, TX speaking at the Houston Roundup in Houston, TX - November 11th 2002Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com With warmth, wit, and deep reverence for AA’s legacy, Searcy shares a remarkable 54-year journey of sobriety rooted in humility, service, and faith. Raised in rural West Texas and shaped by a Baptist upbringing, his drinking began in semi-pro baseball and escalated through corporate life until it became a compulsion. After finding AA in 1946, he played a foundational

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48:45

AA Speaker - Karl M. - Los Angeles, CA - 2015

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2025/07/05

Karl M. from speaking at the Brentwood Beginners Workshop in Los Angeles, CA - August 6th 2015 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Carl shares a powerful, heartfelt, and often hilarious account of over three decades of sobriety, reflecting on a life transformed by the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Sober since January 21, 1987, Carl emphasizes that his alcoholism is the defining force that shaped every major turn in his life—before and after recovery. He vividly explains the physical craving and

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01:08:47

AA Speaker - Scott R. - Torrance, CA - 2004

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2025/07/04

Happy 4th of July Weekend from your friends at Sober Sunrise! Scott R. from Van Nuys, CA speaking at the South Bay Roundup in Torrance, CA - July 3rd 2004 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Scott recounts growing up in a chaotic Bronx household and later spiraling into heroin use, he details the ways alcoholism silently hollowed him out, despite 18 years of psychotherapy and various attempts to outrun the disease. With remarkable honesty, he shares how he and his wife Nancy—both shattered by

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AA Speaker - Matt K. - Los Angeles, CA - 2017

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2025/07/02

Matt K. from Hartford, CT speaking at the Brentwood Beginners Workshop in Los Angeles, CA - June 1st 2017 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com From a troubled youth marked by arrests, addiction, and suicidal despair, Matt found hope and healing in Alcoholics Anonymous. With guidance from sponsors like Clancy, Bob H., and Howard P., he embraced the 12 steps, repaired broken relationships—including profound amends to his mother and old friends—and learned to live with purpose, humility, and deep

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01:11:32

AA Speaker - Bill C. - Springfield, MO - 2009

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2025/07/01

Bill C. from Torrance, CA speaking at the Heart of the Ozarks convention in Springfield, MO - November 11th 2009 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Bill C. shares on his decades of experience in Alcoholics Anonymous, reflecting on the foundational role of sponsorship and the transformative power of service to others. Framed by emotional stories of caregiving and loss, he underscores that true sobriety and growth come not from passive meeting attendance but from action, vulnerability, and genuine

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AA Speaker - Chris S. - Copenhagen, Denmark - 2007

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2025/06/30

Happy Monday! Hope you all have a great, rewarding week! Chris S. from Pottersville, NJ speaking as the Friday night speaker at the CPH12 v9 convention in Copenhagen, Denmark - October 13th 2007 Visit our website - sober-sunrise.com Chris shares a powerful and deeply personal journey of recovery, marked by chaos, desperation, and ultimately profound transformation. From his first blackout at age 13 to violent car wrecks, lost relationships, and near-death experiences, his story reflects the

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AA Speaker - Bob B. - Primm, NV - 2010

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2025/06/28

Bob B. from St. Paul, MN speaking about steps 10 and 11 at the Stateline Retreat in Primm, NV - December 9th - 12th 2010Visit our website - sober-sunrise.com Bob, sober since December 10, 1967, speaks with the kind of warmth, humor, and deep honesty that only comes from walking the long road of recovery. He shares openly about his journey—from early privilege and ego-driven success, to painful collapse, and the grace-filled rebuilding that followed. He reminds us that real growth in sobriety

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AA Speaker - Cliff R. - Yosemite, CA - 2006

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2025/06/27

Happy Friday! We hope you have had a great week and weekend ahead. Cliff R. from Oceanside, CA speaking at the 5th Yosemite Summit Conference in Yosemite, CA - November 12th 2006 Visit our website - sober-sunrise.com Cliff R. delivers a moving, humorous, and deeply vulnerable account of his alcoholic descent and the redemption he found through Alcoholics Anonymous. Once a high-achieving, fiery, and combative high school teacher and debate coach, Cliff recounts how alcoholism devastated his family,

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01:28:47

AA Speaker - Doug M - 2008 - Part 3

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2025/06/26

Doug M. from Fernandion Beach, FL taking people through the step in 5 hours at the CPH12 v10 convention in Copenhagen, Denmark - May 31st 2008 Visit our website - sober-sunrise.com

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AA Speaker - Doug M - 2008 - Part 2

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2025/06/24

Doug M. from Fernandion Beach, FL taking people through the step in 5 hours at the CPH12 v10 convention in Copenhagen, Denmark - May 31st 2008Visit our website - sober-sunrise.com

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AA Speaker - John K. - Fort Worth, TX - 2006 - Part 4

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2025/06/23

John K. from Dallas, TX speaking at the Eastside Group in Fort Worth, TX - February 2006 Drop a couple dollars in our virtual basket: Sober-Sunrise.com In Part 1, John K. delivers a powerful and direct message about recovery, sharing his journey of repeated relapses, failed attempts to control his drinking, and ultimate surrender to the AA program. Speaking at the Eastside Group, he emphasizes the necessity of following the Big Book precisely, rejecting half-measures, and fully conceding to

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AA Speaker - Patti O. - Palisades, CA - 2015

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2025/06/22

Patti O. from Laguna Niguel, CA speaking at the Palisades Speaker Meeting in Palisades, CA - December 20th 2015Visit our website: Sober-Sunrise.com Patty O. shares a deeply moving and humorous account of her journey through alcoholism, beginning with her first blackout at 13 and spiraling through decades of drinking, arrests, and spiritual disconnection. Despite her intelligence and academic success, alcohol dictated every part of her life until a judge’s unexpected act of grace led her to AA in

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54:48

AA Speaker - John K. - Fort Worth, TX - 2006 - Part 3

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/06/21

John K. from Dallas, TX speaking at the Eastside Group in Fort Worth, TX - February 2006 Drop a couple dollars in our virtual basket: Sober-Sunrise.com John K. delivers a powerful and direct message about recovery, sharing his journey of repeated relapses, failed attempts to control his drinking, and ultimate surrender to the AA program. Speaking at the Eastside Group, he emphasizes the necessity of following the Big Book precisely, rejecting half-measures, and fully conceding to alcoholism’s grip

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AA Speaker - John K. - Fort Worth, TX - 2006 - Part 2

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/06/19

John K. from Dallas, TX speaking at the Eastside Group in Fort Worth, TX - February 2006 Drop a couple dollars in our virtual basket: Sober-Sunrise.com John K. delivers a powerful and direct message about recovery, sharing his journey of repeated relapses, failed attempts to control his drinking, and ultimate surrender to the AA program. Speaking at the Eastside Group, he emphasizes the necessity of following the Big Book precisely, rejecting half-measures, and fully conceding to alcoholism’s grip

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AA Speaker - Nicole H. - Phoenix, AZ - 2020

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2025/06/18

Nicole H. from Phoenix, AZ speaking at the Friday night young people's 1st anniversary meeting in Phoenix, AZ - September 11th 2020 Visit our website: Sober-Sunrise.com Nicole shares her powerful journey from trauma, addiction, and self-destruction to healing through faith and the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Despite facing sexual abuse,heroin addiction, near-death experiences, and the loss of a loved one, Nicole's turning point came through spiritual surrender and finding purpose in sponsoring

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