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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 - Jerry J. - Melbourne Beach, FL - 2005

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2025/09/24

Jerry J. from Lake Whitney, TX doing the steps at the Space Coast Roundup 2005 in Melbourne Beach, FL - February 2005 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jerry spoke with humor and humility about nearly losing everything to alcohol before finding lasting sobriety on January 1, 1973, through the grace of God and the steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. He shared stories from his Texas upbringing—like his bulldog Patches and the “cattle trucks” of life—to illustrate the insanity of alcoholism and the

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AA Speaker - Desmond T. - Grapevine, TX - 2002

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2025/09/23

Desmond T. from New York, NY at North East Texas Area Fall Convention - September 21st 2002 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Desmond hid behind white shirts, ties, and miniature bottles—until the love of AA finally broke through his defenses. Despite early slips and arrogance, he kept coming back, drawn to the honesty and realness of the people, who welcomed him, carried him past bars, and showed him what surrender looked like. Over time, he discovered the power of meditation, the truth of

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56:45

AA/CA Speaker - Wes H.- Denver, CO - 2006

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2025/09/22

Wes H. from Denver, CO speaking at the Colorado State CA Convention in Denver, CO - September 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Wes shares his journey with humor and honesty, reflecting on his years lost to alcohol and drugs, and how ego and fear nearly destroyed him. From early music career highs to homelessness and despair, he confused temporary relief from drugs with real spirituality until the gift of recovery showed him a different path. Sobriety brought him teachers, deep spiritual

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57:01

AA Speaker - Mike W. - Lake Jackson, TX - 2002

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2025/09/20

Mike W. from Wilmington, NC speaking about steps 4, 5, 6 and 7 at the 25th Brazos Conference - October 19th 2002Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Mike shares his story with warmth and humor, grounding it in nearly five decades of sobriety since July 1970. He reflected on how love—not something to be earned, but freely given—became central to his recovery, alongside honesty and acceptance. Drawing from the Big Book and 12 & 12, he emphasized that the root problem is self—resentments, fear,

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AA Speaker - Peter M. - Long Island, NY - 2006

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2025/09/19

Peter M. from Union, NJ speaking about steps 1 to 7 at the Primary Purpose Group in Long Island, NY - August 3rd 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Peter shared that simply putting down the drink is not recovery—true freedom comes from ongoing spiritual growth through the Steps. He warned against worshipping knowledge or intellect in AA, saying we must seek experience with the Big Book and God’s power, not just quotes and soundbites. He stressed the importance of continually revisiting the

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AA Speaker - Bart R. - Duluth, MN - 2013

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2025/09/18

Bart R. from Sedona, AZ speaking at the 68th Duluth roundup in Duluth, MN - September 22nd 2013 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com From sneaking alcohol in grade school to repeated detentions and juvenile jails, Bart describes how alcohol ruled every decision—costing him freedom, trust, and dignity. Even as an adult, he tried jobs, relationships, and sheer willpower, but the craving always returned. What changed was finding the Big Book and a sponsor who walked him through the steps: learning

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56:57

AA Speaker - Mary L. - Great Falls, MT - 2001

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2025/09/17

Mary L. from Great Falls, MT at Inland Empire AA Convention - October 21st 2001 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Mary shares a tender, funny, and fearless arc from lifelong fear and people-pleasing to deep recovery and service: sober since January 15, 1972, she survived blackouts, repeated treatments, and a six-month institution, then spent 14 more months in a women’s halfway house where she began living the Steps for real. She described learning to accept herself unconditionally (Step One), to

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AA Speaker - James T. - Sacramento, CA - 2010

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2025/09/16

James T. from Auburn, CA speaking at Sacramento Monthly Speaker meeting in Sacramento, CA - June 12th 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com James shares how his life shifted from loneliness, denial, and failed attempts to control drinking into a life of faith, service, and love. He described how, after years of believing he only had a “drinking problem,” he finally admitted he was alcoholic and began working the steps in earnest. His journey included moving from skepticism about God to taking

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AA Speaker - Lindsay M. - Atlanta, GA - 2014

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2025/09/15

Lindsay M. from Atlanta, GA speaking at the Fellowship of the Spirit in Conyers, GA - April 6th 2014 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Lindsay shares openly about her struggles with alcoholism from an early age, the chaos it caused, and the grace she found in AA. She emphasized repeated spiritual awakenings, setbacks, and the humility of knowing all willingness and strength come from her Higher Power. Her story underscored the reality of ongoing growth, the value of laughter, and the joy of

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57:15

AA Speaker - Dhulkti B. - Covington, LA - 2006

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2025/09/13

Dhulkti B. from Navarre, FL speaking at the 17th Annual Southeast Louisiana Spring Roundup in Covington, LA - May 28th 2006Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Dhulkti shares a powerful testimony of transformation, tracing a life once marked by chaos, trauma, and deep brokenness into one of recovery and spiritual rebirth. She spoke of a childhood filled with fear, shame, and early exposure to alcohol, which led her into years of heavy drinking, drugs, violence, prostitution, arrests, and

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AA Speakers - Scott M. & Matthew M. - Fort Worth, TX...

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2025/09/12

Scott M. from Fort Worth, TX and Matthew M. from Forth Worth, TX doing a Big Book Workshop at the 24 hour group in Fort Worth, TX - July 22nd 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Scott & Matthew share how deeply the Big Book and the Doctor’s Opinion shaped their recovery since November 28, 1997. They reminded everyone that sobriety isn’t just about abstaining but about studying and applying the Big Book as a true textbook, not just a self-help read. They traced AA’s growth from a handful

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AA Speaker - Peter M. - Lynbrook, NY - 2006

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2025/09/11

Peter M. from Union, NJ speaking at the Primary Purpose Group in Lynbrook, NY - August 3rd 2006Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Peter shares his experience-driven walk through AA’s solution—emphasizing that sobriety built on spirit, not mere abstinence, is what truly restores life. He challenged “plug-in-the-jug” thinking, urging seekers to rework Steps 1–9 repeatedly, live in 10–11, and carry the message in 12, because only a spiritual awakening removes the obsession and heals the “page 52”

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AA Speaker - Ralph W. - Oslo, Norway - 2015

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2025/09/10

Ralph W. from Los Angeles, CA sharing on the steps at the "Spiritual Progress rather than Spiritual Perfection" convention in Oslo, Norway - October 30th 2015Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Ralph describes arriving in AA in 1986 after his double life as a respected businessman by day and a destructive “vampire” by night collapsed, leaving him broken and powerless. Through treatment, meetings, and surrender, Ralph discovered that recovery is not about information but transformation—training

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AA Speaker - Jay S. - Hobbs, NM - 2006

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2025/09/09

Jay S. from Redondo Beach, CA speaking at the 26th annual Tumbleweed Conference in Hobbs, NM - September 15th 2006Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jay shares a life reclaimed: a 1979 sobriety date, decades free from the “front drink,” and a journey from blackout living and DUIs to spiritual action, amends, and service. He frames alcoholism as allergy + obsession + soul sickness—and recovery as complete abstinence, prayer/meditation, and working all 12 steps. Key wins: he stayed sober when the

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AA Speaker - Carl P. Conyers, GA - 2014

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2025/09/08

Carl P. from Atlanta, GA speaking at the Fellowship of the Spirit in Conyers, GA - April 6th 2014 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Carl traces a restless childhood—constant moves, isolation, and a mind that never felt comfortable—into full-blown addiction where alcohol and cocaine became the only reliable relief and then the wrecking ball for every job, home, and relationship he touched. He shows how “white-knuckle” stints in treatment and halfway houses failed because mere sincerity and

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AA Speaker - John K. - Dodge City, KS - 2008

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2025/09/07

John K. from Primary Purpose Group in Dallas, TX speaking at the SW Kansas AA Conference in Dodge City, KS - January 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com John shares his story of going from a straight-A, gifted athlete with everything on paper, to a hopeless alcoholic who cycled through jobs, relationships, treatment centers, and blackouts until Labor Day 1999, when he finally surrendered and found a sponsor who laid out the truth of the Big Book. He explains in his own words how Step 1 hit

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AA Speaker - Rick K. - British Columbia, Canada - 2008

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2025/09/05

Rick K. from Edmonton, Canada speaking at Parksville Rally in Parksville, British Columbia, Canada - June 14th 2008Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Rick shares a funny-raw arc from blackout drinking (early DUIs, a seizure, a marriage on the brink, dyslexia shame, and career chaos) to long-term sobriety (8/8/1985) built on service, sponsorship, and trusting God; he found purpose making coffee, stacking chairs, and “living like it might work,” then working the steps with a paint-salesman

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AA Speaker - Joshua H. - Vancouver, Canada - 2009

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2025/09/04

Joshua H. from Toronto, Canada speaking at the North Shore Roundup in Vancouver, Canada - April 12th 2009Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com From early chaos—drinking at 10, homelessness, jail, psych wards, and years of relapse—Joshua reached a bottom at 19 where alcohol stopped working and only AA remained. Guided by sponsors, steps, and service, he found freedom in admitting powerlessness, seeking a higher power, and using his painful past to help others. Despite trauma, loss, and struggles

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AA Speaker - Rick W. - La Jolla, CA - 2010

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/09/03

Rick W. from Oxnard, CA speaking at the Old Town speakers meeting in La Jolla, CA - Oct 2010Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Rick W. from Oxnard shares a humorous, raw, and deeply grateful account of a life transformed by Alcoholics Anonymous: after early trauma, chaotic drinking, DUIs, accidents, and a low point at Camarillo State Hospital (lured first by coffee, cookies, and H&I Marlboros), he discovered AA, recognized his alcoholism, and—sober since July 1977—built a daily practice of

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AA Speaker - Tim T. - Edisto, SC - 2007

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2025/09/02

Tim T. from Brooklyn, OH speaking at the Edisto Roundup in Edisto, SC - April 13th-15th 2007Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Tim's share reflects pain transformed into purpose: the son of an alcoholic father who got sober in 1946, Tim grew up in chaos—cycling through step-parents, over 20 schools, jails, prisons, and failed marriages—before reaching his bottom on June 23, 1982, when loneliness and despair nearly consumed him. His early life was marked by running from responsibility and

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