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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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49:35

AA Speaker - Chris S. - Playa Guiones, Costa Rica - 2012

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2025/10/27

Chris S. from Bedminster, NJ speaking on the topic of "First Step freedom, the gift of desperation" at the Nosara Big Book Workshop in Nosara Playa Guiones, Costa Rica - March 24th 2012 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Chris shared a powerful and practical talk on the Gift of Desperation and Step One, breaking down the truth of alcoholism with humor, depth, and clarity. Through vivid stories from his youth and years of struggle, he showed how the phenomenon of craving and the obsession of the

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61:34

AA Speaker - Jay S. - Pattaya, Thailand - 2011

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2025/10/25

Jay S. from Redondo Beach, CA speaking at the 16th annual Thailand Roundup in Pattaya, Thailand - February 26th 2011Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jay shares his deeply spiritual and profoundly humorous journey through 46 years of sobriety, blending the truth of Alcoholics Anonymous with timeless wisdom about grace, humility, and purpose. From his early years of chaos, blackouts, and denial to a complete surrender in 1979, Jay’s story illustrated how God—or what he calls light, truth, and

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53:25

AA Speakers - Robin & Fernando - Yuma, AZ - 2007

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2025/10/24

Robin & Fernando speaking at the Thunderbird Speaker Meeting 449 Club in Yuma, AZ - January 13th 2007 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Robin and Fernando shared a powerful and contrasting testimony of recovery, showing how the same disease wears many faces but is healed through one spiritual solution. Robin’s story spoke for countless women who drank in shame and secrecy—trying to stay “ladylike” while spiraling into blackout nights, broken homes, and despair. From sipping other people’s

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158:08

AA Speaker - Kenny D. - Santa Fe, NM - 2006 - Part 2

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2025/10/23

Kenny D. from Seattle, WA doing a 12-step spiritual retreat in Santa Fe, NM - December 9th 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Kenny’s workshop talk beautifully captured the heart of Step Two and Step Three in Alcoholics Anonymous — the journey from limited faith to full surrender. Through humor, humility, and vivid storytelling, he explored how closed-mindedness “fetters” the spirit and how willingness opens doors we never imagined possible. Reflecting on his early sobriety, he shared

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AA Speaker - Mike L. - McKenzie Bridge, OR - 2006

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2025/10/22

Mike L. from Indianapolis, IN speaking at the men's St. Benedict retreat in McKenzie Bridge, OR - March 3rd-5th 2006Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Mike shares his spiritually rich story of redemption, illustrating how the power of surrender, honesty, and divine grace transformed a life once dominated by fear, pride, and self-will. From his first drink at age twelve, Mike spent years chasing the false sense of peace alcohol gave him—through war, failed relationships, and near-total ruin—until

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58:32

AA Speaker - Robi S. - Haddonfield, NJ - 2013

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2025/10/21

Robi S. from Ventnor City, NJ speaking on the topic of sponsorship at an Acts of Recovery Conference in Haddonfield, NJ - October 12th 2013Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Robi shares a heartfelt and deeply spiritual story of transformation—how years of pain, fear, and self-loathing gave way to freedom once she surrendered completely to God through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. After countless failed attempts to fill the emptiness inside with people, substances, and chaos, she found

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AA Speaker - Kelvin D. - Salem, OR - 2007

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2025/10/20

Kelvin D. from Fargo, ND speaking at the Salem Soberfest in Salem, OR - February 16th 2007 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Kelvin, from a life ruled by fear, anger, and self-will to one filled with faith, humility, and gratitude through Alcoholics Anonymous. Born with a deep sense of not belonging, he found temporary relief in alcohol, which led to violence, loss, and spiritual emptiness despite outward success and church upbringing. Even after years in AA, his pride and lack of connection to

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217:46

AA Speaker - Don P. - Camden, ME - 2003 - Part 1

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2025/10/18

Part 1 of Don P. from Aurora, CO at the 6th Annual Big Book Weekend at Tanglewood in Camden, ME - June 14th 2003Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com During the weekend talks, Don shares with raw honesty and warmth how, after a lifetime of restless searching, prison sentences, and spiritual emptiness, he was given a second life through the power of awakening and Alcoholics Anonymous. Once a man broken by self-centeredness, fear, and the endless need to “catch an edge,” he found peace in

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AA Speaker - Jay P. - St. Cloud, MN - 2005

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/10/17

☀️🧡Happy Friday! We hope everyone has had a great week, and has a safe & relaxing weekend 🧡☀️ Jay P. from Myrtle Beach, SC speaking at the St. Cloud Roundup in St. Cloud, MN - May 14th 2005 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jay shares an unforgettable journey of faith, humility, and freedom through Alcoholics Anonymous, showing how total surrender to the program and God’s grace turned a life of chaos into one of peace and purpose. From his early years of anger, lies, and self-centeredness,

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48:29

AA Speaker - Jonathan S. - Play Guiones, Costa Rica -...

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2025/10/16

Jonathan S. from Austin, TX speaking on the topic of "Recovered versus Recovering" at the Nosara Big Book Workshop in Nosara Playa Guiones, Costa Rica - March 23rd 2012 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Jonathan shared a remarkable story of redemption, describing how years of failed attempts at sobriety finally gave way to true recovery when he surrendered fully to the Big Book’s program and God’s direction. After multiple treatments, the loss of his veterinary license, family, home, and

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59:32

AA Speaker - James T. - Manitoba, Canada - 2013

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2025/10/15

James T. from Auburn, CA speaking at the 39th Winter Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - February 1st 2013 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com James shares with humor, heart, and humility how Alcoholics Anonymous transformed his life from restless self-centeredness into peace, gratitude, and service. After quitting drinking but clinging to marijuana, he arrived at AA not yet convinced he belonged, until the warmth and love of the fellowship broke through his defenses. Guided by his sponsor,

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158:49

AA Speaker - Kenny D. - Santa Fe, NM - 2006 - Part 1

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2025/10/14

Part 1 - Kenny D. from Seattle, WA doing a 12-step spiritual retreat in Santa Fe, NM - December 8th 2006 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Kenny shares a deeply moving account of his descent into alcoholism and his eventual recovery, showing how grace and service replaced years of self-destruction. Born into chaos and addiction, he began drinking at twelve, quickly spiraled through violence, homelessness, and IV drug use, and nearly died in motel fires and dark alleys, spiritually and physically

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AA Speaker - Cindy M. - Dallas, TX - 2009

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2025/10/13

Cindy M. from Dallas, TX speaking about the 12 step at the Primary Purpose Group in Dallas, TX - January 2009 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Cindy shares a powerful journey of recovery that began after years of denial, relapse, and self-deception, despite growing up in a loving, church-centered family untouched by alcohol. From her first drink at fifteen, she chased the feeling that alcohol gave her worth and confidence, leading to decades of chaos, broken marriages, and self-justification

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48:16

AA Speaker - Chris S. - Playa Guiones, Costa Rica -...

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/10/12

Chris S. from Bedminster, NJ speaking on the topic of "Evolution of the Big Book experience" at the Nosara Big Book Workshop in Nosara Playa Guiones, Costa Rica - March 23rd 2012Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Chris recounts moving from blackout drinking and violence to a Big Book–centered spiritual recovery, insisting that chronically sick alcoholics need thorough step work—not meetings alone—to stay sober. He spotlights a modern AA “renaissance” that treats the Big Book as a true

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AA Speaker - Don L. - Edmonton, Canada - 2010

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2025/10/10

Don L. from Bellingham, WA speaking at 10th annual beef dinner of the Mystic Knights of Sobriety group in Edmonton, Canada - June 9th 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Don’s story is a powerful testament to the transforming grace of Alcoholics Anonymous — from a life ruled by denial, destruction, and hopeless drinking to one anchored in faith, humility, and service. After years of rationalizing his pain and hurting those who loved him, he finally surrendered, found a sponsor who challenged

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53:35

AA Speaker - Kent L. - Montgomery, AL - 2013

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/10/08

Kent L. from Montgomery, AL, USA speaking at the 5th Anniversary of the Happy Hour Group in Montgomery, AL - June 5th 2013 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com From a high-achieving yet fear-driven alcoholic whose drinking destroyed ambition, marriage, and career in the Army, to a man who embraced AA’s program of action, sponsorship, and daily spiritual disciplines to build a life of freedom and service. He rebuilt his education, earning degrees and a strong career with the Air Force, made peace

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52:20

AA Speaker - Edie C. - Sacramento, CA - 2000

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2025/10/07

Edie C. from Sacramento, CA at Sacramento Spring Fling, Sacramento, CA - February 18th 2000 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Edie shares her journey of survival and recovery, marked by a childhood of trauma, abandonment, and witnessing alcoholism destroy her mother and guardian. Despite being told she’d never succeed, she found Alcoholics Anonymous at 24, where fellowship, sponsorship, and service gradually healed her wounds. Through hard work, she transformed from a broken, angry young woman

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AA Speaker - Dave A. - Lake Jackson, TX - 2009

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/10/06

"Blind" Dave A. speaking at the 14th Annual Mouth of the Brazos Conference in Lake Jackson, TX - May 15th 2009 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com After decades of alcoholism, relapse, and failed attempts to quit on faith alone, Dave finally surrendered to Alcoholics Anonymous in 1998 and discovered that God could reach him through the fellowship and the Big Book. He described powerful spiritual experiences, including a fifth step that lifted a lifelong burden, moments where God intervened to keep

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AA Speaker - David R. -Raleigh, NC - 2006

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2025/10/04

David R. from Atlantic Highlands, NJ speaking on steps 1-12 at the NCCYPAA Young Peoples Conference in Raleigh, NC - September 2nd 2006Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com David shares how he grew up in a broken and violent home, found alcohol at 14, and quickly spiraled into decades of destruction, losing jobs, relationships, and even his health—eventually ending up drinking mouthwash, homeless, and pronounced dead before being revived. His first attempt at AA failed when he coasted without

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AA Speakers - Bill L. & Mike L. - Albany, NY - 2002

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast ·

2025/10/03

Bill L. from Dunellen, NJ and Mike L. from West Orange, NJ speaking at a workshop titled "Maintaining Conscious Contact During the Holidays" in Albany, NY - December 6th 2002 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Barefoot Bill and Mike L. from New Jersey shared their journeys of discovering that simply not drinking was not enough—both described the misery of untreated alcoholism despite time sober, until they embraced the 12 steps and a spiritual solution that changed everything. They spoke of how

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