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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 - Peter M. - Hamilton, Ontario - 2011

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2025/11/02

Peter M. from Boca Raton, FL speaking at the Fontbonne Group in Hamilton, ON - September 3rd 2011Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Peter shares his spiritual journey of transformation, tracing his path from a tormented childhood and violent alcoholism to a life of stillness, service, and grace through Alcoholics Anonymous. After losing his mother to addiction, battling relentless self-hatred, and surviving seven treatment centers, Peter reached total surrender in a filthy hallway on June 23,

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AA Speaker - Bill C. - Primm, NV - 2010

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2025/10/31

Bill C. from Torrance, CA speaking about steps 6 and 7 at the Stateline Retreat in Primm, NV - December 9th - 12th 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Bill reflects on growing up in an AA household, falling deep into addiction, and ultimately discovering humility, grace, and emotional maturity through the 12 Steps. Raised by devoted AA and Al-Anon parents, he rebelled into years of chaos, institutions, and isolation before his mother’s compassion brought him to recovery. His talk wove sharp

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AA Speaker - Paul G. - Eerie, PA - 2010

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2025/10/30

Paul G. from Brookfield, OH speaking at the Spring Fling Conference in Eerie, PA - April 17th 2010 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Paul shares his deeply spiritual account of a life redeemed through Alcoholics Anonymous, tracing his path from a reckless San Francisco youth and hard-drinking biker to a grateful man of faith, service, and humility. Arrests, loss, and utter loneliness finally drove him into treatment, where a counselor’s challenge and an AA speaker’s message cracked his denial

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52:16

AA Speaker - Karen G. - Jackson's Mill, WV - 2008

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2025/10/29

Karen G. from Los Angeles, CA speaking at Jackson's Mill 31st Fall Roundup in Jackson's Mill, WV - October 4th 2008 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Karen delivers a powerful, hilarious, and deeply moving account of redemption through Alcoholics Anonymous, sharing how she rose from the depths of alcoholic and professional ruin to a life of faith, service, and grace. Once a nurse who lost everything—her children, career, and dignity—Karen found herself on Skid Row in Lincoln, Nebraska, drinking

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55:47

AA Speaker - Steve D. - Temecula, CA - 2011

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2025/10/28

Steve D. from Rainbow, CA speaking at the Temecula water district meeting in Temecula, CA - 2011 Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com For Steve, a life that began in chaos and tragedy and was redeemed through the grace of Alcoholics Anonymous. From a childhood steeped in alcoholism and instability to wild years in the Navy, overseas near-death experiences, broken marriages, homelessness, and jails, Steve’s life was a portrait of self-destruction. He told with humor how he “got run over by a drunk

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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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