RECO12

RECO12

An Addiction Recovery Lunch-hour Speaker Meeting. A new guest speaker with at least 1 year sobriety from any addiction, and who is actively working in recovery, will speak for 25 minutes each week on a specific recovery topic. This will be followed by a moderated 25 minute Q & A session from the live audience. The live speaker meetings will be held on Zoom each Friday at 10:00 AM Pacific time. To attend the live recordings and have the opportunity of asking questions of the guest, please send an email to reco12pod@gmail.com and request to get on the invitation list. To become a Reco12 Spearhead and support this mission, please consider subscribing at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1117700/support . All aspects of recovery will be covered, including but not limited to: Steps, Blessings of Recovery, Relapse Prevention, Sponsoring, Specific aspects of recovery, What to do if I relapse, etc. We invite each guest speaker to seek guidance so they can reflect the light they have been given in order to inspire hope, meaning, growth and worth in each of us, the listening audience.

Episodes

January 17, 2025 61 mins

WHEN PATT O WAS 11 MONTHS OLD, HE CAME INTO THE ROOM OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WITH HIS MOM WHO WAS EITHER GOING TO GO TO AA OR PRISON FOR 10 YEARS.  GROWING UP IN THE ROOMS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP PATT SOBER.  HIS JOURNEY OF ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION TOOK HIM TO SKID ROW.  PATT KNEW HE WAS DYING FROM - BUT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ALCOHOLISM WAS.  TODAY AS A RESULT OF A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING PATT is A FREE MAN!  Today Patt O. speaks ...

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Sheryl A had a spiritual experience on May 12, 2022 through working the 12 Step Program outlined in the Big Book of AA. Since then, Sheryl has been journeying in recovery from food addiction and codependency through a spiritual solution that has set her free.  Today she speaks to us on her chosen topic entitled, "Surrender vs. Compliance: Recovery Beyond Our Wildest Dreams".

Reco12 is all about exploring the comm...

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Ursula B from South Africa and Joseph O from Israel join Karen A from Israel in this Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting.  They share their experience, strength, and hope on Steps 10 and 11.

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 about every Friday at 10:00 am Israel time and 8:...

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January 6, 2025 56 mins

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July.  In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, discuss 10 things we have learned from and in recovery.  We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Michelle's work in treatment facilities.  Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to God and our fellows.  A take away from this conversation...

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Father Bill W. is a recovered alcoholic, who just celebrated 52 years in recovery last week, and an Episcopal priest in Austin, TX, who has worked in the addiction treatment field for over 50 years. Bill presents workshops and hosts the Father Bill W Podcast and speaks frequently on AA’s spiritual history and Two Way Prayer.  He is the steward of the twowayprayer.org website.  He will
address us this week on the topic of Spirit...

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In today's Afro-Euro Meeting of Reco12. which was recorded on Friday, December 27th, 2024, Nadia J from the South Africa speaks with us on the topic of Relationships in Recovery

Here is a little about Nadia J - Twice born.
Agent working for God. Grateful child of God. Spearhead advancing the kingdom.
For seven years I floated in and out of the 12 step rooms; teetering at the jumping off point. Living on page 5...

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Here is a bit about D. B. in his own words:  I grew up in a nuclear family filled with addicts and alcoholics.  In 1995, I began a long term relationship with an alcoholic and sex addict.  That relationship and eventual marriage led me on a journey with stops in many forms of institutions and hospitals.  By the grace of God, I attended my first Al Anon meeting on July 19, 2004 and my first S-Anon meeting on January 13, 2010.  In 20...

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In today's Afro-Euro Meeting of Reco12. which was recorded on Friday, December 20th, 2024, Ollie D from the UK speaks with us on the line from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, "We had to quit playing God, it didn't work."

Here is a little about Ollie D - I’ve been through the 12 steps, I sponsor, I have a sponsor, I have a homegroup which I’m of service to, 10 months 21 days clean.

Reco12 ...

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Monty Meyer (aka, the Monty'man) is Founder and Executive Producer of KHLT Recovery Broadcasting and the Take 12 Recovery Radio Shows. With over 20 years in broadcasting and 30 years’ experience working on the Pastoral Staff of local congregations and drug & alcohol services, Monty's work is primarily with those who have a desire to become whole through the process of Twelve Step recovery.
Reco12 is all about expl...

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December 13, 2024 60 mins

Debi's 1st meeting was in 1981. Her 1st sober date was in 1987. Her current and permanent sober date is 1/31/94. After a long history of trouble at home, school, and the law, from a very young age, including rehab, detox, jail, DUI, psych ward, diagnoses, medication, etc. Debi finally surrendered. She was dry 3.5 years for the 2nd time and ready to suicide. She reached out for help with more humility and desperation than she&a...

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December 12, 2024 42 mins

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July.  In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, discuss several more questions that were submitted from various addicts from various backgrounds and locations.  We dive deep into questions that generally come from Robert and Michelle's work in treatment facilities.  Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service to ...

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December 11, 2024 43 mins

In today's Afro-Euro Meeting of Reco12, Cristina M from Romania speaks with us on the importance of God's Will in Step 3.

Cristina alcoholic from Romania.
Prior to AA, I tried therapy, self-help books and any methods I could find but nothing worked to stop drinking.
I first came to Alcoholics Anonymous in 2020. After 2 and half years I started drinking again because I was not willing to do the necessary w...

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David G from Oklahoma is Sober member of AA since 08-08-1994 having had a life changing spiritual experience in 1995 as a result of the 12 steps as outlined in our Big Book he soon learned he had no idea how grow & develop with it. He found that yesterday’s miracle wasn’t sufficient for today! Other things began to compete for that experience & they eventually won out.  In  2019 he reached an emotional bottom in sobriety. H...

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November 30, 2024 55 mins

In today's meeting, Liza L and Nikki M fill in for Justin B as he spends Thanksgiving with his family.  They explore the indispensible things in recovery. 

Reco12 is all about exploring the common threads of addiction and sharing tools and hope from those on a similar path. We gather from diverse backgrounds, faiths, and places to learn and support one another. Our speakers are members of various fellowships, addicti...

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In today's Afro-Euro Reco12 pop-up meeting, Andrew E speaks to us.  His talk is entitled "The Gaunt Prospector".

Here is a little about  Andrew E:

I came into recovery 8 months ago in a 12 step treatment centre after more than 40 years of active addiction, primarily to alcohol, heroin and crack. In that treatment centre I found what I always thought would be unattainable  - the solution. I have a sponsor, I&a...

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Jay Westbrook has been clean & sober in Alcoholics Anonymous since December 2nd, 1988.  He is a hospice nurse, Grief & Loss counselor, national speaker, and best-selling author.  Both his first book, Compassionate Journeys: Lessons From My Work With the Dying by G. Jay Westbrook and his recent release, Relationship Resilience: Applying the 12 Traditions to Relationships by Jay W. are available on Amazon.

Reco12 is...

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November 20, 2024 63 mins

In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Liza L speaks on the "What If".

Here is a little about  Liza L.:

Active member of Cocaine Anonymous in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Tristate Area, as well as the Big Book Sponsorship fellowship, Nikki's Noodle, Spiritual Cartel, and Spiritual Gangsters Families and their various online chats, service meetings, and groups. Freed, even more than promised or expected, from all ma...

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November 16, 2024 54 mins

This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July.  In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, discuss several more questions that were submitted from various addicts from various backgrounds and locations.  We dive deep into selective sobriety, Higher Power, and working with others and creating the fellowship we crave.  Our primary purpose is fitting ourselves to be of maximum service...

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Tash’s Sobriety Birthday in Alcoholics Anonymous is July 22-2001. Her current Sobriety Birthday in Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous is October 26-2018. SLAA and S-anon are also significant areas of her ongoing recovery. This will be the first time that she shares on a forum speaking openly, generally on all these areas of recovery specifically.  Tash M, from New Zealand, gives a great share today on living all of life on life'...

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In today's Afro-Euro Reco12, Golda H speaks on the "Through Many Lifetimes".

Here is a little about Golda in her own words:

I started in DA, tunneled into AA, found media addiction recovery, then worked the steps out of the BB for chronic compulsive eating and chronic compulsive codependency. Today I live in 10-11-12 and take people through the steps and guide them how to stay in 10-11-12 one day at a time. T...

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