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Alcoholics Anonymous AA Speaker Tapes
This website contains a collection of 319 Alcoholics Anonymous speaker tapes. I hope you will find them useful to your recovery. All 319 speaker tapes are free. You can listen to them online or download the mp3 speaker tapes to your computer.
The purpose of this website is to enhance one’s existing sobriety or program of recovery, not to replace it. This website is not AA, and does not represent Alcoholics Anonymous. If you are looking for AA, visit the Official Alcoholics Anonymous website.
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Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - April 24, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcoholics Anonymous MP3 Recordings Sobriety mp3 speaker tapes Source Type: blogs
The Winds of Anger
Anger helps straighten out a problem like a fan helps straighten out a pile of papers.
–Susan Marcotte
Some of us have temper tantrums. Like black clouds, we threaten an outburst at any moment. Other people learn to check us out for storm warnings. They want time to clear out or at least to put on a protective covering. We’ve caught them by surprise before, and they didn’t like it. Now they’ve learned to watch out – to stay on their toes when we’re around. Intimidating people, making them glad when we’re not around so they can relax, is a poor way to relate to others.
And what d...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - April 21, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics anger Intimidating people temper tantrums Source Type: blogs
15 Cancer Symptoms Men Ignore
Men, heed these possible clues and find cancer early, when it’s more treatable.
Alcoholics, addicts and compulsive gamblers may ignore symptoms of cancer while they are practicing their addiction or using to cover symptoms. In recovery these symptoms can become acute or chronic interfering with recovery or leading to a relapse.
Experts say that men could benefit greatly by being alert to certain cancer symptoms that require a trip to the doctor’s office sooner rather than later. But when it comes to scheduling doctor visits, men are notorious foot-draggers. In fact, some men, would never go to the doctor if it we...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - April 21, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Disease Gambling Men Recovery Relapse Cancer Symptoms Source Type: blogs
Pain Ends And Healing Begins
I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven’s door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.
But it was the folks in Heaven Who made me sputter and gasp– The thieves, the liars, the sinners and the trash.
There stood the kid from seventh grade Who swiped my lunch money twice. Next to him was my old neighbor Who never said anything nice.
Herb, who I always thought Was rotting away in hell, Was sitting pretty on cloud nine, Looking incredibly well.
I nudged Jesus, ‘What’s the deal? I would love to hear Your take. How’d all these sinners get up h...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - April 20, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Emotions Higher Power Humility Meditation Recovery Wisdom bewildered confused Healing Begins Heaven's door shocked Source Type: blogs
Alcoholic Troubles
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous list the troubles that alcoholics build up throughout their drinking.
These, in part, are;
We were having trouble with personal relationships,
we couldn’t control our emotional natures,
we were a prey to misery and depression,
we couldn’t make a living,
we had a feeling of uselessness,
we were full of fear,
we were unhappy,
we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people—
was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight?
Alcoholics Anonymous – the Big Book, We Agnostics, pp 52.
Also the same book lists the...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - April 10, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Relationships emotional natures misery and depression personal relationships Source Type: blogs
Addiction to Work
This study helps to evaluate addiction along with other phenomena that affect the psychosocial health of workers, without the time taken to fill in the questionnaire having any impact on their motivation”, he adds.
The cut-off point – 50 hours per week
Data on the worldwide prevalence of addiction to work vary from one study to another. It is placed at around 20% in countries such as Japan, while in Spain the figures are between 11% and 12%, according to research carried out in 2004 and 2006.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says that 8% of the working population devotes more than 12 hours per day to the...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - April 7, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Emotions Family Relationships Addiction to work working compulsively working excessively Source Type: blogs
Alcohol Content of Cooked Foods
About Alcoholism – Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
Alcoholics Anonymous Grapevine Article. Volume 47, Issue 3, August 1990
What’s Not Cooking?
Many of these items are contrary to AA philosophy. Their publication here does not mean that the Grapevine endorses or approves them; they are offered solely for your information.
Don’t blame Julia Child for leading you astray: We all were convinced that the alcohol in the sherry she so liberally added to dishes would cook away, with only the wine’s flavor left behind. But now, it turns out, we can’t have our brandy and eat it too,...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 23, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Food Alcohol Content Cooked Foods Grapevine Article Source Type: blogs
AA Membership Survey 2007
Relations with helping professionals
Results of the 2007 AA Membership Survey of Alcoholics Anonymous confirm growing trust and transparency in the relationships between alcoholics and their health caregivers – doctors, nurses, counsellors and others – who, in turn, appear to be more informed about A.A.
74% of members’ doctors know they are in A.A., and
39% of members said they had been referred to A.A. by a health care professional.
63% said they had received some type of treatment or counselling before coming to A.A., and, of these,
74% said it had played an important part in directing them to Alcoholic...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 21, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Family Men Sobriety Sponsorship Treatment Women Youth 2007 correctional healthcare medical professionals survey Source Type: blogs
The Alcoholic and Responsibility for Recovery
How do you justify calling alcoholism an illness, and not a moral responsibility?
Early in the Alcoholics Anonymous history, very natural questions arose among theologians.
There was a Mr. Henry Link who had written “The Return to Religion (Macmillan Co., 1937). One day I received a call from him. He stated that he strongly objected to the A.A. position that alcoholism was an illness. This concept, he felt, removed moral responsibility from alcoholics. He had been voicing this complaint about psychiatrists in the American Mercury. And now, he stated, he was about to lambaste A.A. too.
Of course, I made haste to poi...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 19, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Disease Recovery Alcoholic and Responsibility alcoholism an illness Moral Responsibility theology Source Type: blogs
Adult Children of Alcoholics
When they were first released in the 1980s, Janet Woititz’s groundbreaking works, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Struggle for Intimacy and The Self-Sabotage Syndrome, provided a new message of hope to adult children who had grown up in the shadow of alcoholic parents. Their message today is as profound and timeless as it was two decades ago.
Now, in this complete collection, readers will learn again the insight and healing power of Janet Wotitiz’s words.
The Complete ACoA Sourcebook is a compilation of three of Dr. Woititz’s classic books, addressing head-on the symptoms of The Adult Children of Alcoholic...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 19, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alateen Alcoholism Codependency Family Gam-anon Naranon S-Anon acoa alcoholic parents Janet Wotitiz Struggle for Intimacy Source Type: blogs
Forgiving Ourselves
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
We would like to be perfect, and when we make mistakes, it is hard to forgive ourselves. If we eat something not on our food plan, the resulting anger at our weakness may escalate a small slip into a full-scale binge. When we are under pressure and act foolishly or say something unkind to someone close to us, we may punish ourselves by eating or by sinking into a black mood.
In order to get back on a positive track, we need to forgive ourselves and put the mistake behind us. It does no good to dwell on our weakness and rehash what we should have done and say “if only.&#...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 17, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Emotions Food Overeaters Anonymous Recovery Food for Thought Forgiving Ourselves Source Type: blogs
Original Think, Think, Think Slogan
This is the source of the the 12 Step slogan “Think, Think, Think”?
An early Alcoholics Anonymous member Clarence Snyder explained that one of the early mechanical calculators came with a sign for the operator which said:
Think….about what you are about to do.
Think….of what you are doing.
Think….of what you have done.
Clarence explained that some drunk had a bunch made up and sent out to the AA groups in early 1944-45.”
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From the ‘AA History Lovers’ group. Message no 751. From: Tom M. 12/29/2002
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Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 16, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcoholics Anonymous AA History Lovers Clarence Snyder slogan Think Think Think Source Type: blogs
Stroke Symptoms Checklist
People in recovery may have damaged their bodies during their drinking or drugging careers. It may be helpful to know the warning signs of stroke – especially in older age groups.
A stroke happens when a blood vessel carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot (ischemic stroke) or ruptures (hemorrhagic stroke). When this occurs, part of the brain no longer receives the oxygen it needs, and the tissue in that area starts to die.
Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) consist of stroke-like symptoms, which go away shortly after starting and produce no lasting damage. Even if your symptoms disappear en...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 14, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Disease Treatment Women drinking drugging hemorrhagic ischemic warning signs of stroke Source Type: blogs
Fear Less and Love More
Letting Go
To “let go” does not mean to stop caring,it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To “let go” is not to cut myself off,it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To “let go” is not to enable,but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To “let go” is to admit powerlessness,which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another,it’s to make the most of myself.
To “let go” is not to care for, but care about.
To “let go” is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To &#...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 13, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Emotions Faith Higher Power Humility Meditation Relationships can't control another Fear Less let go Love More Source Type: blogs
Sexy Massage
6 Steps to a Sexy Massage
While you were drinking or drugging you may have lost touch, (excuse the pun), with ways to excite you partner pre-sex. In recovery it’s easy to learn these new ways.
Looking for a fresh way to reconnect with your partner? Try a simple but deliciously sensual massage. “Too often, couples fast-forward to sex, which means they’re neglecting about 80% of each other’s bodies,” says Gordon Inkeles, author of The New Sensual Massage. “Sensual massage encourages lovers to be generous and free with each other, to explore parts of the body that aren’t overtly sexual...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - February 12, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Fun Recovery Sexuality drinking or drugging Sexy Massage Source Type: blogs
