vol 286. Contently Growing with Reed

Joseph knew before and after his first drink where he was headed and he knew it was going to be bad. Drunk at 17 and sober at 18, Joseph has a short d...

Sober in his mid-twenties, Jack’s bottom wasn’t too terrible, but it was terribly dark and lonely for him. Isolating and suicidal when the simple thou...

Just 22 months into sobriety Tim has taken the program of Alcoholics Anonymous by its horns, making a splash with mental illness, addiction and suicid...

If Irving can get sober . . . so can you! At 19 yrs. old, Irving attempted suicide for the first time and was incarcerated essentially from 28 through...

Alcohol arrived in Brendan’s life as a solution and left as a problem. In this share Brendan reads his story and then we dig deeper into how this mira...

Early on in life, Lei recalls being obsessed about anything and everything, and this combined with being highly emotional created a recipe for alcohol...

With a year of sobriety, Izabella brings to this share the very close memory of what it was like out there in the darkness, coupled with the magic of ...

Growing up, and in life as an adult, Holly never felt safe, on top of an overwhelming feeling of never fitting in. Drinking came much later in her lif...

Shawn came into AA at 26 years old, homeless and addicted. He is now a sober and clean retired man with a comfortable pension, beautiful peace and end...

A “Hope Dealer,” Pastor Wade, also a retired Marine, shares his powerful story of recovery, having been clean and sober since 23 yrs of age. Once ever...

A victim of both drugs and alcohol, on top of food and weight struggles, Leo found his way to freedom through the hand of an AA member. Listen for his...

From a large Italian-Polish Chicago Southside family, Niki grew up surrounded with love . . . and eventually the love of drinking. But as it goes, the...