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
338 episodes
Richard S - Big Book Recovery - Afro-Euro - Meeting 331
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...
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Episode 331
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59:04
Michael S - The 12 Step Program Needs an Update in 2025 - Meeting 330
Michael has been in a variety of 12 Step fellowships over the years. His primary fellowship is AA, even though he is not an alcoholic-He will explain. Currently, he is most active in SLAA and CODA. Michael's favorite topic to talk on is E...
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Episode 330
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1:00:27
Binyamin H - Afro Euro - Meeting 329
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...
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Episode 329
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52:16
Dave H - The Gift of Being Single and Sober - Meeting 328
Dave H is our speaker today and his topic is The Gift of Being Single and Sober. Here is a little about Dave in his own words:· Sobriety date in Sexaholics Anonymous: August 1, 1985o I came i...
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Episode 328
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1:00:03
Jem B - Lack of Power - Afro-Euro
My name is Jem im from Australia and by the grace of a loving God I am recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body one day at a time. I'm a greatful member of AA, SLAA, CODA and OA. For the last 18 months I have been using the ma...
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Episode 327
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45:29
Debi S - 12th Step - Meeting 326
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,...
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Episode 326
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1:05:53
Kai D - Afro-Euro
Hi there my name is Kai D I’ve been in recovery 145 days I’m in the CA fellowship and fully completed the 12 steps I have 3 sponsees I’m taking through the steps and my location is the north east United Kingdom.Reco12 Afro-Euro Timezone ...
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Episode 325
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48:39
Levi H - Service Keeps Us Sane and Sober - Meeting 324
Levi H is a member of SA and S-Anon. He has been sexually sober since July 20, 2017 and a member of S-Anon since January, 2021. Outreach to therapists and clergy and service to others has been a huge part of his recovery. He speaks to us ...
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Episode 324
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1:03:18
David L - 12 Step Principles - Hosted by Purdy - Meeting 323
David L’s journey with alcohol began at the age of 2, when his mom gave him his first drink in a baby bottle to keep him quiet. David grew up in a dysfunctional family, with both of his parents being alcoholics. Despite their ...
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Episode 323
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1:02:02
Chris A - Inventory - Afro Euro - meeting 322
Here is a bit about Chris A in his own words: I was born to an unwed Mother in the 1950's who married an alcoholic and good time charlie. I grew up poor in a cotton mill town in N.C. I was beaten, sexually abused, abandoned emotionally on...
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Episode 322
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1:02:12
Ask-it Basket with Robert P and Whitney B - 8
This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, and Whitney B, discuss several questions with principles of recovery at the root of them. We dive dee...
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54:58
Logan T - Came to ABA for the Vanity and Stayed for the Sanity - Meeting 321
Logan T. has over 6 years clean and sober in Crystal Meth Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous. He has over 3 years sober in Sexaholics Anonymous and 9 months sober in Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous. After 4 unsuccessful interventions, Logan fi...
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Episode 321
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1:06:13
Stan P - Meetings, Stepwork, and Sponsorship - Meeting 320
Stan P. from Anchorage, Alaska is Sober in SA since July 9, 2018. He is also a grateful S-Anon member since April 28, 2021. Currently sponsoring 3 in SA and 1 in S-Anon. Today he speaks on the importance of meetings, stepwork, and sponsorshi...
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Episode 320
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1:02:05
Jed F - Does God Hate Me or Love Me? - Special Pop-up Meeting - 319
Today we had a special pop-up Reco12 meeting with Jed F as our speaker. He shared great experience, strength, and hope. A little about Jed: Jed was sent to recovery by his loving God through his wife's addiction and is grat...
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Episode 319
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56:46
Jonathan - Afro-Euro - Active Addiction vs. Pro Recovery Behavior - Meeting 318
Jonathan shares his personal journey from resistance to transformation, highlighting how reframing common challenges—like the language of “character defects” and the concept of powerlessness—can make the 12 steps a powerful tool for healing.
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Episode 318
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59:05
Melissa T - Addiction is a Family Disease - Meeting 317
Melissa T came into the rooms of Al-anon over 15 years ago to learn how to fix all the dysfunctional, maddening people in her life. Fortunately, when that didn’t work, she stuck around to “fix” herself. She is a member of The Big Book Sponsorsh...
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Episode 317
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1:00:31
Karl M - What It Was Like and What Changed - Afro Euro - Meeting 316
In this week's Afro-Euro Reco12 meeting, Karen A has Karl M as the guest speaker. He speaks about how things were, what changed, and how he tries to be now. Here is a little about Karl: Sobriety date 1/21/87...
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Episode 316
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1:02:20
Tomas K - Freedom from Internet and Technology Addiction - Meeting 315
Tomás K has been a member of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous for 8 years and has been continuously sober from all of his compulsive internet and technology behaviors (including social media, streaming, video games, porn, and more) for...
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Episode 315
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1:05:23
Debi S - Chosen - Afro-Euro - Meeting 314
In this week's Afro-Euro Reco12 meeting, Karen A has Debi S as the guest speaker. Debi S previously spoke on the Flagship Reco12 2 times on meetings 254 and 300. Debi speaks on the topic entitled, Chosen. Here is a little abou...
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Episode 314
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1:15:12
Jeff S - Avoiding the 2 Step by Working the Middle 10 - Meeting 313
Jeff lives in Maryland, near Washington, DC. He joined SA in 1995 and got sober that same year. His service resume includes all levels of service to SA. He has helped plan conventions and other events, sponsored many members including incarcera...
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Episode 313
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1:02:47
Ask-it Basket with Robert P and Whitney B - 7
This week, Reco12 continues with the "Ask-it Basket" project we started in July. In this conversation, Justin B and Robert Pardon, along with a new panelist, Whitney B, discuss several questions with principles of recovery at the root of ...
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55:52
Samantha M - Stop Painting Red Flags Green! - Meeting 312
Samantha M is our powerful and passionate speaker today on Reco12. Sobriety Date: 9/5/1995. Home Group: As Bill Sees It Saturday mornings 10:00 am, Santa Barbara, CA. She speaks eloquently and powerfully on why we should stop ...
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Episode 312
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1:00:21
Jaynie M - Finding and Building a Relationship with a Power Greater than Self - Afro Euro - Meeting 3
In this week's Afro-Euro Reco12 meeting, Karen A has Jaynie M as the guest speaker. Jaynie speaks on the topic of Finding and Building a Relationship with a Power Greater than Self. Here is a little about Jaynie: 13 years ...
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Episode 311
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1:01:31
Kahi W - All of Me Good and Bad - Meeting 310
Kahi W. is a wife of 22yrs, mother of 5, and has worked the 12 Steps for Betrayal Trauma for the last 12 yrs. Born and raised in Hawaii, Kahi is grateful for the recovery tools she found when her family moved to Utah. She currently works ...
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Episode 310
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58:30
Afro-Euro - Janet K - Fast Asleep to Spritually Awake - Meeting 309
Janet K, An Irish woman living in Greece, joins Karen A from Israel in this Afro-Euro Reco12 Meeting. Her topic is "Fast Asleep to Spiritually Awake" Janet says, “I was fast asleep for so long and all I could see was darkness. ...
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Episode 309
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58:38