Alcoholics Anonymous
Podcasts and recordings of AA members, mostly from East Lancashire, but also from the rest of the UK, Ireland and Worldwide too! Sharing their experience, strength and hope around recovery from alcoholism.Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you are looking for a solution to a drink problem, maybe you like what you hear and gives you the willingness to reach out for help.We hope you get hope and inspiration from our members experiences...
Tim M - As Bill Sees It reading "Learn in Quiet"
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Tim M from London sharing on reading 108 from As Bill Sees It reading "Learn in Quiet" - see the full reading below.
Recorded on the 5th October 2025 at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees it meeting.
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Page 108 ~
Learn in Quiet
In 1941, a news clipping was called to our attention by a New York member. In an obituary notice from a local paper, there appeared these words: “God grant us the serenity to accept the th...
Brian N. Belfast. 12 Traditions Workshop recorded 3rd July 2025 - Week 4
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BRIAN N - BELFAST
12 TRADITIONS OF AA WORKSHOP, WEEK 4
Recorded 3rd July 2025 at the Belfast Recovery Group
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David K sharing on As Bill Sees It "Willing to Believe"
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David K originally from Ireland, now living in London, England sharing at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees It meeting on reading 219 "Willing to Believe"
Recorded on the 21st September 2025.
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Brian N. Belfast. 12 Traditions Workshop recorded 26 June 2025 - Week 3
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BRIAN N - BELFAST
12 TRADITIONS OF AA WORKSHOP, WEEK 3
Recorded 26th June 2025 at Belfast Recovery Group
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Henry O sharing on As Bill Sees It reading "The Coming of Faith"
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Henry O originally from Dublin, Ireland, now living in Cheshire, England sharing at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees It meeting on reading 51 "The Coming of Faith"
Recorded on the 17th August 2025.
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Brian N. Belfast. 12 Traditions Workshop recorded 19 June 2025 - Week 2
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BRIAN N - BELFAST
12 TRADITIONS OF AA WORKSHOP, WEEK 2
Recorded 19th June 2025 at Belfast Recovery Group 🇮🇪
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Margaret H - Ireland - Emotional Sobriety 30th May 2025
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Long term sober Margaret H from Ireland shares her Experience, Strength and Hope at the Emotional Sobriety meeting at the Friendly Circle Group Berlin online, on the 30th May 2025.
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Brian N. Belfast. 12 Traditions Workshop recorded 12 June 2025 - Week 1
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BRIAN N - BELFAST
12 TRADITIONS OF AA WORKSHOP, WEEK 1
Recorded 12th June 2025 at Belfast Recovery Group 🇮🇪
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Izaak M from Bristol 24th May 2025
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Izaak M from Bristol shares his Experience, Strength and Hope at the online Morning After Group, New Jersey USA.
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Purdy - "We are not fighting" - Reading 121 of As Bill Sees It
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Purdy from Brighton shares at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees it meeting.
This episode was recorded 23rd February 2025
Please find the full reading below, enjoy this episode!
We Are Not Fighting, p. 121
We have ceased fighting anything or anyone–even alcohol. For by this
time sanity has returned. We can now react sanely and normally, and
we find that this has happened almost automatically. We see that this
new attitude toward liquor is really a gift of God.
Greg B - No personal power - Reading 114 As Bill Sees It
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Greg B from London shares at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees it meeting.
This episode was recorded 13th October 2024.
Please find the full reading below, enjoy this episode!
No Personal Power, p. 114
“At first, the remedy for my personal difficulties seemed so obvious that I could not imagine any alcoholic turning the proposition down were it properly presented to him. Believing so firmly that Christ can do anything, I had the unconscious conceit to suppose that He would do everything through me–right...
Part 3 of 3 - New Year 2025 Special with Overeaters Anonymous and BBC Radio Lancashire
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On the 8th November 2023, 6 Overeaters Anonymous members (2 in each of the 3 Podcast's to be released) share their Experience, Strength and Hope with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott in their Blackburn Studio.
The members got to choose a favourite song choice pertinent to their recovery from not only compulsive overeating, but also restrictive behaviours such as anorexia, and addictions to foods with, for example, refined Sugar.
Frank and Alan take up the final part of the show, along with all the guests at the end of this recording.
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Part 2 of 3 - Christmas Special with Overeaters Anonymous and BBC Radio Lancashire
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On the 8th November 2023, 6 Overeaters Anonymous members (2 in each of the 3 Podcast's to be released) share their Experience, Strength and Hope with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott in their Blackburn Studio.
The members got to choose a favourite song choice pertinent to their recovery from not only compulsive overeating, but also restrictive behaviours such as anorexia, and addictions to foods with, for example, refined Sugar.
Show really gets going 2 minutes 34 seconds in with Leslie and Lowri on this 2nd part of the 3 hours show. Enjoy!!
Part 1 of 3 - Christmas Special with Overeaters Anonymous and BBC Radio Lancashire
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On the 8th November 2023, 6 Overeaters Anonymous members (2 in each of the 3 Podcast's to be released) share their Experience, Strength and Hope with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott in their Blackburn Studio.
The members got to choose a favourite song choice pertinent to their recovery from not only compulsive overeating, but also restrictive behaviours such as anorexia,, and addictions to foods with, for example, refined Sugar.
Some of the guests are members of other fellowships including AA, including in this episode, the first of a 3 part series with...
Cathy Mc E, Dealing With Resentments, 2nd November 2024
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Cathy Mc E from Florida (Originally Ireland) Reading number 39 from As Bill Sees It, Dealing with Resentment
recorded 2nd November 2024
Sheffield Sunday "As Bill Sees it" meeting
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Billy N, Florida USA - An introduction to the 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Billy N, Florida speaks shares on "An introduction to the 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous"
The "ABC Newcomers" meeting takes place on the 22nd September 2024.
A different angle of our great fellowship, enjoy!
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Tim M - London - Foundation for Life - Reading 33 As Bill Sees It
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Tim M sharing his experience, strength and hope on Foundation for Life reading number 33 from the book As Bill Sees It.
Recorded 25th August 2024 at the Sheffield Sunday night "As Bill Sees It" online AA meeting.
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Kirsty from Manchester, England - August 2024 live in Hawaii!
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Kirsty from Manchester sharing at the Defective Characters online meeting, Hawaii
Recorded 8th August 2024
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Nick the Stitch - Carry the Message
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Nick the Stitch (England) speaking on "Carry the Message" in an online AA meeting based in Sweden .
Recorded 13th January 2024.
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Young L from Sheffield speaking at Make Every Step Count meeting, Warrington on Step 11
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Young L from Sheffield speaking at Make Every Step Count meeting, Warrington on Step 11.
Recording took place on 13th June 2024
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AA member Brian N from Belfast sharing at The Morning After Group - Alcoholics Anonymous
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AA member Brian N from Belfast, Northern Ireland sharing at The Morning After Group based in New Jersey, USA on the 28th October 2023.
Ideal for newcomers....
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Wishing you a pleasant sober day ahead!!
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Tony B from Belfast sharing on the 4th dimension
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Tony B Belfast shares on "What do we mean by the 4th dimension?" recorded 14th October 2023 with the Belfast recovery group, Saturday night workshop.
Really shares from the heart!
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Alcoholics Anonymous member Bill S, Illinois
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Alcoholics Anonymous member Bill S, Illinois sharing at Sheffield Online Meeting September 2023., enjoy!
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Alcoholics Anonymous member Kirsty from Manchester sharing her experience, strength and hope
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AA member Kirsty from Manchester sharing her Experience, Strength and Hope on the 5th November 2023 at the Sunday Sheffield AA meeting
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Alcoholics Anonymous member Mags from Belfast sharing her experience, strength and hope
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AA member Mags from Belfast sharing her Experience, Strength and Hope on the 20th September 2023 at Ark House, Scarborough.
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AA member Wayne B from Sheffield, England sharing his experience, strength and hope
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Alcoholics Anonymous member Wayne B from Sheffield, South Yorkshire sharing his experience, strength and hope at Caernarfon Primary Purpose Group, recorded May 2022.
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Final part 3! - An alcoholic couple in recovery with BBC Radio Lancashire recorded November 2022
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The final part of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire recorded 17th November 2022.
This series is a first for our recordings where we have a male and female member in a relationship on the show with Garry Scott.
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We hope you get a lot from this final part of our 2022 Radio Lancashire show.
Hopefully we will be recording another in the coming months a...
Part 2 of 3 new episodes! - 6 AA members with BBC Radio Lancashire recorded November 2022
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Part 2 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire recorded 17th November 2022.
6 members from North West England share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.
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New episode! - 6 AA members with BBC Radio Lancashire recorded November 2022 - Part 1 of 3
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Part 1 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire recorded 17th November 2022.
6 members from North West England share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.
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Young People talking about being young in recovery and YPAA conventions
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Made originally in conjunction with, and broadcast on Lähiradio in Finland, members from Finland, Italy, England and the USA share their experience, strength and hope around being young in recovery.
They also share on young people's conventions whilst at the ITALYPAA (Italian Young People's AA) convention in Bologna July 2022.
YPAA conventions are great fun, if you would like more information on YPAA conventions near your, feel free to message us eastlancsaa@gmail.com and we shall try to point you in the right direction.
To find onl...
Part 3 of 3 - Alcoholics Anonymous members live in a 3 hour show with BBC Radio Lancashire
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The final part of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire.
6 of our local members share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.
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Part 2 of 3 - Alcoholics Anonymous members live in a 3 hour show with BBC Radio Lancashire
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Part 2 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire.
6 of our local members share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.
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Alcoholics Anonymous members live in a 3 hour show with BBC Radio Lancashire - Part 1 of 3
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Part 1 of 3 of a 3 hour live show with Garry Scott, Presenter at BBC Radio Lancashire.
6 of our local members share their experience strength and hope in an interesting and moving broadcast.
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Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire - Mike's interview with BBC Radio Lancashire, Podcast June 2021
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In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness.
The fourth and final interview of this series with Garry in this episode is from Mike who is 34 years sober.
It's a very interesting interview that on this occasion we will not spoil any further detail!
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Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire - Peggy's interview with BBC Radio Lancashire, Podcast June 2021
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In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness.
The third interview with Garry in this episode is from Peggy, a lady who is sober thanks to AA and who shares her experience, strength and hope in relation to her recovery from alcohol addiction.
Ironically, Peggy was an alcohol detox nurse whilst she was suffering from alcoholism but luckily, after many struggles with the illness, managed to fi...
What happens at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting - Information during Dry January 2022 ( #DryJanuary #DryJanuary2022 #DryJanuary22 #Sobriety #Sober Sober Curious #SoberCurious
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A nice short Podcast done by some of our Northdown Intergroup members of AA on What happens at an AA meeting.
If you are struggling with staying sober, AA can help.
It's free, non judgemental, confidential, never requires a sign up and is available in over 180 countries of the world.
You can reach out to us in the UK via telephone 0800 9177 650, via email help@aamail.org or via our chat now facility that usually operates 7am till Midnight from the bottom right hand side of our website (cl...
Alcoholics Anonymous AA Information during Dry January 2022 ( #DryJanuary #DryJanuary2022 #DryJanuary22 #Sobriety #Sober)
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A nice short recording done by some of our Northdown Intergroup members of AA around early sobriety.
If you are struggling with staying sober, AA can help.
It's free, non judgemental, confidential, never requires a sign up and is available in over 180 countries of the world.
You can reach out to us in the UK via telephone 0800 9177 650, via email help@aamail.org or via our chat now facility that usually operates 7am till Midnight from the bottom right hand side of our website (click here) https://www.al...
Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire Suzie short Story BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast June 2021
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In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness.
The second short story in this episode is from Suzie, a married lady who is 3 years sober who shares her experience, strength and hope in relation to her recovery from alcohol addiction.
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Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire Mark's Story (Euro 2020 Special) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast June 2021
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In June 2021, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness.
The first story in this episode is from Mark who is East Lancashire Intergroup's current Young Person Liaison Officer. Mark grew up as a promising footballer but alcohol got in the way of a promising career.
Thanks to an unfortunate event, he found AA and has been sober for more than 22 years!
Alcoholics Anonymous East Lancashire (Carl's Story) & BBC Radio Lancashire Podcast November 2020
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During Alcohol Awareness Week in November 2020, 5 of our members had a chat with BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Garry Scott about their issues with alcoholism (alcohol addiction), described how they got sober and recovered from the illness.
The fifth and final story from this series of radio broadcasts is from a member called Carl who started drinking at the age of 15 at a Christmas party. He recognised early in his drinking career that when he took a drink he wanted more yet his problem continued for m...
