Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast

Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast

Sober Sunrise brings you AA Speaker Tapes from around the world. Rather than an AA discussion podcast, Sober Sunrise brings you speakers who share step-work, workshops, and general fellowship discussion points. We are not affiliated with AA in anyway.

Episodes

December 24, 2025 • 61 mins
Bart R. from Sedona, AZ speaking at at the 65th Superior Roundup in Superior, WI - April 17th 2010 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com In this deeply honest AA speaker share, Bart recounts a lifetime of alcoholism that began in childhood, spiraled through institutions, violence, broken relationships, and repeated failed attempts at sobriety, and finally culminated...
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Todd M. from Cleveland, OH speaking at CorkNBottle group in Cleveland, OH - August 6th 2007 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Todd shares a deeply moving story of transformation, describing how a life marked by fear, homelessness, drug trafficking, international arrest, and years of chaos was gradually rebuilt through the love, structure, and spiritual principle...
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Elizabeth M. from Kahaluu, HI speaking at the Hawaii Annual Convention in Honolulu, HI - November 1st 2012 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Elizabeth shares a powerful journey of transformation through Alcoholics Anonymous, describing how a childhood sense of emptiness, early drinking, crime, incarceration, and the devastating loss of her children led her to a ...
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John N. from Lehman, PA and Joe Z. from Berwick, PA doing a Big Book study at the Men's International Convention in Scranton, PA - April 2008

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Joe & John's "We Agnostics" Big Book workshop share centers on the ...

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Bill D. from Franklin, NC speaking at the 34th LA State Convention in Baton Rouge, LA - July 11 1992

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Bill shares a hilarious, hard-won AA story that moves from “drinking member” denial to lifelong recovery, built on radical honesty (“I can’t promise forever—only today”), relentless service, and the humbl...

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Marsha S. from Austin, TX speaking on the topic of "Convincing the prospect" at the Nosara Big Book Workshop in Nosara Playa Guiones, Costa Rica - March 25th 2012

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Marsha shares about growing up in chaos, building a respected career in law, and losing everything to alcoholism before discovering a deeper surrender that changed her...

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Jay S. from Redondo Beach, CA speaking on the topic of Varieties of Spiritual Experience at the Fellowship of the Spirit South in Lafayette, LA - April 3rd 2011

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Jay S. shares a powerful look at AA’s spiritual roots—connecting William James, Carl Jung, and the Oxford Group to the modern miracle of recovery—while telling his o...

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"Blind" Dave A. from Austin, TX speaking at the Frisco Group in Frisco, TX - December 8th 2008

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In this powerful talk, Dave shares how true recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous is not found behind a podium but in living the Steps daily—especially Step Three—by turning one’s entire life over to God through service to others, illus...

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Kevin H. from New York, NY speaking at the CPH 12 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark - May 20th 2006

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Kevin delivers a raw, funny, and deeply honest AA talk about being a “doomed and hopeless” alcoholic whose life was ruled by fear, shame, and drinking against his own will, and how true surrender, honesty, sponsorship, and working...

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Nancy M. from Minneapolis, MN speaking at the Northern Plains Group Second Anniversary Celebration in Fargo, ND - May 5th 2001

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Nancy shares a powerful, deeply honest recovery story that spans decades, reminding us that lasting sobriety is built on humility, service, and unwavering commitment to the basics of Alcoholics Anonymous...

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Mack B. from West Covina, CA speaking at the 14th annual Crested Butte Mountain Conference in Mt. Crested Butte, CA - July 13th-18th 1997

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Mack recounts his journey from a violent, ego-driven waterfront alcoholic who lost families, careers, and self-respect to a man sober since June 15, 1966 through Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twel...

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Kerry C. from Harrison, NJ speaking at the Into Action Big Book Group's 10th anniversary in Berkeley Heights, NJ - August 31st 2004

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Kerry shares a powerful testimony of moving from a chaotic, self-destructive adolescence—marked by violence, trauma, and uncontrollable drinking—to a life transformed through the power of God and th...

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Noel S. from Brookline, NH speaking at the sixth New Hampshire State Conference of Young People in AA in Nashua, NH - March 6th 2005

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Noel shares a raw, funny, and deeply honest journey of drinking from age 12 until alcoholism consumed every part of his life—relationships, sanity, school, and his sense of reality—until one night ...

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Leroy Y. from Van Nuys, CA speaking at Toluca Lake, CA - February 11th 2007

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Leroy shares his story of growing up in chaos, falling into addiction, and spending years in jails and prisons before discovering the truth about himself through the steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. From overdosing in sixth grade to living under aliases an...

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Hollis D. from Staunton, VA speaking at The Summerfest 1999 in Eugene, OR - July 7th-10th 1999

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Hollis shares a powerful and often humorous account of his life in alcoholism and recovery, describing how drinking unraveled his priesthood, morals, health, and sense of self until he finally surrendered in Nov...

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Kenny L. from Houston, TX speaking at the Hong Kong International Convention in Hong Kong - November 4th 2012

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Kenny’s story shows how a man who could not stay sober for years—even with treatment, education, willpower, and every plan he could invent—finally reached the gift of desperation that opened him t...

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Robbie W. from Vineland, NJ speaking at the Aberdeen Wednesday Night Group's Quarterly Meeting in Aberdeen, SD - 2007

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Robbie’s story is a raw, powerful walk from gifted Catholic-school athlete to a broken young alcoholic whose drinking dragged him through jails, prisons, mental institutions, and homelessn...

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Paul M. from Chicago, IL speaking at his 60 year sobriety anniversary at the Last Chance House in Chicago, IL - August 26th 2007

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This powerful gathering celebrates Paul Martin’s remarkable 60 years of sobriety, but even more, it showcases the timeless AA message he carried into the lives of the six men wh...

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Jason B. from Memphis, TN speaking at Tennessee Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous in Memphis, TN -2009

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Jason’s talk is a powerful reminder of how early willingness, honest step work, and deep service can completely reshape a life. He shares how his drinking began young, escalated quickly,...

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Part 2 of Gail L. from Akron, OH speaking at the Swedish Serenity group's spring convention in Stockholm, Sweden - May 30th 2009

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Gail shares a heartfelt and often humorous walk through AA’s early history, shining light on the women who quietly held the fellowship together. With gratitude and decades of so...

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