Alcoholics Anonymous

Send us a textPurdy from Brighton shares at the Sheffield Sunday As Bill Sees it meeting. This episode was recorded 23rd February 2025Please find the full reading below, enjoy this episode!We Are Not Fighting, p. 121We have ceased fighting anything or anyone–even alcohol. For by thistime sanity has returned. We can now react sanely and normally, andwe find that this has happened almost automatically. We see that thisnew attitude toward liquor is really a gift of God.That is the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoidingtemptation. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem hasbeen removed. It does not exist for us. We are neither cocky norafraid.That is how we react–so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 84-85 Support the show

Send us a textGreg 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 then and in the manner I chose. After six long months, I had to admit that not a soul had surely laid hold of the Master–not excepting myself.“This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power–that if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be still and know that He, not I, was God.”Letter, 1940Support the show

Send us a textOn 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.We hope you enjoy this final episode, and most of all if you have an issue with food and need help, you can find meetings from this link, click HERE   along with more information that is available on Overeaters Anonymous.Normal service will be resumed with Alcoholics Anonymous shares from our next upload.Support the show

Send us a textOn 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!!Support the show

Send us a textOn 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 a man called Mark who was sober 18 years in AA, but his food issues got worst as Mark failed to list and analyse these issues in his 1st Step 4.Thankfully, we are happy to report today Mark is enjoying his food the best ever in his life, feeling great with a healthy eating plan,  350 days clean of his biggest problematic food refined Sugar which can be found in many processed foods and condiments, saying recently " not needing a Chocolate bar, ice cream, cake, biscuits is a bigger miracle than stopping drinking in many respects. I am truly amazed by the results in my personality change, physique and how much more peaceful I feel now the sugar brain fog has lifted..."We hope you enjoy this insightful journey into another key addiction issue useful, and wish you all the best for Christmas and 2025!Support the show

Send us a textCathy Mc E from Florida (Originally Ireland) Reading number 39 from As Bill Sees It, Dealing with Resentmentrecorded 2nd November 2024 Sheffield Sunday "As Bill Sees it" meetingHope you get hope and serenity from this podcast!Support the show

Send us a textBilly 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!Support the show

Send us a textTim 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.Enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textKirsty from Manchester  sharing at the  Defective Characters online meeting, HawaiiRecorded 8th August 2024Enjoy!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Nick the Snitch (England) speaking on "Carry the Message" in an online AA meeting based in Sweden .Recorded 13th January 2024.Enjoy!!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Young L from Sheffield speaking at Make Every Step Count meeting, Warrington on Step 11.Recording took place on 13th June 2024Enjoy!Support the Show.

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....Sit back, relax, listen and enjoy!Wishing you a pleasant sober day ahead!!Support the Show.

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!Enjoy!!Support the Show.

Alcoholics Anonymous member Bill S, Illinois sharing at Sheffield Online Meeting September 2023., enjoy!Support the show

AA member Kirsty from Manchester sharing her Experience, Strength and Hope on the 5th November 2023  at the Sunday Sheffield AA meetingEnjoy!

AA member Mags from Belfast sharing her Experience, Strength and Hope on the 20th September 2023 at Ark House, Scarborough.Enjoy!

Alcoholics Anonymous member Wayne B from Sheffield, South Yorkshire sharing his experience, strength and hope at Caernarfon Primary Purpose Group,  recorded May 2022.

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.Please follow us if you want to listen to more content like this in the future.We hope you get a lot from this final part of our 2022 Radio Lancashire show. Hopefully be recording another in the coming months and uploading more content in the meantime.Thanks once again to Garry Scott and the BBC to enable us to carry the message locally and across the world with your help.

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. Please follow us if you want to listen to all of this mini series, or more content that we release. We hope you get a lot from this 3 part series!

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. Please follow us if you want to listen to all of this mini series, or more content that we release. We hope you get a lot from this 3 part series!

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 online YPAA meetings, use this search engine to find meetings...  https://ypaas.netlify.app/

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. Please follow us if you want to listen to more content released from this channel in your podcast player.

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. Please follow us if you.want to listen to all of this mini series or more content that we release.

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. Please follow us if you.want to listen to all of this mini series or more content that we release.

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!Listen to find out more....

 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 find long term sobriety thanks to AA. 

 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 (click here)  https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/You can also find AA East Lancashire via Twitter https://twitter.com/eastlancsaa 

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.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/You can also find AA East Lancashire via Twitter https://twitter.com/eastlancsaa

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.

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!

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 many years.Thankfully you will hear how he managed to get sober and find a solution to his alcoholism with AA.  He said to live without alcohol is amazing and now carries the message of AA with enthusiasm, both inside and outside of the fellowship including in Prisons and does service as a Probation Liaison Officer too.

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 fourth story is from a young member called Sarah who transformed from a teenage drinker into a party animal that never realised for a while that her drinking was different to anybody else.She ended up drinking at work, losing her job, drinking more and suffering from a seizure. Luckily she found AA that transformed her life in many ways that you will hear in her story. Great song selection too that goes with this interview!

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 third story is from a member called John.  He experienced issues with alcohol including burning a  house down, a drinking life in the Royal Navy and family problems caused by his alcoholism.He struggled initially getting sober as he didn't think there was a life after alcohol but has now celebrated more than 15 years continuous sobriety.John's experience of drinking and not drinking now helps other alcoholics understand the solution to their problem...

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 second story is from a young member called Rachel who hit a spot of trouble with the local Police drink driving but has managed to find AA and turn her life around completely and be able to live a life now without alcohol.

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, described how they got sober and recovered from the illness.The first story is from a member called Geoff who used to work as a Mental Health Nurse. He struggled with alcoholism whilst being a functioning alcoholic but managed to find a solution and is now more than 41 years sober.Sorry for the exclusion of the music 'Sounds of Silence' through music copyright of the BBC but you can link with it here when the time comes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGLHadex0B0