As a member of Cocaine Anonymous i am forever grateful for AA and the program. Bill and Bob saved my life. The 28 march i will, if God wants me to, celebrate 1 year of sobriety 🙏🏻
Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob have saved a lot of lives. I am so proud and happy to belong to AA. Way to go Don we have found the easier and softer way. Only fellow addicts understand us..
You just made my day!! Laughed so hard and who said AA was boring? Here's your answer!! Today I'm 17 years and 4 months sober! 24 hours at a time! Thank God. Thank you Bill and Bob and all their friends from everywhere! If you're struggling right now...please don't leave before the miracle!!
Jennifer, I heard you when you were our speaker at the Central Florida Women’s Workshop. I loved you then and loved you again today when I listened to this AA Audio. Your humor, ease of speaking and ability to laugh at yourself are refreshing. I know you work a solid program as well as loving Our Lord. You have a gift and you’re using your talents. I’m so proud of you. ❤️🥰😎💋
I so love her combination of vulnerability and humor. She is an amazingly brave woman. She clearly grasps the importance of being rigorously honest in recovery and gets the value of laughter.
This is really good. I got out of the hospital two weeks ago for drinking two bottles of vodka a day. Trembling every morning shaking, not eating, nightmares and sweats. I’m grateful to be alive right now. And I will listen to anything I can relate to. If I get one sentence out of a meeting .. It’s worth it
Bless you! Subbed! Sober and clean since 8/15/1982. Not one drink or drug. Quit smoking 35 years ago, using the aa 12 steps. Not one puff since. Keep coming back guys. You're worth it!🙏🙏🙏
I was born in 1982. You 'ol timers are my "Rock Stars"!! 😊😊 Thanks for your love and dedication to the program. I am 8 months and look forward to AA as part of my new life.
Zoom is most definitely a God sent, otherwise I would be unable to attend. When I cannot attend a zoom meeting. I make sure to listen to a funny AA speaker. 8 months / 2nd go, first one was 5 years!! But I’m back home and grateful
If there was a God it should have showed up by now. No. Not in some book written by desperate people. Actually. Meanwhile, the actual reality is, here we are
"I don't want you to know that I don't know." "You might help me." A very beautiful wording of the painful disease of alcoholism/drug addiction. The most uncomfortable thing I've had to do in recovery is ask for help, or more often, getting to the point where I was desperate for help. After enough relapses and lower bottoms, I can recognize a lot sooner when I'm trying to figure my life out on my own. I can still make the act of surrender a painful one, but in the past 7 months, it hasn't resulted in a high or a drunk. Thank God for Alcoholics Anonymous.💚
I’ve heard a lot of speakers in my time and this one’s on the top five of the greatest ones I’ve ever heard.. It takes a lot to make me laugh .. She pushed my button just right …
Thank you Jennifer for your sobriety . I cried with you & laughed with you. I loved your gratitude. When tough times happen, that’s all we have to hang onto, as well as God and AA. God bless you xx
Yes laughter is important its a bridge to normal living but you have to remember its a serious illness and some people never had a sense of humour sober or drunk. I found out how serious the illness was when I made a joke of it and it bit me in the ass it is a progressive illness. I am sure it can make anyone lose there sense of humour or there life. I choose to laugh others don't but that doesn't affect me like it did in early recovery I don't do other peoples thinking for them its a self destructive vice.
I'm proud of everyone who has gotten sober. Even if u fell off the wagon a few times, you STILL made an effort to stop and try to get your lives together. Alcoholism runs in my family and I've watched alcohol destroy my family members lives. They lost their wives and kids....friends....jobs and homes. I had a friend who died from a seizure due to complications stemming from alcohol abuse. I know it's not easy to quit because the way it makes you feel when u don't have it so quitting can be terrifying. I love u guys. Stay in prayer and don't give up!!
Thank you for your share, hilarious, it really cheered me up ❤️ I love this fellowship, I have 27 years and 5 months continuous sobriety by the Grace of a loving God and my willingness to listen 🙏🏻
I needed to hear this speaker, coming up on a year sober! After 4 years in and out, dont give up on yourself people, keep going, it can and will change if you work the program! :)
I too was in and out- for a lot more than 4 years, sadly- it changed for me when I started working steps (and continued working them daily). Turns out that (at least for us real alcoholics) you don’t get sobriety through osmosis: aka going to meetings and doing fellowship, but not working steps. Who knew?! Lol hope you are still sober, and coming up on 2 years... and if not, you can always go back assuming you’re not dead. Work the steps!
So I just looked up the 12 steps. No wonder they fail so often. They include no element of coming to terms with the actual reason why one pursues an addiction. The reason is always the same: trauma. That's to say, unresolved betrayal of trust and a resulting lack of self-worth.
And really weird actually. The 12 steps are all about reinforcing one's powerlessness (and thus the moments of one's traumatisation) and submitting to an authority that one either has to imagine, or moderate from pre-existing religions or memes, or have dictated to one from some pulpit. Plus, bonus, you get to have to confess your innermost failures face to face to a bunch of people also reinforcing personal helplessness. How could any of this help anyone to accept personal responsibility and grow? Even so, the fact that at least some small fraction of participants are significantly helped is remarkable and inhibits the inclination to deprecate the method.
For the past 16 years I have had to have something or someone who made me laugh at lease once a day. I am 55 years old have 14 years without a drink and have medical problems because of alcohol abuse. Thank you so much for making me laugh.
when i started doing Africa work..it calmed me down. Some people really need positive input. Alcoholics are in large numbers in Africa. Try South Africa 1st. English is a main language. 2020.
@@stupidtreehugger if you are a capitalist.. if you wanted to be a pirate.. or maybe you heard wild hunting stories.. Maybe it would have set you in a diff place on africa's value.. i am not going to relapse over my fkng dreams. Are you? oh... ! excuse me.. ! the Dead dont dream. the dead.
I feel for u brother..i tryed my best to kill myself..coma..other...i have disabilities because of my attempt and injury to my liver from drinking...still drinking..
I need to listen to these recordings in the morning to start my day. My anxiety is at its worst right now. I'm almost a week sober. I relapsed after 8 months. I still believe I am being gaslighted every single day. It has me on edge and at times suicidal.
This is day one of sobriety for Me. This audio was amazing. It had me laughing. It had me crying but most of all it made me feel like I had found a home in AA and there’s hope.
God put you in my path today, and for that I am grateful! I've been sober for 10 years but listening to your story gave me something I didn't even know I needed....Hope. Thank you for sharing!
Love the speaker, hate all of the Ad interruptions! She has an obvious knack to be a stand-up comedian for sure! Great AA message! I HAD 17+ years sober at one time, until somewhere in 2008. Do NOT EVER feel like you got it beat because of how long you have been sober. Alcoholism is infinitely patient and it will continue to wait and look for the right moment to POUNCE upon you when you least expect it! The only way that you win against alcoholism is if you remain sober up to the time that you take your dying breath....one day at a time. God bless you and keep you.
Wow! My sobriety date is 7/4/04 and I am so grateful that God gave me a second chance at life...This speaker is hysterical, real, and powerful! Thank you. 🙏❤️
Remember some of these things in my story. I am looking forward to being able to laugh at myself the way Jennifer can. Thanks for sharing your story the way you have, it shows the promises do come true.
Such a wonderful speaker. Because of the Covid19 there’s been no mtgs and I hate Zoom ... but I loved this speaker and I’m grateful for her message w/ humor and heartache. ❤️🌎❤️
A moment of truth, almost every time I open YT this video is suggested to me to watch. That has gone on for close to a year! This morning, I was looking for something to watch and listen to while fixing breakfast. This video popped up almost immediately. I am so glad that I clicked on the video to listen to Jennifer's message!! Thank you Jennifer for sharing your story, it was just what the doctor (God) ordered! Thank you!! I am Jason, I am an alcoholic and I am sober today by the fellowship of the program but I have gained my life back by the Grace of God and the 12-steps of Alcoholics Anonymous!! ❤😇
Best lead I ever heard. Funny vulnerable honest. “I know who I am, What I am and Who’s I am” I wrote that one down. It’s a perfect prayer. Ty so much Jennifer H-K. I hope all these years later you are well & with all the peace a God of our understanding an muster for us mere mortals
I'm so thankful to God and AA for my sobriety. thank you so much for posting since I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!! She is witty and very wise. Thank you again 😊❤️☀️🙏.
I just recently ended my self from a relapse and it’s rough. I quit cold turkey this time and it’s been a crucial 24 hours of not eating not sleeping just calling hotlines to talk about how I feel and speak my mind. Now I am here listening to aa meetings and trying to be content with the not drinking aspect. I been battling within myself to keep me from running to the store and just feed the poison I know desperately I don’t need. Pray for me everyone. It’s really tough for me right now. I hope the next 24 hours goes better. My mind is exhausted and I am tired but restless sigh. Love you all.
Hi Chris, It's been 7 months since you posted here. I'm writing you to tell you that I hope you are well and have found peace in recovery. Your friend, Robin
I’m a member of AA and I love this speaker so much I listen to her whenever I’m feeling a little down and I share this with others . I love her story and her message. Thank you
AA has been the best thing I have committed to. 4 1/2 years and still doing my best to stay in the boat, be of service and continue to the the work. Thank you Lord for AA.💞💪😇💞
proJohn Mccaskie In the Program we don’t have to prove anything to anyone!!! It’s just a matter of being honest with yourself!!! It’s a matter between you and your conscience and God!!!
Trying to decide. I know I want to come back. I just don’t know if I can. Two patches of 5 years of no drinking. Truly thought I was sober. My beloved sponsor fired me when I asked him to do what he was asking me to do. I didn’t get it then I only kind of get it now. But Jen you got me. Listening to you was better than anything I could’ve watched on Netflix tonight! It reminded me how much I loved laughter. It reminded me how much I love being present when someone is being honest in their pain and story. It reminded me of the hugs. It reminded me of the tears. It reminded me that at times I crave to come back. Not sure why I find it so hard. But thank you. It was one friggin big jump forward. Love ya.
I love that she said she learned so much from Janet it reminds me of a friend years ago. It’s was my turn !! Waiting on the Super Secret!! Thx for the wonderful message and especially the laughs. I need them these days !!
I just want to thank everyone for sharing do to I have problems being around people but has been almost 90days for me I do go to meetings not as much I should but I do like listening it does help thank you
Danielle David I have the same problem, social phobia! I’m 20 years sober and attended meetings for a year without saying anything. You don’t have to talk, just listen. If it’s easier for you to talk with people one on one then wait till after the meetings and talk with someone.
First time listening to Jennifer she's absolutely awesome very well spoken articulate sincere and funny very refreshing to listen to I want to hear more of her
Definitely loved the message you shared! We are not a glum lot ;) I love that I was able to have some hope from your message and you moved me to tears a few times. Loved it!
Where do you live? Perhaps someone should slap your face, gently. Maybe then you would wake up. You idiot. Make a big strong loving family. That is the "meaning of life", you dopey twat
Seriously, I LOVE you! You’ve faced your hard truths and received God’s ridiculously, beautiful grace. It is only by His grace that we can release our shame and tell our stories and this help another. Your humor and candor are proof that we do not have to live our lives cloaked in the shame of our pasts. We are recovered!
I'm not in AA but this was a very heartwarming story, and funnier than a lot of professional stand ups. Thank you and keep on doin what you're doin! I wish the story teller a glorious, sober life! (Also, how old are you?) 😂
Phenomenal speaker-thank you so much for speaking on my life. I’m your sister in recovery and you give me strength and so much gratitude and joy to be sober.
