This man is brilliant, iv been struggling, I'm sober, and straight, I got a sponser and I'm going to start my step program this Monday 25th of march 2024,,, iv been sober 3yrs last boxing day, 26th /12/2023,,, iv lost my family except for my mother, and my aunt, and u know that's enough family for me, shame on the rest, God Bless u all, O,D,A,A,T,,✝️💚🙏😊🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪FROM IRELAND 🇮🇪 🇮🇪🇮🇪😊
From his grave this man is helping me so much to stay away from drugs and alcohol, i listen to this every morning, is part of my daily recovery suggestions. Thanks Father Martin!
@Michael Davis stay in the moment. In this moment, I don't have to drink. Anything happening around me, is not happening to me. The world doesn't revolve around me. It is not up to me to save it. I came to believe, one moment at a time. Once I stopped drinking, life got so different. Yes, there are still problems, but they are not magnified by my stupidity! Good luck, Michael!
Please pray for me. I need to get sober for me first. Them I can be there for my kids and grandkids. I need to do this to save my life, and to help my grandkids hearts 🙏🏽
I remember seeing this back when I was 16yrs old, I am now 41yrs old. I continued to drink all those years. Turned out very very ugly and dark As I approach 2yrs on June 16th of this year, I wish I heard his message back when I was a teenager. It would of saved a lot of heartache and suffering. My life has been blessed in so many ways since I omitted I was POWERLESS over alcohol. If I can overcome this addiction and I had more then One... Anyone can with these simple 12 steps. 🙏💪♥️☝️🕊️
Oh my, the first time I saw this I was 16 as well. Back in 81. I am in my fifty's now and I saw this on my yt feed. I appreciate your honesty, I am struggling currently and this helps.
It took what it took however long that was. Same here. The high price paid for a new life just makes it that much more valuable. Protect it at all costs.
Not an alcoholic but have another addiction and have been sober for 7 plus years... my recovery began when I surrendered to the reality that I was an addict and was powerless over my addiction. Powerless but not hopeless.
I haven’t drank in quite some time but am using the AA book for my mental illness. I just got through the first step and today I started my new job. I used to not even be able to keep a job because I’d get bad anxiety (I felt it today to) but I pushed through it and once at work the anxiety went away. I no longer want to run away even when things get hard nor do I want to turn to alcohol to keep my anxiety at bay. I know it will make it worse. The AA book has always saved my life. I turn to the Bible to but the AA book is my main go to
I’m 34 years sober. And this I will tell you. If we continue to examine ourselves we discover there is more going on than just a problem with alcohol. Bill Wilson says that sometimes we have problems other than alcohol. The first step starts us off so we become sober from alcohol, learn about and accept we can not drink in safety. Not for us and we will never conquer it. There is no conquering it. That’s called self will and white knuckling. But as one gets some years under the belt, other things pop up. Constantly feeling anxious, fearful of certain situations and realizing we have unhealthy patterns. A lot of this goes back to childhood. That must be examined or we will eventually become addicted to something else…or even drink again…I’ve seen this happen with folks…many get sober but few get well. Talking to others on the journey helps.
This man Is apart of my home I listen to this video every morning. For me I have to start the day off on a positive note. Thank you Martin for making these videos.
the 12 steps 80 years later still saving lives My father's my brother's and..... I never though my own ...6 yrs sober my father 49 yrs sober my brother 3 yrs . thanks Bill and Dr , Bob.. U need to be in meetings they told me at least 6 months voluntary ..they were right (Thanks Father Martin U were and still are my sponsor .).24 hrs one day at the time
me too......my Dad - sober 48 yrs., me - 38 yrs. my sister - 37 yrs. daughter - 3 yrs. uncle & cousin sober many years. Some family members are still drinking but we are very fortunate to have so much sobriety and family get togethers are fun, no fights or arguments & lots of laughs.
Thank you roswell for showing me father Martin. I wasn't ready back then but fresh and struggling today I knew were to go to for help while fighting the struggle. I was sober yesterday. I'm sober today. I'm aiming to stay that way. A moment at a time.
I do attend AA meetings but the one thing I don't agree with is the White chip. However for some of us relapse could mean death and to abstain from booze. But I believe your sober days add up. I'm only 5 months in this time and I pray I never relapse again.
@@niall441 Life is a Nut House, AA is there for many who desperately need life-saving help. The fact that you focus on how pretty the process appears is miss guided and sad.
@Shane Osborne That is unreal I relapsed many times since that comment and I am 6 days sober as of tonight as I write this.... I hate alcohol so much but I love it! Arg!
Love Father Martin he really teaches us and let's us know all about Alcoholism and the madness of the disease and the foolishness and Deniel of our illness. But is always positive and constructive ... Thankyou Sir
Amen. Spot-on. Honesty, willingness and open mindedness. Without these initial ingredients there is no completing a genuine first step. "We had to concede to our INNER MOST SELVES that we were alcoholic". The Dr.'s Opinion in The Big Book explains what this entails perfectly.
Thank God and thank you Father Martin. Although you have gone from our midst, you are speaking into our lives. So glad you gave your life to help others!!
Father Martin's Chalk Talk was one of the tools I was shown to get sober. I used this resource when I did addiction counseling. Father Martin's strongest gift was his genuine desire to share what he had gained. He blessed many.
father martin 20 yrs ago u first came into my life and your words and voice are still as beautiful as the day . I first came in to recovery . God bless
I deeply got touched like this was supposed te be for me .. I haven't felt hopeless or anything but I've been feeling lost and seeking solutions and this video showed me what I wanted to see
I'm grateful today to God and the A.A. program my sponsor and you people and the meetings for helping me stay sober today August 6th 2018 I surrendered God bless you all
I heard this man on a vcr tape 25 yrs ago.. and I have not found an excuse to put alcohol in my body sense that day. His message has the depth and weight that is needed for us that can relate to every word this man says.
I've heard so many comments and suggestions around this step but this old school fella I've come back to.....tried this n that way now it's ya I am my problem....
I owe this father a lot, he used to be played in videos while I was in rehab, this past july 16th I turned 4 years sober and what I have found that members are actively distorting the message. For example some sponsors believe that part of service from the people they sponsor is to wash their cars and clean their house or that you can't be sponsored until you have three months sober! I like to keep it simple!
@DJ. Justice what works for you might not work for me and vice versa; if you are going to respond please make sure to stick to the subject without trying to create controversies. Unless I touched on a subject that might apply to you and that's why you responded! But thanks for the info; "captain obvious"!!!
@DJ. Justice I'm not going to engage you, you obviously are here to create issues and it wasn't an opinion it was what I have experienced as I trudge the roads of happy destiny. Keep coming back and maybe start practicing some of the spiritual principles that are the basis for the steps and the twelve traditions. Remember principles before personalities. I know that a sponsor is not going to keep me sober, only I thru the steps and the believe on a higher power can keep me sober along with practicing the spiritual principles aforementioned. Unfortunately you also fall into a category of people I have encountered in the rooms; the kind that always have something to say and don't really grasp or know what it is being talked about. If you have an issue with what I say, I'm going to give you a suggestion; talk to your sponsor.
'Don't pick up the first drink and you won't get drunk' - I knew that before I came to AA but it didn't stop me drinking. To me, powerlessness is knowing that but then still picking up a drink anyway. The mental blank spot mentioned in the alcoholics anonymous book. That's where the spiritual aspect comes in - a power greater than ourselves - a power greater than our own conscious thinking in my opinion
@@slobo5568 hi .. yes he was a recovered alchie. He went to AA for a long time and incorporated the 12 steps of aa in his own rehab that he ran, and also his lectures. He gave me such a good understanding of the steps.
I had the blessing of seeing Father Martin speak in 1985. His message is always clear and vital. Please watch these 5 films on the first 5 steps of AA, and you, too, shall be blessed
Going to AA and meetings and at the VA clinic, where I met wonderful men and women whom I have considered friends and went through 4 sponsors. My Best Friend of almost 30 years hit the nail on the head with me last night. She knows me better than my own family. I have lost myself. That's the problem......the rest is private. God love ya, Lee!
His original "Chalk Talk" was made for the US Navy in 1973. I was newly stationed aboard my first ship in Pearl Harbor and all enlisted men had to watch it. So, in short, my first exposure to AA. "If only" (don't we all have those) I would have gotten it then I would have saved myself 36 years of misery. Got sober finally in 2009 and it's getting better day by day. And you're right. It is a good one.
I left AA after a year and a half. I've continued to be sober for seven more years. I have a great life and a great new career. I wasn't powerless, I was powerful.
Aa does not say "if u don't drink u can't get drunk" that's just a popular slogan in meetings... Real powerlessness is the INABILITY to stay out of the ring even when u know u can't win and u don't even want to get in the ring anymore "we are without defense against the first drink" "the mental twist which precedes the first drink"
Aa is such a beautiful thing. Not my will, but the will of the higher power, the god. My thinking got me drunk, the program get me sober. I have a year now, and my out of control urges are gone. If I do feel a desire, I know what to do.
I got sober on Sept 19th 2023. I'm 22 years old, and had a huge problem with addiction and alcoholism. Between a hit and run and a DV charge that put me in jail, and going through 7 cars, and OD'ing a few times, I'm extremely happy I was able to get here while I'm young. I don't go to NA meetings because the AA meetings in my area allow us to cover everything. My life is so much healthier and more fulfilling now.
Today I got my 5 month token and just finished step 1. A friend turned me on to his videos and I must say after watching them I just wish I would've started watching them sooner.
