Al-Anon: Sarah S - Hating Alateen at 16 now a former delegate

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🗓️ 10 October 2021

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Sarah S an Al-Anon member from Missouri tells her story at the Al-Anon Family Groups District 14 Northern California meeting held in October of 2019 on Zoom. First exposed to Alateen at 16 and hating it, now a former world delegate. Email: [email protected] Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate We have added a page of meetings that have moved online https://sobercast.com/online-meetings Sober Cast has 1600+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search.

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops in
0:11.2	podcast format.
0:12.2	We're an ad-free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting
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0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.8	Have a great day.
0:27.5	Okay, hello, California.
0:33.0	My name is Sarah, and I'm an incredibly grateful member of the Worldwide Fellowship of
0:37.2	Alan on Analotine.
0:39.4	Hey everybody, it's great to be here.
0:41.6	Thank you, thank you for having me.
0:43.2	It's always an honor and a privilege to be of service.
0:46.6	And as I share this morning at the end, I think you'll find through my journey that,
0:52.6	you know, I'm the kid that caused a lot of trouble and nobody wanted me around.
0:57.4	So almost 19 years later to be asked to be of service halfway across the country is truly a
1:03.8	miracle. And so thank you for the invitation. And Rosanna and I met at the World Service Conference.
1:10.5	So that's one of the, I'm finished December 31st will be my last day as an active delegate,
1:18.7	and then I will become a past, but what I can tell you is just getting a chance to meet Rosanna,
1:25.7	the World Service Conference is in great hands because you have a fantastic delegate.
1:35.4	So my recovery journey began January 14th, 2001, and I was literally dragged through the doors
1:45.7	of Allatine at 16 years old. And of course, knew everything and had no desire to be there.
1:51.8	And I'll get into that. But my story is going to be a little different tonight.
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