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Sober Friends

E42: Traditions 6 and 7

Sober Friends

Matt J

12 Steps, Spirituality, Personal Journals, Mental Health, Sober, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, Alcohol Free, Sober Curious, Alcoholics Anonymous, Dry January, Society & Culture, Sobriety

4.3722 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Send us Fan Mail The 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous are the framework for how the groups work. According to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, "The '12 Traditions' of Alcoholics Anonymous are, we A.A.'s believe, the best answers to that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, 'How can A.A. best function?' and, 'How can A.A. best stay whole and so survive?'" As alcoholics, our person ambition and "good intentions," could turn this fellowship away from it's...

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0:00.0

Welcome to You Are Not Alone a recovery podcast.

0:06.7

My name is Matt Jay on this show.

0:09.1

We're here to share our experience, strength, and hope recovering from addiction.

0:13.7

You can contact the show at our website, not alone recovery.com, access to email, social media.

0:19.6

And doing a little bit of writing too. If you want to contribute something to email, social media, and doing a little bit of writing too.

0:22.9

If you want to contribute something to write, reach out to me.

0:25.9

I'd love to have people contribute to the website.

0:28.3

We do not speak for any 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.

0:33.4

We're making our way through the 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.

0:38.1

We don't speak for Alcoholics Anonymous, but we do try and keep the traditions in mind with me, the usuals.

0:44.8

John I, Steve C., how are you doing?

0:49.0

Hey, boys.

0:50.6

Doing okay for a rainy Wednesday afternoon.

0:53.7

That's right.

0:54.1

Oh, yeah.

0:54.4

Got the arc going up, so it should be good.

0:57.5

It never freaking ends with the rain.

1:00.5

It doesn't.

1:01.2

It's been a wet year.

1:03.1

It's been a very wet year.

1:04.7

I was trying to figure out why the summer went by so fast.

1:08.1

We didn't have a July.

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