E47: Traditions 10, 11 and 12

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

4.3 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

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...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to You Are Not Alone a recovery podcast.
0:06.9	My name is Matt Jay, and on this show, we're here to share our experience, strength, and hope recovering from addiction.
0:13.5	All the contact information, if you want to contact us, we'd love to talk to you, is not alone recovery.com.
0:20.0	Important to say we don't speak for any 12-step group
0:23.4	we speak for ourselves but we do try to remain anonymous and tonight we're here to wrap up
0:31.2	our little trip through the 12 traditions of alcoholics anonymous joining. Joining me as always is Steve C. and John I.
0:41.3	How are you guys doing tonight?
0:43.5	Exhausted.
0:45.7	It's hard to work a 40-hour week job, huh?
0:48.8	I haven't worked a full day in 18 months, and I've worked three days in a row.
0:53.2	I was yawning today I'm feeling it
0:55.7	but it's good to be back in the saddle and doing what I do I was talking to my manager
1:02.6	today and he he's he's a new manager six months he's been in there for six months so he's
1:09.3	he's struggling you know I was getting him encouraging he's he's got for six months so he's he's struggling you know i was
1:11.2	getting him encouraging he's he's got he's sharp guy he'll get it um and he goes well you're doing
1:16.5	what you did before i go yeah i am but i don't have to deal with all the bullshit that you deal with
1:21.6	i don't have to develop the budgets i don't have to do the political stuff i don't have to go
1:26.1	to the meetings with senior management i don't have to do all political stuff. I don't have to go to the meetings with senior management.
1:28.8	I don't have to do all that stuff.
1:31.2	I just get to play with the guys and the contractors.
1:33.1	I go, that's it.
1:36.3	And he kind of looked at me like, I kind of missed those days.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Matt J, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Matt J and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.