ESH: Karen G - 22 Years Sober and it only took 19 Sponsors

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🗓️ 6 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Karen G got sober in 1982, she is speaking at an unknown meeting in the summer of 2004 at 22 years sober and it took 19 sponsors to get her there. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Next Event: AALA Roundup - lgbtQIA+ at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, May 26-28. With the theme of “Don’t take yourself too damn seriously” the AALA Roundup is the perfect opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and journey towards a fulfilling sober life. https://scast.us/aala AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box. Sober Cast has 2200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops and podcast
0:11.8	format.
0:12.8	We're an ad free podcast and if you enjoy listening please help us be self-supporting by visiting
0:17.1	SilverCast.com, look for the donate link and drop a dollar to into our virtual basket.
0:22.4	We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.
0:24.6	Hi everybody, I'm Karen from Alcoholics and it's truly through the grace of God and the
0:32.1	power of Alcoholics and Autonomous, so I've been sober since May 30th, 1982 and that
0:36.0	does not make me a miracle, it makes Alcoholics and Autonomous a miracle.
0:39.4	If you're new here and I don't want to welcome you to AA and I always call it God's
0:42.6	Magnificent AA, the one that saved my life and it's going to save yours too, if you want
0:46.8	to take a few quick actions and I suggest trying to get a sponsor tonight that you get
0:50.8	that book Alcoholics and Autonomous and you get busy, everybody else is going around
0:54.1	here and you know, stay sober, I've stayed sober for 22 years and people like me cannot
0:58.0	stay sober, I can guarantee you.
0:59.8	My home group is the Pacific group in West LA, group I'm very, very proud to be a member
1:03.8	of just as I'm sure you're proud to be a member of yours and I guess if you're not proud
1:07.1	you ought to get a job and you might change your mind.
1:09.0	I certainly have a job and I'm proud to have that job.
1:12.2	I think Dave and the committee are inviting you to come out.
1:15.1	This is an honor and a privilege, it's one that I do not take lightly on guarantee you.
1:18.9	You guys, I love Alcoholics and Autonomous, I really do and I think that it shows and I
1:22.6	make an off out of mistakes, I do an off out of things wrong but I'll tell you one thing
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