Hello and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops and podcast

format.

We're an ad free podcast and if you enjoy listening please help us be self-supporting by visiting

silvercast.com, look for the donate link and drop a dollar to into our virtual basket.

We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.

Let's welcome our first speaker, Alicia from St. Carlos.

My name is Alicia and I'm an alcoholic.

So I have to be honest, when they asked me to do this panel, I mean I obviously fit the

qualifications because I am a parent but there was a part in the back of my head that felt

like I am the least qualified to speak about this subject and it's set in motion, a train

of thinking for me that really kind of led me to realize that all I have to share with

you is my own experience and being honest with you.

The more I thought about it, that gut inclination that I'm not qualified, the more I started

reaching out to other parents in sobriety and asking them if they have the same feelings

that I live with constantly.

For me, I have a sobriety date, it's February 25, 2007 and I know for myself one of the strongest

motivating factors for me to get loaded was when I felt like I wasn't living in line

with my truth when I was feeling guilty because I wasn't living at my highest self.

One of the things of being a parent, whether you're an alcoholic or not because the topic

is parenting and why, Pa, is that it comes with a tremendous amount of guilt and I think

many, many parents, no matter what you're doing, no matter how much time you're spending,

no matter what you're buying, what your activities you're engaging in, you're constantly, I know

...