Workshop: Emotional Sobriety - Polly P (1 of 2)

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

I ran a series on this topic just about a month ago and this is a quick 2 day workshop on the same topic to offer another perspective. This is part 1 of a 2 part workshop on the topic of Emotional Sobriety conducted by Polly P, she was 33 years sober at the time of this workshop. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 2900+ 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 Sobercast, where we provide A.A. Speaker Meetings and workshops in podcast format.
0:12.7	We're an ad-free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting Sobercast.com, look for the link, and drop a dollar or two into our virtual
0:21.7	basket.
0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.7	Have a great day.
0:27.3	Hi, everybody.
0:28.1	My name is Polly.
0:29.0	I'm an alcoholic.
0:30.1	Hey, Paul.
0:30.7	By God's grace, and a program called Alcoholics Anonymous, I haven't had a drink since April
0:35.9	the 11th of 1977, and for that,
0:38.3	I am eternally grateful.
0:41.3	Just turned 33.
0:44.5	So, God, who'd ever thunk it?
0:47.1	Anyway, I have a home group, and that's the third legacy group in Bellingham, Washington,
0:52.7	and I have a sponsor, and my sponsor has a sponsor.
0:55.6	And those are the things that I need to be a member in good standing in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous.
1:00.7	However, that is not what keeps me sober, because I could have those things and not be sober.
1:06.9	And what keeps me sober is a loving relationship with God that I farmed through the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, the 12 traditions, and the 12 concepts.
1:17.4	And I am so, so excited to be here.
1:21.4	Thank you so much.
1:23.1	It's a pleasure to be here.
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