Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Steps | AA Meeting | Lauren Windle (Addiction Specialist)

[@lifeafteralcoholism]

I doubted the program of AA until I made a decision to go all in 100% and cut off all my excuses, and after 6 years, I have no regrets. If i can do it, anyone can do it. ❤️🔥💯

[@JohnMackay-kn3rl]

I went to AA for almost 2 years. I have quit drinking so I dont go to many meetings now. AA is a fellowship of like minded people enjoying each other's company without alcohol and drugs. AA has helped millions of people

[@itssamiyoutube]

Multiple yrs in recovery and still going strong one day at a time easy does it keep going keep smiling keep protecting your inner peace keep loving yourself keep your head up never give up.

[@JohnMackay-kn3rl]

AA is not a cult. No one will shame or blame you. No one will preach at you. You will be welcomed by people who understand.

[@JohnMackay-kn3rl]

Step 1 is the most important one. At AA meetings you can meet friends who are comfortable being sober. Healthy people can face life with a clear mind

[@anitawollen7972]

30:49 God bless. Praying I get through this. I no longer want to be addicted to alcohol. 😢 I want to recover.

[@realdealholyfield-dx3bf]

Luke 1:37 "For nothing will be impossible with God." Put your faith in Christ Jesus and He will set you free from sin, John 8:34/36 "truly i say unto you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin "...So if the Son makes you free you shall be free indeed." He will begin the sanctification process through His Holy Spirit but your part is to be faithful going through the process Matthew 5:30 "And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell". It won't be easy it won't be fun and the withdrawals and temptations will come but stand strong on His word spend time daily in it and continue to walk in the Spirit and you will not gratify the desire Galatians 5:16 " walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh." 🙏

[@ericbrock2160]

@@realdealholyfield-dx3bf fuck jesus

[@claudiaalannouf9694]

I’m with you. It’s a struggle for sure

[@j.mitchellbhat3293]

It's a day at a time keep going to meetings, working the 12 steps with a sponsor saved my life AA turned my whole life around..no alcohol for 22 years. Stick with the winners if u truly want to get sober love urself and go to AA or NA or OA watever u r addicted to . Try it. If what ur doibg aint working try something that might work give it a go❤ progress not perfection and it does get better a day at a time. The doors of AA or any recovery are open worldwide in most countries wat a gift ❤

[@rundix3334]

Use yourself as your higher power. Your higher self or conscientious. Looking outside of yourself for answers will just make you lost. Hey ! The kingdom of heaven lies within, that's where you look.

[@siriush100]

Absolutely 💯

[@JohnMackay-kn3rl]

With the increase in crime, poverty, perverted immorality, and homelessness the needless attacks against groups like AA, NA, and churches have increased

[@victorromero-pf5lx]

Having a higher power and being strong minded 8:15 8:17

[@JunkYardTM]

No offense, but KZbin videos on the 12 steps will do little to help addiction. You have to go to a meeting and get a sponsor. It's clear that anyone in an AA or NA meeting will be more helpful than this. I really appreciate you trying, but I don't recall you mentioning anything about going to a meeting, the single most important thing. One day at a time. The first badge is the most important one and the one most likely to change your life. Thank you for this. Please encourage others to go to meetings.

[@ericbrock2160]

Fuck those meetings, just a bunch of idiot's spewing hot air, those fuckers love the sound of their voices, I spiked the coffee at the last meeting I attended

[@WatcherofVids]

I feel that was not offensive in anyway. you shared your views on the subject clearly and politely; and requested action from your readers.

[@angelakanteh6226]

Yes thank you. Five days clean

[@ericbrock2160]

@@WatcherofVids aa is a waste of time, for weak minded, weak willed idiots

[@shawnmendrek3544]

Agree. 100%

[@baldersn4474]

Most of the addicts i know had things like relgion forced doen their throats from a young age..

[@paulbaldock767]

I had beer thrown down my throat

[@guifawksian6261]

I'll tell you something they don't teach you in the big book, judge a person by the content of his character and not by his flaws in habits!

[@Wickedstickyflowers]

If you do insane stuff but don’t expect a different outcome am I worse off or …..less off

[@Damian-on6ds]

A.a. that's good. Lauren.

[@nrtnrt6676]

Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6

[@JeffFaust-js8vn]

I quit drinking, smoking meth, and pot on willpower!

[@nmcondon]

THANK YOU ...

[@canttReid]

I can not get over step number one.

[@willsmith475]

Need to try Smart Recovery

[@DistractedDaisy]

There is no higher power for me! I feel doomed!

[@ThePaperMonsters]

Stay strong ❤

[@junevandermark952]

The problem with a faith-based program such as Alcoholics Anonymous ... is that if an alcoholic has a relapse ... the guilt and depression can be compounded because of not only disappointing self ... but much more traumatic ... of the certainty that one has disappointed God.

[@culhaneboys]

If one has a view of God as punishing rather than loving then that could be the case. The AA Big Book and the AA program does not endorse a God that is going to be disappointed but rather is a loving God that only wants to help us be our best selves and realizes we will make mistakes.

[@junevandermark952]

@@culhaneboys My point is ... that if you depend on a god to help you quit drinking alcohol ... and you fail to quit drinking alcohol ... YOU will not only feel that you let yourself down ... you will feel that you disappointed "God" ... and that is much worse than the feeling of disappointing only your self. An Atheist that slips back into alcohol addiction will be disappointed ONLY in the self.

[@junevandermark952]

@@culhaneboys I was raised in a Christian culture ... and Christianity does not teach that "God" is all about love. Example: Even Protestants and Catholics do not believe that each other will be allowed in heaven ... because they perceive each other as being heretics. Alcoholics Anonymous is not being truthful with those who join their organization.

[@Wickedstickyflowers]

I just want to quit because it’s making me into a cow 🐄 Any suggestions. Obviously I can’t stop . Or I would . …. I don’t know what to do?

[@Wickedstickyflowers]

I got a higher power I asked for help… I don’t think he can hear me …

[@SeanieGBaby]

Yes! I was preyed on like a Holy Cow. What gives?! I’m a homeless Rock and Roller in need of an attorney and an apartment: help. Some of these people are repeat offenders that want autism and molestation to be my issue. Stay spiritual and keep coming back.

[@Stopalcoholic]

Im korean sober❤

[@shawnmendrek3544]

I had the book, I threw it out. I feel so bad. They bought me two books in the meetings, I was such a jerk. Thank you. This helps a lot. I started to drink at work every day. I knew where I was headed. All BS aside.

[@jackjack8844]

Not one of the Twelve Suggested Steps mention, 'You,' 'God as you understand Him', 'You have to,' or 'You must.' 'How it works,' page 58, does mention, 'A manner of living which demands rigorous honesty.'

[@johnkenny694]

The Capacity to be honesty, were not saints. The steps are just suggestions, you do all the steps, you will end up back at step 1. I used the Sex Pistols as my higher power, Never mind the BOLLOCKS!!!

[@backatya-df1rr]

wat else u selling?

[@itssamiyoutube]

I pray too Allah I'm a Muslim.

[@SeanieGBaby]

Ive been sober for years. Some of these guys want molestation with men to be my issue. I’m an endurance swimmer, a certified coach, and a homeless Rockstar. I can’t leave the program; I’m slandered by the public as an estimable man. Give me a break and let me live my life! I deserve to have decent income, an apartment and the girl of my dreams. I deserve to have an attorney on call.

[@kelmartine00]

Let’s just call it what it is. The founder of AA believed in Jesus. Jesus died literally to take our sin away, our disease away, our shame away. Let’s not water down Jesus. He literally walked on this earth, split time in half from BC to AD. Jesus loves you and he can set you free.

[@vallyb6607]

Jesus has placed it on my heart to share the Gospel with you. Jesus, God the Son the Son of God, died, and spilled His precious blood, on the cross to pay the price for our sins. He was buried and on the third day rose from the dead just like the scriptures said He would. Salvation is a gift, please accept it now if you haven't already by BELIEVING in what Jesus did for us. The rapture of the Church is imminent, God bless you!

[@itssamiyoutube]

Learn how to let go stop living in a a victim mindset

[@JakeyT-g9i]

The fact that the 12 steps are the oldest means nothing. Thats exactly why they should be discarded. Either addiction is a disease or it isnt. Dont tell me on the one hand that addiction is a real medical disease, and then in the next breath refer me to a cult. Makes no sense, never will, this society missed the mark, im fucking done.