Mark H. - AA Speaker - His Final Talk

Recorded less than a month before he died in 2010, this is the final tape of the legendary AA speaker, Mark H. He brings his usual brilliant articulation of recovery to the talk, as well as a deep and profound spiritual insight. Little did he know at the time, he would suffer an aneurysm the following month and pass away suddenly. In retrospect, this is such an awesome and spiritual share. It really encapsulates the message of recovery and what a life dedicated to sobriety and service looks like! THANK YOU MARK!
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[@patricklawrence2207]

anyone out there 28 September 2023 anyone listening 2 this great man RIP

[@danasimpson6723]

Mark crossed paths with a man from my home town here in Canada... he changed his life... that man went home, and changed his wife’s life... a decade past and I came to the rooms, and that mans wife changed my life... thank you Mark Houston for your 12th step; it saved me ♥️

[@cjfengshui1]

love it! It just keeps going...he carried the message and the message is still alive through you!

[@patricklawrence2207]

@@cjfengshui1 yes a great man mark iv listened 2 him a few times and iv just came across this share and I'm enjoying it its medication for me we need 2 be listening 2 AA shares just to keep on top and it keeps us on track

[@bks591]

That’s an amazing testimony. AA works like that.

[@user-fu1ng2nx2b]

That is the miracle of this Program!! And you my friend are a miracle!! Mark's tapes continue to help people find the true Program of AA as outlined in the first 164 of our Big Book. I listen to his message quite often and share it in the rooms, one day at a time.

[@dalemason5970]

Amazing. mark changed Chris R's life he changed Dom my old sponsors life before he died he changed my life. Thankyou Mark and all of them in my lineage and all those before them 🥰

[@jamesbaskin7209]

I'm 14 Years Sober & This Brought Me Back To My Roots!! God Is Still Alive In Us!! We Have A Purpose & We Must Not Forget How We Got This Life & Continue To Help Others!!

[@sneakykebab]

Thanks Mark, still helping me from beyond the grave!

[@grantsanders4211]

Gary Paro I couldn't agree with you more. What a legend!

[@johng9726]

Gary Paro that's living. dead, and still helping some one. I wanna do that.

[@alanmagee81]

Rest in peace Mark, thanks for your service and carrying the message.

[@thecheesburgler]

I'm 15 yrs sober, got sober at the age of 21, the ego regeneration, the alcoholic thinking, and the required efforts to stay in the spiritual world have become very real. Marks life is idealist to me at this point as I can't stay the path of 10-12 consistently and fall back into untreated alcoholism a lot. Marks talks have been incredibly refreshing though because it rings thoroughly true to me the way alcoholism will kill me without a drink in my body.

[@peterlake2184]

I know God is blessing us all through you Mark !! I know the spirit world is alive, within, and all around me and you and you and....... God Bless

[@natechaloux920]

I have 3 days sober and clean. Thank you Mark Houston for all your knowledge and for sharing it with us. Hope your smiling down from that big meeting in the sky.

[@ryanmcgarry2058]

Congratulations on 3 days!

[@eshjane]

Ryan McGarr

[@jimmyramos3364]

Congrats. At the time you had 3 days. Still sober?

[@johnmcgrath5698]

Thanks mark you have helped me from the grave i will be forever greatfull great aa man great man of god

[@patricklawrence2207]

great share RIP mark

[@bryanr.3241]

Thank you Mark for all the work you have done for the members of AA and AA as a whole. You and Joe Hawk have changed my life. God bless , Rest in Peace my friend.

[@mrourcanada8964]

When I first heard Mark and Joe do a workshop change my life I even called Mark wants to try to set up to do a step five with him unfortunately we couldn’t make our schedules work but we used to communicate with some emails back-and-forth a very giving and caring individual he will be missed my friend

[@michaellott210]

Great Testimony 🙏🏾 R.I.P Mark

[@patricklawrence2207]

this is a very good share I'm enjoying it mark seemed 2 be a great man RIP 🙏

[@107g]

Thanks Mark for giving me hope buddy because I'm really fighting right now and I needed to hear this please give me the strength lord I really need it right now 🙏

[@michaellott210]

🙏🏾 you're going to make it ✌🏾

[@107g]

@@michaellott210 thanks buddy

[@dannygrammer2479]

rest in peace mark houston. you truly are an example of the power of practicing prayer n meditation.

[@TheBrookybrook]

Along with Joe h.. my favorites forever ..there voices comfort me and speeches always make me so emotional....laughing..crying... but mostly grateful.. bc you give me hope when I have nothing n none left..thank u.. u truly made a big difference in my life..and I will never stop listening to your wise and very memorable speeches

[@peterlake2184]

A Real Alcoholic with a Real Solution !!

[@kenty6580]

Not many in the rooms where im from and im dying from untreated alcoholism

[@patricklawrence2207]

@@kenty6580 hi are u still alive hope ur ok dude 1 day at a time

[@cmchacon97]

Recently got a chance to listen to this man. Thank You Mark for being an active vocal member of AA looking forward to meeting you on another level of conscienceless!!!

[@JohnathonNorton]

Rest In Peace Mark. We Will Miss You!!

[@austexchris]

Miss you Mark...hope to see you again one day...

[@BARBARADUNLAPITR]

Thank you for all you have blessed me with,

[@eshjane]

Rest In Peace Mark. You helped so many alcoholics. You're with your maker now.

[@16AndrewF]

One of the best shears, so pleased to feel your spirit as you speak 😊

[@markr8690]

11 days now. Amazing. Thanks Mark for being there when I come back home from the storm.

[@lwmrim]

Mark R how are you today ?

[@tylerfallon5712]

Curious too 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@patricklawrence2207]

how are u doing mark R

[@markedwards636]

So greatful Mark was one of the first speakers I discovered when I got sober. Thank you for carrying the message.

[@jenzjuniper1]

Thank you. This is powerful

[@AnnaAnna-fr7ep]

Thank you . R.I.P🙏

[@chrisplaysmadden8053]

Doesn't get much better then this, May u rest in peace Mark.

[@kriscowley3241]

Phenomenal Man. The Power of God Speaks.

[@duhbing]

Finally some insight

[@margaretek5350]

Thank you for a profound and wonderful AA talk🙏🙏🙏

[@TheDobbo]

wonderful simple and simply wonderful.

[@williegolden]

Amazing!!! I listened to this while I was driving. Charlie Parker turned me on to him. Amazing Austin AA member.

[@tivvy6146]

Straight , no chaser 😉

[@sonjapewter9058]

Thank you 😊

[@manjitjohal2906]

Amazing guy love his shares and insightful way of explaining the program god bless Mark

[@sneakykebab]

Manjit Johal Amen brother!

[@chriscrawford7240]

Really enjoyed Mark H. As a member of Pure Desire Ministries and Celebrate Recovery I am getting clean.

[@starlenewilson9153]

Just found out rest well missing you today

[@manjitjohal2906]

Bless you mark and Joe helped many people and have helped me bro god bless

[@BARBARADUNLAPITR]

+Manjit Johal I can hear the weakness in his voice.

[@scottboatright3880]

My kind of guy.

[@susanclarke2439]

God bless and keep you close.

[@ZeTodmeister14]

Such an example of this "simple program"

[@Nothingzero123]

RIP Mark

[@johntuvey3636]

This man is still amazing even though he is no longer with us.. What a message he Carrie's

[@patricklawrence2207]

💯

[@rosskelly6887]

Thank you Mark 😊 guide alcos

[@niallwilson3787]

Exactly correct when he talks about the idea of choosing to relapse from a point of physical sobriety that does not happen in a real alcoholic the choice is simply not there so many people tell me i chose to drink when ive picked up but that baffles me

[@matthewgrimes]

🙏🏻

[@rowanfrancis9011]

You would think that would take 33 seconds, but it took me years to get, still feel unsure about it , 6 weeks and 5 days sober , 1 meeting , can't/ won't do third step well not properly ( Do step 1 and 2 again ?

[@Chris-zz5ks]

You’re still trying to run on self will. One meeting in 6 weeks? Probably gonna relapse again, hope ya don’t.

[@ndnd2023]

Mark and his sponsor Don Pritts have been huge influences on my life in recovery. I do not agree with everything he says, but, that's okay... He re-awakened me to the disciplines that help us to stay current with the psychic change taking the steps offers. I even enjoy his sponsor Chris R at times. Anyway it's all about oboedoeboe.

[@ndnd2023]

Clearly I was drunk when I wrote this comment. God, deliver me from this horrible illness 🙏

[@jesusbeltran8670]

Alhamdulillah

[@jaxsonlee05]

I want a group where we can comittedly take one another to step one and see where we are at with step one and seek God’s guidance for us and our growth. Let’s go. Heaven! THAT would be heaven. Then we go to step two and such. Who wants to do it.

[@kevinwise6426]

I have a zoom group like that

[@SpunkyTA]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💫🌈⚡️😇💜

[@austexchris]

Wow. His dad died from his aorta bursting. And Mark died from the same thing. Genetics???

[@dianekean4979]

This Guy just blows my mind!!!! What an Amazing Chatacter!!!! Love You Mark Houston 🎉

[@jayslavick]

he's an atheist but he believes in god? can someone explain? thanks.

[@benjaminsamford8328]

Derrick Hart concept of god is a dense topic. I can say that I am an atheist who believes in a power greater than my"self". But it does not matter my conception. What matter is what spiritual terms mean to you. This is the essence of the second step.

[@scottboatright3880]

What's your higher power then? What do atheists believe? Just nada?

[@benjaminsamford8328]

Scott Boatright I don't believe in deity, is all that atheist means. But "higher power" is a dense idea that doesn't just mean a god to me. But it doesn't really matter what I believe, that is the essence of the second step. I am told to ask myself what spiritual terms mean to me, no one else

[@archlutesmith]

Was an atheist ......until he came to believe

[@joemiller9999]

God is not a just a conception. We "cannot fully comprehend or define that Power". Nuns angered me saying "God is a Mystery"--turns out He or It really IS! Don't worry about it-- do all the Steps and you will experience & have a friendship with WHATEVER IT IS. I did, you can too.

[@PoopLordAlmighty]

Thanks mark!

[@LeslieHeartsIL]

What a special man. Powerful messages. Rest in peace.