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65 years old and 5 days sober keep going everyone

Why are you harassing me? AAs primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. Not intimidation. This video is in response to an AA meeting I just attended in which I was being intimidated, threatened. AA should be a place to feel safe and work on sobriety. It should not be a threatening environment. I am not a 'baby' or 'majesty'. I am being harassed for no apparent reason. What is your point? I have not harmed you or anyone else. I have a month clean and sober, and would like to keep going. Why are you harassing me? Please answer.

I just relapse for myself I was going on 3 years sober January 3rd today's day one I started over jump right back into it it lasted 3 days all I could say is I prayed to God for now answered give me the power to stop so I stopped

Wow wow wow just wow 🎯🙏🙏🙏🙏🔈

Fabulous

Thank u. Sandy lives on ❤

AA is the easier softer way. God is the real remedy. Bill W did drugs while claiming sobriety, was a womanizer, Gambling addict, Basically switched his addiction for other addictions. Not to mention recovery rate is currently around 5 percent at best. More is known about the mind today than in 1939.

Mark .H is my hero & his sponsor Don Prits, there not to many guys like him ,the only one I seen is my sponsor,he a 164 pgs of the Big book Guy ,I never met Mark ,I herd he was tought met one of his sponcees that dude tough as nails !!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Its all about me😩

This guy is the most incredible spiritual teacher. I am binge listening to all his talks. Can’t get enough. So grateful for these recordings!! 🙏🙏🙏

Church people pushing a beer keg lol ya ok

A beautiful soul. If only he did not have to suffer also.

What happened to Elvis?

Mark we love and miss you

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:42 *📘 Focus on following simple directions from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous for a straightforward approach to the 12 Steps.* 02:28 *📖 When sponsoring, encourage reading the first 103 pages of the Big Book for foundational understanding of the 12 Steps.* 04:31 *📚 Sponsorship involves guiding others through practical advice based on personal experience with the Steps.* 07:19 *🎯 Emphasize that deciding to work the Steps hinges on the individual's own decision and readiness to go to any lengths for recovery.* 09:51 *🤔 Work the Steps only when the decision is made to pursue what others in recovery have achieved, ensuring commitment and understanding.* 17:32 *📜 Understand the foundational concept of alcoholism as an allergy with a physical reaction (phenomenon of craving) triggered solely by alcohol consumption.* 21:45 *🍸 Alcoholism is characterized by a specific reaction (phenomenon of craving) to alcohol consumption, distinguishing alcoholics from non-alcoholics.* 26:48 *🥃 Historical experience proves that alcoholics cannot safely control their drinking, supporting the understanding of powerlessness over alcohol.* 28:26 *🥃 Alcoholics experience a phenomenon of craving which no human power can alleviate.* 30:07 *🚫 No material gain or circumstance can enable an alcoholic to safely drink without triggering craving.* 34:13 *🙏 Step three involves turning one's will and life over to a higher power, crucial for recovery.* 43:07 *⛓️ Selfishness and self-centeredness are identified as the root causes of an alcoholic's troubles.* 52:30 *🔄 Step three involves a prayer to surrender to a higher power, aiming to be relieved of self-centeredness.* 54:14 *📜 Step Three in the 12 Steps involves making a commitment to God, offering to be a testament to His power if He removes difficulties.* 54:55 *🤝 Step Three is about making a clear deal with God: if He helps resolve difficulties, one commits to helping others, akin to a mutual agreement.* 55:21 *🚫 To benefit spiritually and emotionally from Step Three, one must abandon selfishness and self-centeredness completely.* 56:20 *🧠 Step Three encourages thoughtful preparation, emphasizing readiness before making a profound commitment to let God guide one's life.* 58:12 *🤝 Step Three should ideally be undertaken with a knowledgeable guide or sponsor, ensuring understanding and support throughout the process.* 59:11 *🌟 Following Step Three, the immediate focus shifts to Step Four, indicating the importance of swift progression through the steps for effective recovery.* 01:00:53 *🙏 The Third Step prayer marks a pivotal moment where one commits to serving God's will and helping others, regardless of personal feelings or understanding.* 01:03:52 *⏳ Step Four should follow immediately after Step Three, emphasizing the urgency of addressing personal inventory to continue spiritual progress.* 01:04:39 *📝 Step Four involves a detailed personal inventory focusing on resentments, fears, and sexual conduct, aiming for thoroughness and honesty.* 01:06:30 *📝 Resentment is highlighted as a primary obstacle in Step Four, requiring identification and honest acknowledgment to progress effectively.* 01:09:32 *🔄 Overcoming spiritual malady through Steps aligns mental and physical well-being with spiritual growth, reinforcing the holistic approach of the 12 Steps.* Made with HARPA AI

Thank you for posting! 39 years sober

Had the honor of see this as a PLAY IN SAN ANTONIO 75 TH ANV . THAN 20YRS NOW 34

Good on Lois she seen it as the j and c said as Lois remembered it 😅❤❤❤❤

Mark and Joe hawk (and my sponsor at the time who shared the message of AA) completely made my experience with the steps just that a true experience and not just knowledge or a conception or a theory or an idea they made the gut level experience fruition well in reality god gave that experience to me. So grateful for men and women who carry the message that there is a solution and it's not human including sponsors kids meetings the steps or sponsoring other women but those are things that lead me to having a relationship and an experience with god.

Imagine just telling people that they are diseased and powerless to the desires of the mid brain and millions, including professionals just believe it and accept it as truth. Just wow..

Phenomenal

Seems like this guy is perpetuating a lot of dangerous stereotypes: if you do this then this will happen to you. Etc. etc. How many ppl become mislead into believing some tripe that one of these speakers is blabbing on about which ends up becoming a misguided belief system for them? And of course since this is a 12-step program nobody is ever held accountable.

"I never felt like there was anywhere I belonged". Perfect rationalization to join a cult...

Am I the only one who doesn't get what he's talking about? So I'm supposed become a passive observer of my life? Everytime I hear this said by someone in these talks I end up more confused than ever.

117 days clean and sober

30 days today!

I’m 33 & I’ve. never heard this & it’s so true ❤

Who is that seccond guy talking , very powerfull message!

2 years yesterday thanks AA

49:00 .... You don't drink because of something that happened 15 years ago... You drink because of your current spiritual condition

48:00 ..... Dimensions

33:51 Craving = MENTAL OBSESSION

Beautiful. Thank u Bill W

Mark you have put into perspective things I have been questioning for my 17 months in AA. I believe it is by no mistake I have listened to this video and I believe it will have a profound impact on how I move forward in this program. Mark you were an absolute pleasure to listen to and I appreciate you sharing wisdom that WILL help save lives. I can only hope that one day, God is gracious enough to grant me half of the wisdom that man has. Thank you Mark.

Brilliant the programme in its essence ❤

Really just a lot of ego and complaining

6th&7th...the corner stones 😅

Thank you for sharing this.

I sobered up back when a.a. was a fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope with each other to solve their common problem...... ive survived , no smoking,, facebook, internet (including texting),,non alcohol beer, 9 eleven, trusting science with a pllanned demic,,now the woke ism and medical m.j. is transgendering oops i mean tramforming in our rooms .. hummmmm🤔🤔🤔

A.a. has allowed toooo many outside issues in a.a. when first introduced....I was an outside issue coming in...thank GOD for old timers that had ONE singleness of purpose...and was IN the fellowship and not AROUND the fellowship ....

I had 18 years and relapsed a year ago..this is life and death. It's no joke!

Is there any women who take women this way like mark h & joe Hawk.??.im in the UK. Any help I'd really appreciate. Need some new belief systems. Old ones aint working. Im not a new nember either

THANK you, you know, here un México AA has bad translations so a deformación of the program. You nigth try to do something.

Thank you. I am 35 sober. 101 days. Keep going anyone who reads this. There is someone hurting or will be hurt who will need your guidance. Don't give up. Easy does it.

TWBD 👌 🚶‍♂️ 🏠

I do not believe you immediately loose your conscious contact if you pick back up.

Any ideas on what year this was?

Shout out to Dave! You're a true warrior sir! Thank you both very much!

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Thank you for Sharing Sandy's talks. I just heard of his book the other day at a ntg in Virginia Bch. Sandy talked all the time about a new pair of glasses by Chuck Chamberlain but I never heard him once talk about a book of his own❤