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lets talks about tools steps slogans prayers on how we have stayed sober during the holidays. We just had Thanksgiving here in the us last week. This is a time when families gather and talk bullshit. This can be aa real trigger. • Have an escape plan by bringing your own vehicle or figure out the available public transportation near the holiday event that will enable you to leave if you are feeling tempted to drink or uncomfortable. • Ask another sober alcoholic to be “on call” for you to check in with during the event for additional support. • Let someone whom you trust at the holiday event know that you may need additional support during this occasion or time of year. • Find a tasty non-alcoholic beverage you can drink that will give you something to hold and may prevent people from offering you an alcoholic drink. • Come up with a standard response as to why you are not drinking that may vary depending on the type of holiday event and if you want those in attendance to know you are sober: “I don’t drink anymore”, “I am not drinking tonight”, “I am on medication and cannot have alcohol”, “I am the designated driver tonight,” etc. • Be choosy about the holiday events that you attend and avoid “people pleasing” by saying “yes” to events that you don’t need to nor don’t want to be at. • Take care of yourself prior to these events: get enough sleep, eat regularly, exercise, relax, etc. • Find new holiday activities and traditions that you may never have tried in the past which do not involve drinking alcohol (volunteer at a soup kitchen, go ice skating, have a sober get-together and gift exchange, see a movie, take a trip, etc.) • Remember to create structure for yourself if you have time off (volunteer, exercise, make plans, got to mutual-help group meetings, therapy, etc.). • Work extra hours if needed in order to distract yourself. • Learn to say “no” if you do not want to attend an event. • Put your sobriety first and realize that others may not understand what this entails, but that it is your number one priority. • “Just say no” to rum cake! • Attend extra mutual-help group meetings during this season (ie, A.A. has “alcathons” that involve 24 hours of meetings, food, socializing at designated locations on Thanksgiving Eve, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Contact your local A.A. Intergroup for more information: http://www.aa.org/lang/en/meeting_finder.cfm?origpage=29) • Be honest with loved ones if you are having a hard time and let them know how to support you. • Remember that “this too shall pass” and there is life after the holidays. • No matter how you are feeling, just don’t drink!

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What is your experience, Are there young People in Recovery?

Are there unique challenges for young people in Recovery?

Were you a young person in recovery?

What defines “young”?

Do you know any young people in recovery?

Do Young People in Recovery have fun?

Does it seem addiction is more prevalent in young people now?

Or does it just have more attention now?

What are some challenges young people face in recovery?

What resources are available to young people? 

Cristie, we have call!

Do you want to take calls?

Tony from Connecticut

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Are you familiar with the organization “Young People in Recovery”?

What do they do?

Are you Familiar with the organization “Young People in AA”?

What is YPAA?

Where is YPAA?

What does YPAA do?

What are YPAA Conferences like?

How are YPAA meetings different? 

Are there Young People NA meetings? 

Have you ever been to one?

What was it like? 

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In the US, we are getting ready for the holiday known as Thanksgiving.

Along with turkey, family, drama, …

and football, we set aside time to reflect on the year as pause for thanksgiving.  We practice gratitude in all our affairs.

First, what is Gratitude?

When you first got sober, did you have a lot of Gratitude?

What Changed?

How important is Gratitude in your Recovery?

What are some things you are most grateful for?

Have you ever sat at a Gratitude Table?

Have you Ever been to a Gratitude meeting?

What about the Phrase Attitude of Gratitude?

How do practice or show Gratitude to others?

To God?

We have calls

Bronte

Keven

Alex

What step has helped you with Gratitude?

Who are your grateful for?

What are you Grateful for?

“Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward.  In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given you.” 

(As Bill Sees It – pg. 29)

Have you ever read the story, “Gratitude in Action” on pages 193-199 in 4th Edition Big Book

What were your thoughts about this story? 

Do you have any favorite passages? 😉 

Have your ever found yourself sober and ungrateful?

How did this make you feel?

What did you do to start to feel grateful again?

Do you think Gratitude could be thought of as one of the foundation stones of recovery? 

Final Thoughts?

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Here in the US we are celebrating Veteran’s day where we honor those who have served in the military and particularly, those who are veterans who have fought in war.

In this light, our guests host are also veterans of a different type of war.

The battle with addiction.

Since I have longtimers here in the studio, I’m going to ask you about your experience strength and hope for the newcomer.  

How and when did you get started in AA?

When and where did you sober up?

Where did you go to our first meeting?

How did you first learn of AA?

Can you recall the formats of some of your first meetings?

What contributions did you make to help grow those early meetings?

What has been your experience with new meetings and new clubs being formed?

What are some reasons why new meetings are formed?

Who were some of the influences in your early sobriety?  How did they help?

What has been your experience with 12th step work?  Has this changed with time?

How did members contact each other?  Has this changed with time?

What has been your experience with treatment centers?

How has the fellowship changed for the better since you came in?

How has the fellowship changed for the worse since you came in?

Looking to the future, what are some AA strengths?

What are some AA weaknesses?

How have meetings changed over time?

How has sponsorship changed over time?

Has there been any changes in the newcomer?

What are some of the benefits of being a longtimer?

What are some of the costs of being a longtimer?

What are some of the risks of being a longtimer?

Why should longtimers go to meetings?

Should longtimers have a sponsor?

What are some of the challenges of sponsoring a longtimer?

As a longtimer, what would you like to say to the new person?

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