EPISODE · Jan 13, 2026 · 1H 5M
I Did Everything in AA—Except the Steps: AA Speaker - Vince Y. - Lubbock, TX
from Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast · host Sober Sunrise
Vince Y. from Pasadena, CA speaking at the Lubbock Conference in Lubbock, TX - July 16th-19th 1987 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Vince shares his deeply honest journey from privilege, education, and early professional success into devastating alcoholism marked by jail, addiction to narcotics, career loss, broken marriage, homelessness, and despair, followed by a long and painful period of sobriety without recovery until desperation finally made him willing to take action; through humility, surrender, sponsorship, disciplined obedience, and actually working the Twelve Steps, Vince experiences a true spiritual awakening that restores not only sobriety but dignity, purpose, and usefulness, ultimately rebuilding his career, marriage, and inner life, and demonstrating with clarity that Alcoholics Anonymous works not by motivation, intelligence, or self-will, but by willingness, action, and reliance on a Higher Power—offering hope that no matter how far one has fallen, lasting recovery and a meaningful life are possible. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu
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Vince Y. from Pasadena, CA speaking at the Lubbock Conference in Lubbock, TX - July 16th-19th 1987 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com Vince shares his deeply honest journey from privilege, education, and early professional success into devastating alcoholism marked by jail, addiction to narcotics, career loss, broken marriage, homelessness, and despair, followed by a long and painful period of sobriety without recovery until desperation finally made him willing to take action; through humility, surrender, sponsorship, disciplined obedience, and actually working the Twelve Steps, Vince experiences a true spiritual awakening that restores not only sobriety but dignity, purpose, and usefulness, ultimately rebuilding his career, marriage, and inner life, and demonstrating with clarity that Alcoholics Anonymous works not by motivation, intelligence, or self-will, but by willingness, action, and reliance on a Higher Power—offering hope that no matter how far one has fallen, lasting recovery and a meaningful life are possible. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu
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