Sober at 15 — Still Standing Years Later: AA Speaker - Karl M. - New Orleans, LA

Karl M. from New Orleans, LA speaking at the Mississippi conference of Young People in AA - May 23rd 2008 Visit our merch and help support the channel🧡 Sober Sunrise Merch Visit our website - Sober-Sunrise.com In this raw, vulnerable, and deeply human AA talk, Karl shares how getting sober at just 15 years old didn’t magically fix life, but gave him a way to survive it, grow through it, and keep showing up when everything hurts; walking through family alcoholism, early violence, juvenile detention, homelessness, addiction-fueled crime, grief, broken relationships, gambling, untreated sobriety, and profound loss—including burying friends and sponsees—Karl makes it clear that Alcoholics Anonymous was never about “quitting drinking” for him, but about learning how to live, ask for help, rely on God when he’s empty, and stay spiritually connected one day at a time, proving that real recovery isn’t measured by comfort or success, but by honesty, humility, service, and the willingness to keep getting back up sober no matter how hard life gets. Music: Deep by KaizanBlu