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Big Book Awakening
by EastlakeBBA
Welcome to the Big Book Awakening podcast, hosted by Eastlake BBA, a Fellowship of the Spirit in Chula Vista, California. On this podcast, you'll find men and women who have had a spiritual awakening as a result of the Twelve Steps program of recovery found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. For more information about Eastlake BBA please visit https://www.eastlakebba.com.
Episodes
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💙 A Vision for You (Luis)
In episode #130, Luis shares his experience, strength, and hope with Chapter 11: A Vision for You. "You are going to meet these new friends in your own community. Near you, alcoholics are dying helplessly like people in a sinking ship. If you live in a large place, there are hundreds. High and…
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💙 How It Works, Pages 63-65 (Michael K.)
In episode #129, Michael continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading from Chapter 5, How It Works, pages 63-65. "Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted. Though our decision was a vital…
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💙 How It Works, Pages 61-63 (Michael K.)
In episode #128, Michael continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading from Chapter 5, How It Works, pages 61-63. "Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of...
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💙 How It Works, Pages 58-61 (Luis L.)
In episode #127, Luis continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 5, How It Works, pages 58-61. "RARELY HAVE we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program,...
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💙 We Agnostics, Pages 49-57 (Joshua)
In episode #125, Joshua continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading from Chapter 4, We Agnostics, page 49 (paragraph 2) through page 57. "We, who have traveled this dubious path, beg you to lay aside prejudice, even against organized religion. We have learned that whatever the human...
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💙 We Agnostics, Pages 48-49 (Oliver)
In episode #125, Oliver continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading from Chapter 4, We Agnostics, page 48, "The prosaic steel girder is a mass of electrons whirling around each other at incredible speed. These tiny bodies are governed by precise laws, and these laws hold true throughout…
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💙 We Agnostics, pages 44 to 48 (Joshua)
In episode #124, Joshua continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading from Chapter 4, We Agnostics. "IN THE PRECEDING chapters you have learned something of alcoholism. We hope we have made clear the distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic. If, when you honestly want to, you...
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💙 More About Alcoholism, page 42 (Patty)
In episode #123, Patty continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 3, More About Alcoholism, page 42, top paragraph. "They had said that though I did raise a defense, it would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink."
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💙 More About Alcoholism, page 41, paragraphs 1 and 2 (Jesse)
In episode #122, Jesse continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 3, More About Alcoholism, pages 41, paragraphs 1 and 2. “I went to my hotel and leisurely dressed for dinner. As I crossed the threshold of the dining room, the thought came to mind that it would be nice to have a...
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💙 More About Alcoholism, pages 33-35 (Mary L.)
In episode #121, Mary continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 3, More About Alcoholism, pages 33-35. "Young people may be encouraged by this man’s experience to think that they can stop, as he did, on their own will power."
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💙 More About Alcoholism, Pages 30-33 (Luis)
In episode #120, Luis continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 3, More About Alcoholism. “We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones. Neither does there appear to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men. We have…
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💙 More About Alcoholism, page 30 (Pastor Jose)
In episode #119, Pastor Jose continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 3, More About Alcoholism. "MOST OF US have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that…
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💙 There is a Solution, Pages 25-29 (Sal)
In episode #118, Sal continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 2, There is a Solution, from pages 25 - 29. "There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful...
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💙 There is a Solution, pages 20-25 (Pat B.)
In episode #117, Pat B. continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 2, There is a Solution, from pages 20 to 25. “You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill from drinking. Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert...
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💙 A System for Change (Luis L.)
In episode #116, Luis shares how, before hitting bottom, he was looking for a solution in self-help books. "I had no system for defeating alcoholism. I wanted to do things differently but lacked the power to make it through the night." Big Book Awakening is like a map for how to journey through…
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💙 There is a Solution, Pages 18-20 (Arline)
In episode #115, Arline continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 2, There is a Solution, from pages 18 to 20. "Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with us have found it sometimes impossible to persuade an alcoholic to discuss his situation without reserve. Strangely...
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💙 There is a Solution, Pages 17 to 18(Oliver)
In episode #114, Oliver continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Chapter 2 - There is a Solution, pages 17 and 18. "WE, OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill. Nearly all have recovered. They have solved the drink problem."
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💙 Bill's Story, Pages 14-16 (Mary L.)
In episode #113, Mary L. continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Bill's Story from the bottom of page 14 to 16. "For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead....
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💙 Celebrating Recovery (Luis L.)
In Episode #112, Luis L. shares his story after reaching a new milestone of 9 years of continuous sobriety. "Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get...
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💙 Bill's Story (Pages 13-14) Michael K.
In episode #111, Michael continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading Bill's Story from pages 13 to 14. "At the hospital I was separated from alcohol for the last time. Treatment seemed wise, for I showed signs of delirium tremens."
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💙 110 Bill's Story (Pages 1 - 6) Michael K.
In episode #110, Michael continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading the first half of Bill's Story. "Liquor ceased to be a luxury; it became a necessity." –Alcoholics Anonymous (page 5).
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💙 Courage, Strength and Hope (Sal)
In episode #109, Sal shares how drinking got so bad that he was blacking out from chasing the bottom of the bottle. Then something happened, and Sal ended up in Alcoholics Anonymous. "The twelve steps is the way of freedom. A lot of it is soul searching."
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💙 Big Book Awakening: The Doctor's Opinion (Arline)
In episode #108, Arline continues the Big Book Awakening series by reading the Doctor's Opinion. "After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution…
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Big Book Awakening: Foreword to Second Edition to Forward to Fourth Edition (Sal)
In episode #107, Sal continues with week #2 by reading from Forward to Second Edition through the Foreward to Fourth Edition. Throughout his reading, Sal shares his experience, strength, and hope with the A.A. recovery program in the Big Book.
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💙 Big Book Awakening: Preface to First Forward (Luis)
In episode #106, Luis shares how, through prayer, he was inspired to kick off a new series for the Monday Night Big Book Awakening meeting. But then doubt came over him: Why change? And then he was reminded that our meeting reaches people beyond the walls. So, this is an opportunity to gain a new...
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💙 "It is a design for living that works in rough going." (Mary L.)
In episode 105, Mary L. shares how, when she arrived at Alcoholics Anonymous, she was spiritually broken and bankrupt. She spent her first year going from meeting to meeting. In recovery, she learned how to walk again—learning how to talk again–learning how to live without alcohol in her system....
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Experience, Strength, and Hope (Vladimir)
In this episode, Vladimir shares his experience, strength, and hope on the night we honor all celebrating a milestone in their sobriety in September. "Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now."
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💙 The Turning Point (Bernie)
In episode #103, Bernie starts by sharing, "God has changed my life. Because I can't believe I have changed my ways." When Bernie was sixteen, he lost his chance to play professional soccer. On the day he was to meet with the scouts from the San Diego Sockers team, he was in court facing…
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💙 Breaking Free from Chronic Relapsing
In episode #102, Adam shares how he thinks he was an addict and alcoholic from the beginning. "All I cared about was drinking and using." Suffering from chronic relapsing, he would hit another bottom every five years and return to the program for help. This vicious cycle continued for twenty-five...
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💙 Compassion from Realization (Oliver)
In episode #101, Oliver reads from the Big Book: "We began to see that the world and its people really dominated us. In that state, the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill. How could we escape? We saw that these resentments must be mastered, but how? We could not…
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💙 "There I humbly Offered Myself to God" (Vinny)
In episode #100, Vinny starts by reading from Bill's Story, where he is having a third-step experience, which is part of our reading of step one. "There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction.…
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💙 A Revolutionary Change (Arline)
In episode #99, Arline shares how there has been a revolutionary change in her way of living and thinking. "Just that I can go to God instead of reacting in anger is a revolutionary change." The Big Book states: "Here are thousands of men and women, worldly indeed. They flatly declare that since...
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💙 "We let God discipline us."
In episode #98, Luis L. shares how he was not the scheduled speaker. But over time he's learned that we must be ready to share our experience, strength, and hope. "We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined." –Alcoholics Anonymous
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💙 From Powerless to New Power and New Solution (Michael K.)
In episode #97, Michael shares how dry sobriety with no solution and no real hope worsens over time. "And then I get to a place where my life becomes so unmanageable, so hopeless and dark inside that I can not see how taking a drink or drug will make it any worse. And so I return to that very…
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You are God's Idea (Jose G.)
In episode #96, Jose G. starts by reviewing the three pertinent ideas discussed in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymus. And then boldly declares: "You are God's idea. The way you look, the way you think, the way you act. All God's design is on purpose for a purpose." His main point is that our…
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💙 Step 12: Working with Others (Pat B.)
In episode #95, Pat B. shares how his story begins with the twelfth step when he was fifteen. "More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life." Pat believed as long as he stayed away from "Meth," he would be ok. He didn't get sober until he was thirty-five years old.
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💙 Helping Others (Octavio)
In episode #94, Octavio shares how when he came to Alcoholics Anonymous, he had a lot of baggage and trust issues. His temporary sponsor helped get him through the hump until he could find his sponsor. "When I start working harder than others, and they are not responding, I learned to let go. And...
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Step Eleven Suggests Prayer and Meditation (Luis L.)
In episode #93, Luis L. shares how his prayer and meditation practice reflects his child-like faith in our Creator. "The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to...
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💙 Experience, Strength, and Hope (Bernie)
In episode #92, Bernie shares that he was always in church as a kid. By age fourteen, he stopped believing. "I lost my faith." His father was an alcoholic. "I didn't want to be like him. But I ended up like him."
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💙 This thought brings us to Step Ten (Pat B.)
In episode #91, Pat B. shares how: "This is the only thing, ever, in my life that I have stuck with. No matter how badly I failed at it. No matter how badly things are not going right. I still come back to it. I come back to following the instructions." In this episode, Pat reads from the Big…
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Let’s look at Steps Eight and Nine (Keith)
In episode #90, Keith starts by reading from page 76 in the Big Book: "Now we need more action, without which we find that “Faith without works is dead.” Let’s look at Steps Eight and Nine. We have a list of all persons we have harmed and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made it when we...
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Steps Six and Seven: Let go and Let God (Luis L.)
In episode #89, Luis shares his experience of going through steps one through seven, emphasizing steps six and seven. "The way we practice this is to make an appointment to be one-on-one with God... for at least an hour."
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Fifth Step (Vinny)
In episode #88: Vinny shares his experience with the fifth step from the perspective of being a sponsor or being in a workshop as a guide for people. His experience with the fifth step has been "wide, bumpy, not a straight line, and it's also been exciting."
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💙 A New Freedom after the Fifth Step (David M)
In episode #87 - David M. shares how there is no doubt in his mind that his problems began when he was a child. "I grew up with a powerful, abusive father." After David admitted to God, to himself, and to his sponsor the exact nature of our wrongs, he broke free from the heavy load he was…
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Step Four: Sex Inventory + Sex Ideal (Arline)
In episode #86, Arline discovered how selfish she was in her last relationship after writing her sex inventory during the Big Book Awakening workshop. After a year in recovery, her "Sex Ideal" just came, and she was able to write it down.
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💙 "Fear, Selfishness, and Self-Centeredness" (Oliver)
In episode #85, Oliver shares how Alcoholics Anonymous was the end of the line for him. He was desperate. He needed a solution. "I was afraid of everything. I was so anxious. Fear is what drove my life. The frustrating thing was that "I did not know what I was afraid of until" Oliver went through...
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💙 Experience, Strength, and Hope (Christine)
In episode #84, Christine shares for the first time the truth about her addiction to other things besides alcohol. "I was that girl always on the outside looking in. I never, ever, ever fit it. I never belonged."
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💙 Step Four: Resentment Inventory - Columns 3-4 (Mary L.)
In episode #83, Mary L. shares her breakdown of how she goes through a Step Four Resentment Inventory Worksheet. She starts the process by writing on paper: "I'm resentful at? Why am I angry?" Mary writes it all down and keeps writing until she's done. When you are doing your inventory, it is a...
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💙 Step Four: Resentment Inventory - Columns 1-2 (Michael K.)
In episode #82, Michael K. shares how the resentments (grudge list)we hold on to destroy us more than anything else. From these resentments stem all forms of spiritual disease. Many of our mental health issues and physical ailments can get sorted out with help from a doctor and twelve steps work.
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💙 Step 4: Columns 1-2 (Krista)
In episode #81, Krista shares how resentment is reliving a feeling (experience) over and over and allowing this person, place, or thing to live in her head rent-free. Step four is where we get access to God. This is the actual change of our minds. "I am breaking my heart open to allow love and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Big Book Awakening podcast, hosted by Eastlake BBA, a Fellowship of the Spirit in Chula Vista, California. On this podcast, you'll find men and women who have had a spiritual awakening as a result of the Twelve Steps program of recovery found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. For more information about Eastlake BBA please visit https://www.eastlakebba.com.
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