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Browse hundreds of Alcoholics Anonymous speaker meetings from around the world — full-length recovery talks focused on the 12 Steps, spiritual awakening, and long-term sobriety.
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Sober Sunrise is a curated archive of full-length AA speaker meetings from around the world. Each recording features members of Alcoholics Anonymous sharing experience, strength, and hope through personal recovery stories that highlight the practical application of the 12 Steps.
This searchable library includes AA speaker tapes focused on the 12 Steps, step work and inventory, sponsorship, spiritual awakening, Big Book study, hitting bottom, and surrender and acceptance, along with long-term sobriety themes. Whether newly sober or decades into recovery, these Alcoholics Anonymous speaker recordings offer insight into living the principles of the program in everyday life.
New AA speaker meetings are added regularly, making this one of the most comprehensive online archives of recovery talks available. Browse by topic, search by keyword, or explore the latest episodes below to find experience, strength, and hope that speaks directly to your journey.
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1 HR 13 MIN
From Waking Up in Random Cities to Never Wanting a Drink Again - AA Speaker - Chris B.
Chris B. presents a detailed exploration of Steps 1-3, emphasizing Dr. Silkworth's definition of alcoholism as both a physical allergy (abnormal reaction to ...
Apr 12, 2026
1 HR 13 MIN
I Had Ten Meetings a Week and Was Completely Hollow Inside - AA Speaker - Mike L.
Mike L. describes being five years sober but spiritually bankrupt, attending numerous meetings while missing the actual recovery program, much like his colle...
Apr 10, 2026
1 HR 1 MIN
I Said I'm Fine for 40 Years and Never Meant It Once - AA Speaker - David L.
David L. explains how he spent 40 years maintaining a false exterior by saying "I'm fine," driven by deep fear and self-delusion that shaped his thinking int...
Apr 9, 2026
1 HR 28 MIN
My Brain Was the Problem, Not Just the Drinking - AA Speaker - Peter M.
Peter M. is an AA speaker who explains that the main problem for alcoholics lies in the thinking mind, not the body, and that abstinence alone is not recover...
Apr 8, 2026
49 MIN
My 12-Year-Old Daughter Drove Me Home Because I Couldn't- AA Speaker - Tami F.
Tami F. shares her story of alcoholism that began at age 12 and escalated to methamphetamine use while raising four children. She describes the moment her 12...
Apr 7, 2026
55 MIN
Save Me a Seat Were the Last Words I Said to My Sponsor - AA Speaker - Mike M.
Mike M. shares 31 years of sobriety beginning with a suicide attempt in California, where God's grace gave him a clear thought that stopped him from taking h...
Apr 6, 2026
38 MIN
The First Time I Told the Truth I Didn't Catch Fire - AA Speaker - Tony K.
Tony K. describes his path from a control-freak drinker with suicidal thoughts to active recovery through AA sponsorship and step work. His central breakthro...
Apr 3, 2026
2 HR 2 MIN
God Took the Compulsion but I Kept Lying Out of Habit - AA Speaker - Damon G.
Damon G. describes his spiritual sickness before alcohol ever entered the picture, explaining how he became convinced alcohol was the answer, and how hitting...
Apr 2, 2026
55 MIN
I Got Fired Twice From the Same Job in 24 Hours - AA Speaker - Josh H.
Josh H. shares how early alcoholism, severe trauma, and years of drug use led to a suicide attempt at 16 and homelessness by 19. He describes getting fired t...
Apr 1, 2026
1 HR 15 MIN
The Bomb Went Off at 16 Years and the Only Thing Left Was the Meeting - AA Speaker - Steve B.
Steve B. is an AA speaker who has maintained continuous sobriety for 28 years without relapse, offering an atypical recovery story. He discusses the spiritua...
Mar 31, 2026
1 HR 11 MIN
Seven Years of Walking Into AA for Cake and Walking Back Out - AA Speaker - Larry T.
Larry T. shares 26 years of sobriety in an AA speaker meeting, beginning with his story of walking in and out of the rooms for seven years, using meetings as...
Mar 30, 2026
44 MIN
Everyone Said My Case Was Too Special for the Regular Program - AA Speaker - Susan D.
Susan D., an AA speaker, describes decades of hidden alcoholism rooted in severe childhood sexual abuse, developing an obsession with alcohol that she concea...
Mar 28, 2026
1 HR 3 MIN
They Pronounced Me Dead Twice and I Still Wasn't Done Drinking - AA Speaker - Dave M.
Dave M. was pronounced dead twice from alcoholic cardiomyopathy after decades of drinking despite multiple interventions, jail stays, and suicide attempts. H...
Mar 27, 2026
1 HR 3 MIN
They Pronounced Me Dead Twice and I Still Wasn't Done Drinking - AA Speaker - Dave M.
Dave M. was pronounced dead twice in the hospital on May 26, 1981, after years of uncontrolled drinking despite warnings from doctors that his alcoholic hear...
Mar 27, 2026
1 HR 3 MIN
They Pronounced Me Dead Twice and I Still Wasn't Done Drinking - AA Speaker - Dave M.
Dave M. was pronounced dead twice from alcoholic cardiomyopathy and spent 14 days in a coma before entering treatment and a halfway house in Painesville, Ohi...
Mar 27, 2026
1 HR 14 MIN
From Federal Prison at 18 to Calling Home at Six Years Sober - AA Speaker - Robbie W.
Robbie W. shares his journey from becoming a federal prisoner at 18 due to his drinking, through multiple incarcerations and institutions, to finding sobriet...
Mar 26, 2026
2 HR 56 MIN
If It's Not in the Book It's Not Important - AA Speaker - Ray O.
Ray O., an AA speaker with nearly 60 years of sobriety, explains how the 12 steps and the Big Book saved his life after he hit bottom in 1965, moving from co...
Mar 25, 2026
49 MIN
My Daughter Named Her Son After Me and It's Not Because I'm a Good Dad - AA Speaker - Frank J.
Frank J., a veteran and former police officer, shares his descent into addiction through Vietnam, affairs, domestic violence, and homelessness, then his reco...
Mar 24, 2026
58 MIN
I Sent the Devil Into My Son's Room and Didn't Remember Any of It - AA Speaker - Chris L.
Chris L., an AA speaker, describes her progressive alcoholism from age 14 through her intervention at 33 years old, including a terrifying blackout where she...
Mar 23, 2026
47 MIN
I Got Arrested Telling My Wife About Her Bad Behavior - AA Speaker - D.J. S.
D.J. S. describes growing up with an unspoken spiritual malady, discovering alcohol and drugs as solutions to discomfort, and years of using external circums...
Mar 21, 2026
2 HR 10 MIN
Find God or Die - The Secret of AA in Four Words
AA speaker Jay S. explores the historical roots of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Oxford Group movement, detailing how Frank Buckman's spiritual principles and ...
Mar 20, 2026
1 HR 13 MIN
I Was Drunk in 12 Hours After Begging God to Save My Daughter - AA Speaker - Keith L. - San Diego
Keith L., an AA speaker with 27 years of sobriety, recounts how he begged God to save his premature daughter's life and promised never to drink again—then ...
Mar 19, 2026
54 MIN
Today I Have a Much Better Childhood Than I Used to Have - AA Speaker - Sandy B. - Alexandria, VA
Sandy B., an AA speaker from Alexandria, VA, shares his 60+ year sobriety story, focusing on how the narratives we create about our childhood, family, and li...
Mar 18, 2026
56 MIN
Someone Burglarized My Garage and Stole All My Stolen Stuff - AA Speaker - Rick B. - Saint Paul, MN
Rick B., an AA speaker from Minnesota, discusses major roadblocks to recovery including big shotism (the need to be important), trying to control circumstanc...
Mar 17, 2026
1 HR 5 MIN
I Stole a Hearse Then Rode a Bus for 8 Months to Get My Life Back - AA Speaker - Vince Y.
Vince Y., an educated physician's assistant, lost his medical license due to stealing Demoral at work and hit bottom drinking heavily in 1972. After getting ...
Mar 16, 2026
1 HR 13 MIN
The Obsession Hit Me at 30,000 Feet - AA Speaker - Tom I. - Edisto, SC
Tom I. is an AA speaker who shares his story of crossing the line from heavy drinking into full alcoholism, culminating in a fatal drunk driving accident tha...
Mar 14, 2026
1 HR 1 MIN
One Sip After Three Years and I Was Drunk That Night - AA Speaker - Larry V. - Cleveland, OH
Larry V. describes his three-and-a-half-year dry spell and how a single sip after refusing to drink for all that time immediately triggered the obsession, le...
Mar 13, 2026
57 MIN
The Morning the Colors Came Back - AA Speaker - Joe M. - Joplin, MO
Joe M. describes growing up in a home devastated by his father's alcoholism and how traumatic childhood experiences shaped his character defects—anger, sel...
Mar 12, 2026
51 MIN
I Relapsed After 17 Years Sober - AA Speaker - Tom P. - Plano, TX
Tom P., an AA speaker from Plano, TX, shares his story of relapsing after 17 years sober and his discovery of Big Book-based step work that contradicted much...
Mar 11, 2026
34 MIN
You Can't Think Your Way Into a New Life: AA Speaker - Jeanette S. - Waitsburg, WA
Jeanette S. shares her story of alcoholism starting at age 12 with blackout drinking, multiple treatment center stays, and a turning point when family member...
Mar 10, 2026
54 MIN
Five Notebooks and Mud Puddle Prayers - AA Speaker - George S.
George S. describes hitting a spiritual and emotional bottom when his four-year-old daughter didn't recognize him and his fourteen-year-old son told him ever...
Mar 9, 2026
58 MIN
A Drunk Pilot's Spiritual Awakening: AA Speaker - Scott L. - Nashville, TN
Scott L., an Air Force pilot and functional alcoholic, describes his spiritual awakening during treatment when God's forgiveness lifted decades of shame and ...
Mar 7, 2026
55 MIN
I Was 18 and Already Dying From Alcoholism - Kellie L. - Athens, GA
Kellie L. is an 18-year-old newcomer who got sober after a childhood marked by poverty, parental addiction, and early substance use. She details her bottom: ...
Mar 6, 2026
1 HR 5 MIN
I Came to AA With No Underwear - AA Speaker - Joe A. - Louisville, KY
Joe A. walked into AA at 22 years old in 1977, homeless and desperate, after years of using alcohol and drugs to escape his pain. His sponsor made a simple p...
Mar 5, 2026
47 MIN
Drinking on Antabuse and Still Thinking I Was in Control: AA Speaker - David T. - Hilton Head, SC
David T. describes the mental obsession of alcoholism by sharing his experience drinking on Antabuse—carefully sipping to see how much he could consume bef...
Mar 4, 2026
1 HR 2 MIN
I Bought a Horse to Stay Sober: AA Speaker - Erna G. - Sacramento, CA
Erna G., an AA speaker from Sacramento, describes drinking from age 11 in Iceland, cycling in and out of AA for years, and finally achieving sustained recove...
Mar 3, 2026
1 HR 14 MIN
The $3 Amends That Changed My Life - AA Speaker - Cecil C. - Blackstone, VA
Cecil C., a Canadian AA speaker, shares his full recovery story from his first AA meeting in 1952 through nearly two decades of sobriety, emphasizing how wor...
Mar 2, 2026
47 MIN
"I Fell 30 Feet, Got 4 DWIs… and Still Couldn't Quit Drinking" - AA Speaker - Troy N. - Elgin, TX
Troy N., an AA speaker from Elgin, TX, shares his recovery story spanning from early drinking in Houston through four DWIs, a severe fall that should have ki...
Feb 28, 2026
1 HR 10 MIN
From Inmate to Warden | AA Speaker - Tom I. - Chicago, IL
Tom I. describes his descent into alcoholism starting at age 16, culminating in a manslaughter conviction after killing two people in a blackout while drivin...
Feb 27, 2026
1 HR 7 MIN
Clean Your Side of the Street | AA Speaker - Jerry J. - Melbourne Beach, FL
Jerry J. discusses Steps 8 through 12 of Alcoholics Anonymous, focusing on making amends, daily inventory, meditation, and carrying the message to others. An...
Feb 26, 2026
45 MIN
Principles Before Personalities — AA Traditions Explained - AA Speaker - Richard E. - London, UK
AA speaker Richard E. explains the 12 AA Traditions, covering common welfare, group conscience, autonomy, primary purpose, and anonymity. He uses the caution...
Feb 25, 2026
3 HR 59 MIN
I Didn't Come to Get Sober — I Came to Be Changed - AA Speaker - Don P. - Camden, ME
Don P., an AA speaker with 35 years sober, explores spiritual awakening and the distinction between getting sober and being spiritually changed through compl...
Feb 24, 2026
50 MIN
When Drinking Stopped Fixing Me - AA Speaker - Scott P. - Dallas, TX
Scott P. explains why he drank from childhood and how alcohol always seemed to fix the pain of feeling like an outsider. He shares his failed attempts at con...
Feb 23, 2026
58 MIN
Wet the Bed at 32 Years Old — That Was My Bottom | AA Speaker Dave B.
Dave B. shares his drinking story from age 14 through his bottom at 32, including failed relationships, bounced checks, and a relapse in Denver that led to h...
Feb 21, 2026
54 MIN
You Never Have to Feel That Way Again | AA Speaker | Jay S.
Jay S., an AA speaker from California, shares his recovery story from homelessness and multiple arrests to long-term sobriety and spiritual purpose. He discu...
Feb 20, 2026
49 MIN
Finding My Father at an AA Meeting: AA Speaker - Ed B. - Cleveland, OH
Ed B., an AA speaker from Cleveland, shares his journey from childhood abandonment and rage at God through active alcoholism, felony conviction, and four yea...
Feb 19, 2026
49 MIN
How to Change Your Attitude and Find Real Sobriety: AA Speaker - Chuck S. - Lake Griffin, FL
Chuck S. shares how his sponsor taught him that changing his attitude—not just stopping drinking—is the foundation of real recovery. He describes his bot...
Feb 18, 2026
46 MIN
50+ Years Sober: AA Speakers - Chief Blackhawk, Liz B. & Steve P. - Akron, OH
Chief Blackhawk, Liz B., and Steve P. each share their experience as long-sober AA speakers at a Founders Day event in Akron, OH. Chief Blackhawk recounts ri...
Feb 17, 2026
40 MIN
Success, Ego & Collapse — Then Real Recovery: AA Speaker - Scotty G. - San Marcos, CA
Scotty G., an AA speaker from California, describes getting sober young after attending 3,000 meetings but skipping the steps, leading to untreated alcoholis...
Feb 16, 2026
1 HR 5 MIN
Stay Until You Hear the Music: AA Speaker - Doug R. - Helena, MT
Doug R. describes his first eight months in AA while still actively drinking, including the moment he prayed in desperation and began experiencing what he ca...
Feb 14, 2026
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