Steps 4, 5, 6 and 7 - Glasshouse (2002) - John A.

Welcome to week 10! As always check out www.xa-speakers.org for more 12 step audio just like this one as it came from that website! Also, feel free to email me suggestions, ways you were encouraged or almost anything else at 12steppodcast@gmail.com! And I think I have forgotten to say thanks to all of you who have been an encouragement with this podcast and have said how much it's helped, that encourages me to continue to carry the message to others and helps me to know that God is really working through this simple podcast. So this week John A. walks through the 4th through 7th steps talking about the different aspects of doing the 4th step inventory and taking the 5th step with another. I would highly recommend that anyone who is at the 4th or 5th step, or who has ever been through the steps to really listen to at least this part of the mp3 because he does such a good job at walking through very simply how one should take a 4th and 5th step. Also, John talks about our relationships with others and what they should look like and does it all with a lot of humor along the way. So enjoy!

Steps 3 and 4 - FSTOS - Mark H. and Dave F.

Welcome to week 9! I really should come up with a better start each week other then that but thus is life :). This week Mark H. and Dave F. talk about what it means to take a 3rd and 4th step, to really surrender ourselves to God and to take an honest inventory of ourselves. They remind us that God will let us do things on our own if we want to so we can rembeer that we can't do things on our own but instead that we need God to do anything and we need to ask for what His will is. As always feel free to email me at 12steppodcast@gmail.com, to suggest any audio or anything for the podcasts or just to give feedback which is always helpful! Also, this weeks mp3 came from www.xa-speakers.org so check them out!

Steps 3, 4 and 5 - Carry This Message (2003) - Jean W.

Welcome to week 8! I have to say thanks to all of you who have been listening! I just recently posted on my blog the amount of subscribers on any given day and we finally crossed over 100 subscribers yesterday! And within the last week over 430 people have downloaded last weeks release! So thanks for sharing this with others, I hope that the message in these mp3's are bring hope and help to each of you as you are walking in sobriety. As always, if you have any comments, suggestions or anything else you can email me at 12steppodcast@gmail.com or check out the homepage/blog where this is all posted at which is 12steppodcast.blogspot.com. Last, once again this weeks release comes from xa-speakers.org and is a great message on Steps 3, 4 and 5 introducing the idea of having a God box to place our prayers and concerns in, living life surrendered to God and taking an honest inventory of ourselves and telling it to another person. So enjoy!

Steps 3, 4 and 5 - Carry This Message (2003) - Greg W.

Welcome to week 7! I just first wanted to say thanks to all of you who have been encouraging with your feedback as it helps to encourage me :). As always this weeks mp3 comes from www.xa-speakers.org and if you have any comments, suggestions, mp3's you'd like to hear on the podcast, or anything else you can email me at 12steppodcast@gmail.com . Also, I had been given the suggestion of starting a messageboard where people could discuss what they hear in this podcast or even discuss their recovery, if any of you think that would be good idea email me and let me know. However, this week we have Greg W. speaking on Steps 3, 4 and 5 spoken at a Carry This Message Conference in West Orange, NJ. Greg talks about powerlessness over his addiciton, not wanting to say he was powerless, but he realized he can't run his life on his own. As he puts it, "I don't know, I need help" a place that we all find ourselves in our addiciton. Also he talks about how we do the things in the 12 step program this to get better, not simply when we get better.

Story, Step 1 and Step 2 - Peter M. - Carry This Message (2002)

Welcome to week 6! This week we have Peter M. talk through his story of how he became an alcoholic, how he found help and hope through AA but it was a path that took many years and many times through rehab. He also talks through step one and two about the need to surrender to God to be able to find lasting sobriety. As always you can get more mp3's like this on www.xa-speakers.org and if you have any suggestions or comments, email me at 12steppodcast@gmail.com!