Alcoholics Alive

S12E12 Another AA classic slogan, "You can't keep it unless you give it away", is discussed. In Living Sober Shrapnel, Shank and Wayne look at "a clear head and a steady heart", "alcoholism is an extremely serious human condition" and "on the path of a happy, healthy destiny".   Email all comments, suggestions or question to freedom@alcholicsalive.com 

S12E11 Shank and Wayne discuss the classic AA statement "Stick With The Winners".  In Living Sober Shrapnel they review "living sober", "sick problem drinkers", "wrenches the bones" and "hope that makes the heart sing".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E10 Shank and Wayne discuss the old time saying "Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth." In Living Sober Shrapnel they discuss "the unvarnished facts", "an ailment characterized especially by egocentricity" and "an insincere gesture." If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E9 One of the most popular statements in AA jargon is discussed by Shank and Wayne: "It works if you work it".  Living Sober Shrapnel includes "more misinformation than truth", "all your teeth wearing tiny sweaters" and "explore recovery ideas at great depth".

S12E8 Shank and Wayne discuss the very popular AA statement: "Take what you want and leave the rest."  Living Sober Shrapnel includes "pathway to recovery", "booze-fighters" and "all comers".  Contact Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E7 Listen as Shank and Wayne discuss if "There Best Thinking Got Them Here".  In Living Sober Shrapnel they look at "When all else fails, Follow Directions", "hopless drunkards" and "the would be helper".  You can contact Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E6 Shank and Wayne discuss the very popular saying "Keep Coming Back". In Living Sober Shrapnel they take another look at the Investment Counsel Poem from page 81.  If you have a suggestion, comment or question email them to freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E5 Shank and Wayne discuss the popular statement "My Sponsor Said...." In Living Sober Shrapnel they look at "online meetings available on the internet", "alcoholism is expensive" and "climb out of the hole". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12 E4 The popular statement "Sit down, shut up and listen" is examined by Shank and Wayne.  In Living Soberr Shrapnel they discuss "the sober years go by", "distance, or weather, or illness, or business, or guests, or being broke, or the hour, or anything else" and "canoe, camel, helicopter, jeep, truck, bicycle or sleigh". If you have a comment, suggestion or quetion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E3 Shank and Wayne discuss the popular statement "Fake it till you make it".  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "AA Slogans", "applications of the AA program" and "king-size AA gatherings".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E2 Don't drink no matter what.  Shank and Wayne disuss this popular AA saying and if an alcoholic and actually do this.  In Living Sober Sharpnel they discuss "alcoholic or not", "Diversity of opinion" and "some contentment, peace of mind, solutions to problems, zest for living". If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S12E1 Do meeting makers really make it?  Shank and Wayne discuss this classic AA saying while comparing it to what the AA literature says.  In Living Sober Shrapnel they discuss "eyeball-to-eyeball sharing", "stay away from a swamp full of mosquitoes" and "recovered, happy, nondrinking alchoholics".  If you have a comment, question or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11E13 Shank and Wayne wrap up Season 11 with an overview of the 12 Concepts for World Service.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "addressed to special interest groups", "drunkards, bums, or fanatic, dried-up teetotalers" and "A.A is a reflection of the larger society around us." If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com. 

S11E12 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept 12 of World Services.  Living Sober Shrapnel takes a look at the "Big Book", "The Twelve Steps, guides to individual growth" and "courageous, once-hopeless former drunkards."  If you have a comment, question or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 

S11E11 Great discussion on Concept 11 of World Services.  In Living Sober Shrapnel, Shank and Wayne discuss "Getting wasted", "Alcohol is a drug" and "Wine, Women  and Song".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can contact Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11 E10 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept X.  In Living Sober Shrapnel they ponder "face-to-face, confidential revelation", "leave, no matter what" and "days of wine and “Sweet Adeline”. If you have a comment, question or suggestion you can email Shank and Wanye at freedom@alcoholicalive.com

S11 E9 Shank and Wayne discuss the importance of good leadership in Alcoholics Anonymous.  Living Sober Shrapnel explores "it is futile to bemoan that fact", "swilling a cola" and "necessary lubrication for the smooth operation of society". If you have a comment, question or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11E8 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept 8 of World Services.  Living Sober Shrapnel explore "if it rains in Spain or the stars fall on Alabama", "the whispered reservation", "to please a boss or doctor or judge or creditor". If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11E7 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept VII and the difference between spiritual influence and legal power.  Living Sober Shrapnel looks at "The giddy rapture", "an emotional entaglement", and "premature liasions are crippling recovery".  If you have a question, commment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11E6 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept VI and the distribution of responsibilites within Alcoholics Anonymous.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "orgy of self-pity", "a good meal a-coming" and "morass of self pity".  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11E5 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept V and the importance of listening to the Minority Opinion. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Self-pity is an inticing swamp", "a great ticket to a barroom" and "a weird flair".  If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11E4 - Shank and Wayne have a great Plain Language discussion about AA's Concept 4. Living Sober Shrapnel disects "all those assorted smokes", "skip such risky brushes" and "chemically triggered urge for immediate satisfaction".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11E3 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept 4 for World Services.  Living Sober Shrapnel explores "meth, barbiturates, crack, cocaine, oxycodone, vicodin, acid, tranks, ecstasy, heroin, poppers", "oral magic" and "dittos under that tale".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S11E2 Join Shank and Wayne for a great discussion on Concept 2.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "We think the drink all the way through", "music and gay laughter" and "an exquiste surge of bliss". If  you have a question, comment or suggestion you can contact Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S11 E1 Shank and Wayne discuss Concept 1 in Plain Language :) Living Sober Shrapnel looks at "formal, institutionalized sessions of peace", "mindless polyanna-ism" and "rage in grief and anger".  If you have a quesiton, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicalive.com 

S10E12 Shank and Wayne review some of the requests from the fellowhsip that never made it to conference committees. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "nonalcoholic high", "easy does it", and "bitten off more than even a hippo could chew". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10 E11 Shank and Wayne discuss Items that were consider by Conference Committees but never make it to the 75th General Service Conference for Consideration.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "treated shabbily or unjustly", "boil inside fruitlessly", and "escape drinking".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10E10 Shank and Wayne review the Advisory Actions from the 75th GSC.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "a program of dream interpretation", "jar us like a thunderbolt" and "make it a triple play: Don’t let yourself get too tired, too hungry, or too lonely". If you have a question, commment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alchoholicsalive.com

S10E9 Shank and Wayne take a look into AA's finances from the 2024 finanical statements and 2025 budget.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "AA Jargon", "Sex and Sponsorship", "Given a Bum Steer" and "Sponsors Can Goof".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10E8 Shank and Wayne discuss if AA is really Self Supporting through its own voluntary contributions.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Bootlegger", "Hot-Buttered-Rum-Guzzlers" and "Fat Driving".  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10E7 Shank and Wayne discuss how literature price hikes and addtional pamphlets did not help AA's bottom line. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "fatigue, hunger, loneliness, anger and overelation", "round-the-clock-winesippers" and "off the sause".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10E6 Shank and Wayne take a look at AA's pamphlet distribution and discuss if they are worth the effort, do they fulfill our primary purpose or destract?  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "restful convalescence", "bridge, macrame, the opera, tropical fish, cabinetmaking, needlework, baseball, writing, signing, crossword puzzles, cooking, bird-watching, amateur acting, leathercraft, gardening, sailing, the guitar, movies, dancing, marbles, bonsai, collecting something or other" and "Serenity is like a gyroscope".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10 E5 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items from the 75th General Service Conference for the Treatment and Accessibilites, Trustees, Archives and International Coventions/Regional Forum Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel takes a look at "Sitting in a hen house makes you a hen", "at the KP" and "unbelievably fertile powers of imagination".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10 E4 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the Policy/Admissions, Public Information and Report and Charter Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Weddings and Barmitzvahs and Christenings, and Holidays, and Football Games and Cocktail Parties and Business Lunches", "Recovered Alcoholics" and "Healthy Respect for Alcohol, Healthy Respect for Cyanide, Iodine or any other Poison, A Skull and Crossbones". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10 E3 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the Grapevine, La Vina and Literature Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Distilled Spirits" "A Pickle Can Change Itself Back Into a Cucumber" and "Free Trial Period".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10 E2 Shank and Wayne discuss some of the agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the CPC, Corrections and Finance Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Cafeteria Style", "Balanced Diet of Ideas" and "Just Don't Pick Up That First Drink".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S10E1 Shank and Wayne review the 75th General Service Conference items for the Agenda Committee.  In Living Sober Shrapnel they discuss "Thick Tongues", "Grim, Wet Blanket Experience" and "The Twelve Steps Offered as a Program of Recovery in the Book Alcoholics Anonymous".  You can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E13 Shank and Wayne do a wrap up of the 12 Steps and discuss upcoming Season 10.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E12 Karen shares her experience with step 12 and Carrying the Message.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "BOSTON - Be of service to others now", "Service is gratitude in action", and "The only thing worse than my problems are my solutions".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E11 Clay F. shares his experience with Prayer and Meditation. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Meditation is an opportunity to witness what's around me", "We get down on our knees to get back on our feet", "If you pray without action you are just begging" and "We get in a circle because we no longer do lines".  If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E10 Melissa shares her experience with continuing to take inventory and Step 10.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "FEAR - Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment", "You received without cost, now give without charge" and "If your not working on your recovery, you're working on your relapse."  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can reach Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E9 Matt shares his experience with Making Amends and taking Step 9.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Alcoholism is the only disease that treats loneliness with isolation", "Easy does it - but do it", and "If I'm not the problem, then there is no solution".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E8 Ricky shares his experience with working Step 8 in Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Willing doesn't mean wanting", "SLIP - Sober Living isn't a Priority", and "You're only late for your first meeting".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E7 Lyn S. shares her experience with Step 7. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Bless Them, Change Me", "When you get run over by a train, it's not the caboose that kills you", and "Not every share at a meeting is meant for me to hear".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E6 Earl R. shares his experience with Step 6.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Listen like you have no opinion", "I'm allergic to alcohol - everytime I drink I break out in handcuffs", and "It is what it is". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E5 Juli shares her experience with Step 5. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "ISM - I Seek Misery", "Fear is a mile high and a mile wide - but paper thin", "There are no victims, only volunteers". If you have suggestion, question or comment you can reach Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E4 Bentley shares his experience with Step 4.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Expectations are premeditated resentments", "You will never get ahead as long as you keep trying to get even" and "Emotions are not instructions!"  If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E3 Hugh shares his experience with Step 3.  In Meeting Shrapnel we discuss "God - Grace Over Drama', "Don't tease the disease:, and "If you don't do the work the only thing that will change is your sobriety date".  Send comments, suggestions and questions to freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E2 Stephanie shares her experience with Step 2 and Coming to Believe.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Listen to learn and learn to listen", "Play the tape all the way through", and "I'm not responsible for the first thought that pops into my head but I am responsible for what I do with it". Contact Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S9E1 Eileen shares her experience with Step 1 and being Powerless and Unmanageable. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Don't count the days, make the days count", "In times of trouble don't take a nip, take a nap", and "If I don't have a problem, I don't need a solution".  Contact Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E13 Shank and Wayne read some excerpts from Into Action from the Plain Language Big Book and give their final analysis of the much debated book.  If you have a question, comment or suggetion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E12 Shank and Wayne discuss the explanation of the 12 steps in the Plain Language Big Book.  Meeting Shrapnel aka. Cliche Carnage looks at the terms "Higher Power" and "God as we understood/understand God" from the Plain Language Big Book Glossary.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E11 Tatiana shares her experience with the difference between a Group and a Meeting.  Meeeting Shrapnel discusses "Open Discussion Meeting", "Speaker Meeting" and "Newcomers Meeting".  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E10 Shawn shares his experience with the differences in the book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Plain Language Big Book.  Meeting Shrapnel is translated into "Cliche Carnage" and we discuss the words "Dry/Dry Drunk", "Craving" and "Fellowship" from the PLBB Glossary.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E9 Lauren shares her experience on Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous.  In Meeting Shrapnel we look at "My disease wants me dead", "Alcoholics Anonymous is more powerful than alcoholism" and "AA is not where you wind up - its where you start over".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Anonymous at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E8 Shank and Wayne give an update on the new Plain Language Big Book. If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E7 Marcie shares her experience on High Bottoms and Low Bottoms. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "YET - You're eligible too", "You don't have to wait till the basement to get off the elevator" and "Recovery doesn't open the gates of heaven and let you in - recovery opens the gates of hell and lets you out." If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 
 

S8E6 Marty shares his experience on the Step 10 and Step 11.  Meeting Shrapnel explores "Its never to late to work a step with a "1" in it", "Frog - Fully Rely On God" and "Your faith is in your feet". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E5 John shares his experience with readings from Bill W and Dr. Bobs stories from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "If you took a nip, you need a chip", "To be teachable I need to be reachable", and "Expectations are resentments waiting to happen". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E4 Holly shares her experience with Spiritual Experiences vs Spiritual Awakenings.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "If you put God in one hand and AA in the other, you can't pick up a drink", "AA has no side effects", and "Sobriety isn't owned its rented". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 

S8E3 Carrie B shares her experience with the differences in the AA Program and the AA Fellowship. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I go to meetings to see what happens to people that don't go to meetings", "Simple program for complicated people" and "You can't think of someone else and yourself at the same time".  If you have a question, comment of suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E2 Graham shares his experience on Alcoholism being an Illness versus a disease.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I have a threefold disease: mind, body and spirit", "You are not responsible for your disease, but you ARE responsible for your behavior", "Dis-EASE", and "AA is a selfish program".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S8E1 "24 Hour John" shares his experience with being Recovered vs Recovering in Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel explores "If I say I'm recovered I may drink again", "Grateful Recovering Alcholic", and Grateful Recovered Alcholic".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 
 

S7E13 Shank and Wayne wrap up season 7 with a discussion about Dr. Bob's Nightmare from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Are you a friend of Bills?" If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S7E12 Trey M. shares his experience with a reading from the chapter A Vision For You from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Nobody gets here by mistake", "More will be revealed" and "Alcoholism is to give up one thing for everything".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S7E11 Julie M. shares her experience with a reading from the chapter To Employers from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "We get a front row seat to the greatest show on earth", "Attitude of Gratitude" and "My mind is a bad neighborhood, I don't go there alone".  If you have a quesiton, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S7E10 Heather shares her experience with a reading in the The Family Afterward from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "This AA thing is more than alright", "Pigeon Meeting" and "I can't think my way into good living, I have to live my way into good thinking". If you have a suggestion, question or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S7E9 Dawn L. shares her experience with a reading from To Wives in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "When you know better you do better", "The spiritual side of the program" and "There are only two meetings you should go to - the one you don't want to go to and the one you do want to go to".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 

S7E8 Otis shares his experience with a reading from the chapter Working With Others from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "A grateful drunk never drinks", "You may be the only copy of the Big Book someone else reads" and "You can start your day over at any time".  If you have a question, comment of suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S7E7 Jana shares her experience with the chapter Into Action from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I never wanted to stay sober this long when I got here", "Serenity is being ok with where I'm at", and "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 

S7E6 Ian shares his experience with the chapter How It Works from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "The man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man", "Stick with the winners", and "Secrets die in the light". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 
 

S7E5 Kristi shares her experience with the chapter We Agnostics from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Sober up a horse thief and you still have a horse thief", "Restrain of thumb and send" and "If God brought me to it, God can bring me through it". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 
 

S7E4 Tom shares his experience with the chapter More About Alcoholism from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "AA is not where you wind up, its where you start over", "Alcoholics all drink for the same reason - Any Reason!", and "The world record for sobriety is 24 hours".  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S7E3 Maggie shares her experience with the chapter, There is a Solution, from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Utilize, don't analyze", "An AA member is just a drunk with a conscience", and "If you spot it, you got it".  If you have a question, comment, or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S7E2 Dan shares his experience with Bill's Story from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "TIME - This I Must Earn", "Carry the message, not the mess", and "1000 lb Telephone". If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S7E1 Mrs. Jones shares her experience with a reading from the Doctor's Opinion from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Seven days without a meeting makes one weak", "Service is God's rock tumbler", and "Pigeon Meeting".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E13 Shank and Wayne share their experience on Season 6 and Grapevine Books. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I've got a built in forgetter", "The goal is not to think less of myself but to think of myself less", and "Half measures availed us nothing".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E12 Brie shares her experience with Sponsorship.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "You can only keep what you have by giving it away", "In the rooms" and "SLIP (sobriety losses its priority).  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

Shank and Wayne discuss some Grapevine history, personal experience, relevance and financial condition.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E11 Chris shares his experience with coming to believe.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I came, I came to, I came to believe", "Give your higher power a hand for the chips that you hold", and "ISM - I sponsor myself".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E10 Steve shares his experience with Long Term Sobriety.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "A check up from the neck up", "An alcoholic on his own is terrible company" and "There's only two things you have to do to become an old timer: Don't drink and don't die".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E9 Tom shares his experience with Making Amends.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I'm making living amends", "Everything happens for a reason" and "There are no coincidences in AA". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

Special Episode - Shank and Wayne discuss the approved Advisory Action from the 74th General Service Conference relating to the PLBB:
The committee recommended that the draft manuscript “Plain Language Big Book: A Tool for Reading Alcoholics Anonymous” be approved with minor editorial changes to include:
• Relocation of the “A.A. Steps Table” to constitute an Appendix (on the Twelve Steps) at the back of the new publication.
• Replace the references to “addiction” and “addicted” with language related to alcoholism.”
• FINAL VOTE: 129 Votes (2/3=86) Yes-91 No-38 Passed

S6E8 Katie shares her experience with "Thank you for sharing".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "You can only keep what you have by giving it away", "Act of Dog" and "I have a Sponsor who knows they are my Sponsor". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E7 Nick shares his experience with "Into Action". Meeting Shrapnel discusses "A member in good standing", "Grateful to be here, grateful to be sober", and "Suit up and show up". If you have a question, commment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E6 Tracy shares her experience with being Happy, Joyous and Free sober.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Poor Me, Poor Me Pour Me another Drink", "If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your Plan" and "FEAR - Fight Everyone and Relapse". Email questions, suggestion or comments to freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E5 Jeremy shares his experience with being free while incarcerated.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I'm allergic to alcohol - when I drink, I break out in handcuffs", "Stick with the winners", and "One more link in the chain".  If you have a comment, question of suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E4 Julia shares her experience with being Young and Sober in AA.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "PUSH - Pray until something happens", "Whom I choose to call God" and "It works if you work it, work, work, work." If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 

S6E3 Dee G. shares her experience with handling adversity in sobriety.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Life on lifes terms", "In the rooms" and "There is no escalator to recovery, you have to take the steps".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

Drew shares his experience with AA in the Military.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Give up the fight, pick up a white!", "$5000 Big Book" and "Stick and Stay". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S6E1 Carmack shares his experience with Fun in Sobriety. Epic meeting shrapnel segment explores "Has anyone told you they love you today?", "Progress not perfection", and "Change is a process not an event."  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S5E13 Shank and Wayne share their experience on the 12 Traditions during the Season 5 wrap up.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S5E12 Suzi shares her experience with Tradition 12.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Yay God, "Put the hearse in reverse" and "I would lie when the truth would suffice".  If you hae a quesiton, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S5E11 Graham shares his experience with Tradition 11.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I'm recovering out loud" "Grateful recovering alcoholic" and "Just another bozo on the bus". If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 
 

S5E10 Courtney shares her experiene with Tradition 10.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I have a sponsor, who has a sponsor, who has a sponsor", "The big meeting in the sky" and "Do a fourth or you'll drink a fifth".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S5E9 Kevin shares his experience with Tradition 9.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "God's got this", "One day at a time" and "One is to many and a thousands not enough!" If you have a question, comment of suggestion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S5E8 Carrie B shares her experience on Tradition 8.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Drop the Rock", "First Things First" and "Try it for 90 days - if you are still miserable we will refund your misery".  Send quetions, comments or suggestion to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com 

S5E7 Matt shares his experience with Tradition 7.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Nobody gets here by mistake", "I've got to balance the gifts the program has given me" and "Because of you people and the rooms".  If you have a questions, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 

S5E6 Amy shares her experience with Tradition 6.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Stick and Stay", "I didn't get into trouble everytime I drank, but everytime I got into trouble I was drinking", and "I'm just a garden variety drunk".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email it to freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
 

David F shares his experience with Tradition 5.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Me and My Recovery", "I got a God size hole inside, and only God can fill it", and "AA is for those that want it, not those who need it".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com