Alcoholics Alive!

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

S5E4 Tammy shares her experience with Tradtion 4.  Meeting Shrapnel Segment discusses "I've been sober a few 24 hours", "You gotta clean up what you messed up", and "I'm not a bad person trying to get good - I'm a sick person trying to get well". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S5E3 Billy shares his experience with Tradition 3.  Meeting Shrapnel segment looks at "Powder form of alcohol", "My disease is an inside job" and "I have alcohol-ism not alcohol-wasim". If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S5E2 Shelley shares her experience with Tradition Two.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Acceptance is the answer to all my problems", "Your sitting on a drink" and "Sobriety is the deadly aspect of my alcoholism".  If you have a question, comment of suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S5E1 John M shares his experience with Tradition 1.  Meeting Shrapnel looks at "The problem is Me, Solution is We", "The high cost of low living" and "The door swings both ways".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E13 Shank and Wayne discuss: "Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them." In Battle of the books the last page of the 12 by 12 goes up against Page 164 in book Alcoholics Anonymous.

S4E12 Pam shares her experience with "We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves".  In Battle of the Books pg 89 from Alcoholics Anonymous goes head to head with pg106 from the 12 by 12.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E11 Blake shares his experience with "We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us."  In the Battle of the Books Page 86 in the Big Book goes head to head with page 102 in the 12 by 12.  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcholicsalive.com

S4E10 Sarah shares her experience with "Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us." Battle of the Books page 84 in the Big Book spars with page 93 in the 12 by 12.  If you have a question, comment, or suggetion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E9 Bob shares his experience with "Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change." In the Battle of the Books page 87 in the 12 by 12 tries to win a round againist page 83 in the Big Book.  You can contact Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcohlicsalive.com

S4E8 Christy shares her experience with "Self-seeking will slip away."  In the "Battle of the Books" we had a draw with page 76 from the Big Book and pages 81-82 in the 12 by 12.  Please send us which one you prefer so we can break the tie!  You can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E7 Justin shares his experience with "We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows."  In Battle of the Books page 76 in the Big Book goes head to head with page 76 in the 12 by 12.  Email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

S4E6 Ariana shares her experience with "That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear".  Battle of the Books pits page 76 from the Big Book againist page 68 in the 12 by 12.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E5 Rick shares his experience with "No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others" Page 75 from the Big Book and Page 62 from the 12 by 12 go head to head in the Battle of the Books! If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E4 Punky shares her experience with comprehending the word serenity and knowing peace.  In the Battle of the Books, round 4, page 70 in the Big Book goes up againist pages 42-43 in the 12 by 12.  If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can contact Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E3 Chris shares his experience with not regretting the past nor shutting the door on it from page 84 in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  In the Battle of the Books the 3rd step pray from page 63 in the Big Book goes up against the serenity prayer from page 41 in the 12 by 12.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E2 Marcie shares her experience with Knowing a New Freedom and a New Happiness through the first nine steps of the program of action.  Round 2 of The Battle of the Books includes a reading from page 47 in the Big Book vs a reading from page 33 in the 12 by 12.  If you have a questions, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S4E1 Aloha Bill shares his experience with "Being Amazed Before We Are Half Way Through"from page 83 in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Battle of the Books compares readings from page 30 in the Big Book vs page 21 in the 12 by 12.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E13 Shank and Wayne discuss the translation of the book Alcoholics Anonymous into Plain and Simple Language.

S3E12 Sarah shares her experience with "One night in the pokey" from page 219 in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Big Book Sharapnel discusses"Joykiller, Nag, Wet Blanket", "Fourth Dimension" and "Every day is a day".  If you have a quesiton, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E11 Graham shares his experience with a reading from page 227 in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Big Book Shrapnel discusses "Glum Lot", "Holier Than Thou" and "Promise of the New Land".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion, email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E10 Katie shares her experience with The Hideous Four Horesemen from the chapter A Vison for You.  Big Book Shrapnel discussus "King Alcohol", "Heavenly Father" and "Spheres Really Had Their Music".  Send questions, comments or suggestions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcolholicsalive.com

S3E9 Matt shares his experience with Contempt Prior to Investigation from page 568 in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Big Book Shrapnel discusses "Czar of the Heavens", "These Bedevilments" and "Fell Off Like a Ski Jump".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E8 Mrs. Jones shares her experience with the phrase "Animals on a treadmill" from page 106 in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.  Big Book Shrapnel discusses "Still Woozy", "Kitty Hawk" and "Like a Tiger".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E7 Mike shares his experience with coming to believe. Big Book Shrapnel discusses "The Bella Donna Treatment", "No Real Infidelity", and "A Teetotaler". If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E6 Rachel shares her experience with the importance of identification, helping others and staying spiritually active.  Big Book Shrapnel discusses "To Flagging Spirits", "Lunacy Commission" and "Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcholoicsalive.com

S3E5 Jason shares his experience on a paragraph from Bill's Story.  Big Book Shrapnel discusses "Plain ordinary whoopee parties, "Triumphant Arch" and "Steerage to Captains Table".  If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E4 Debbie discusses her experience with the sex portion of step 4. Big Book Shrapnel looks at "The imperious urge", "The grouch and the brainstorm" and "I packed my grip". If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can contact Shank and Wayne at freedom@alchoholicsalive.com

S3E3 Otis shares his experience with being given a limitless lode of freedom and the importance of helping others.  Big Book Shrapnel discusses "State of Mental Goose Flesh", "We've got a Corker" and "The So-Called Beer Experiment".  If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E2 Lili shares her experience with how reasoning and people appealing to her emotions did not help get her sober. It took the Steps and God. Big Book Shrapnel discusses "They suspect father is a bit balmy", "Scoff and be damned" and "The devil-may-care chap".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S3E1 - Dixon shares his experience with self-knowledge, will power and circumstances being insufficient to overcome alcoholism. In our new segment "Big Book Shrapnel" we discuss "I became a lone wolf", "I made a host of fair-weather friends" and "We have indulged in spiritual intoxication".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E13 Twelve Meeting Shrapnel Excerpts from Season 1.  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E12 Shank and Wayne review some history and timelines of AA pamphlets and evaluate the relevance of the eleven pamphlets discussed in Season 2.  Its a must listen! If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E11 Debbi shares her experience with the pamphlet "A Member's Eye View".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Move a muscle, change a thought", "The steps help me to prevent suicide, the traditions help me to prevent homicide", "Suit up and show up!".  If you have a comment, suggestion or question email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E10 Greg shares his experience with the pamphlet Understanding Anonymity.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "What you see here, let it stay here, Hear Hear!!", "There's a journey from "me" to "we", and "You either get locked up, covered up, or sober up!" If you have a comment, suggestion or question email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E9 Cathy shares her experience with the pamphlet The "God" Word, Agnostic and Atheist Members in AA.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "EGO=Easing God Out", "I can't let your outsides determine my insides" and "God is dog spelled backwards". If you have a question, comment or suggestion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E8 Dwight shares his experience with the pamphlet "Behind the Walls: A Message of Hope".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Jails, Institutions and Death", "Let us love you until you can love yourself" and "I got here with a nudge from the judge". If you have a question, comment or suggestion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E7 Kym shares her experience with the pamphlet "Do you think you're different?".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "If you hang out in the barbershop long enough, you'll get a haircut", "Its better to give a resentment than get one", "Look for the similarities, not the differences". If you have a question, comment or suggestion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E6 John shares his experience with the pamphlet "The AA Group...where it all begins".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Meeting makers make it", "I spilled more liquor than you drank" and "Fake it till you make it". If you have a question, comment or suggestion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E5 Suzi shares her experience with the leaflet "This is AA".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Easy does it", "The principles behind each step", "Always say yes to every AA request". If you have a question, comment or suggestion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E4 Chad shares his experience with being a Newcomer.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Take what you want and leave the rest", "If you are an alcoholic, your first thought is always wrong", and "I come here to get my medicine".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E3 Erich shares his experience on Sponsorship in AA.  Meeting Shrapnel explores "Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth", "AA is a We program", and "Live and Let Live".  Send questions, comments and suggestions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E2 Jennifer shares her experience with "Many Paths to Spirituality".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I can't, He can, I think I'll let Him", "But for the Grace of God, Go I" and "Whoever woke up the earliest today has been sober the longest".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S2 E1 Maxwell shares his experience with "Problems Other Than Alcohol".  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "If Your Ass Falls Off Pick It Up And Take It To A Meeting", "Some Have To Die For Others To Live" and "God Doing For Me What I Couldn't Do For Myself".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

Shank and Wayne respond to questions, comments and suggestions from the listeners.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "AA is for those that want it not those that need it", "You don't know what you don't know" and "Drugs are a part of my story".  Send comments, suggestions or questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E13 Joyce shares her experience with taking the 12 Steps.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "AA will give you a life beyond your wildest dreams", "Keep coming back" and "Time takes time".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E12 Tony shares his experience with Step 12.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "AA will ruin your drinking", "If you don't take the first drink you won't get drunk" and "The time to call your sponsor is before you take a drink not after".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E11 Amanda shares her experience with Step 11.  Meeting Shrapnel discusses "The newcomer is the most important person in the room", "I may have another drunk in me, but I dont have another recovery" and "God looks out for drunks and children".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E10 Marty shares his experience with Step 10.  Meeting Shrapnel examines "HALT", "Going To Any Lengths To Stay Sober" and "For Free And For Fun".  If you have a commment, suggestion or question email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E9 - Stef shares her experience on Steps 8 and 9.  Meeting Shrapnel examines "My Worst Day Sober Is Better Than My Best Day Drinking", "The High Cost Of Low Living" and "Take What You Want And Leave The Rest".  Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E8 - Graham shares his experience on Step 7.  Meeting Shrapnel examines "My Disease Made Me Do It", "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired" and "Egomaniac With an Inferiority Complex".  Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E7 - Debbie shares her experience on Step 6.  Meeting Shrapnel examines "Pink Cloud", "It Works If You Work It" and "When you take the alcohol out of the alcoholic, you still have the "ick".  Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E6 - Dr. Drew shares his experience on Step 5.  Meeting Shrapnel examines "Your Ego Is Not Your Amigo" "Some Are Sicker Than Others" and "If I Can Get Sober Anyone Can". Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E5 - GG shares her experience on Step 4.  Meeting Shrapnel examines "Think Think Think", "Fake it till you make it" and 'Being Triggered". Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E4 - Otis shares his experience on Step 3.  Meeting Shrapnel discussion is on "It's a Selfish Program, "Taking Back my Will" and "Group of Drunks, Good Orderly Direction". Help us decide to keep or scrap "Group of Drunks, Good Orderly Direction" send your vote to keep or scrap to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E3 - Tammy Z shares her experience on Step 2.  Meeting Shrapnel discussion is on "Using a Door Knob as Your HP", Don't Drink No Matter What and that dreaded Burning Desire :).  Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E2 - 24 Hour John shares his experience on Step 1.  Meeting Shrapnel focuses on Putting the Plug in the Jug, Playing Tapes All the Way Through all while Your Disease is doing push ups in a parking lot.  Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S1 E1 - Shank and Wayne share their experience with what works and what doesn't work.  Send comments, suggestions and questions to Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

Welcome to Alcoholics Anonymous Alive Season 1! This trailer has a few excerpts from a conversation with Shank and Wayne.  Join them next week for Episode 1 titled "What AA is and is Not"