Brown Bagger [Season 10, Episode 15]

About this episode

Allan shares his journey to sobriety in the military and discusses the importance of sponsorship and Tradition Four with hosts Don and Sam.

Allan got sober while in the military, three days before his 39th birthday. He tells Don and Sam that he was free from alcohol after a profound spiritual experience, but had to work the spiritual probram to be free of other baggage. You can hear more from Allan on the Military Audio Project — aa.org/military — under Veteran, Allan W., Royal Canadian Navy Veteran. Allan, Don and Sam answer an Ask it Basket question from Luke on sponsorship. In Using the Traditions in our Lives Kaitlin, David and Nora share on Tradition Four, "Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole." Danica shares about her love for Grapevine. While we provide the podcast at no charge, we do have expenses. Grapevine is the only AA entity that does not accept direct contributions, so to support the AA Grapevine Podcast, please subscribe to Grapevine Magazine in print, online, or on the Grapevine app. You can also provide a subscription to someone in need through our "Carry the Message" program or purchase books or other items at aagrapevine.org/store . You can email us at podcast@aagrapevine.org. To record an Ask-It-Basket question or a recovery-related joke, call…

People in this episode

Hosts: Don, Sam

Guest: Allan

Topics covered

• sobriety
• spiritual experience
• sponsorship
• Tradition Four
• military veterans
• personal stories

Keywords

• sobriety
• military
• spiritual experience
• sponsorship
• Tradition Four
• AA Grapevine
• personal stories
• veterans
• recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AA Grapevine, Military Audio Project, Grapevine Magazine, Grapevine, aagrapevine.org, AA

Places: Royal Canadian Navy, Canada

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