Recovery Speakers

04/13/2026

If we don’t preserve it…
we lose it.

At the 2026 History Roundup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Mike F. (founder of Recovery Speakers) shares something most people don’t think about:
What happens to the message… over time?

Recovery didn’t start online.
It didn’t start on video.
It was carried ☕️ one person to another.
Through stories. 📖
Through voices. 🎙️
Through experience. 🤝

And those voices…
Can be lost.

🕊️ This is the work
In this powerful talk, Mike shares:
• Why preserving AA history matters now more than ever
• The importance of recorded message carriers
• How the message has been passed from generation to generation
• And why it’s our responsibility to protect it

Because this isn’t just history…
It’s the message that saves lives.

We don’t just listen to it.
We carry it forward.

👇 Watch the full video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22B4PLZq78k

At the 2026 History Roundup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Mike F. of Aurora, Colorado — founder of Recovery Speakers — delivers a powerful and deeply mean...

04/13/2026

The voices that save lives…

Were preserved by someone.

Now it’s our turn.

Mike F. Aurora, CO — Founder of Recovery Speakers

04/10/2026

April 10, 1939.

The day the message reached the world.

In this powerful talk, Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, shares how the Big Book was written — not as theory, but from the real experiences of those who had found a way out.

Before this book…

Recovery was passed person to person.

After this book…

It could reach anyone.

Anywhere.

This is more than history.

This is the foundation of recovery as we know it today.

👇 Watch the full talk:
https://youtu.be/DHsH7buAXMQ

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On April 10, 1939, a book was published that would go on to change millions of lives.In this powerful and historic talk, Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics An...

04/10/2026

A book was written…

And millions of lives were changed.

Before this book…

Recovery stayed in the room.

After this…

It reached the world.

How did the Big Book come to life?

Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, explains how the message of recovery was put into writing in 1938 — changing millions of lives.

Full talk on our channel: https://youtube.com/

04/10/2026

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous — first published in 1939 — was written to show others how recovery was possible.

87 years later…

the message is still changing lives.

This special presentation by Mike F. (Aurora, CO), founder of Recovery Speakers, walks through the history of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous — from its beginnings in the late 1930s to its global impact today.

From Bill W. and Dr. Bob…
to the first 100 who recovered…
to a message that continues to reach the world…

This is the story behind the book that changed everything.

👇 Watch the full presentation
https://youtube.com/

04/10/2026

87 years ago…

A book was written to help alcoholics who might never make it to a meeting.

Today, that book has helped millions.

This special presentation by Mike F. (Aurora, CO), founder of Recovery Speakers, walks through the history of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous — from its beginnings in the late 1930s to its global impact today.

From Bill W. and Dr. Bob…
to the first 100 who recovered…
to a message that continues to reach the world…

This is the story behind the book that changed everything.

👇 Watch the full presentation:

This special presentation by Mike F. of Aurora, Colorado — founder of Recovery Speakers — explores the powerful history behind one of the most influential bo...

04/10/2026

April 10, 1939.

On this day, a book was published…
that would go on to change millions of lives.

Not written by professionals.
Not written as theory.

But written by alcoholics…
who had found a way out.

“We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered…”

That was the promise.

And for the first time…
recovery could travel beyond a room.

Before this book existed, the message was carried
one person to another…
one conversation at a time.

But on this day—
that message was put into words…
printed…
and placed into the hands of anyone willing to read it.

It was written in 1938 by Bill W. and early members of Alcoholics Anonymous, built from real experience — not theory — with one purpose:

To show other alcoholics precisely how they had recovered.

The first printing was just a few thousand copies…
and at first, it barely sold.

But something happened.

The message spread.

Hand to hand.
Meeting to meeting.
Generation to generation.

And today…

That same book has reached millions around the world — translated into dozens of languages — carrying the same message it did in 1939.

The message has never changed.

And the miracle has never ended.

87 years later…

It still works.

One day at a time.

04/09/2026

“The spiritual life is not a theory…”
Most people hear that…
Very few live it.

Part 2 of 3

Full talk on our YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/

Tom I. — Tom I. Thursdays

04/09/2026

Tom I. Thursdays — Part 2
The Spiritual Life Is Not a Theory

“The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it.”

Tom I. of Southern Pines, North Carolina continues this powerful and deeply spiritual message in Part 2 of The Spiritual Life Is Not a Theory, recorded in Blue Licks, Carlisle, Kentucky on September 21, 2007.

In this part, the message goes deeper:

• What it actually means to live a spiritual life
• The difference between understanding the program… and practicing it
• The internal condition of alcoholism
• Why experience — not theory — is the solution

Tom brings it back to something simple… and undeniable:

Recovery isn’t something we talk about.
It’s something we live — one day at a time.

🔊 Tom I. Thursdays

This is part of our ongoing Tom I. Thursdays series — where we share rare and powerful recordings of Tom I. each week.

Preserved and shared with permission from family and close friends, these talks continue to carry a message that has changed countless lives.

👇 Watch Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF5_jMyWvo4

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Tom I. of Southern Pines, North Carolina delivers a powerful and deeply spiritual message in this unforgettable talk recorded in Blue Licks, Carlisle, Kentuc...

04/09/2026

Para el alcohólico podría significar mantenerse alejado de los lugares húmedos.

04/08/2026

🚨 LIVE NOW 🚨
This is one of the most talked-about messages from Clancy I.

Not about drinking…
Not about behavior…

But about how we see reality itself.

“Alcoholism is a disease of perception.”

Originally recorded in 1990 at the Alexandria Hospital Auditorium in Alexandria, VA, this powerful lecture captures Clancy I. at his most direct — breaking down alcoholism in a way that continues to impact people decades later.

This is a public lecture on alcoholism and it delivers a level of clarity that many still reference today.

If you’ve ever struggled to understand why things don’t change…
this might shift everything.

🎬 Premiering tonight at 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST:

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Clancy I., Director of the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles, delivers a powerful and unfiltered lecture on one of the most misunderstood aspects of alcoholism...

04/08/2026

For the alcoholic it might mean staying out of wet places.