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Bill B.

Bill B.

AA member from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; published author in AA Grapevine magazine (June 2026 issue, "Lessons Learned"); podcast guest sharing recovery story

Jun 1, 2026

DonHOST
14:57
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."
Bill B.
Bill B.GUEST
15:01
And so I was unwilling to do that.
Bill B.
Bill B.GUEST
15:03
And, and my sponsor took me to places in our literature where the warning was, "If you don't do this vital step, you will drink again." And so, and I'll never forget it, I came to after a one-week binge with tears in my eyes.
Bill B.
Bill B.GUEST
15:19
My wife was crying again, and I called that man because I knew he had predicted my future.
Bill B.
Bill B.GUEST
15:26
He had prophesied what would happen to me if I didn't do what they asked me to do.
Bill B.
Bill B.GUEST
15:32
And then I did the fourth and fifth step, which is then admitting my inventory to another person, and I've been free ever since.
Bill B.
Bill B.GUEST
15:42
And then the second story, I'll never forget this.

7 MINS LATER

DonHOST
22:59
So have y'all had any conversations like that?

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