If It's Not in the Book It's Not Important -  AA Speaker - Ray O.

If It's Not in the Book It's Not Important - AA Speaker - Ray O.

A law professor who lost everything sat in a wet, smoldering chair planning his revenge — then a sponsor with one rule changed everything: if it's not in the Big Book, it's not important. We just launched our new Episodes page — search hundreds of AA speaker meetings by topic, speaker, or step ☀️ Sober-Sunrise.com This isn't a typical AA story — it's a former law professor walking through steps one through three with the precision of a courtroom argument and some of the funniest stories you'll hear from any podium. Ray O. was the youngest tenured law professor in America, sitting in a chair he'd set on fire and wet in the same night, planning exotic legal revenge on everyone who'd wronged him. His sponsor John had one rule: if it's not in the Big Book, it's not important. Six months into sobriety, Ray sat down at his desk one morning and realized he hadn't thought about a drink — and that was the moment power became real, not because someone explained it but because he experienced it. From there he builds the clearest explanation of the first three steps you'll find anywhere: powerlessness needs power, power needs an open mind, and the third step is just deciding whether you're going back or staying here. Ray O. from Miami, FL doing a step workshop in Grant's Pass, OR - July 1991 Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

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