# I Had a Huge Ego and No Self-Esteem - AA Speaker - Joe D. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/i-had-a-huge-ego-and-no-self-esteem-aa-speaker-joe-d Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/i-had-a-huge-ego-and-no-self-esteem-aa-speaker-joe-d.md Podcast: [Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561) Published: 2026-05-19T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://sober-sunrise.podbean.com/e/i-had-a-huge-ego-and-no-self-esteem-aa-speaker-joe-d/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/h8m9qp56v9rur8t4/JoeD-Podcast.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/i-had-a-huge-ego-and-no-self-esteem-aa-speaker-joe-d Duration seconds: 2928 ## Resource Joe got the money, the condo, the business, and the attention, then found out none of it helped when he had to sit alone with himself. โ˜€๏ธ Sober Sunrise Episode ArchiveMore AA speaker tapes and recovery stories:https://sober-sunrise.com/episodes ๐Ÿงก Sober Sunrise MerchShirts, mugs, and recovery-inspired gear:https://sober-sunrise.com/merch ๐ŸŒด Sober Sunrise NewsletterWeekly AA speaker picks, recovery reflections, and updates:https://sober-sunrise.com/newsletter Joe grew up around alcoholism, took his first real drink behind the factories at 15, and spent years trying to outrun himself through trouble, prison, business success, money, and geographic cures. After getting sober for two years without really taking the steps, he built a fast-moving internet company in Chicago, watched his ego take over, then lost the life he thought would finally fix him. In this AA talk, Joe shares how a broken foot, a failed rehab attempt, a call to his mother, and a meeting in Woodstock brought him back to the program he had known about since he was 17, this time with a sponsor, a book, prayer, inventory, amends, and a real willingness to do the deal. Joe "Windoes" D. from Woodstock, IL speaking at the Crystal Lake Alano Club in Crystal Lake, IL - February 21st 2009Music: Deep by KaizanBlu ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/i-had-a-huge-ego-and-no-self-esteem-aa-speaker-joe-d/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/i-had-a-huge-ego-and-no-self-esteem-aa-speaker-joe-d.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.