# The Glee of This Moment - AA Speaker - Carla R. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/the-glee-of-this-moment-aa-speaker-carla-r Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/the-glee-of-this-moment-aa-speaker-carla-r.md Podcast: [Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561) Published: 2026-06-29T16:58:09+00:00 Episode link: https://sober-sunrise.podbean.com/e/the-glee-of-this-moment-aa-speaker-carla-r/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ftgqjwmujfazkxhm/CarlaR-Podcast.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/the-glee-of-this-moment-aa-speaker-carla-r Duration seconds: 4390 ## Resource After years of running, surviving, and trying to escape herself, Carla found something in AA she never expected: the ability to be awake in this moment. โ˜€๏ธ Sober Sunrise AppListen to Sober Sunrise AA speaker talks anytime, track your sober time, take a daily pledge, and keep recovery support close throughout the day.๐Ÿ“ฑ Sober Sunrise App - Apple App Store โ˜€๏ธ Sober Sunrise Episode ArchiveHundreds of AA speaker tapes and recovery stories:https://sober-sunrise.com/episodes ๐Ÿงก Sober Sunrise Merchhttps://sober-sunrise.com/merch ๐ŸŒด Sober Sunrise Newsletterhttps://sober-sunrise.com/newsletter Carla, sober since September 25, 1987, shares a powerful and deeply human AA talk about growing up in instability, discovering early that alcohol could do something for her she could not do for herself, and trading away pieces of her life for the effect it produced. She talks about running away, juvenile halls, psychiatric hospitals, damaged relationships, motherhood, sponsorship, inventories, amends, trauma, forgiveness, and the slow rebuilding of a life inside Alcoholics Anonymous. Carla also shares how AA helped her become present for her daughter, her mother, her family, her sponsors, and the people who now need what she was freely given. With humor, honesty, and a lot of grace, she points toward the simple miracle at the center of her recovery: waking up, staying close, and learning to live fully in the moment she used to spend her life trying to escape. Carla R. from Tujunga, CA speaking at the 60th Gopher State Roundup in Bloomington, MN - May 26th 2013 Music: Deep by KaizanBlu ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/the-glee-of-this-moment-aa-speaker-carla-r/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/the-glee-of-this-moment-aa-speaker-carla-r.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.