{"podcast":{"title":"Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast","slug":"sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561","podcast_index_feed_id":7161561,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/sober-sunrise/feed.xml","website_url":"https://sober-sunrise.com/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20053233/GoldBestSSLOGO.png","author":"Sober Sunrise","episode_count":422,"summary":"Sober Sunrise brings you AA Speaker Tapes from around the world. Rather than an AA discussion podcast, Sober Sunrise brings you speakers who share step-work, workshops, and general fellowship discussion points. We are not affiliated with AA in anyway.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T00:18:24.208639+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561"},"episode":{"title":"God Came Crashing Into My Darkness - AA Speaker - Chris H.","slug":"god-came-crashing-into-my-darkness-aa-speaker-chris-h","published_at":"2026-06-07T16:51:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/god-came-crashing-into-my-darkness-aa-speaker-chris-h","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561","url":"https://sober-sunrise.podbean.com/e/god-came-crashing-into-my-darkness-aa-speaker-chris-h/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q537yiatrquysqxz/ChrisH-Podcast.mp3","summary":"Chris says treatment was only the discovery that a solution existed. The real change came when AA, sponsorship, and a God she could not yet name reached into the prison she had built around herself. ☀️ Sober Sunrise Episode ArchiveMore AA speaker tapes and recovery stories:https://sober-sunrise.com/episodes 🧡 Sober Sunrise MerchShirts, mugs, and recovery-inspired gear:https://sober-sunrise.com/merch 🌴 Sober Sunrise NewsletterWeekly AA speaker picks, recovery reflections, and updates:https://sober-sunrise.com/newsletter Chris shares how drinking began at 11 and followed her through blackouts, self-reliance, family pain, treatment, and the wreckage that finally made AA possible. She talks about treatment as discovery, not recovery; why “putting the plug in the jug” was only the beginning; and how sponsorship, inventory, amends, and carrying the message helped her move from ego and fear into love and God. This is a direct, deeply AA-centered talk about surrender, spiritual awakening, and the simple recovery arithmetic Chris learned: one alcoholic with another alcoholic means God is in the room. Chris H. from Cleveland, Ohio speaking at the Memphis Group in Cleveland, OH - October 18th 2008 Music: Deep by KaizanBlu","meta_description":"Chris says treatment was only the discovery that a solution existed. The real change came when AA, sponsorship, and a God she could not yet name reached i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2818,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/god-came-crashing-into-my-darkness-aa-speaker-chris-h/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/god-came-crashing-into-my-darkness-aa-speaker-chris-h.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}