Removal of Obsession: The Seventh Principle’s Demanded Action. – Audio

About This Speaker Tape

Vicki shares her raw, unflinching experience of active addiction, describing how alcohol and pills consumed her existence, leading to devastating consequences including the tragic death of her child in a DUI accident. Despite multiple attempts at sobriety, hospitalizations, and even pouring liquor through wired jaws after the accident, she remained chemically dependent and steeped in guilt. Her story traces a harrowing path through escalating insanity—from drinking ammonia to pulling a fence home and seeing polka dots—until, utterly exhausted and desperate, she finally became willing to turn her will and existence over to a Guiding Spirit in 1977.

This surrender, fostered by the acceptance and support of the AA fellowship, brought an end to her lifelong search and the "frantic feeling" of emptiness, leading to a profound spiritual experience and freedom from the obsession to drink.

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• 0:00 Introduction, her sponsor's wisdom, and a reflection on early character defects.
• 0:18 The devastating accident resulting in her child's death and her immediate return to drinking through wired jaws after promising a Guiding Spirit she wouldn't.
• 0:42 Escalating insanity, including drug abuse, seizures, jail, and pulling a fence home.
• 1:07 The moment of surrender, calling a friend to pray, and leaving her bottle behind, leading to a profound spiritual shift by trusting a Guiding Spirit.