Seven Years Without the Steps: The Architecture of Half-Recovery – Chris R.

About This Speaker Tape

Chris R. spent seven years relapsing because nobody showed him how to work the steps. After a suicide attempt in 1987, a woman at a Big Book meeting grabbed him by the belt loop and sat him down.

Two weeks later the obsession lifted. He challenges AA to get in the trench.

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Timestamps

• 14:01 Fellowship vs program.
• 36:10 Suicide attempt in 1987.
• 40:05 Belt loop moment.
• 48:38 Obsession lifts.