The Prodigal Daughter Walks All Twelve Steps Home – Mildred F.

About This Speaker Tape

Mildred F. shares her remarkable story at the International Women's Conference in Vancouver. Born on a Saskatchewan farm, she hated herself and her circumstances from age three. She began drinking at five from her father's homebrew.

At 18 she entered a convent where she hid alcohol in the church bell tower for fifteen years. After leaving, she descended rapidly into homelessness, mental institutions (at least 29 hospitalizations), and an abusive marriage. She retells the parable of the Prodigal Daughter as the story of the first AA member — taking Steps 1 through 12 on the journey home.

Her spiritual awakening came in a psychiatric ward when the compulsion to drink was instantly removed. Mildred describes how tending her burned lawn taught her about doing her part while letting Higher Power do His, and how a dying sister showed her that life's value is not measured by what you can do but by the spirit within.

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• 0:00 Mildred F. shares her remarkable story at the International Women's Conference in Vancouver.
• 11:00 Born on a Saskatchewan farm, she hated herself and her circumstances from age three. She began drinking at five from her father's homebrew.
• 22:00 At 18 she entered a convent where she hid alcohol in the church bell tower for fifteen years. After leaving, she descended rapidly into homelessness, mental institutions (at least 29 hospitalizatio...
• 33:00 She retells the parable of the Prodigal Daughter as the story of the first AA member u2014 taking Steps 1 through 12 on the journey home. Her spiritual awakening came in a psychiatric ward when the c...
• 44:00 Mildred describes how tending her burned lawn taught her about doing her part while letting Higher Power do His, and how a dying sister showed her that life's value is not measured by what you can ...