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Love Your Life, with Randy Mermell
Randy Mermell is an international coach, speaker, and podcaster. Randy helps people live happy and purposeful lives. Drawing from his own experience from 20 years of happy marriage, raising two daughters, and his success as an entrepreneur, he has helped others get through all types of professional and personal challenges, including love, marriage, children, jobs, and finding passion in everything we do. With over 28 years of sobriety, and success in his own life overcoming low self-esteem, addictions to alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, and coffee Randy draws on his real-life experience to lead meditation and recovery retreats internationally.
57:18•13 Mar 2025
Embracing Spiritual Awakening: Randy Mermell on Step 12
Episode Overview
- Randy shares his personal journey with alcoholism and recovery.
- Guided meditation session focusing on the seven-step prayer.
- Emphasis on the importance of spiritual awakening in sobriety.
- Discussion on accepting defeat as part of the recovery process.
- Encouragement to continuously practice AA principles.
“My body is allergic to alcohol. I can never ever drink alcohol again successfully, one day at a time, today, ever.”
In this episode of 'Love Your Life, with Randy Mermell,' Randy dives into the twelfth step of Alcoholics Anonymous, focusing on the concept of accepting defeat. With over 28 years of sobriety, Randy shares his journey and the lessons he's learned along the way. He talks about his struggle with alcoholism and how it led him to find solace in spirituality and meditation.
The episode includes a guided meditation session and a deep dive into the seven-step prayer, encouraging listeners to reflect on their relationship with a higher power and the concept of surrender. Randy's candid discussion about his own experiences with addiction and recovery is both relatable and inspiring. He emphasises that true recovery comes from spiritual awakening and continuous practice of AA's principles.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking guidance on their sobriety journey or looking for a deeper understanding of the spiritual aspects of recovery.

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