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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA
Naomi C from Sheffield speaks on the principle of awareness, sharing how inventory, prayer and a higher power reshaped her life in recovery. The talk blends personal stories of addiction, family and service with practical spiritual tools for daily living.
22:42•18 Oct 2026
Naomi C on Awareness: From Broken Addict to Daily Spiritual Practice
Episode Overview
- Regular personal inventory helps reveal motives, selfishness and fear that drive harmful behaviour.
- Awareness often begins with admitting complete defeat and recognising that self-made solutions have failed.
- Prayer and meditation are presented as essential daily practices for maintaining conscious contact with a higher power.
- Pausing when agitated or doubtful allows intuitive guidance to appear instead of impulsive reactions.
- Turning life over to a higher power shifts focus from self to serving others, especially family and fellow addicts.
“Trust God, clean house, help others. That's my purpose.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This AA speaker meeting-style episode centres on "Awareness" with Naomi C from Sheffield, sharing her story at the Spiritual Cartel zoom meeting. The format is simple and raw: one person speaking straight from experience, no cross-talk, no analysis, just a clear AA-style message. Naomi describes arriving in recovery "completely broken" and believing that everyone else was the problem.
Reading the 11th principle of CA, she talks about how regular inventory helped her see that her motives, selfishness and fear were driving harm: "I woke up to the fact that I'm the problem." That shift in awareness – from blaming others to seeing her part – runs through the whole talk.
You’ll hear her describe the last night of using as the first spark of awareness, when she realised she wanted to live but had run out of ideas and resources: "You guys were my last hope." Guided through the book and the steps, she says the insanity around alcohol and drugs has been removed, leaving her with a different challenge: how she shows up in everyday life, with her children, her family and other addicts.
Prayer and meditation are described as "the juice of my life", and Naomi explains how she now lives in a kind of ongoing dialogue with a higher power, pausing when agitated or doubtful and waiting for intuitive answers. Her story of sitting by her ill mum’s hospital bed, no longer driven by bitterness but by a desire to serve, shows how awareness and spiritual growth have changed her relationships.
The tone is honest, emotional and often funny, especially when she talks about sleepless nights with a baby and how those moments teach patience rather than just relief. It’s aimed at anyone in recovery who wants to deepen their spiritual practice and daily awareness. If you’re wondering how awareness, inventory and a higher power can reshape a life, could this be the message you need today?
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