Workshop: Trusting a Higher Power - Spiritual Principals

Workshop: Trusting a Higher Power - Spiritual Principals

What are the common struggles and victories in addiction recovery? This workshop-style episode drops you right into a lively AA weekend in January 2014, where Marty C from Hamilton, Ontario talks candidly about trusting a Higher Power and living by spiritual principles. You’ll hear Marty mix sharp humour with straight-talking AA wisdom as he jokes about spilling coffee, re-writing his whole presentation at 1.30am, and insisting, “We’re Alcoholics.

But we’re not right, you know what I mean?” Behind the laughs, he’s serious about one thing: Alcoholics need an “entire psychic change” and that means more than just sitting in meetings. Marty breaks down the classic AA formula of “trust God, clean house, help others”, and links it constantly back to the Big Book and the 12 & 12.

He stresses obedience to spiritual principles, quoting, “They result from his personal disobedience to spiritual principles,” and challenging the idea that sponsorship should be hands-off. If you’ve ever wondered whether the AA message from the 1930s still applies today, he tackles that head‑on with real examples from his own sobriety and his work with others. The style is energetic, informal, and very interactive.

People like Kevin, Dave and Patty pipe up with honest questions about relevance, real-life crises, and how to sponsor someone whose life is falling apart.

Marty keeps pointing back to the same solution: put God and the steps before the chaos, because “we have one problem, and that’s disconnection, and we have one solution, and that’s a reconnection.” If you’re serious about recovery, curious about the spiritual side of AA, or tired of hearing about meetings without much talk of steps, this session might give you plenty to think about. Are you ready to move from just attending AA to actually practising its spiritual principles?