Ken B.'s Journey: From Alcoholism to Authentic Living
Episode Overview
Start each day with a prayer for guidance. Embrace honesty, unselfishness, love, and purity in daily actions. Attend AA meetings regularly for support and fellowship. Accept life's challenges without needing to like them. Find a higher power you can trust.
Acceptance doesn't mean you have to like it. Acceptance means you just understand and accept it
Ken B. takes the stage in this heartfelt episode of Recovery Radio Network, sharing his journey through alcoholism and the path to recovery. With a sobriety date of March 31st, 1972, Ken offers an authentic and raw account of his experiences, blending humour with hard-earned wisdom. He reflects on the early days of his drinking, starting at just 15, and the lengths he went to fit in, even when it meant pretending to enjoy beer he found terrible.
His story is filled with relatable moments, like the realisation that acting drunk was as damaging as actually being drunk, leading him to embrace the principles of AA fully. Ken discusses the importance of daily practices, like the Serenity Prayer and attending meetings, which help keep him grounded and connected to the fellowship. He also touches on the four absolutes of honesty, unselfishness, love, and purity, which guide his daily actions and decisions.
Ken's anecdotes about bar culture and the false sense of camaraderie it provided are both amusing and sobering, highlighting the deceptive allure of alcohol. He emphasises that true recovery is about accepting life’s challenges without needing to like them and finding a higher power you can trust. His message is clear: sobriety isn't just about not drinking; it's about living a life worth living.
By sharing his story, Ken hopes to inspire others to find their own path to recovery and to embrace the support available through AA. Tune in to hear Ken’s journey and discover how his commitment to the program has transformed his life.