Janet reflects on a statement from her early days in recovery back in Australia that read: "The depth of your anxiety is a measure of your distance from God." Janet thinks to herself: I've always been anxious. Does that means I've always been a long way from God?

Eric shares how used to like to drink at a bar and tell people about his problems. Then he started drinking at home and things got worse. So when he arrived to the meetings, all he wanted to do was stay sober for six months, get a divorce and win custody of his kids. But then he changed his mind

Karla shares how from a young age she didn't feel like she fit in this world. As an adult she became successful and still had a feeling of emptiness. Her life was a mess and then one day her psychologist of many years suggested she go to a twelve step meeting.

Jose shares how he believes Step Three is the basis to the beginning of the process of recovery. "I didn't have the understanding of Step Three really until maybe close to ten years ago. And I began to see one word that changed everything for me."

Oliver shares how the base of this program is the first step. It is a miracle for me to see where I am today and where I was when I first started this program. My spiritual battle is not there anymore. The hardest thing that I've done in AA of all the steps is Step Two.

Vinny shares on Step One: The Spiritual Malady. They say 52 is the barometer to see my spiritual malady in action. Page 52 in the Big Book talks out about all the stuff that's on the outside: relationships, depression, anxiety, jobs. But what's really going on is the inside.

Luis shares how towards the end of his drinking career he was constantly waking up at 6AM from a total blackout thinking: "there's no way I'm going to this again." And by 6PM he had 100 reasons/excuses to pick up the first drink.

Octavio shares how an earthquake shook the ground on Easter and that was the day he stopped drinking. Next, he called a guy and asked him to be his "temporary" sponsor. Octavio's share is followed by participation from the group.