Sister Bea - AA Speaker - "Gratitude and Grace One Day at a Time"

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  • Sister Bea gives a great talk in Hawaii! This nun is hilarious, it's awesome! She also shares a very poignant and hope-filled recovery message! Enjoy :)
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Komentáře • 203

  • @janmedcalf7634
    @janmedcalf7634 Před 5 měsíci +24

    I will have 40 years of sobriety on Easter 2024. What a wonderful gift God has given us in this talk by Sister Bea. God bless us all.❤

  • @Rickstraley-kd9zp
    @Rickstraley-kd9zp Před rokem +9

    In 5 days, I will be celebrating 1 year of. Sobriety
    Thanks to the God of my understanding . Which I choose to call. Jesus Christ 🙏 & the rooms of AA and a sponsor
    Shane. F

  • @mariahhorton3538
    @mariahhorton3538 Před rokem +15

    2 days sober today…I’m struggling and afraid, but it will be worth it

    • @annenewsom8843
      @annenewsom8843 Před rokem +1

      Stay with it. It's worth and so are you! I have 4 and a half years and I'm going through some things right now but I'm sober and that's a gift from God. Best wishes Mariah ❤️

    • @anthonynichols8158
      @anthonynichols8158 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Pray for what you know you need. Be sincere and your prayers will be answered..❤

    • @billytheweasel
      @billytheweasel Před 2 měsíci

      How's it going 1 yr later!

  • @lisapearl7611
    @lisapearl7611 Před 8 lety +163

    In my early days of sobriety Sister Bea saved my life. I would go to her weekend seminars in Brea and her experience, strength and hope helped me tremendously. I am now 24 years sober. Thank you Sister Bea.

    • @medicmikerelfjr7830
      @medicmikerelfjr7830 Před 8 lety +15

      Awesome congratulations 2 u my friend I'm at 22 months and somedays

    • @Melinamarie68
      @Melinamarie68 Před 4 lety +4

      Is she still alive?

    • @juliaphillips9436
      @juliaphillips9436 Před 3 lety +2

      Southern California AA was the best

    • @sterlingkevin7446
      @sterlingkevin7446 Před 3 lety

      I dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know a way to get back into an Instagram account..?
      I was dumb lost the password. I would love any tips you can offer me.

    • @titanaldo9024
      @titanaldo9024 Před 3 lety

      @Sterling Kevin Instablaster =)

  • @cathyellis767
    @cathyellis767 Před rokem +7

    AMAZING!

  • @valeriecastine9158
    @valeriecastine9158 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Sober since May 29th 2013. God's Grace

  • @mariannastevenson9974
    @mariannastevenson9974 Před rokem +9

    Praying for Christopher K. Foster for his sobriety. May God give him the strength.❤🙏🏻

  • @Mandalas12
    @Mandalas12 Před 3 lety +10

    Sober since 2001, a 💔, sober, please leave a blessing 🕉

  • @robertpottenger820
    @robertpottenger820 Před 6 lety +245

    This is my first day of total sobriety

    • @eibhilintoireasa1935
      @eibhilintoireasa1935 Před 6 lety +18

      I wish you well.I am at an AA Convention in Spain,the speaker today was Sister B,an amazing spiritual lady.It is hard to stay sober in the early days,please stick with it,it is worth it and it gets easier.

    • @robertpottenger820
      @robertpottenger820 Před 6 lety +8

      heath 480 thanks im feeling some better.

    • @tigerroxie8760
      @tigerroxie8760 Před 6 lety +9

      Robert Pottenger hope u are sticking with it. It’s worth it.

    • @leoradavenport2569
      @leoradavenport2569 Před 6 lety +7

      Robert Pottenger I hope life is going well for you !

    • @eshjane
      @eshjane Před 5 lety +7

      Robert Pottenger don’t look back!!!

  • @user-ot2cz1nd5n
    @user-ot2cz1nd5n Před 11 měsíci +8

    So grateful to have Heard Sister Bea today 🙏✨

  • @tianawylie7390
    @tianawylie7390 Před 4 lety +29

    5 days sober today

  • @maggiemccarthy-qs7un
    @maggiemccarthy-qs7un Před rokem +7

    I just came here after hearing sister Bea chair on a zoom meeting, letting
    go with panache !
    I am so greatful for her service and the message of her experience strength and hope 🙏
    I feel truly privileged to have heard her share. Thank you so much
    God bless you all
    Amen 🙏

  • @mariagalloro67
    @mariagalloro67 Před rokem +6

    Would love to see her in person love her story

  • @lynnelowe8461
    @lynnelowe8461 Před rokem +5

    Tha absolute BEST share EVER. Love this. So funny. Will continue to listen to this year's from now 🥰🥰🥰

  • @anthonyroberson5199
    @anthonyroberson5199 Před 3 lety +16

    This is such a good story 😁! No one is immune to alcoholism

  • @sactownsluckylady
    @sactownsluckylady Před 3 lety +24

    I’m so grateful that we have access to a meeting anytime! I’ve been around long enough where I have all the speaker tapes but CZcams is so much better! God bless all the alcoholics that got led to AA! Had I not been an alcoholic I would’ve never been led to the 12 spiritual principles that have set me free!

    • @staceycockrill435
      @staceycockrill435 Před rokem +2

      Love this 💖 I am grateful god sent me here too 🫶 9 days sober and I'm ready for god to guide me to do his work through me xx

    • @patricklawrence2207
      @patricklawrence2207 Před rokem +1

      @@staceycockrill435 how u doing now hope ur doing ok

  • @yvonnerodriguezschmitt3435
    @yvonnerodriguezschmitt3435 Před 3 lety +13

    I'm 108 days of sobriety. ✝ JMJ ✝
    Thank you Sr. Be for many words of healing. The word, "SIMPLE" released the chains of complexity. Forever grateful to stumble on your talk! ❤

  • @bronwyntanner4501
    @bronwyntanner4501 Před 3 lety +7

    OH oh oh what an amazing lady. Bronwyn here Al-Anon South Africa. I loved every single second of this fabulous message.

  • @dylan618
    @dylan618 Před 5 lety +21

    Amazing, funny, poignant, and extremely helpful. So glad to have spent an hour with Sister Bea.

  • @JuliaSheehy
    @JuliaSheehy Před 2 lety +8

    Heard her for the first tiime tonight. Exactly what my spirit needed. HILARIIOUS

  • @lori-lynngermain1333
    @lori-lynngermain1333 Před 2 měsíci +1

    She was incredible!! Thank God for Sister Bea ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏💝💝💝

  • @MaryStHilaire-hu7tu
    @MaryStHilaire-hu7tu Před 2 měsíci +1

    Love hearing Bea - have listened many times
    one day at a time I am 35 yrs and 6 mo sober.
    We are all Gods miracles ❤️

  • @tifamo1931
    @tifamo1931 Před 6 lety +17

    So here i am all depressed and felling hopeless until i found Sister Bea. Thank u. It seemed like she was talking about me. Crazy right

  • @ambercarr322
    @ambercarr322 Před 7 lety +21

    She is hilarious! I love her message. She's definitely not shy. I love her honesty. Thank you Sister Bea!

  • @bonzaibob2000
    @bonzaibob2000 Před 5 lety +8

    Thank God for A.A. and, thank A.A. for God.

  • @arx754
    @arx754 Před 5 lety +9

    We need MORE women speakers on these AA CZcams videos.

  • @JackKooyman53
    @JackKooyman53 Před 3 lety +10

    I am so very grateful for Sister Bea's very well-told story of her experience, strength, and hope. I especially appreciated and identified with the challenges of being a "faith leader" coming into the rooms of AA for the first time.

  • @justinguy9793
    @justinguy9793 Před 3 lety +4

    If that heartfelt talk doesn't light your fire then your wood is wet!!! 😀 👍

  • @normasalamanca8558
    @normasalamanca8558 Před 4 lety +8

    Such a warm and invigorating share! Love you, Sister Bea!

  • @cpm965245
    @cpm965245 Před 6 lety +17

    What an amazing speaker !! Tough to comment because she left me speechless

  • @chrisfischer4203
    @chrisfischer4203 Před 6 lety +17

    she is absolutely gifted!!!!!

  • @medicmikerelfjr7830
    @medicmikerelfjr7830 Před 8 lety +45

    A.A. Is saving my life 1 day at time

  • @FourJaysFour
    @FourJaysFour Před 10 lety +33

    Sister Bea is so honest with her feelings. Her story telling is done in hilarious manner. She is genuinely sincere. An excellent speaker. Thanks for sharing this one!

  • @erfra71
    @erfra71 Před 8 lety +20

    after 3 years 3 months i was wondering is i want to stay in a sobrity life , them i listen to this and wow God my HP brought me to this talk.

  • @crystalk8173
    @crystalk8173 Před 5 lety +9

    Sister bae gave such hope in her message! I loved " me and god could get me sober, but god and i couldnt keep me sober" it had to be just my higher powers love💙 so beautifully said 🙏 godd bless sister 😘

  • @danielsantana4655
    @danielsantana4655 Před 7 lety +18

    I was feeling a bit down today and only had to listen to this wonderful experience and that was able to calm me down....thank you so much...you are an angel

    • @alcoholfree6381
      @alcoholfree6381 Před 3 lety +1

      39years, 3 months of continuous sobriety due to the grace of God and the program of AA! I still go to a lot of meetings trying to help anyone to obtain and maintain their sobriety and to stay sober myself. I have started encouraging people that I hope that they can stay sober forever. A man I’ve been helping is coming up on a year of sobriety. He commented that “forever is a very long time.” I told him that I thought that when you died it possibly got easier? We are living in eternity right now. Seek God every day and do His will for you! God bless you!!

    • @bronwyntanner4501
      @bronwyntanner4501 Před 3 lety +1

      I was also having a down day. Decided to plug into an AA speaker - I am Al-Anon but I needed some fun and laughter and honesty and program. I got it

  • @daniellepironti348
    @daniellepironti348 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you...your story changed my whole mood..been a slave to alcohol for many of my years and I thank you for your share

  • @madeleine7
    @madeleine7 Před 11 lety +30

    This nun from the North of Ireland ( lives in California since she was young) is absolutely hilarious - and honest!

  • @charlesrosebushes7748
    @charlesrosebushes7748 Před 5 měsíci +2

    We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didn’t do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence. P. 133

  • @openplz3000
    @openplz3000 Před 22 dny

    Excellent speaker meeting, landscaped instead of going to a meeting. Haven't missed one in a month though. I have gratitude for excellent AA and religious programs on you tube

  • @aleciaadams8798
    @aleciaadams8798 Před rokem +2

    Looooovvvvveee this!!!
    Thank you ☺️

  • @chrisfranz
    @chrisfranz Před 2 lety +2

    I have 14 days and when Sister Bea started crying 😭 🙏 what a lovely soul ❤️

    • @patricklawrence2207
      @patricklawrence2207 Před rokem

      how u doing now hope ur still doing well

    • @chrisfranz
      @chrisfranz Před rokem +1

      @@patricklawrence2207 thank you for asking... had one year in March 🙏

  • @weareone8782
    @weareone8782 Před 2 lety +2

    I keep imagining the Nunny Bunny off Sister Act, the round friendly one. This is a beautiful share from one alcoholic to all other alcoholics.
    If you want what we have and are willing to go to any length, then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked......
    Keep coming back, it works if we work at it.....

  • @whirledperson7459
    @whirledperson7459 Před 5 lety +5

    I love being in the company of others, even saints.

  • @davidblanck1538
    @davidblanck1538 Před 3 lety +2

    Great talk, thank God for sister Bea.

  • @jamestaylor9537
    @jamestaylor9537 Před rokem +3

    Just found this, had 30 years sobriety. Second wife kept telling me that you can have one. Big mistake

    • @billytheweasel
      @billytheweasel Před 2 měsíci

      Wow... That's Awful. I bet the wife just agreed with the disease telling you ya don't have a disease.

  • @bellebeauty67
    @bellebeauty67 Před 5 lety +5

    Wow!!! Sister Bea Rocks!!! Xooxox

  • @reglagirl5802
    @reglagirl5802 Před 5 lety +6

    I loved the part where she was in charge... absolutely LOVED it!

  • @ivysaldana7569
    @ivysaldana7569 Před 7 lety +17

    If Sister Bea is still doing this I would like to invite her to speak at the Serenity Group in Temple, TX.

  • @joyconnell1318
    @joyconnell1318 Před 4 lety +3

    You are adorable; the message sincerely relevant. Thank you so much - I hear you! Praise God

  • @badasstony6969wifey
    @badasstony6969wifey Před 9 lety +12

    Thank you so much for sharing from your heart. I hope one day I can feel and express the way you do. God bless you

  • @craigrand9591
    @craigrand9591 Před 9 lety +18

    Wonderful! Thank God for AA. :)

  • @eibhilintoireasa1935
    @eibhilintoireasa1935 Před 6 lety +4

    Love love love Sister Bea,heard her at the Costa Del Sol AA Convention November 2017,going to a step 6 and 7 retreat she is running in May.I am nearly 15 years sober now and continue to learn every day.This 12 step Programme amazes me.

  • @ericamalone3329
    @ericamalone3329 Před 2 lety +1

    I enjoyed this so much! Great testimony. To GOD be the GLORY❤❤❤

  • @JaneDoe-wq5ue
    @JaneDoe-wq5ue Před 6 lety +7

    god and aa saved my life

  • @leslieconrad4144
    @leslieconrad4144 Před 8 lety +8

    Love the openness and honesty!! We are all the same in the fact we are all different. No matter our walks in life!! Love this and thank you for sharing your experience strength and giving hope :)

  • @pat2e962
    @pat2e962 Před 7 lety +8

    when i firdt happened upon this,all i seen was sister. i immediately thoight i wouldn't relate. boy was i wrong. sister B is/was a great speaker. also im irish/catholic,so i get her frustrations with wanting ppl to move past the past w church. dyri g this pain she has,she told an incredible story. thanks for sharing.

  • @dianayork844
    @dianayork844 Před 7 lety +6

    Sandy, I had the same experience. Early recovery, huge snow storms and me and Sister B having a meeting via AA tapes

  • @Tapper98
    @Tapper98 Před 2 lety +1

    It's awesome..
    Much respect for her .
    One day at a time..

  • @user-mt8yl7eq3p
    @user-mt8yl7eq3p Před 6 měsíci +1

    We. May. Getting. Back were. Started. Pure. And. Clean ❤. Thank you for your presence and. Kind. Word's. Sooth. My. Souls ❤❤

  • @glennamartin193
    @glennamartin193 Před 5 lety +4

    Loved the honesty strength and hope!

  • @mlc7085
    @mlc7085 Před rokem +3

    Excellent!

  • @skhend6310
    @skhend6310 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Thank you!

  • @medicmikerelfjr7830
    @medicmikerelfjr7830 Před 8 lety +17

    Thank u Sister Bea I needed your message because I'm in a funk

    • @maureenpoe8767
      @maureenpoe8767 Před 5 lety +1

      Medicmike Relf JR me too

    • @judeflynn9223
      @judeflynn9223 Před 5 lety

      Me too

    • @suesjoy
      @suesjoy Před 4 lety

      That’s so funny, because I was listening to another video, and somehow it got switched to this video! There are no accidents....

    • @michaelbrady8014
      @michaelbrady8014 Před 3 lety

      Thank God for sister Bea and she is still calling us to let go today

  • @clairethebear8447
    @clairethebear8447 Před 6 lety +6

    Wow I needed this so much. Really helping me out rn ty so much aa for continuing to be my family and home no matter where I am.

  • @kimbery260
    @kimbery260 Před 29 dny

    Best aaa meeting ! ❤

  • @cn4941
    @cn4941 Před 10 lety +12

    gold. just like gold but better....

  • @LeanneWashington-jq5df
    @LeanneWashington-jq5df Před rokem +4

    Beautiful story!!😅

  • @ianhenderson7496
    @ianhenderson7496 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you for sharing. Newtownards Northern Ireland

  • @user-mt8yl7eq3p
    @user-mt8yl7eq3p Před 6 měsíci +2

    It. Is. Life. Saving. ❤❤❤

  • @followthemoney5756
    @followthemoney5756 Před dnem

    She truly is a saint

  • @HBJ5483
    @HBJ5483 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Almost 3 months sober. One day at a time.

    • @jamie.777
      @jamie.777 Před 7 měsíci

      32 days sober , 1 day at a time 🤝

  • @user-xj6im3xl1e
    @user-xj6im3xl1e Před 3 lety +1

    Can't imagine people giving this thumbs down. Apparently those not in AA.

  • @lahubel8
    @lahubel8 Před 7 lety +4

    So wonderful, gives me hope.

  • @amycameron8296
    @amycameron8296 Před 7 lety +3

    Amy C, Canada I am very early in recovery, although I have been in and around the AA program for 30 plus years with some short time soberity due to the fact that I now know is because I never did my 5th step. On coming back to the AA program this time, I was given a CD of Sister Bea!! I listen to it many many times and every time I listen to it I get something new out of it!! God Bless you Sister Bea your message is amazing!! By far the best speaker I have ever heard both in AA and outside help CD's!!

  • @vickigray3755
    @vickigray3755 Před 3 lety +1

    I just fell in love with this precious lady

  • @waynebray7121
    @waynebray7121 Před 3 lety

    Sister Bea has a strong message. She helped to keep me sober. She has a familiar message which I need to hear.

  • @KayBrendaWinters
    @KayBrendaWinters Před 7 lety +7

    Beautiful.

  • @floridaboy6931
    @floridaboy6931 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you Sister! I needed a laugh. God bless!

  • @CandiceKreidel
    @CandiceKreidel Před 2 měsíci +1

    Tahnk u so much ❤❤❤

  • @tayonbrown737
    @tayonbrown737 Před 7 lety +25

    107 one days at a time.

  • @remydelrosario7261
    @remydelrosario7261 Před 4 lety +2

    God bless A.A.

  • @user-pw5sm9bz9p
    @user-pw5sm9bz9p Před 6 měsíci +2

    Sister is inspiring 16:25

  • @stanmatuszak3363
    @stanmatuszak3363 Před 6 lety +3

    Thank you..

  • @tinaquinn3464
    @tinaquinn3464 Před 4 lety +2

    Beautifully Amazing

  • @manuelberrios2215
    @manuelberrios2215 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Awesome

  • @bonzaibob2000
    @bonzaibob2000 Před 5 lety +1

    God bless Sister Bea

  • @sandycrocker2707
    @sandycrocker2707 Před měsícem

    "You don't have to be good for God"!!!! Wow

  • @malindabailey8344
    @malindabailey8344 Před 4 lety +1

    Very good talk thank you

  • @impish285
    @impish285 Před 4 lety

    extraordinary message. beautiful lady.

  • @imnotanalky
    @imnotanalky Před 3 lety +1

    Sister Bea, thank you for your story! I had a lot of ideas about God when I entered recovery, also. I loved the part about all the assholes in every denomination ( I am recovering from being one of those assholes :) !

  • @jtalker9367
    @jtalker9367 Před 7 lety +1

    God Bless Sister Bea. Tell it!!!

  • @rahawa774
    @rahawa774 Před rokem +2

    When she mentioned the AA speaker using the ‘sh’ word and ‘f’ word, I thought she was referring shame and failure 😂 these talks can be a real Rorschach test…

  • @tonypmcmahon
    @tonypmcmahon Před 9 lety +2

    Fair play to you sister.....

  • @starlenewilson9153
    @starlenewilson9153 Před 4 lety

    This isy first time after many years since i listen to your story and others

  • @starlenewilson9153
    @starlenewilson9153 Před 4 lety

    My prayers go to you and family

  • @Sexyfa
    @Sexyfa Před 9 lety +19

    Very funny and definitely gets u out of a funk

  • @marycahill546
    @marycahill546 Před 4 lety

    So powerful.

  • @kalani4ever359
    @kalani4ever359 Před 4 lety +1

    I love the words that start with fuh

  • @menufrog
    @menufrog Před měsícem

    There are two days in every week
    about which we should not worry,
    Two days which should be kept free of fear and apprehension.
    One of these days is YESTERDAY,
    With its mistakes and cares,
    Its faults and blunders,
    Its aches and pains.
    YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond our control.
    All the money in the world cannot bring back YESTERDAY.
    We cannot undo a single act we performed;
    We cannot erase a single word we said.
    YESTERDAY is gone.
    The other day we should not worry about is TOMORROW
    With its possible adversities, its burdens, its larger promise.
    TOMORROW is also beyond our immediate control.
    TOMORROW, the sun will rise,
    Either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds,
    But it will rise.
    Until it does, we have no stake in TOMORROW
    For it is as yet unborn.
    This leaves only one day - TODAY.
    Any man can fight the battles of just one day.
    It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
    - YESTERDAY and TOMORROW -
    That we break down.
    It is not the experience of TODAY that drives men mad.
    It is remorse or bitterness for something which happened YESTERDAY
    And the dread of what TOMORROW may bring.
    Let us, therefore, live but ONE day at a time.