Famous AA Speaker - Anthony H. "His message at 22 years sober"

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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    This famous Alcoholics Anonymous Speaker Anthony H. tells his story after 22 years sober. He became an actor in the 1960’s, and came to America to a make a pot of gold, but ended up in Alcoholics Anonymous in December of 1975 instead.
    In this humorous talk, Anthony tells us why he is baffled with normal drinkers, many of the lessons he’s learned in recovery, and the beautiful life, and beautiful people he’s met in Alcoholics Anonymous.
    If you’ve enjoyed this talk by Anthony H. here is another talk he gave at 16 years sober in Los Angeles California. - • Famous AA Speaker Anth...

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  • @tonyaustin2858
    @tonyaustin2858 9 років тому +76

    Thank you for posting these videos.
    Im a member of AA and I have been sober since August 1980.
    Now I am getting old and unable to get to meetings on a regular basis, so these videos help me to achieve another sober day.
    Thank you.

    • @WeDoRecover12
      @WeDoRecover12  7 років тому +12

      No problem, it's comments like this that keep us going, and that's what it's all about!

    • @seanreynolds9535
      @seanreynolds9535 7 років тому +1

      God

    • @WeDoRecover12
      @WeDoRecover12  7 років тому

      Thank you for listening :) Here's another talk by Anthony H. if you haven't heard it yet. ua-cam.com/video/kTUlsMqMKwg/v-deo.html

    • @georgeregenold3685
      @georgeregenold3685 3 роки тому

      Staying Safe, that's US today. You are Never Alone Never Again through God's Grace and Mercy WE have aged.

  • @trendnwin6545
    @trendnwin6545 Рік тому +12

    I am 5 days sober and have come to the realization my life depends on the AA programs/people. I am extremely grateful to hear people like Anthony Hopkins speak of his struggles. It makes me feel not so lonely in this disease.

  • @martynrobinson9550
    @martynrobinson9550 3 місяці тому +2

    I am an alcoholic and ODAAT I am 1 year sober. I listen to this speech often. It's everything ❤❤❤

  • @aai3661
    @aai3661 5 років тому +32

    Isn't it amazing to realize this is what Anthony Hopkins really sounds like. The man and not the actor. At ease being himself with his AA family. That's the extraordinary magic of AA.

  • @barbarakane9332
    @barbarakane9332 Рік тому +5

    Thank you, Mr Hopkins. I love your story.

  • @massrunner
    @massrunner 5 років тому +8

    I always loved Anthony H as an actor, but now I have so much more respect for him!

  • @enrico44ify
    @enrico44ify 8 років тому +21

    I never imagined that this extremely talented actor had the same problem as me, I'm so grateful that Sir Anthony Hopkins spoke on this. It just shows that no matter who you are, booze can destroy you if you don't abstain from it.

    • @WeDoRecover12
      @WeDoRecover12  7 років тому +2

      Here's another talk by Anthony H. if you haven't heard it yet. ua-cam.com/video/kTUlsMqMKwg/v-deo.html

    • @kennethrjackman6563
      @kennethrjackman6563 3 роки тому +2

      I think you should refer to him as Tony H......... I think that is what he would prefer. I heard another very famous actor one night at a meeting in LA say "I have never once broken my anonymity. But tonight, you will break it for me when you tell your friends that you were in a meeting with me." Sadly........he was totally right. When we tell people not in AA about who we see in meetings, we are the ones breaking the Tradition of anonymity.

    • @strikerorwell9232
      @strikerorwell9232 2 роки тому +1

      @@kennethrjackman6563 I cant understand how I personally would start telling others who I meet at a meeting? Im new in this and I am freezing with a horrible withdrawals. I have to fight each day to go to a meeting, Im so grateful you guys in the AA and NA exist!

    • @kirstenjones1825
      @kirstenjones1825 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah

    • @davidcoleman1861
      @davidcoleman1861 Рік тому +1

      Very true! The disease doesn’t discriminate!

  • @martynrobinson9550
    @martynrobinson9550 8 місяців тому +1

    I am an alcoholic and I have been sober for nearly 7 months with the AA fellowship. I listen to this video often. It's everything to me ❤

  • @glennward2227
    @glennward2227 5 років тому +7

    I love listening to people in recorvey not sober that have years under there belt sober is ok but rrecorvery is where it's at great talk thanks for putting this & the rest it makes me not alone even when I am

  • @stephenstrong59
    @stephenstrong59 9 років тому +8

    Thanks for Sharing Tony. Glad to be Here and 15 Months Sober. Keep On...Keeping On...ODAAT.

  • @albertvargas7422
    @albertvargas7422 10 місяців тому

    39:35 .... I was 6 months sober, thinking of drinking, don't know why but I listened to this audio instead. I got sober at the clubhouse in Kissimmee, and as soon as I heard him mention it I jumped up, not wanting to drink anymore. We are truly the luckiest people alive. Thanks for keeping me sober, Tony. It's been nearly nine years since I have had a drink. Thanks to AA and God.

  • @suzettesharpe6618
    @suzettesharpe6618 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks needed this

  • @debifry3334
    @debifry3334 10 років тому +9

    im debi,14 years recoveing alcholic now 2014.this is so awesome tobable to listen on my laptop if icant make it to a meeting i can do this and not leave myhome thank u so very much whom ever discovered this great idea. debi fry

    • @WeDoRecover12
      @WeDoRecover12  7 років тому

      Here's another talk by Anthony H. if you haven't heard it yet. ua-cam.com/video/kTUlsMqMKwg/v-deo.html

  • @lorrainechandler7864
    @lorrainechandler7864 7 років тому +9

    Beautiful,inspirational,humble man.Helping other recovering alcoholics.Giving back as he has been Blessed. Thanks for sharing.

  • @karenaponte3182
    @karenaponte3182 3 роки тому +3

    Love these meetings

  • @donnasloane9031
    @donnasloane9031 3 роки тому +4

    Thank You for not doing a drunk-a-log. It was easy to listen and to identify.

  • @msrepeet
    @msrepeet 7 років тому +6

    I really love this story.

  • @krustysurfer
    @krustysurfer Рік тому +1

    One prayer at a time for a Group Of Drunks like us...
    Tony H. Bless you and thank you as well to the people sharing this message.

  • @adrianlee3497
    @adrianlee3497 8 років тому +8

    I couldn't see my life with or without alcohol or drugs and I was nervous breakdown crazy in conflict but I knew I either had to surrender or die because I was on my way there if I kept going the way I was going and that's why I went to 12 step meetings in the first place because I couldn't control something that was controlling my every decision, so I did what was suggested in the rooms of A.A. at the time, prayer, big book, look for sponsor ect, but at the bottom line it was only the first 2 that worked, the fellowship just gave the typical suggestions,
    I finally was guided by God and his angels to a Big Book step study group which turned everything around for me because I was willing, this was in 1990. Now I just study and practice A Course In Miracles because it's the only thing that resonates with me. Turns out that for me the steps, the fellowship, and the rest of what A.A. "is" are just pointers to what The Real Deal is, necessary tools to move from pain to Enlightenment. in the end the "Group Of Drunks" the chips and the rest of A.A. are all just illusions, because love is all there is, so, as arrogant as this may sound I've accepted God for them, because if I told them The Truth well...they just wouldn't accept it.
    Together We Ascend; Adrian

    • @optimisticzebra8498
      @optimisticzebra8498 6 років тому

      Adrian Lee I relate a lot. T took me 3 tries...and now I could imagine my life with my program. Being able to quit drugs and alcohol is a miracle but the change in my mind is priceless.

  • @stevenschuster
    @stevenschuster 6 років тому +8

    Still cant believe Anthony Hopkins is an alcoholic. Its like the best thing that ever happened for alcoholism.

    • @ItsNotDarkYet
      @ItsNotDarkYet 6 років тому

      My sponsor gave me these tapes around 2004/2005. That's about the only thing I got from A.A. lol I mean, I was sober for 5 years, but broke down and became normal again. lol

  • @adamfox1669
    @adamfox1669 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @springtimemarion
    @springtimemarion Рік тому +1

    love you for improving your life.

  • @milkmedia9323
    @milkmedia9323 7 років тому +2

    This is fantastic.

  • @jaybrown2684
    @jaybrown2684 4 роки тому +2

    Great aa speaker meeting.

  • @SeanHegarty-yv8yz
    @SeanHegarty-yv8yz Рік тому

    Fantastic im just over a yr sober, and I've just started listening to these, and I heard him say something, which I may of heard before during meetings or in general, but it made me understand something a friend says, and how wrong he is in saying so, thanks...

  • @Aaaaya
    @Aaaaya 10 років тому +1

    Thank you, SO much!

  • @lancecarroll2136
    @lancecarroll2136 10 років тому +4

    Great Listening!

  • @jonmulch1
    @jonmulch1 6 років тому +1

    Thanks Tony

  • @springtimemarion
    @springtimemarion Рік тому +1

    I am proud of you.

  • @guymontour2169
    @guymontour2169 3 роки тому +1

    Thankyou,

  • @springtimemarion
    @springtimemarion Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @jorgefernandez4644
    @jorgefernandez4644 2 роки тому +2

    Buenas tardes grupo Vancouver
    Saludos a todos...☕

    • @jorerafael6717
      @jorerafael6717 Рік тому +1

      Gracias FELIZ 24 Horas compañeros solo por hoy.si se puede.

    • @jorgefernandez4644
      @jorgefernandez4644 Рік тому +1

      @@jorerafael6717
      ♥️Alcolicos Anonimos...☕

  • @meepmeep111
    @meepmeep111 8 років тому +2

    this is so helpful for me

  • @jimbedford4709
    @jimbedford4709 8 років тому +2

    thank you for sharing. I shall add this to my library of speaker tapes; we truly are, all of us, so very much alike...add great humor to the great sorrow, or what could have been, until we come to believe. Cut down? My friends had asked me to slow down...lol....my brakes were broken. nothing but an entire reverse direction, change of ideas , come to find faith, of some sort....

    • @WeDoRecover12
      @WeDoRecover12  7 років тому

      Here's another talk by Anthony H. if you haven't heard it yet. ua-cam.com/video/kTUlsMqMKwg/v-deo.html

  • @yellow6100
    @yellow6100 4 роки тому +3

    When it comes down to it is the "skill" of overcoming addiction being able to See triggers in real time and say "no!" ? (-whether its with help of steps and prayer or whatever)

    • @krustysurfer
      @krustysurfer Рік тому

      There is a spiritual force that steps in to run the show when we cannot, its not willpower, Intelligence, wisdom its-
      G-ood
      O-rderly
      D-irection
      that dwells within after we surrender to that force of Love.

  • @RuthlessGladiator
    @RuthlessGladiator 8 років тому +16

    Is that Anthony Hopkins?

    • @mountaintruth1
      @mountaintruth1 8 років тому +4

      +Ben Anderson yup

    • @WeDoRecover12
      @WeDoRecover12  7 років тому +1

      Here's another talk by Anthony H. if you haven't heard it yet. ua-cam.com/video/kTUlsMqMKwg/v-deo.html

    • @iadorakelley5025
      @iadorakelley5025 6 років тому +2

      Yeah. It sure does sound like Anthony Hopkins! But then, we know there are quite a few good impersonators. Regardless, I don't think he's said anything that isn't helpful and consistent with the program. And that supports it's value.

    • @bettybeepbeep2363
      @bettybeepbeep2363 5 років тому

    • @johnlarocque8373
      @johnlarocque8373 5 років тому

      What moves was he in?

  • @friendofjesus1680
    @friendofjesus1680 Рік тому

    good talk

  • @kazzywray9091
    @kazzywray9091 9 років тому

    Fantastic x

  • @donnasloane9031
    @donnasloane9031 3 роки тому

    Wow, I also began my journey by going to central office first.

  • @locke230
    @locke230 9 років тому +2

    brillant

  • @malindamann6860
    @malindamann6860 8 років тому +1

    life without drugs as my solution is great.

  • @healinghandsnewyork3308
    @healinghandsnewyork3308 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ronniesmith869
    @ronniesmith869 8 років тому +1

    ronnie s. san angelo looking for speaker for concho valley conference may 5,6,&7 2017. would love to have A. Hopkins

  • @christopherglow8921
    @christopherglow8921 4 роки тому

    Last time I heard him in Manhattan Beach got sober because they had tequila United States that's why he came here from England for the 1st reason

  • @kazzywray9091
    @kazzywray9091 9 років тому +1

    Stewardess quote is spot o n funny identification x

  • @paulsaul7674
    @paulsaul7674 6 років тому +1

    Listen to the real actor's in the background

  • @SmossyYT
    @SmossyYT 5 років тому

    @DarrenRhinehardt Yo lump is my bro from long ago. Where did he go?

  • @iamtheman7018
    @iamtheman7018 11 місяців тому

    That got reaally weird at the end

  • @deathraytex
    @deathraytex 8 років тому

    hey tony

  • @cynthialynnvalerino6411
    @cynthialynnvalerino6411 7 років тому

    Hard to be anonymous for some of us. It can be a HUGE handicap sometimes. Next time, I'm gonna assume a fake name? Nah, just kidding :-) Progress NOT perfection! lol

  • @nicoleyonnotti1121
    @nicoleyonnotti1121 7 років тому

    when is this from?

    • @AnthonyL0401
      @AnthonyL0401 6 років тому

      Nicole Yonnotti Circa 1997 based on his timeline given in his share

    • @arctichare8185
      @arctichare8185 6 років тому

      Listen to him again and you will hear when it was spoken.

  • @fintan3563
    @fintan3563 4 роки тому

    I recognize the voice. 🤓

  • @BilboBaggins-rr2vn
    @BilboBaggins-rr2vn Рік тому

    Hannibal lector

  • @cherifitzgerald5901
    @cherifitzgerald5901 8 років тому +1

    I bet Sir Anthony H is speaking a the big AA meeting in heaven. God bless

    • @chaos4854
      @chaos4854 8 років тому +7

      he's still alive

    • @fabianstanley13
      @fabianstanley13 8 років тому +5

      He's still alive and kicking, Cheri Fitzgerald. :) Thank God for that.

    • @nicoleohare9491
      @nicoleohare9491 5 років тому +1

      He is alive and sober

    • @AssPhyxiation
      @AssPhyxiation 3 роки тому

      In heaven? Are you drunk? He's still alive.

    • @kennethlodwig4024
      @kennethlodwig4024 Рік тому +1

      Not only is he alive.... he won another Oscar!

  • @kirstenjones1825
    @kirstenjones1825 2 роки тому

    Cockadoodle dont

  • @tonycook7457
    @tonycook7457 5 років тому

    lol

  • @monica_richardson
    @monica_richardson 7 років тому +4

    Love this man- but just because he is a famous actor does not make him an expert. Watch a New Documentary called The 13th Step on Amazon.

    • @camrock76
      @camrock76 7 років тому

      Monica Richardson expert on what?

    • @camrock76
      @camrock76 7 років тому +2

      Monica Richardson do you mean drinking or sobriety. Because I didn't hear anything but a story. Take it for what you will. He's definitely no expert on anything I'd imagine

    • @codybarrett6192
      @codybarrett6192 6 років тому

      Just sounded like a testimony to me

    • @arctichare8185
      @arctichare8185 6 років тому

      I do not hear him saying he is an "expert" alcoholic.

    • @kennethrjackman6563
      @kennethrjackman6563 3 роки тому +1

      Doesn't make him an expert. But he's not speaking as an expert. He's speaking as someone who can testify to what AA has done for him. And considering he now has 45+ years of sobriety........I think he's definitely got what it takes to be a featured speaker.

  • @joelthomas4445
    @joelthomas4445 3 роки тому

    Shortydog1

  • @BevHaut
    @BevHaut 4 роки тому

    Did you have Sir Anthony's permission to post this video? Or any other video? Because if what I know is true, you're the reason he can no longer go on the speaker's circuit. You've broken his anonymity. And that's unacceptable.

    • @kennethrjackman6563
      @kennethrjackman6563 3 роки тому +1

      He didn't mention his full name once. And the posting doesn't list his full name. YOU have broken his anonymity by identifying him.

  • @Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk
    @Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk 4 роки тому

    Who is breaking our Anonymity. This is not right .

    • @AssPhyxiation
      @AssPhyxiation 3 роки тому +3

      Read up. He has said he is happy with sharing his story.

    • @kirstenjones1825
      @kirstenjones1825 2 роки тому

      Cockadoodle do os

    • @krustysurfer
      @krustysurfer Рік тому

      He is sharing his experience hope and strength

  • @Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk
    @Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk 4 роки тому

    Anonymous?????
    Who are these anonymity breakers.
    Anonymity !!!!!!

    • @AssPhyxiation
      @AssPhyxiation 3 роки тому

      Read up. He has said he is happy with sharing his story.

    • @kirstenjones1825
      @kirstenjones1825 2 роки тому

      Cockadoodle dont

    • @krustysurfer
      @krustysurfer Рік тому

      Tony H. The limey tequila cowboy no anonymity broken.

  • @tonymarek2199
    @tonymarek2199 6 років тому +1

    AA is for quiters, LOL

  • @JT-gg6kc
    @JT-gg6kc 7 років тому

    NA>AA

    • @AnthonyL0401
      @AnthonyL0401 6 років тому

      Jt Boy78 Depends on one's perspective

    • @elvissoto4661
      @elvissoto4661 5 років тому

      Jt Boy78 they are both the same beautiful solution

  • @adamfox1669
    @adamfox1669 2 роки тому

    Thank you