Sandy B. - AA Speaker - "God is Everything or Nothing"

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  • Опубліковано 3 вер 2013
  • From the book Alcoholics Anonymous: "In spite of the great increase in the size and span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope."
    What is the Twelve Step Model? How is it a "treatment for alcoholism" or "alcohol abuse?"
    From Wikipedia: "A twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles (accepted by members as 'spiritual principles,' based on the approved literature) outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the Twelve Steps were first published in the book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism in 1939. The method was then adapted and became the foundation of other twelve-step programs. Twelve-step methods have been adopted to address a wide range of substance-abuse and dependency problems."
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  • @Alaskaflyfishing
    @Alaskaflyfishing Рік тому +112

    I think we can all agree that even if you’re not a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, Sandy Beach is one of the best things to happen for humanity when it comes to helping those who still suffer. I don’t know about anyone else, but in my darkness, I found a way to step out of the dark and into the light through his words and blue prints to life. Thank you Sandy B. May you rest in peace

  • @lesliegregg1228
    @lesliegregg1228 2 роки тому +50

    been listening to him for almost 40 years he died i n a meeting in tampa. his wonderful message has been with me thru darkness and light. thanks , Sandy

  • @darrieedge
    @darrieedge 10 років тому +112

    Sandy, I can not tell you what your sharing has meant to my sobriety. I have 20 years next month and listen to you all the times. Thank you for sharing your life and sobriety with all of us.

  • @multifamilyrealestate4677
    @multifamilyrealestate4677 5 років тому +59

    This guy has done just as much as Joe and Charlie have to touch the hearts of sick alcoholics and begin to heal.

    • @sharyarirani1686
      @sharyarirani1686 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you Sandy for transmitting the message so simply 🙏🏼💥🔥💪🏽♥️🏪

  • @dylanmcquade3486
    @dylanmcquade3486 Рік тому +27

    To Sandy Beach:
    I know you have passed but I feel the universe and God will be able to have you hear this simple message anyway. I just wanted to say thankyou - thankyou for all the things you did while you were on this earth for AA, thankyou for all the help you have given me and we have never even met, thankyou for talking about seeking God so often. It’s given me the courage to speak more freely about God in AA. The big book and God saved my life and continues to do so today at a tiny 6.5 years of sobriety. Thankyou for all the talks you gave over the years - I assure you they are still helping so many people. Forever grateful. Dylan 🙏

  • @toniannjones5775
    @toniannjones5775 8 місяців тому +6

    I had the pleasure of hearing him speak, shaking his and Clancy's hand, and attending his funeral. His light was unmistakable!

  • @mundiindia7705
    @mundiindia7705 10 років тому +71

    This man once came to Iceland to speak. He has made a impact on my life for sure. Thank you Sandy B.

    • @mike547
      @mike547 Рік тому

      I went to Iceland and a Eskimo showed up with a bottle of scotch and ruined everything

    • @bennygoodman123
      @bennygoodman123 9 місяців тому +2

      Sandy Beach is a Godsend.

  • @mattwilsonvi3187
    @mattwilsonvi3187 4 роки тому +30

    Sandy B is such a wonderful guide into a world I’ve never known!

  • @tullybaker3271
    @tullybaker3271 4 місяці тому +3

    Beautiful legacy of hope ,faith and love.

  • @LynardJ
    @LynardJ 4 роки тому +14

    So grateful for AA. Just celebrated 16 years, odAAt. All by God’s grace and this beautiful fellowship.

  • @kashkazawisza5096
    @kashkazawisza5096 7 років тому +40

    AA and GOD changed my life. THANK YOU.

  • @rutaruta8464
    @rutaruta8464 4 місяці тому +4

    God speaks to me through Sandy B. I think I'm starting to get glimpses of "it". ✨ Thank you, God and Sandy B.!

  • @oscareasler1125
    @oscareasler1125 7 років тому +45

    I am a member of AA in NC. This program has brought me freedom from adiction, joy and peace. Every day is now approached with hope. The God of my understanding has been and still is Jesus Christ. My problem was that I did not want to turn my life and addiction over to God. AA taught me that was a necessary step to recovery. I am so glad I took that step. Now there is "joy unspeakable and full of glory".

    • @fedorufc759
      @fedorufc759 Рік тому

      I would love to hear more about your program.

  • @skw713
    @skw713 Рік тому +11

    RIP Sandy, thank you for aiding me in my sobriety 🩷

  • @mthoodstyle
    @mthoodstyle Рік тому +18

    Sandy B is an AAs angle now. His words of infinite wisdom live on. Every time I hear them I'm uplifted and reminded of my supporting role. Who knew letting go and letting God was the softer way.

  • @OriginalLHB
    @OriginalLHB 5 років тому +17

    Sandy B. is on to something very important which Jung noted earlier in his correspondence with Bill W. concerning the role that the search for "ecstasis" and "spiritus" plays in the lives of many alcoholics. As Eric Clapton once said, when he stopped alcohol and heroin it left "a hole in his soul the size of God." That is certainly what I was thirsting for; not a blackout but union with the Divine in the only way I knew. AA as such does not fill that void, but is the best way I know for people like me to get in touch with the "real thing" that we were searching for all along. Call me an "AA addict."

  • @Hmcgowanful
    @Hmcgowanful 5 років тому +16

    thank you sandy b. you strenghten me like a father figure especially around god. 16 years sober this year but have put alcohol and people esp.family before GOD. thank you

  • @jeanmcgrath4856
    @jeanmcgrath4856 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you Sandy
    Beach
    God Bless you always 🙏🙏

  • @dustydanny
    @dustydanny 3 роки тому +15

    This is real shit. I'm just 4 months sober and that part on God phenomenon is spot on. I'm not religious at all, atheist less and less nowadays technically I suppose lol. Before I first started actually working AA and reading the book the word god turned me off constantly, didn't make me mad but it was frustrating. I wouldn't be caught dead saying the word god, but as time went on "higher power" has just started feeling too broad and too weak a word for what I have experienced. Now I accidentally find myself saying god constantly. Just seeing how everything internally and externally has changed, has created a definition of god that can't be put into to words for me. Today I say I don't know what it is, but I believe in the existence of god, and where I used to think how can I, now I think how can I not. I'm still not religious but man there are amazing things going on in my life that came from something much grander than me, that I know for sure. I wonder what will come next. Great talk by Sandy beach, he a real goat.

    • @mariehatton6268
      @mariehatton6268 3 роки тому +1

    • @deslane25
      @deslane25 11 місяців тому

      I pray this finds you still sober and now knowing who god is and where he resides! You write well and I bet you tell a great story , one day you may be speaking like Sandy B. God bless you....

    • @StillBeGrowing
      @StillBeGrowing 9 місяців тому

      ❤❤❤

  • @unoecho974
    @unoecho974 4 роки тому +31

    Such a beautiful lecture on God. I absolutely enjoyed this whole talk. Thank you for this!!! I have 31 days today and I can't wait for God to show me more of himself!!!!!!!

    • @robertt5176
      @robertt5176 4 роки тому +1

      Himself?

    • @michaeldgriffin6778
      @michaeldgriffin6778 4 роки тому +2

      Could and would if He was/were saught😷🙂

    • @dannycrossley2873
      @dannycrossley2873 2 роки тому

      How are you doing?

    • @unoecho974
      @unoecho974 2 роки тому +4

      @@dannycrossley2873 I'm still sober!! 21 months tomorrow! I've worked the steps and continue to work 10-12 on a daily basis! Life is good, and using drugs/alcohol as a solution for life seems so distant. I love AA and the design for living I have learned here! Thanks for asking. Happy holidays!

    • @jolinebaylis
      @jolinebaylis 2 роки тому

      @@kenclark6587 Have you gotten the help you need? Are you able to get to a meeting in your city? There are lots of meeting happening online too now! You don't need to be alone.

  • @jeffatkins7296
    @jeffatkins7296 Рік тому +4

    Here, The magical power is revealed to solve all of my problems and the jackpot of life’s absolute treasure map is bestowed but you have to change one thing if you do the work then you will have true Joy therefore I continue my daily journey guided by Sandy B because the Spiritual principles fill each and every story he shares.
    Semper Fi Sandy I will continue to share freely what I have learned from you. TSDD and ODAAT
    Burley Jeff A

  • @tomp825
    @tomp825 2 роки тому +7

    Praying for God’s will was one the first things that someone in AA suggested- it was new concept which saved my life

  • @somebodyu.used2know
    @somebodyu.used2know 4 роки тому +6

    Thank you for your service sandy b. Bob d. Clancy & Sister bea

  • @paddydooley1233
    @paddydooley1233 8 років тому +19

    i feel calm now....and reasoned thank you ...

  • @mb3214
    @mb3214 2 роки тому +4

    Congratulations on your "Sandy B. - AA Speaker - " God Is Everything Or Nothing" inspirational thanks for sharing. Morine, Donald, Myola, Rommel & Emma, Graham.🙏Amen.

  • @user-tc1rs3ur2e
    @user-tc1rs3ur2e 7 днів тому +1

    As I work through AA.. this applies to all walks of life. Let go. LET GOD. I'm 53 years old and in the program. It's never too late for change and GOD!❤❤

  • @izoneoutzi1
    @izoneoutzi1 9 років тому +27

    Wow this is the realist thing I have every heard

  • @lynnjourdan1895
    @lynnjourdan1895 3 роки тому +43

    I’ve started living out the idea of “if I don’t like not getting my way then maybe I shouldn’t have a way”. It works 100 times out of 100.

  • @bronwynpuckett2330
    @bronwynpuckett2330 2 роки тому +8

    He is so inspiring!
    Chose God or chose NOTHING!
    We are nothing without God at the helm leading and guiding us. He alone, loves us more than anything we can imagine or that we are worthy.
    His Mercy and Grace is never ending and I am so thankful for that!! God bless all of you

    • @Raydensheraj
      @Raydensheraj Рік тому

      Which one of the 4000something man made gods? What makes your preferred version of invisible supernatural superbeeing the correct one? I assume you don't believe in Allah? Or Zeus?
      You have your Culture with an anthropomorphic, man made fable.
      Evidence? Nada. No thanks, I rather not lie to myself.

    • @philgillmartin5053
      @philgillmartin5053 Рік тому

      @@Raydensheraj surely the proof of the pudding is in the eating? If your life has been changed for the better, then shouldn’t this be applauded?

    • @John-rb3yv
      @John-rb3yv 2 місяці тому

      Mmmmmm pudding

  • @dc1381
    @dc1381 7 років тому +15

    Always love his way of putting things

  • @TheSixfinger1
    @TheSixfinger1 2 роки тому +3

    It’s 8 years since this video was published on You Tube! Today, I’m listening to it! My first sponsor used to share that if he could have had any other publication conference approved, it would be the Dictionary! He cut my seeking time dramatically! God as We understood Him!!
    He said, go look the word Him up in the dictionary! The Dictionary definition of Him = Male Person! Have I given you a clue? God Bless anyone who finds this message! A simple program for complicated people! Keep it Simple!

  • @brothermorgan4382
    @brothermorgan4382 7 років тому +23

    Thankyou for this amazing share...His grace just gets more and more amazing! Its page 25 that it speaks of God entering our hearts. God Bless you all.

  • @ME-bs6qh
    @ME-bs6qh Рік тому +3

    What a spiritual giant. 🙏💙

    • @tedshelton3327
      @tedshelton3327 Рік тому

      Thank you ALL for being here when I need a recharge of my spiritual batteries,

  • @NoaLives79
    @NoaLives79 10 років тому +13

    I just want this talk deep in my heart. Thank you.

    • @geradbarkley2000
      @geradbarkley2000 4 роки тому +2

      Sandy states the obvious that most of are not willing to believe

  • @alnosaints
    @alnosaints 8 років тому +19

    why would anyone thumbs down

    • @paddydooley1233
      @paddydooley1233 8 років тому +6

      +alnosaints its impossible to understand others at times so dont bother my friend....

    • @tcantel1
      @tcantel1 8 років тому +6

      Some people cant handle Truth...

    • @eshjane
      @eshjane 7 років тому +6

      guiltless denial

    • @henrysantos942
      @henrysantos942 Рік тому +1

      Steps six.

  • @cornejof3
    @cornejof3 10 років тому +16

    I loved this lecture it had a lot of humor to a serious issue.

  • @magavsschwaga7834
    @magavsschwaga7834 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for sharing

  • @user-ps6gr8zj9y
    @user-ps6gr8zj9y 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks Sandy!

  • @henrysantos942
    @henrysantos942 Рік тому +6

    Im actually in N.A but prefer most of the time listening to guys like sandy and other A.A oldtimers.

    • @alexandrap8718
      @alexandrap8718 10 місяців тому

      This reminds me of a saying an old timer in my group says NA, AA, as long it’s not the DA 😂

  • @deboraharrington2945
    @deboraharrington2945 3 роки тому +3

    What I’d like to love God

  • @jenniferanncattell3672
    @jenniferanncattell3672 8 років тому +8

    perfect~~~~thank you

  • @agiwojas5319
    @agiwojas5319 9 років тому +9

    it is the best thing I've ever received in my life

  • @robertt5176
    @robertt5176 4 роки тому +4

    I heard Sandy speak at the Monday Night Speakers in St Pete Florida in 2015

  • @kieranwbailey1602
    @kieranwbailey1602 3 роки тому +2

    Thankyou !!

  • @elizabethpina2491
    @elizabethpina2491 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank u for ur speeach

  • @fisherman805lopez76
    @fisherman805lopez76 3 роки тому +2

    What a true message! Property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

  • @hollyroshto9341
    @hollyroshto9341 3 роки тому +2

    I enjoy your story and respect your yrs of sobriety. God Bless you

  • @charlesrosebushes7748
    @charlesrosebushes7748 11 місяців тому +2

    God is just a word that was created by men. But there is a power and I don't think it cares what we call it as long as we attach ourselves to it. I call it the spirit of the universe

  • @davidmarkoff929
    @davidmarkoff929 Рік тому +1

    He saved my life

  • @mojo_sports
    @mojo_sports 2 роки тому +2

    This guy ❤️

  • @SuperSahajayoga
    @SuperSahajayoga 3 роки тому +4

    Phenomenon in Greek meaning and where the word comes from basically means ‘Seeing’

  • @alnosaints
    @alnosaints 8 років тому +5

    thanks

  • @bugzy4052
    @bugzy4052 3 роки тому +6

    Man I'm trying. I just finished my 5th step it's hard tho, right after my 5th step I had a feeling everything was gonna be aight an I didn't wanna drink or use but I'm still living in alot of fear I'm hoping shit gets better because I'm tryna my hardest to get this deal

    • @lynnjourdan1895
      @lynnjourdan1895 3 роки тому +3

      My question is “which is harder?”. Is it working the program or living as an active alcoholic/addict? Keep working them brother and remember when working the 5th we should “withhold nothing”. God be with you.

    • @eriomnyc6073
      @eriomnyc6073 3 роки тому +2

      It gets so much better - just hold on and keep showing up and doing the work. You will wake up one day living a life of your dreams and be so happy you never gave up ♥️

  • @MrMrscoffey
    @MrMrscoffey 7 років тому +14

    He did come as the living word....GET it....

    • @samsonshulman475
      @samsonshulman475 7 років тому +8

      Marilynn Coffey I lost god and this helped me gain my connection back. He's amazing.

    • @StevieMc1971
      @StevieMc1971 5 років тому +2

      Amen 🙏🏻

    • @jordanoliver8088
      @jordanoliver8088 4 роки тому +3

      Going to read my bible now, that is gods purpose for me, amen.

    • @robertt5176
      @robertt5176 4 роки тому +2

      I get it

  • @elizabethpina2491
    @elizabethpina2491 7 місяців тому +1

    It takes time and with gods help

  • @marinadocker8992
    @marinadocker8992 Рік тому

    Thank you, very good listening to.

  • @supersoberguy
    @supersoberguy 11 років тому +9

    Excellent!!

  • @craigelse77
    @craigelse77 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks mate

  • @shekariyer5190
    @shekariyer5190 8 років тому +8

    superb speaker you are helping alot

  • @cindybollich2371
    @cindybollich2371 6 років тому +5

    Does anybody know the name of the Poem He read at the end of his talk ????

  • @MultiHairypotter
    @MultiHairypotter 2 роки тому +2

    Hello fellow traveler’s - does anyone know about this gathering and if it still goes on in an annual way? Thank you for your reply’s

  • @cbarnette56
    @cbarnette56 2 місяці тому +1

  • @djf4468
    @djf4468 3 роки тому +4

    Anyone know the list of books?

    • @victoriaeddy8203
      @victoriaeddy8203 2 роки тому +2

      Were you able to find out what the list of books was or the list of quotes from the books ? TY

  • @GeezoPeezo1
    @GeezoPeezo1 3 роки тому +1

    Just started this recording and I have to say, "It's not a choice when you understand that there is no god."

  • @BrandonBoseman-xn2ec
    @BrandonBoseman-xn2ec Рік тому +4

    CALLING THREE MEMBERS A DAY PLUS 90&90 INTO ACTION OR NOTHING.. SPONSOR

  • @h92o
    @h92o 9 місяців тому

    My God is both everything ‘and’ nothing.. my God both exists and doesn’t exist. This God of mine guides me, all the time just like my God guides the stars and galaxies and our planet 🌎 .. this is how I understand my God.

  • @vicgarate2079
    @vicgarate2079 Рік тому

    📛

  • @kumar2ji
    @kumar2ji 8 місяців тому

    Th word god is improper and any word is improper. Without something there is nothing and and with something there is everything.

  • @monaiannucci9434
    @monaiannucci9434 Рік тому +1

    Rock bottom lessons

  • @christinereplogle2668
    @christinereplogle2668 2 роки тому

    0

  • @glenarledge1825
    @glenarledge1825 11 місяців тому +1

    Never understood how atheist try to make AA Godless. Take God out of AA and you have no program.

  • @IntuitiveCoachTheresa
    @IntuitiveCoachTheresa Рік тому

    The fool says in his heart there is no God. Psalm 14:1 🩷

  • @elizabethpina2491
    @elizabethpina2491 7 місяців тому

    Horrible

  • @DK-sr2wi
    @DK-sr2wi 8 місяців тому

    Odomtology. Thank you. AA meetings in heaven 😊 can't wait