Father Martin on Step One | Classic Chalk Talk on Alcoholism & Recovery | AA History

🎙️ Step One is where recovery begins. In this classic Chalk Talk, Father Joseph C. Martin examines the foundational admission at the beginning of the Alcoholics Anonymous program: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.” A.A.’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions describes this admission of defeat as the firm foundation upon which recovery can be built. With the directness, compassion, and memorable teaching style for which he became known, Father Martin explores the reality of alcoholism and the honesty required to accept help. His message reminds us that Step One is not an announcement of hopelessness. It is the moment we stop fighting alone and become open to a new way of life. Father Martin was a Sulpician priest, a recovering alcoholic, and a pioneering educator in the alcoholism-treatment field. His renowned Chalk Talks and more than 40 recorded films reached audiences in hospitals, treatment programs, workplaces, government agencies, and recovery communities around the world. He later co-founded the treatment center now known as Ashley Addiction Treatment. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ Speaker: Father Joseph C. Martin 📖 Topic: Step One 🎬 Series: Father Martin’s Chalk Talks 📚 Category: Alcoholism • Twelve Steps • Recovery ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Recovery Speakers is dedicated to preserving and sharing historic voices, recordings, and educational resources from the history of alcoholism recovery. 🌐 Explore thousands of speaker recordings, workshops, and historical resources at: RecoverySpeakers.org ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Please Like, Subscribe, and Share this recording so Father Martin’s timeless message can continue reaching those who need it. #FatherMartin #StepOne #RecoverySpeakers #AlcoholicsAnonymous #TwelveSteps #Recovery #AAHistory #ChalkTalk