Joe H. from Santa Monica, CA
Date:
December 17, 2002Event:
Spiritual Awakening GroupLocation:
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I met Joe H. while I was in
I met Joe H. while I was in a rehab in Los Angeles in 2003-2004, God bless him & his soul. He took me and group of guys in rehab through the first three steps as it is outlined in the Big Book, he had to leave L.A. so I started going to meetings that He and his sponsees attend every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in Santa Monica. A year later started working with Dan and did all 12 steps as it is outlined in the Big Book. Today I am an active member of AA, NA, CA, and try my best to carry the message that was given to me. With out AA and people like Joe and his group I have no idea where I would be today. Thank you every one,
Ebby S.
Los Angeles, CA
Wow what an amazing share.
Wow what an amazing share. It makes sense for me of things that I have been struggling with forever. I am so grateful to have heard this. It blew me away. I was just thinking of bankruptping myself to check into treatment even though my gut was saying no. This has made me realize that although I need to do something seriously differnet, I am not sure it is tha.
I am 10 years without a drink. I am extremely grateful for that. However, I have really struggled for most of my 'sobriety'. I am also cross addicted and haven't found freedom from that which is probably a lot of the problem but in spite of doing many meetings and working the Steps I am not in a good place. I came very very close to picking up a drink yesterday and it has scared the living daylihgts out of me. I could literally taste it in my mouth and I haven't had anything like that happen for nearly a decade. I am definitely super vigilant right now but also, having heard this share, really 'get' the power of this disease and doubt that is enough to keep me safe.
I wonder if anyone here would know of anyone who takes people through the STeps the way Joe talks about them. Even though he sadly has passed away, there must be a line of people who worked with him. If anyone could let me know where I might fidn somneone like that I would be SO grateful if they could shoot me an email to anniecat126@yahoo.com. I am really desperate and I need to do something different. I am in the UK and would obviously be stoked if there was anyone here but I am so desperate I will work online/by phone if I have to.
Anyways, thank you all for your comments and for this site. It is such an amazing resource
thank u, my name is jeremy
thank u, my name is jeremy s. and im a member of AA. i loved ur story. thanks again
I am a suffering member of
I am a suffering member of AA working suggested "the program of recovery". Each day I make progress. I have finished the 12 steps with another alcoholic and have that wonderful bond and friendship with this man. I since remarried and moved to another city. AA in Denver has been great until recently God placed a member into my life that intended to hurt me. The talk in this tape restored my hope and great fact for us, that God had a purpose for me and this other man and now this tape. After death, Joe Hawks' work continues, as the program states, in the 12th step, we tried to carrier this message to other alcoholics. God is great--as I found listening to this tape, "I offer myself to Thy"
I was introduced to John H.
I was introduced to John H. by an OA member who attended AA and nothing helped me work through my spiritual blockages like John H. tapes! Still a member of OA, still listening to John's tapes. Thank you John for being such a faithful servant, rest in peace.
M.G. ( Losangeles)
thank you
thank you
I have been a little
I have been a little disillusioned with AA of late many years into sobriety. Too critical etc etc etc
Just like Joe maintains that guy was meant to attend that meet on that night at that point in time so too was I meant ot listen to Joe today. I have connected again with exactly who and what I am. Is'nt it amazing how sometimes we can open up our minds to some speakers and not others. Part of life I guess. AA life at least.
Possibly the most honest and truly modest (modest in its greatest sense) that I have heard.
Listening to him has renewed my relationship with myself and AA. I know my purpose again.
My background is very similar to his, priviledged but distant from affection.
May he rest in peace.
And thank you.
thhe meeting as outlined in
thhe meeting as outlined in the BB has moved to Olympic Blv and 14th st in santa monica tuesday at 7;30 pm there is shelly hymie david dan and many others he worked with he died peacefully in his sleep as a result of a heart attack,he was my sponsor and he took me through the work twice, when i heard him the first time i never remembered wht he said and i said those are golden tools,he lives with in each and everyone of us.
Joe was my sponsor and my
Joe was my sponsor and my friend. He saved my life when no one else could help me. He did it by asking me if I prayed. He did it by helping me get clear on my disease and he helped me understand the depth of my illness. He was a friend I could hang out with and a spiritual companion I could go on spiritual junkets with to explore various spiritual paths for meditation.
Joe was like my blood. I think fondly of him and he never hurt me. We shared jokes and lot of laughs.
He helped thousands of people and they are not giving away what he gave them. His service was rich with spiritual understanding.
Sometimes I wish I could talk to him but mostly I talk to God and use the tools Joe left us to maintain that spiritual direction.
I lost a friend when he left but gained a recovered life. Thanks Joe. ck
Joe and I met in Aspen our
Joe and I met in Aspen our first year of sobriety in 1982...we were getting married at one point but God had other plans for both of us.
I have 5 days more sobriety than he had...we always joked about who looked more sober! We tried to re-unite and marry
when he returned from India, but it just wasn't meant to be. He is in heaven with our child now. Thank you God for giving Joe such
a special gift of speaking, teaching and sharing the gospel of AA throughout the world. He had his own demons and struggles none
of us really ever knew about. He was a human being just pointing the way upstairs for all of us to walk. Thank you Joe. Be at peace now.
Sober love forever to everyone,
anonymous
I havent even listened to
I havent even listened to this yet but my sponser took me thru the steps using Joes CD's. I dont think I would be sober today without them. For the first time I really understood what alcoholism is. And also what the mental obsession is. I did not know he had passed away. I am sorry. But his speaking lives on. There is alot of people in my fellowship that are using them. And I intend to use them to sponser. I love you Joe H.
I was SO moved by Joe and
I was SO moved by Joe and his story. I'm new in recovery ---- just got my 30 day chip --- and I'm living where there are NO meetings in the Summer and very few the rest of the year. My sponsor suggested this site, and there was Joe. Amazing how similiar our stories all are. I love our tribe. I've found my home. Thanks to Joe. I miss him already, and I never even knew him.
Robin E
American living in Mexico
15 months without a drink
15 months without a drink and stark raving sober. Lost, confused and desperate. A friend lent me a tape that changed my life. Joe convinced me that I would recover. I bought some more tapes and found the sponsor who took me through the steps. Little by little I got better. Rest in peace my friend, till then.
Art Phillips
Thanks Joe! CN
Thanks Joe! CN
How did he die? My heart
How did he die? My heart goes out to his loved ones and all that knew him.
Joe's vision of recovery has
Joe's vision of recovery has shaped my life. After 15 months without a drink I was "stark, raving sober" aqnd looking foa the solution. The many back slappers who told me to keep coming back kept me coming around but it was Joe and the sponsor who led me to him that gave me the wonderful, peaceful life I am bless with. Till then Joe and thanks again.
Art Phillips
Does anyone know what Joe
Does anyone know what Joe died from he was fairly young?
Thank you and Godspeed Joe
Thank you and Godspeed Joe
Joe's Fellowship of the
Joe's Fellowship of the Spirit workshop tapes with Mark H. are the best recovery tapes I've ever heard. God bless you Joe, thank you for your recovery and the message you still carry.
Stuart
Cape Town
Joe's message changed my
Joe's message changed my 'ideas' and actions around the steps. I am very grateful i got to hear him-very sad he passed.
After spending a year "dry"
After spending a year "dry" in AA, a friend gave me a Joe hawk 12 step workshop set. He inspired me to get a big book sponsor, get out of the problem, and into the solution. Today, i live in the grace of a loving god through AA. What a life. thanks Joe for pointing me in the right direction. r.i.p. Joe Q. W.Va.
Joe gave me more hope, help,
Joe gave me more hope, help, inspiration, strength during the dark hours between 2005 thru 2007 than he will ever know. My tears keep on coming. I learned of Joes' passing at a meeting last night whilst talking to the speaker after the meeting. I had every reason to believe Joe was still alive and doing 'the work' This has come as a great shock. I can hardly type I'm so overcome by emotion. I've listened to Joe over and over and I'll continue to carry THE message as Joe carried it to me.
God be with you all. We are
God be with you all. We are so blessed. Joe you are here. Thank you god for the solution.
Evie The Greek
Bristol, UK
joe hawk has the best i ever
joe hawk has the best i ever heard explain the big book .
he help me get sober
god bless you joe h
regards matthew d
london england
Thanks joe for saying you
Thanks joe for saying you could make amends to the dead I guess I didn't know you were dead 12-14- 2008 I am 18 yrs sober could use some good help. Sober date 12-16-89 email is moorhead1489@comcast.net.
Mark H. was taking Joe
Mark H. was taking Joe through the steps when he died!
Joe is alive in the great
Joe is alive in the great legacy he left in his recordings. He was a great speaker and a great example of recovery. Vince E
Anybody know where the
Anybody know where the friends of Joe hang out ? I could do with finding some good meetings when I visit America quite soon. Any help greatly appreciated.
Just looked for Santa Monica meeting but had no luck finding its group members'.
Any help appreciated.
Vince E (Manchester UK)
God bless Joe R.I.P.
Thank you AA and Joe H for
Thank you AA and Joe H for this tape and sharing about spiritual blockage in our life. Was having a real bad day and nothing going right and my sponsie called me and i cryed and she told me to pray and i did but still felt hurt then i came on line and found this site and listen to joe and i feel alot better now i have to stop living in the "if only i had" and stop trying to run things. Things fall the way they are supose to and God is never late but always on time. I need lean on the only person that will get me through what ever i'm going through and that is GOD!
Joe Hawk died on May 6th,
Joe Hawk died on May 6th, 2007. Sober, but in ill health.
I saw Joe live back in the
I saw Joe live back in the day - what a talk! The guy was great! AA was a better place with him in it - sad to hear he passed to the great meeting in the sky!
from what i understand Joe
from what i understand Joe H. has died, i have been told this by friends in AA., I have no 1st hand information on this matter. Joes tapes have inspired me to take positive action in AA, hes 1 0f my heros
I was told that
I was told that unfortunately Joe H passed on last year. You can find many people that worked closely with him at "As Outlined In The Book" on Tues night at 5th and Ocean Park in Santa Monica.
Joe Died.
Joe Died.
Did Joe go back to India or
Did Joe go back to India or something? I've been going to big meetings in SoCal since 2005, and I've only heard of this guy, and never met him or heard him talk in person.
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