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AA History: A brief interview with Henrietta Seiberling

This is not an AA meeting so if you need to hear a meeting just now please choose another Sober Cast Episode. For the AA history buffs, this is a phone interview with Henrietta Seiberling the woman that arranged the first meeting between founders Bill W. and Bob S.

I was unable to find any context but it is a 1971 Interview with her son John Seiberling, she passed away in 1979. This picks up having already started and ends abruptly with the phone being hung up mid sentence (I assume accidently).

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Geraldine D sober since 1947 speaking in 1988

Geraldine D from Blairstown NJ speaking at the Cornhusker Roundup in 1988 she got sober in April of 1947.

 

How it works: Read by Bill W

How it works read by Bill W. I have wanted to put this up for a while and had not really found a place for it, xmas seems like a good day and time to let it stand on its own, I hope you have a very nice holiday. 

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H & I Conference: Bill W - Sr. Ignatia - Edward Towns + (2 of 2)

This is part 2 of 2 of a bit of AA history but it may not be for everyone, so if you are feeling the need for a speaker meeting pick something else from our list. 

This is an H & I Conference, that features some significant figures in AA's history, John, Col. Edward Towns (as in Towns Hospital) and Sr. Ignatia in part 1. In part 2 we have AA founder Bill W, Dr. Bradley and Dr. Brightman.

Part 2 of 2

I could not find out too much about the event itself so if you know more about it please reach out.  Email: sobercast@gmail.com

H & I Conference: Bill W - Sr. Ignatia - Edward Towns + (1 of 2)

This is part 1 of 2 of a bit of AA history but it may not be for everyone, so if you are feeling the need for a speaker meeting pick something else from our list. 

This is an H & I Conference, that features some significant figures in AA's history, John, Col. Edward Towns (as in Towns Hospital) and Sr. Ignatia in part 1. In part 2 we have AA founder Bill W, Dr. Bradley and Dr. Brightman.

Part 1 of 2

I could not find out too much about the event itself so if you know more about it please reach out.  Email: sobercast@gmail.com

Dan C sober 47 years - The History of the 3 Legacies of AA

Dan C speaking on Founders Day in June 1995 on the history of the three legacies in Oakland CA. He got sober in Oct of 1947. The quality of this recording is very good but it does sound slightly hollow.

Topic: 12 Traditions - AA founder Bill W

AA founder Bill W speaking on the topic of the 12 traditions, this audio is from a film that was intended to be shown in AA meetings, the audio quality is some of the best I have found of Bill W.

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Learn more about the 12 traditions from the AA pamphlet: A.A. Tradition How It Developed by Bill W.

Multiple Speakers: Sue A then John K

Sue A of South Bend speaking at the 3rd Chicago Intergroup convention in March of 1963. She is followed By John K for the balance of the meeting, this is a pretty excellent recording for 1963, it does end a little abruptly.

Workshop: The Twelve Traditions (3 hours)

David A from Dallas TX became sober in 1967 and is conducting this 3 hour long workshop on The Twelve Traditions of AA, in Little Rock AR in 1984 at an unknown event. There is some brief Q&A at the end, you cant hear the questions but the answers make them evident.

 

Dr Bob co-founder of AA speaking about his first 14 years.

Since we had Bill W speaking yesterday it seems appropriate to have Dr Bob the other founder of AA speak today. He is telling his story about his first 14 years in AA, this was recorded in 1949. The end if this speak (about 6 min) is a bit of Dr Bobs last talk in 1950.

There are no where near as many recordings of Dr Bob as there are of Bill W and the ones that are around are generally fairly bad, this one had a nasty hum, but it cleaned up really well and is one of the best I have heard of Dr Bob.