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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.

Bill W speaks about the Big Book

Bill W one of the co-founders of AA speaks about the Big Book. This consists of two seperate speaks, the first is at the 30th anniversary founders day in Acron.

The second speak may be from the same event but there is no way to know, the introduction of Bill the 2nd time does mention the 30th anniversary.

James Houck sober 60 years as a member of the Oxford group

James Houck is the speaker, at the time of this recording in 1996 he had been sober 60 years, getting sober in 1934. He is not a member of AA but is a member of the Oxford group. He is speaking as a guest of AA at this particular meeting, and presents a very interesting perspective on the early days and formation of AA.

ESH: Addie H from Sacramento CA -- Sober Cast Episode 500

Addie H from Sacramento CA speaking at the 21st Unity Day in Ripon CA in 1998, she grew up around very early AA and has a really interesting perspective on AA history. We featured her speaking once before Here.

This is the 500th episode your anonymous podcaster has created and uploaded and I wanted to take a moment to thank our listeners. Sober Cast was started only 14 months ago and to date you have listened to or downloaded Sober Cast over 1.5 Million times. Currently we average 8,000 downloads every day and it continues to increase. Thank you and keep coming back!

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Topic: Sex - Relationships and The Traditions

June G. from Los Angeles CA speaking on the topic of Sex, Relationships and The Traditions at the Flint River Roundup in Albany GA 2009.