Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Topic: AA Traditions

John C from Los Gatos CA. speaking about the traditions of AA at an unknown meeting in 1991.

Oldtimers Panel at the 2010 National Archives Workshop

Mel sober in 1948, Tom G sober in 1971 and then Bill B sober in 1962, all speaking as part of the Oldtimers Panel at the 14th. Annual National Archives Workshop in Macon GA. in Sept of 2010.

Searcy W an early AA member got sober in May 1946

It is difficult to find recordings of very early members of AA, that are good enough to actually use, we got lucky with this one of Searcy W an early member of AA sober in May 1946. He is speaking in Minneapolis in June of 2000, he is a funny guy and I really enjoyed the bits of AA history he mentions during his speak.

Topic: AA History

Ray O speaking for a bit over 90 min on the topic of AA History speaking in Vermont in 1998 at an unknown event.

Big Book Study: History of the Big Book (Part 1 of 15)

This is part one of a 15 episode in-depth big book study that took place in 2009.

Part one is about the history of the Big Book and is presented by Chris S.

Workshop: The 12 Traditions of AA

Sober since 1970, Cliff R conducts a workshop about the 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous at an unknown event.

Sober Cast is now available on spotify

Cliff W: Co-founder first AA group on West Coast. Sober in 1941

Cliff W got sober in 1941 and was sober 26 years at the time of this recording in Feb. of 1967. Cliff was the co-founder first AA group on West Coast. The quality of this recording is really excellent for 1967

 

AA History: A presentation by the executive director of Stepping Stones about Bill & Lois

This audio is no longer available, it was removed  at the request of Stepping Stones.

An excellent presentation by the executive director of Stepping Stones about Bill & Lois and the AA Way of Life, at the 1st Annual Jersey Shore Roundup, NJ. Recordings of both Bill and Lois are part of the presentation and there is about 2 min of Bill playing his violin.

Stepping Stones foundation was founded by Lois as a way to pass on their home and its contents to the future, it has been a historic landmark since 2012. http://www.steppingstones.org

Bill W. speaking about the history of AA (Part 2 of 2)

Let me say up front, the quality of this recording is poor and because of that this recording is not for everyone, it is for the AA history buffs among you willing to listen through the quality issues.  

This is Bill W. speaking about the history of AA in St.Louis MO. July of 1955.

I was able to get most of the (very bad) background hissing out, there is still some hollowness and a slight echo at times. Considering the starting quality it is listenable, at parts it is difficult to hear what is being said. 

Part 2 of 2

Bill W. speaking about the history of AA (Part 1 of 2)

Let me say up front, the quality of this recording is poor and because of that this recording is not for everyone, it is for the AA history buffs among you willing to listen through the quality issues.  

This is Bill W. speaking about the history of AA in St.Louis MO. July of 1955.

I was able to get most of the (very bad) background hissing out, there is still some hollowness and a slight echo at times. Considering the starting quality it is listenable, at parts it is difficult to hear what is being said. 

Part 1 of 2