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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.

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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.

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.