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An AA meeting in a Podcast. Sober Cast is an (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous podcast featuring AA speaker meetings and workshops. This is not a discussion podcast, simply speaker meetings and workshops in a podcast format.
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Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
I have something a little special today, this is the entire Friends In Recovery Roundup that was held in Durbin South Africa about a month ago (April 28-29 2023), this was an in-person and zoom event.
The roundup is presented here in the same order as it was there, featuring eleven speakers from all over the world. I have to admit a bit of bias here, Dante L, the chairperson of the group that hosted the event reached out to me months before it happened and told me the story of the group and I was routing for their success.
Bias aside they did a great job and I really think youll enjoy it, rather than break it up I am uploading it as one podcast. I also want to give a big "well done" to the folks that did the sound recording, impressive. Lastly, Dante kindly provided the description of the event below.
The theme for the Rally was "A Daily Reprieve" and our slogan was "FIRRR Real" (Friends in recovery Roundup Rally). This was the first in person event for FIR and all the speakers are home group members of FIR, we came together to celebrate our 3rd year of existence. The Group was born on zoom during Covid and a lot of the speakers got sober in FIR and on zoom.
Speakers spoke on ESH. What comes through in some of the shares is the support one receives from your homegroup and how FIR got some of the speakers started on their Recovery journey. We included Al-Anon speakers also.
AA Speakers (listed by sobriety date not in the order you'll hear them)
Nina N - Johannesburg SA, Sir David - Austria and Dhiren H - Durban SA (6 to 12 months sober)
Charis B - Illinois USA, Charnette H - Cape Town SA and Vuyo I - Johannesburg SA (1 to 3 years sober)
Lady Gwyneth - George SA, Tina B - Rhode Island USA, Thami M - Johannesburg SA (15 years to 40 years)
Al-Anon Speakers - Nirvasha S - Durban SA and Eddy H - Cape Town SA
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I just added a couple of items to the event list. The Northwest Fellowship of the Spirit Conference in Stanwood Washington toward the end of August. The AA International going on in 2025 up in Vancouver BC, you cant register yet, but heads up if you are thinking of going and you have a DUI in your past, look into being able to get into Canada, follow the links on the event page for more info. I live close to border in Bellingham WA and know folks that have been refused entry, depending on your history getting cleared can be a slow process.
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
Next AA Event: If you are in Florida soon the Way of Life Conference is coming up June 10th at the Marriott Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens. Details: https://scast.us/wol
AA Event List: https://scast.us/events
If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box.
Sober Cast has 2200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
I was looking through the files for an Al-Anon speaker and clicked on this file to gave it a listen and decided to post it, then realized I already had so back for an encore is:
Honey H. from San Francisco is one of the Al-Anon speakers at the LGBTQ Living Sober Roundup in July of 2014, he is also an AA member. Repost from August of 2018.
Check out the event list for new listings, an LGBTQ conference that looks like a lot of fun in West Hollywood on Memorial Day weekend and if you are on the other side of the country I just added the Way of Life Conference happening in June in Palm Beach Gardens Florida. Lastly I got an email from Dante at the Friends in Recovery Roundup down in South Africa and they just added their schedules and zoom info for this free event, you can find that link below and on the FIR website.
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom (Free). See the Sobercast event list for updated info including schedule and zoom access info. https://scast.us/events
AA Event List: https://scast.us/events
If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box.
Sober Cast has 2200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Tim M is a member of AA and Al-Anon and in this podcast he is speaking as a member of Al-Anon at an event held in Jerusalem in 2018. About a week ago I put up the opening speak from this event and had quite a number of folks email asking to hear the entire event, so here it is.
A couple of things to be aware of, the first recording wasn't too bad but the subsequent recordings were really harsh in their tone and had a loud and nasty hiss. I managed to get out the hiss and mellow the harshness quite a bit, but its not perfect. This event had a translator live so occasionally you will hear chatter in the background, that's the translation. Lastly I put a couple of seconds of click track between the sessions so it wouldn't all blend together... overall its quite listenable but fyi.
This is also the first long Al-Anon workshop I have uploaded and Im happy to do more if you like, but I dont have any... so if you do and care to share please visit the Sober Cast website and click the upload a speaker link (its under podcasts). Lastly, There are a number of speaks by Tim on the podcast just search Tim M on your player or our website.
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
AA Event: The 2023 Lake Area Roundup in Lake Charles Louisiana 3/10- 3/11/23. I dont have a ton of info on this one but it does look like you can register at the door, details on their website. https://scast.us/lake
AA Event List: https://scast.us/events
If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box.
Sober Cast has 2100+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Saturday Mar 04, 2023
Saturday Mar 04, 2023
Tim M is a member of AA and Al-Anon and in this podcast he is speaking as a member of Al-Anon at an event held in Jerusalem in 2018. This is the opening speak of 5 he gave over the weekend. If you want to hear the rest please shoot me an email. There are a number of speaks by Tim on the podcast.
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
AA Event List: https://scast.us/events
If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box.
Sober Cast has 2100+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
I was looking for an Al-Anon meeting and came across this meeting from December of 1978, it is an AA speaker and then an Al-Anon speaker recorded somewhere in Portland Oregon. It opens with the AA speaker Elle telling her story, then we have Donna telling her Al-Anon story, it turns out she is a triple hitter being an Al-Anon, AA and NA member!
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
AA Event:
The 30th Annual Aloha Roundup in Honolulu, Hawaii March 3-5 2023 - LGBTQ+ members of AA invite you to join in our island-style recovery event at the Aloha Roundup. All are welcome! E komo mai! Details: https://scast.us/aloha
AA Event List: https://scast.us/events
If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree and click "Submit An AA Event". Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast
Sober Cast has 2100+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Palmer G became a member of Al-Anon in March of 1990 he is from Miami Florida and is telling his story at the Crested Butte Mountain Conference in 2011.
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
If you have an AA roundup, retreat or convention coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree, click "Submit An AA Event" and fill out the short form. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast
Sober Cast has 2100+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Barbara H is an Al-Anon member from Walla Walla Washington, she is telling her story at the Sobriety Under the Sun Convention held in Puerto Vallarta Mexico in 2022. (Contains discussion of sexual assault.)
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
AA Event:
Nanaimo AA Rally: January 27-29 2023. Location: Nanaimo British Columbia Canada Eastern Details: https://www.nanaimoaarally.com
If you have an AA roundup, retreat or convention coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree, click "Submit An AA Event" and fill out the short form. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast
Sober Cast has 2000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Beverly B. from Lewisville TX leading a workshop on Relationships and Self Esteem in Sobriety in Houston TX on an unknown date, this workshop is 4 hours long. This is a repost from Feb of 2018 and was the first Al-Anon meeting I posted.
In case you have been wondering why the run of re-posts, I have made well over 2000 episodes and most podcast players wont go back more than a few hundred, so a very large number of folks have never heard them. A quick FYI you always have access to all the past speakers on the sober cast website.
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
AA EVENT:
Flower City Fellowship Convention: March 3 - 5, 2023 - Location: Rochester, New York. FCFC in Henrietta (Rochester) New York. Speakers, Panels, Play, Music, Banquet. Also Alanon.. Details: https://www.rochesteraa.org/2023-convention-information
If you have an AA roundup, retreat or convention coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree, click "Submit An AA Event" and fill out the short form. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast
Sober Cast has 2000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Keith and Sue D conduct a 3 hour workshop on the topic of relationships, Sue is a member of al-anon and her husband is an AA member. The first hour is Sue telling her story, that is followed by Keith for the next hour and the last hour is the pair of them speaking on various steps, traditions, and topics in relation to relationships. This was recorded at an unknown event and time. Repost from mid 2019
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
If you have an AA roundup, retreat or convention coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree, click "Submit An AA Event" and fill out the short form. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast
Sober Cast has 2000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Larcene G is a long time member of Al-Anon, she is speaking on the topic: The Family Afterwards at the Jersey Shore Roundup held in November of 2013. NSFW
Email: sobercast@gmail.com
Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate
If you have an AA roundup, retreat or convention coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree, click "Submit An AA Event" and fill out the short form. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast
Sober Cast has 2000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com