Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

This is part two of a two part workshop about the Big Book that has a ton of AA history also has a great message of hope and recovery. This was part of the The 50th Anniversary of the Big Book.

Ruth (one of the earliest female members of AA) opens this up talking about getting sober in the very early days of AA spending time with Bill W and how it felt like a secret society.

Bob S Jr (Dr. Bobs son) is the next speaker and he is a 20 year member of Al-anon, his wife has been sober for 19 years, he is an active Al-non member and very involved in service. He was there for the first meeting between Bill W and Dr Bob.

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This is part one of a two part workshop about the Big Book that has a ton of AA history also has a great message of hope and recovery.

This was part of the The 50th Anniversary of the Big Book. Jim H is the first speaker, 93 years old at the time of the event and sober since 1934, he was a member of the Oxford group when Bill W arrived looking for a solution.

Searcy, 89 years old is up next, sober since 1946 and 53 years sober at the time of this event was the sponsor of Ebby T, the man Bill W always referred to as his sponsor. (Hear Ebby speak) 

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Cass V. gets into the book while speaking at, A Woman's Perspective held in Bernardsville NJ in 2004 by the Spiritual Awakenings Group

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.

 

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.

This is a 4 part step workshop conducted at the group level. In part 4 the meeting opens with a speaker sharing her story for the first 20 min. Then we move into step 11 with the second speaker and the third speaker wraps it up with the 12th step.

Part 4 of 4

This is a 4 part step workshop conducted at the group level. In part three Steps 6 and 7 are covered by the first speaker, the second speaker is covering the 8th & 9th step and wrapping it up the third speaker takes on step 10

Part 3 of 4

This is a 4 part step workshop conducted at the group level. Part two covers Steps 4 and 5 each is presented by a different speaker. Then Tim H tells a brief version of his story.

Part 2 of 4

This is a 4 part step workshop conducted at the group level. Part one covers The Doctors Opinion and then moves on to Steps 1, 2 and 3 each is presented by a different speaker.

Part 1 of 4

Russell S. speaking on the topic of Step 1 at the 12 Step Series at the 101 Club in Pompano FL in 2008. This ends abruptly.