Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

This one is not really a speaker meeting, this is a recording from 1978 of Ruth Hock, AAs 1st secretary talking about Bill W and the early history of AA and the creation of the Big Book.

I highly recommend if you are a bit of an AA history geek, and even if you are not.

There is a Q and A at the end, you cant hear the questions but most are repeated back,fyi... this ends a little abruptly when the meeting leader is calling on her sponsor Cliff. Recorded in Glendale AZ 3-12-78.

Bill W speaking on the history of the Big Book in 1953. This was a very poor recording to start with, it had a really nasty hum & I was able to get out most of the background noise. Bill's voice is much clearer (a bit sharp) however the filtering I had to do makes the laughter from the audience sound a bit strange but listenable.

AA Beginners Class: Mike takes a group all the way through the steps over a period of four weeks.

Based on AA beginners classes popular in the 1940s that were conducted by different groups of AA. I was a little fascinated by this bit of AA history I knew nothing about. I did a little research and have reprinted a lengthy article about the beginner classes on the SoberCast.com website.

There are a number of questions asked during the workshop that are impossible to hear, but the answers make most of the questions fairly clear. Recorded in 2009, this workshop is 4 hrs long and the audio file is 110 megs.

Katie P speaking at the London Ontario Big Book Group in 2010

Joyce speaking at A Women's Perspective in Bernardsville, NJ 2004 on the chapter in the big book: To Wives

This ends a little abruptly.

Jim P. presenting a step four workshop out of the big book in 2013, this is a very interesting format, it is Jim working with just four people in an informal setting where questions were asked and discussion had along the way. 2.25 hrs.

The book Alcoholics Anonymous in audio format, this begins with the Dr.'s Opinion (no preface or forward) then to the chapters and ends after the first 3 appendix. (6 hours)

If you are watching bandwidth use wifi this file is 110 megs.

Charlie & Katie P, going through the steps at Wilson House over a weekend (Feb. 2011).

Each tells a bit of thier story to start, then the steps one at a time in depth.

This workshop is 9.5 hours long and the file is 175 megs. if you are watching your bandwidth download on wifi.

Mark R. taking a group of folks through the big book at Step It Up in Montgomery AL, 2014.

This workshop is 7 hours long and in a single file, you might want to download on wifi.

 

 

Katie P, a solid message about self and the steps, she has a great sence of humor.

Plan B, the show didnt come off very well, but still... let me run that show!