
Episodes

Thursday Apr 12, 2018
ESH: Polly P sober in 1977
Thursday Apr 12, 2018
Thursday Apr 12, 2018
Polly P sober in 1977 speaking at the Yosemite Summit conference 2011
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Friday Apr 06, 2018
ESH: Judy P (30 years)
Friday Apr 06, 2018
Friday Apr 06, 2018
Judy P from Ellijay Ga, she got sober in 1972 and is speaking at NCR in 2003 at 30 years sobriety.
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Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Joe and Charlie Big Book Workshop Part 7 of 8 (Repost)
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Joe McQ and Charlie P met in 1973, they instantly discovered their mutual fascinations with AA's basic textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous commonly called "The Big Book". They would frequently meet to discuss The Big Book, often driving 225 miles to meet in each other's homes.
In 1977, some AA members met in a Tulsa, Oklahoma hotel room for a discussion on The Big Book. One member asked Joe and Charlie to come to his home group to present a program on The Big Book. A taping of that presentation was made and called "The Big Book Study". Through the circulation of these audio tapes throughout the Fellowship, Joe and Charlie received invitations to present the Study at AA conventions, roundups and special events.
At the AA International Convention in New Orleans in 1980, Wesley P, organized a lunch for 1,500 AA members from all over the world and gave away 100 Joe & Charlie tape sets as door prizes. Invitations exploded, and within a couple of years Joe & Charlie were presenting about 36 seminars a year worldwide. These seminars struck a deep chord within the AA members. This is a later recording from around 1999 and the audio quality is quite good.
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Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Joe and Charlie Big Book Workshop Part 6 of 8 (Repost)
Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Joe McQ and Charlie P met in 1973, they instantly discovered their mutual fascinations with AA's basic textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous commonly called "The Big Book". They would frequently meet to discuss The Big Book, often driving 225 miles to meet in each other's homes.
In 1977, some AA members met in a Tulsa, Oklahoma hotel room for a discussion on The Big Book. One member asked Joe and Charlie to come to his home group to present a program on The Big Book. A taping of that presentation was made and called "The Big Book Study". Through the circulation of these audio tapes throughout the Fellowship, Joe and Charlie received invitations to present the Study at AA conventions, roundups and special events.
At the AA International Convention in New Orleans in 1980, Wesley P, organized a lunch for 1,500 AA members from all over the world and gave away 100 Joe & Charlie tape sets as door prizes. Invitations exploded, and within a couple of years Joe & Charlie were presenting about 36 seminars a year worldwide. These seminars struck a deep chord within the AA members. This is a later recording from around 1999 and the audio quality is quite good.
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Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Joe and Charlie Big Book Workshop Part 3 of 8 (Repost)
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Joe McQ and Charlie P met in 1973, they instantly discovered their mutual fascinations with AA's basic textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous commonly called "The Big Book". They would frequently meet to discuss The Big Book, often driving 225 miles to meet in each other's homes.
In 1977, some AA members met in a Tulsa, Oklahoma hotel room for a discussion on The Big Book. One member asked Joe and Charlie to come to his home group to present a program on The Big Book. A taping of that presentation was made and called "The Big Book Study". Through the circulation of these audio tapes throughout the Fellowship, Joe and Charlie received invitations to present the Study at AA conventions, roundups and special events.
At the AA International Convention in New Orleans in 1980, Wesley P, organized a lunch for 1,500 AA members from all over the world and gave away 100 Joe & Charlie tape sets as door prizes. Invitations exploded, and within a couple of years Joe & Charlie were presenting about 36 seminars a year worldwide. These seminars struck a deep chord within the AA members. This is a later recording from around 1999 and the audio quality is quite good.
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Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Joe and Charlie Big Book Workshop Part 2 of 8 (Repost)
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Joe McQ and Charlie P met in 1973, they instantly discovered their mutual fascinations with AA's basic textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous commonly called "The Big Book". They would frequently meet to discuss The Big Book, often driving 225 miles to meet in each other's homes.
In 1977, some AA members met in a Tulsa, Oklahoma hotel room for a discussion on The Big Book. One member asked Joe and Charlie to come to his home group to present a program on The Big Book. A taping of that presentation was made and called "The Big Book Study". Through the circulation of these audio tapes throughout the Fellowship, Joe and Charlie received invitations to present the Study at AA conventions, roundups and special events.
At the AA International Convention in New Orleans in 1980, Wesley P, organized a lunch for 1,500 AA members from all over the world and gave away 100 Joe & Charlie tape sets as door prizes. Invitations exploded, and within a couple of years Joe & Charlie were presenting about 36 seminars a year worldwide. These seminars struck a deep chord within the AA members. This is a later recording from around 1999 and the audio quality is quite good.
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Saturday Mar 24, 2018
Dick A from Atlanta sober in 1977 speaking in 2015
Saturday Mar 24, 2018
Saturday Mar 24, 2018
Dick A from Atlanta, GA speaking at the 55th Tri-State Convention in Owensboro KY in Nov 2015
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Friday Mar 23, 2018
AA History: How We Got the Big Book (repost)
Friday Mar 23, 2018
Friday Mar 23, 2018
David A sober in 1967 speaking on the topic of - How We Got the Big Book - in Sanford FL in 1997.
Repost from 11/6... I have reposted this previously and Im doing it again, this is one of my favorite speaks about the creation of the big book & you will most likely see it posted again in a few months :)
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Friday Mar 16, 2018
Workshop: Emotional Sobriety
Friday Mar 16, 2018
Friday Mar 16, 2018
Polly P conducting a workshop on emotional sobriety in 2006 she got sober in 1977. This workshop is just under 2 hours long.
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Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Ebby: The man Bill W referred to as his sponsor
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Ebby T was an old drinking friend of Bill W and later his sponsor in AA. He is credited with introducing Bill to the initial principles that AA would soon develop, such as one alcoholic talking to another.
If you would like to learn more about Ebby there is a very good book about him "Ebby: The Man Who Sponsored Bill W."
He sparked the creation of AA but was unable to maintain long term sobriety. Bill always called Ebby his "sponsor," and even though he had returned to drinking, Bill looked after his friend's welfare for the rest of his life. Ebby struggled on and off with sobriety over the years, and ultimately died sober in 1966.
This is the best quality recording I have found of Ebby, he is speaking in 1958 in Memphis TN. http://amzn.to/2FDjK9r
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