Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Barry L sober in 1945 speaking about the origin of the 3rd tradition (LGBTQ)

I was in a zoom meeting today, the speaker was unable to make it and the secretary suggested a quick group consensus about playing this recording at the meeting thinking it would make a good discussion topic. As it turned out it did. I did notice the part where Barry plays a recording of Bill W speaking on the 3rd tradition was muddy so I went back at it and managed to improve Bills audio quality enough I thought it worth a new upload.

Barry L sober in 1945, speaking about the origin of the 3rd tradition at the 50th World Conference in Montreal in July 1985. He was (arguably) the first openly gay member of AA. 

Tradition 3 - The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Barry passed away 3 weeks after this speak.

Barry is the author of the book Living Sober and was a great friend of Bill W and his wife Lois.

In 1978 Lois gave the original manuscript of the big book to Barry, and in 1979 Barry signed a notarized letter gifting the manuscript to A.A. World Services. In exchange, he asked only to be able to keep it in his possession until his death.

Somewhere between 1979 and Barry's death in 1985, everyone at A.A. World Services apparently forgot about this arrangement. The whereabouts of the manuscript remained unknown until it reappeared at an auction house in 2004, sold by a “Joseph B.” for $1.5 million. It was auctioned again in 2007 to Alabama resident Ken Roberts for $992,000.  A few months later, according to court documents, A.A. World Services rediscovered Barry's notarized letter and tried to legally regain possession, they failed.

In 2018 the manuscript was once again auctioned off, this time for $2.4 million.

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Topic: Bob A - Fault Finder

Bob A gives this speak on the topic, Fault Finder at a meeting held in Hollywood Ca in July 1996, he speaks for the bulk of the hour with some Q& A toward the end.

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Topic: 4 Speakers - 12 Steps - 60 Minutes!

I dont know where this was recorded, it was Feb of 2014 and apparently really nasty weather had the monthly speaker bail, this is the result. The members decided to have 4 homegroup folks go through all 12 steps in an hour. 

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Workshop: AA History (2.5hrs)

Bob S, sober in 1975 conducts a 2.5 hour workshop on AA History in July of 2014.

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Topic: How it Works - Our Primary Purpose (2 of 2)

Ray O is speaking on the topic of How it Works Our - Primary Purpose, this is part two of two.

Ray became sober in 1965 and is speaking with 30+ yrs sober 1996 in Virginia Beach, he spoke on this topic a number of times over the years.

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Topic: How it Works - Our Primary Purpose (1 of 2)

Ray O is speaking on the topic of How it Works Our - Primary Purpose, this is part one of two, he starts out with a bit of AA history before moving onto the main topic.

Ray became sober in 1965 and is speaking with 30+ yrs sober 1996 in Virginia Beach, he spoke on this topic a number of times over the years.

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Topic: 4th Step - Theater of the Lie

Mark H and Joe H do a 4th step exercise called "Theater of the Lie" where they shine some light on the thoughts that go on inside our heads. This was recorded in 2001 at an unknown event.

This ends a little abruptly, I have another version of this from a few years earlier but the sound quality is very poor compared to, so I went with an abrupt ending.

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Topic: Clean House

Sarah L. from New York speaking on the topic of Clean House at the Westfield Big Book Workshop of the Spiritual Awakenings Group in Westfield, NJ - January 29th 2012.

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Topic: Facing Indecision - YPAA

The full title of this topic meeting is - Facing Indecision: Ask God Then Relax and Take It Easy. From the July 2016 AusYPAA roundup in Beenleigh Queensland Australia. FYI, there was a speak in the middle of this recording that for whatever reason was almost impossible to hear so I removed it.

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Topic: The Doctors Opinion - Am I a Real Alcoholic?

Jule L & Mike B share on the topic, The Doctors Opinion Am I a Real Alcoholic at the 42nd Atlanta Mens Workshop at Rock Eagle Georgia in 2002.

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