Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Topic: AA founder Bill W speaking on each of the 12 traditions

This is AA founder Bill W speaking on each of the 12 traditions one at a time. I had posted a version of this in 2019, and recently came across this recording of the same speak with much better audio quality. That being said it took quite a while to get it cleaned up and it was missing the last 4 min. so I added the missing part from another version. 

The quality is excellent except for the very end, this audio is from a film that was intended to be shown in AA meetings. I dont know exactly when it was made but it was after Dr Bob's death.

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Topic: The Nuts and Bolts of Sponsorship NSFW

A while back I ran a three part 17 hour workshop on how to sponsor featuring Tim M leading a workshop that took place over about 6 months. This speak is Tim on the topic of: The Nuts and Bolts of Sponsorship, is a VERY abbreviated version of that. There is some Q & A at the end, and I dont have a where and when for this one, but I would guess fairly resent. NSFW

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Workshop: Step 4 - Sex Inventory

This is a 4th Step Workshop held in Mankato Minnesota in 2008 hosted by an unknown group, this part of the workshop focuses specifically on the sex conduct portion. This was a very straightforward presentation going through the topic with a sentence by sentence breakdown from the big book with a solid lack of opinion by the two guys that hosted it. If anyone out there has a workshop on this topic presented by women I would love to post that, please email me.

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ESH: Michelle A

Michelle A is from San Diego California, she is both an AA member and an Al-Anon member, she is telling her story at an unknown AA meeting somewhere in Southern California in 2017.

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Workshop: Step 4 - All 5 Parts (4.75 hrs)

Rick and Bob are the workshop leads, it was held in Mankato Minnesota in 2008, I dont have any other information about this workshop.

The audio quality is good but there is some mike noise as each section starts, it doesnt last more than 45 seconds or so. There are some audibility issues as they do Q & A throughout the sessions but the answers make the inaudible questions fairly clear and lastly, I put a brief click track between parts.

Part 1: Introduction & Step Three

Part 2: Resentments (Previously posted, approx. 57 min long if you want to jump ahead)

Part 3: Personal Stories & Resentments Recap.

Part 4: Questions & Fear Inventory

Part 5: Sex Conduct

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Topic: A Design for Living (NSFW)

Scott R is a well known speaker in AA, he is participating in an event called Bob's Retreat and sharing on the topic of "A Design for Living" in October of 2007. I know nothing else about this event. NSFW

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Father Joe M - The Famous Chalk Talk

This one was a bit of a bear, it is a pretty well known speak called "The Chalk Talk" it was presented many times by Father Joe and there are many versions of it around. The hard part was finding one that didnt have truly awful sound. I spent well over an hour working on this audio and I think it is quite listenable now.

Father Joe got sober in 1958 at The Guest House, it was founded and operated by Austin R, who came across a copy of the Saturday Evening Post article on Alcoholics Anonymous. As a result of the article Austin R began his journey of recovery through AA, eventually opening The Guest House. Father Joe met Austin on his first day at The Guest House, he also was introduced to Dr. Walter G, himself a recovering alcoholic. Dr. G was the first to talk about the intellect and the emotion and how drugs and alcohol cause the emotions to over-rule the intellect.

Father Joe deeply admired Austin and was so impressed with Dr. G's lectures, that he saved his notes and 14 years later would use them as the source of his "Chalk Talks". The occasional clicking you hear in this speak are the source of the name, as Father Joe is writing on the chalk board. No clue where or when this particular one was recorded.

Im not sure why it took me so long to post anything by Father Joe, but I have well over 50 speaks by him, email me if you are interested in hearing more from him.

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Topic: Redemption - Yisrael C (40 years)

Yisrael C is the speaker at this Zoom meeting based in London England, he is 40 years sober and lives in Jerusalem.  The submitter described this as a "Really honest and humble talk on the topic of Redemption" and I dont disagree.

This was a listener submission, it was recorded on January 2nd 2021 at an unknown meeting.

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Bill W telling his story and how it led to the creation of AA

AA founder Bill W speaking at an unknown event in Des Moines Iowa in Nov of 1948. Many of the recordings of Bill are him speaking on a specific topic, this one is not, he simply tells his story and how it leads to the creation of AA. This is a great quality recording for 1948.

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Topic: Working with Others - Tom I (44 Years)

Tom I got sober in 1957 and leads this meeting from 2001 on the topic of Working With Others. I have no idea where event this was recorded, or what the event was. I really enjoy listening to this guy.

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