Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

ESH: Speaker Potluck

With Speaker Potluck, just like in a real meeting you dont know what you are going to hear, till you do. I grabbed four 15min speakers without listening to them in advance, then created the audio. You get what you get, enjoy.

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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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ESH: Toby T - 8 Years

Toby T tells his story at the Anniversary of the 164th Speaks Meeting, the same meeting he got sober at eight years earlier.

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ESH: Sandy V

Sandy V sober in 2003 tells her story at the Primary Purpose Group in June of 2017.

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ESH: Don C (Native American)

Don C from Colorado Springs CO tells his story at the 15th Annual Sioux Empire Roundup held in in Sioux Falls SD in March of 2004 (Native American)

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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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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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Multiple Speakers: Megan and Patrick (NSFW)

Megan has a bit over a year and she is the opening 10 min speaker telling her story, she is followed by Patrick as the main speaker for the balance of the time at this meeting of  the North Oakland AA Open speaker meeting held in Oakland California in August of 2016. NSFW

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ESH: June G sober in 1972 speaking in 2003

June G from Los Angeles CA speaking at the 2nd Annual Young at Heart Roundup held in Tampa Florida in May of 2003, she got sober in June of 1972.

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ESH: Krystal L - 4 Years

Krystal L tells her story at the Primary Purpose Group in March of 2016.

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