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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 Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Sandy V sober in 2003 tells her story at the Primary Purpose Group in June of 2017. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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) Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Six speakers sharing on the topic of Being Rocketed into 4th Dimension, 5 of the speakers are AA and one is Al-Anon. This event was the 4th. Dimension Convention held in McComb Mississippi in 2011. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is a two part workshop led by Chris S from Bridgewater NJ speaking at the Friday Night Recovery Workshop held in London in February of 2021 over 2 different meetings. Part one is "Mind" and part two is "Spirit" they are combined into one podcast. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Franklin W got sober in October of 1956, he is from Olive Branch Mississippi, (his nickname is the pope of AA). he speaking on the 47th Founders Day in Akron Ohio in 1982. The brief opening remarks are by Lois W, Dr Bobs wife Annie was also at the event but does not speak. Really great quality recording for 1982. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

The Joe and Charlie Big Book workshops have been popular for many years and it was one of my first posts.  I went looking for the latest version I could find and came across this one from 2013, it has great audio quality and I have combined all the files into one 12 hour workshop.  A little background on the workshops: 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. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Barbara A from Atlanta Georgia  Al-Anon sharing on the topic of Family Forgiveness at the 1st  Annual Jersey Shore Roundup held in New Jersey in 2011. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Today we have multiple speakers on the topic of - The Beginning of a Lifetime Practice, this was recorded at the 2015 Alcoholics Anonymous South Africa National Convention. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is a topic meeting on the subject of - Most Of Us Were Unwilling - from a Young Peoples roundup that was held in 1978 in Vancouver Washington at an event called CRYPR. I couldnt find out much more about it, it had a nasty buzz I was able to remove, for such an old recording it is very listenable. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Donna J leads this meeting of the Bronx Big Book Study Friday Night Workshop Series on the topic of, Lack of Power That Was Our Dilemma. This was from October of 2021 and the Q& A mentioned at the end was not included with the recording. Zoom Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3000+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com