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This is part 1 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Nikoleta D. from Summit New Jersey starts us out speaking about Step 1. This is the 2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges, NJ.

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April S from the Primary Purpose Group is telling her story in April of 2021.

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Eli W had been sober 10 years at the time he told his story at this Young Peoples ASCYPAA conference held in 2010 in Flagstaff Arizona.

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Tom is speaking in Madison Va. on the topic, Our Problems were of our own making. Recorded in April of 2010 at an unknown meeting

A while back an AA member (Kent) reached out to me regarding a collection of recordings by Tom I.

Tom was sober over 65 years at the time of his passing in 2022. Tom has long been a highly regarded speaker in AA. The podcast will be featuring a "Tom Tuesday" until we run through his library.

Tom I became sober at the age of 28, attending an AA meeting in a maximum-security prison. He had been sentenced there after he killed two teenagers during a blackout. Upon his release he dedicated his life to carrying the message of recovery to other inmates. He was the first former prisoner hired to work within the prison system. His journey eventually took him from prisoner to warden.

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Michael S from the Czech Republic is the main speaker on the topic of Life with Service at this panel meeting, held at EURYPAA: The All-Europe Conference of Young People in AA hosted in Copenhagen in 2012.

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Ester E started AA in Texas in 1943, her story was in the 2nd edition of the Big Book titled Flower of the South. She got sober in 1941 and passed away in 1960. I have no idea where or when this was recorded.

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Grady OH tells her story at the Intergroup Speaker Meeting held in Fresno California sometime in 1979. Grady has long been one of those speakers I always enjoy and there are a few more speaks by her on the podcast if you would like to hear more from her. Really good quality recording for 1979.

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Leslie J a very funny guy that carries a great message about learning to live the steps. "Is he gay or just european?" LGBTQ

I heard Leslie speak at a conference up in Canada years ago and I have never laughed so hard in a speaker meeting. Sadly this is one of only a couple of speaks I have ever been able to find of his. If any of you have others you would be willing to share please email me.

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I thought this was an interesting idea for a meeting: Three Fellowships - First we have Lucy from Alateen followed by Steve from Alanon and then Bud M (sober in 1983) from AA. I dont know a lot about this meeting other than it was recorded sometime in June of 2011, somewhere in the UK.

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Joe & Charlie: The Big Book Comes Alive

This is a transcript of a Big Book workshop that Joe and Charlie have done around the world.

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The Joe & Charlie Journey to Recovery in "THE BIG BOOK COMES ALIVE" is a book that you'll want to read for your own recovery as well as get one for your friends too.

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Ebby: The Man Who Sponsored Bill W.

This is book is both a fascinating history of the formative years of AA, as well as the bitter-sweet tale of the troubled man Bill W. always referred to as "my sponsor."

Available in paperback & for kindle

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The Little Red Book

In 1942, Ed W. began teaching the “Twelve Step Study” classes that helped the Minneapolis Group achieve their 75% recovery rate. Then in 1946, he and Barry C. (The first sober A.A. in the state) published the lectures used for these classes as a book. Initially titled The Twelve Steps, it was affectionately nicknamed “The little red book.”

Back in print for the first time in more than 65 years, the original 1946 edition reveals firsthand how some of A.A.’s earliest members made the program their way of life. Everyone from newcomers to oldtimers will find a wealth of practical experience in this comprehensive guide to the Twelve Steps.

The Study Edition of The Big Book

I have one of these and it is one of my favorite items, a really excellent and useful for book study meetings or as a gift to a newcomer who is going to be heading to one.

The First 164 pages of The Big Book with lined blank pages opposite each page of text for note taking.

Includes the original Foreword
The Doctor's Opinion
Dr. Bob's Story.
Bound in black bonded leather.

Paragraph numbers along side the text for easy reference. Entire Original Manuscript (about) including the stories. Easy to read retyped version. Includes paragraph numbers corresponding to the modern text for easy comparison.

Footnotes explaining historical and obscure references in the text.

Footnotes documenting all 79 differences between the modern text and the original 1st printing text of the 1st 164 pages (about). Yes, believe it or not, the basic text has been changed 79 times since it was first published.

Two place keeping ribbons. Special "lay flat" binding.