AA History: An interview with Lois W - wife of Bill W and co-founder of Al-anon (3+ hours)

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This episode of Sober Cast is not an AA speaker, if you need to hear a meeting please pick a different episode, this is a bit of AA history.

The June 24th episode of Sober Cast was Bill B telling his story, he was the author of the screenplay for the 1989 movie My Name is Bill W., as the author of the screenplay he spent considerable time interviewing Lois W. the wife of Bill W.

In this Sober Cast episode I have edited together the three hours of interviews that he did with Lois regarding her life with Bill and the formation AA. It is a really excellent quality recording of Lois speaking in great detail about her life before and after Bill got sober and became the co-founder of AA.

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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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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.

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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.

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