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Speaker Potluck - I grabbed the files of four random 15 min speakers from the Sunday Night speaker meeting in Seattle, and without listening to them in advance or having no idea the length of sobriety, created this audio. The result is speaker potluck, just like you get at a real meeting, these are all from 2015. (NSFW)

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Polly P from Jacksonville FL is speaking on the topic of Step 2 at the 2013 Jersey Shore Roundup, Polly got sober in 1977.

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Mark H from San Francisco tells his story at the Living Sober Western Roundup in July of 2014, he carries a great message with a powerful amount of humor. (LGBTQ)

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Kelly Jo from Hellertown PA tells her story at this unknown meeting held in June of 2012.

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Paul is the 10 min opening speaker at this meeting, he was sober about 15 months at the time of this speak. He is followed by Kitty who was visiting from NYC speaking for the balance of the meeting. This is a North Oakland Open speaker meeting held in Oakland California and was from June 2015. (NSFW)

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Grace was sober for 41 years at the time of this speak, she is speaking at W.S.S.M. in Portland OR in Feb of 1999.

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Scott S. from Philadelphia PA telling his story in 2011 at an unknown meeting

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Yesterday we touched on a bit of AA history with the topic of the The Four Absolutes, and to follow that this is another topic rarely discussed from the 2012 PT Mens Retreat at Joshua Tree. Ron leads a meeting on the topic of The Sermon On The Mount, a book written by Emmet Fox.

If you are interested in reading Sermon On The Mount, you can pick up a copy here ( https://amzn.to/2SB5cLT )

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This episode of Sober Cast is a bit of AA history, if you need to hear a meeting please pick a different episode, this is more accurately described as a bit of AA spoken history, a 1962 recording of Gene C who was 40 years sober at the time. He is speaking about the topic I dont hear much about anymore, the “Four Absolutes” of Alcoholics Anonymous.

The four absolutes were considered yardsticks in earliest days of the recovery program and come from the Oxford Group. If you would like to learn a bit more about them this is a good starting point (http://silkworth.net/pages/aahistory/fourabsolutes1.php).

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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.