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Step 1 is the topic of this panel meeting at The Fellowship of the Spirit conference that was held in Utah in 2011. This meeting has two AA, then an Al-anon as 10-15 min opening speakers at the start followed by comments and questions from the audience.

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Mari G. from Ontario Canada became sober in Aug of 1984, she is telling her story at the 2018 Sobriety Under the Sun Convention held in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Mari was originally from Scotland and we have featured her once before on the podcast in Dec of 2018.

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Chris P from London speaking at the Road to Recovery Group in Plymouth UK in May of 2012.

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What happened - What its like

Arielle MC from Oakland CA, an 11 year member of Al-anon is the Al-anon speaker at the Western Living Sober (LGBTQ) Roundup in San Francisco in 2014

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Brian is the 10 min opening speaker at this North Oakland Open speaker meeting that took place in Sept of 2018. He is followed by Victoria who is just under 3 years sober as the main speaker.

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Larry J from Chula Vista CA tells his story at an unknown meeting in December of 2018

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Dan C became sober in October of 1947, he is speaking in 1989 at the 42nd Spring Conference in Fresno CA.

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Holly M from Ft. Worth TX got sober in sober in 1954, this speak is from 1979 at an unknown AA convention.

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David A sober in 1967 speaking on the topic of - How We Got the Big Book - in Sanford FL in 1997. (Repost)

I have reposted this previously, this is one of my favorite speaks about the creation of the big book & you will most likely see it posted again. If you are even slightly interested in some AA history I think its is totally worth a listen!

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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.