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This is part two of a two part workshop about the Big Book that has a ton of AA history also has a great message of hope and recovery. This was part of the The 50th Anniversary of the Big Book.

Ruth (one of the earliest female members of AA) opens this up talking about getting sober in the very early days of AA spending time with Bill W and how it felt like a secret society

Bob S Jr (Dr. Bobs son) is the next speaker and he is a 20 year member of Al-anon, his wife has been sober for 19 years, he is an active Al-non member and very involved in service. He was there for the first meeting between Bill W and Dr Bob.

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This is part one of a two part workshop about the Big Book that has a ton of AA history also has a great message of hope and recovery.

This was part of the The 50th Anniversary of the Big Book. Jim H is the first speaker, 93 years old at the time of the event and sober since 1934, he was a member of the Oxford group when Bill W arrived looking for a solution.

Searcy, 89 years old is up next, sober since 1946 and 53 years sober at the time of this event was the sponsor of Ebby T, the man Bill W always referred to as his sponsor. (Hear Ebby speak)

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Norma Jean C speaking at the Central Orlando Florida Group in August of 2009.

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Patti O speaking at the 25th Big Island Bash Kailua Kona HI in April of 2013. She has a great sense of humor and carries a great message. We have featured Patti once before you can hear that speak here https://goo.gl/pjL8cE

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This is not an AA meeting so if you need to hear a meeting just now please choose another Sober Cast Episode. For the AA history buffs, this is a phone interview with Henrietta Seiberling the woman that arranged the first meeting between founders Bill W. and Bob S.

I was unable to find any context but it is a 1971 Interview with her son John Seiberling, she passed away in 1979. This picks up having already started and ends abruptly with the phone being hung up mid sentence (I assume accidently).

Wikipedia About Henrietta

Judy R from Norman OK speaking at the Gulf Coast Roundup in Biloxi MS in Jan of 1999.

Dick P speaking at the Erie spring conference in 1987, he was sober 32 years at the time of this speak he got sober in 1940.

Blind Dave A. speaking at the 14th Annual Mouth of the Brazos Conference in Lake Jackson TX in May of 2009.

Elaine S is the speaker and she is telling her story at 10 years sober at the time of this meeting at an unknown location in Oct of 2012.

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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.