This is an oldtimers meeting on Labor Day 2011 at an unknown group event. The oldtimers start at 30 years sober and work thier way up to 56 years sober each speaking for 5 min. There is an occasional popping on this recording, I was unable to remove it and its is mostly at the begining of some of the speaks, it is annoying but infrequent.
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This is an oldtimers meeting on Labor Day 2011 at an unknown group event. The oldtimers start at 30 years sober and work thier way up to 56 years sober each speaking for 5 min.
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Bill S. from Las Vegas, speaking at the XV Beartooth Mountain Conference in Big Timber MT in June of 2007
Four speakers at the Road to Recovery Plymouth UK, Richard B, Kay E, Billy and the main speaker Mickey B
Bob S, sober in 1975 conducts a 2.5 hour workshop on AA History in July of 2014 Bob S.
Aris S, Scotty A. and Steve N conduct a workshop called, Magic & The Power of the 12 Steps at the 42nd. Atlanta Men's Workshop in Rock Eagle Georgia in 2002
Rebecca H speaking in June of 2016 at the Live at Pine Lake Speaker Meeting held every Saturday Night in Seattle
Barry L sober in 1945, speaking about the origin of the 3rd tradition at the 50th World Conference in Montreal in July 1985. He was the first openly gay member of AA.
Tradition 3 - The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Barry passed away 3 weeks after this speak.
Barry is the author of the book Living Sober and was a great friend of Bill W and his wife Lois.
In 1978 Lois gave origional manuscript of the big book to Barry, and in 1979 Barry signed a notarized letter gifting the manuscript to A.A. World Services, in exchange, he asked only to be able to keep it in his possession until his death.
Somewhere between 1979 and Barry's death in 1985, everyone at A.A. World Services apparently forgot about this arrangement. The whereabouts of the manuscript remained unknown until it reappeared at an auction house in 2004, sold by a “Joseph B.” for $1.5 million. It was auctioned again in 2007 to Alabama resident Ken Roberts for $992,000. A few months later, according to court documents, A.A. World Services rediscovered Leach’s notarized letter.
Last month (3/18) the manuscript was once again auctioned off, this time for $2.4 million.
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.
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.