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Speaker Potluck - I grabbed four random 15 min speakers from the Sunday Night speaker meeting in Seattle. Without listening to them in advance I created this audio. The result is speaker potluck, just like at a real meeting to dont know what you are going to get until you hear it. These are all from 2015. (NSFW)

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I was in a zoom meeting today, the speaker was unable to make it and the secretary suggested a quick group consensus about playing this recording at the meeting thinking it would make a good discussion topic. As it turned out it did. I did notice the part where Barry plays a recording of Bill W speaking on the 3rd tradition was muddy so I went back at it and managed to improve Bills audio quality enough I thought it worth a new upload.

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 (arguably) 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 the original manuscript of the big book to Barry, 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 Barry's notarized letter and tried to legally regain possession, they failed.

In 2018 the manuscript was once again auctioned off, this time for $2.4 million.

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Bob A gives this speak on the topic, Fault Finder at a meeting held in Hollywood Ca in July 1996, he speaks for the bulk of the hour with some Q& A toward the end.

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Carole D is telling her story at the Primary Purpose Group, this meeting was held in May of 2015. I removed the first 30ish seconds of this. Lots of mike bumping was taking place and it was painful to listen to, she begins with "both of them", she is referring to her parents.

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I dont know where this was recorded, it was Feb of 2014 and apparently really nasty weather had the monthly speaker bail, this is the result. The members decided to have 4 homegroup folks go through all 12 steps in an hour.

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Tom I from Southern Pines NC telling his story at the 2011 Woodstock of AA South.

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Bob S, sober in 1975 conducts a 2.5 hour workshop on AA History in July of 2014.

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Hilda F from Studio City CA speaking at the Crested Butte Mountain Conference in 2010 in Mount Crested Butte Colorado.

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Ray O is speaking on the topic of How it Works Our - Primary Purpose, this is part two of two.

Ray became sober in 1965 and is speaking with 30+ yrs sober 1996 in Virginia Beach, he spoke on this topic a number of times over the years.

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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.