AA History: A timeline history of AA

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🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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I thought this was an interesting idea for meeting at an AA convention, it is a timeline history of AA presented by AA historian Arthur S at the 2011 Texas State AA Convention. Repost from summer of 2019 Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Next Event: AALA Roundup - lgbtQIA+ at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, May 26-28. With the theme of “Don’t take yourself too damn seriously” the AALA Roundup is the perfect opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and journey towards a fulfilling sober life. https://scast.us/aala AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box. Sober Cast has 2200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops and podcast
0:11.8	format.
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0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.
0:27.6	Thank you Steve.
0:28.6	My name is Arthur and I am a member of Uncle Alex Anonymous.
0:32.3	I got to apologize a little bit.
0:33.6	I didn't know there was going to be readings at the beginning of this so I brought down
0:36.8	the one hour version instead of the 50 minute version so I'm going to try to go along with
0:41.4	a very brisk pace and I'll forewarn anybody going out for coffee into the restrooms.
0:47.0	You might miss a couple of decades in your absence.
0:52.2	Welcome everyone and thank you for the opportunity to make this history presentation.
0:56.1	It's going to be a timeline history of AA with extra emphasis on the history of the
1:00.9	big book.
1:01.9	AA co-founder Bill W. who published in July 1953 great fine article titled the fragment
1:08.9	of history describing the origin of the 12 steps.
1:12.7	Bill identified the three main channels of inspiration for the 12 steps as Dr. William
1:17.6	D. Silkworth, William James and the Oxford Group.
1:22.5	The William D. Silkworth who Bill finally called the little doctor who loved Drunks is
1:27.0	central to the big book chapter of the doctor's opinion.
1:30.4	He was the medical director of town's hospital in 1934 when Bill W. sobered up there after
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