AA History: Bill W and Lois Speaking in 1960

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Bill W one of the founders of AA speaking in California in Jan. 1960 this includes a brief speak by his wife Lois W. This runs 90 min, the first 30 the audio is ok but not great. If you want to skip to about 30 min in the audio is much improved. I cleaned this up quite a bit but at a point its diminishing return. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: sobercast@gmail.com Sober Cast has 3200+ 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 Sobercast, where we provide A.A. Speaker Meetings and workshops in podcast format.
0:12.7	We're an ad-free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting Sobercast.com, look for the link, and drop a dollar or two into our virtual
0:21.7	basket.
0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.7	Have a great day.
0:27.4	It's always a good idea.
0:31.1	Follow the country where we are.
0:34.3	And this is the West Coast, and I think all A-meet meetings open something like this
0:39.6	high folks I suspect that there are some not not knowing us folks too well,
0:56.6	who suppose that alcoholic anonymous is a sort of a modern
1:01.8	and praiseworthy fireproofing against whiskey.
1:09.6	And so,
1:11.0	God, it is, and we have needed that proofing.
1:16.8	But it isn't quite so simple as that.
1:21.1	Under the grace of God, there has been expelled from us an obsession,
1:29.5	a veritable lunacy that has played men and
1:33.4	women for time out of mind
1:35.8	in an unprecedented
1:38.9	wealth.
1:41.0	And we have been liberated from that.
1:43.6	We have been liberated from that, we have been free.
1:47.6	But still, that is not all.
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