Al-Anon: Lois W. (Founder)

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🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Lois W the founder of Al-Anon is speaking at an unknown event and at an unknown time. She tells a bit of Bills story and speaks of the founding of Al-Anon and of AA. This is a really good quality recording made as best I can narrow down sometime around 1982. Please take our 2 question survey, help us serve you better! (Ends Today) Survey: http://cduck.us/sobercast Email: [email protected] Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate We have added a page of meetings that have moved online https://sobercast.com/online-meetings Sober Cast has 1600+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search.

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0:28.3	Hi, my name is Esther I am from the Central West Virginia Allenon Group in
0:32.9	Quarsburg West Virginia.
0:34.3	In October 1969 my husband and I had the occasion to attend Bill Wilson's last
0:42.7	anniversary dinner and when during that weekend we were in the coffee shop at a
0:47.7	hotel and we all swapped in and I told my husband I said there's volos. He said
0:53.7	are you sure? I said yes that's volos and he went over to her and he said did
1:00.0	I see you in Toronto in 65 and with that twinkle in her eye that only volos can get she's
1:06.5	all probably dead and he said go then straighten my wife out and she said I don't
1:12.2	suppose there's anything wrong with you and he came back to the table with a
1:18.6	most of dude look on his face that I've ever seen.
1:22.7	Now I think that was the first time anyone had ever said that to him but I
1:25.8	guarantee you it hasn't been the last and I fell in love with this lady. I was
1:31.3	new in the Allenon program and I thought this is my kind of people so this morning
1:37.4	it is with very deep gratitude to the Allenon Fellowship but the change it has
1:42.7	created in my life that I want to welcome volos to West Virginia and the
1:48.7	38th southeastern conference and introduce you to volos.w.
2:03.7	Good morning everybody. It is certainly great to be here with you all.
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