E106: How Joe And Charlie Enhanced Our Sobriety

Sober Friends

Matt J

12 Steps, Spirituality, Personal Journals, Mental Health, Sober, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, Alcohol Free, Sober Curious, Alcoholics Anonymous, Dry January, Society & Culture, Sobriety

4.3 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Joe and Charlie were actually three men who travelled the country providing Big Book Seminars. Joe McQCharlie PJoe McCJoe and Charlie were big book enthusiasts who studied the book Alcoholics Anonymous. They were fascinated with how the book was constructed and went on to give seminars on the meaning behind the book. Though Joe, Charlie and Joe have all passed, their work lives on in tapes, CDs and digital media. At the beginning of each year, many alcoholics mee...

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0:00.0	And I think one of the first persons that he used was this little doctor called Dr. Silkworth.
0:06.0	When Dr. Silkworth was in medical school, he became very interested in we alcoholics.
0:12.0	But when he got out of medical school, he learned like most doctors did, it was very difficult to make a living working with alcoholics. Most doctors do not like to work with
0:23.6	alcoholics. They said then and they say today that an alcoholic will not tell you the truth.
0:30.6	That's certainly true, isn't it? And they said they will not do what we tell them to do.
0:36.6	And that's certainly true, isn't it?
0:39.7	But they said the main reason we don't want to work with them is they won't pay their bills.
0:46.7	I'm Matt.
0:47.7	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:48.7	Hey, I'm John.
0:49.9	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:52.6	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:57.1	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day.
1:02.3	Now we overcame those struggles.
1:04.1	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
1:08.0	You're not alone.
1:09.1	This is the Sober Friends podcast. We're going to talk
1:11.8	tonight about Joe and Charlie and how Joe and Charlie has enhanced our sobriety and how it could do
1:19.0	the same thing for you. But first, I have a favor to ask. I would love for you to go check out
1:24.0	our new website, SoberFriendspod.com, same great name, much faster website,
1:29.6	streamlined, and I need you to do me a favor so that we can keep in contact with you and let
1:34.3	you know all the good stuff we're doing. We have a mailing list now. Go ahead, put your name in,
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