E112: Pt 2 of 2 - The Story of Writing the Big Book Is More Amazing Than You Ever Knew With Bill Schaberg, Author of Writing the Big Book

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

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🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Bill Schaberg has arguably written the definitive history of how the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous was written. Bill produced “Writing The Big Book,” and his wife calls it, “the other big book,” because it’s 650 pages, before the appendixes. Bill completed the book after 7 years of research from the source material. Bill is a rare book collector and seller and it all started with his purchase of Jim Burwell’s copy of the multilith copy of the original Big...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:01.9	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.2	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:05.8	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:10.4	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has-to-face day-to-day.
0:15.6	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:17.3	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:21.6	You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:24.6	Bill Sheaberg is the author of the book, writing the big book.
0:27.6	It took Bill Sheaberg seven years to research and write the book, and arguably, it's the most complete history of the process of writing the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous
0:39.6	and the early history of AA. We're talking 1937, 1938, 1939, and it is an absolute honor
0:48.1	to have Bill Schaberg on our podcast. We talked to Bill this week about what really happened
0:54.0	at the kitchen table when
0:55.8	Ebby Thatcher visited Bill Wilson as told in Bill's story. The problem Bill Schaberg sees in
1:01.7	most AA history, the multiple stories Bill Wilson told over time on how the steps were written
1:08.0	and how they conflict over time, the urban legends around the authorship of two wives,
1:13.7	and even more on Hank Parkhurst,
1:16.1	arguably the most important person in the writing of the big book
1:19.5	besides Bill Wilson.
1:21.9	Here's part two of our interview with Bill Schaberg.
1:25.4	His message works.
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