E15: The Early History of AA - Ebby Thatcher, Bill W and Dr Bob

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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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🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail John I and I continue the conversation from last week about the history of AA. The theme for these two episodes are the unsung heroes of Alcoholics Anonymous. The talk moves to Ebby Thatcher, who Rowland Hazard helped avoid jail. Through the Oxford Groups, Ebby "found religion," and went to spread the message to those sick and suffering. Ebby shares the concept of God of your understanding, which changed things for Bill. Then, a twist of fate le...

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0:00.0	Welcome to You or Not Alone, a recovery podcast.
0:07.1	My name is Matt Jay, and each week we share our experience, strength, and hope to help the newcomer, the old geyser, everybody in between who's looking to stay sober or get sober.
0:19.9	You can find out more.
0:21.4	Contact the show at our website,
0:23.6	not alone recovery.com.
0:25.2	Now,
0:25.6	we don't speak for any 12-step program.
0:28.7	We do try to remain anonymous.
0:31.7	And I want to welcome you in for part two
0:34.3	of an early history of A.A.
0:38.0	I had John I join us, and we talked and talked and talked.
0:42.2	And this is the part where we start discussing Ebby Thatcher and then how Bill W.
0:50.2	and Dr. Bob met.
0:51.6	This is really high level.
0:54.0	We're just scratching the surface.
0:56.4	But it's important to know how AA came about and also how new AA is in the fact that there
1:04.8	really wasn't much of a treatment program for alcoholics before this happened.
1:10.9	And there is one coincidence after another that should never have happened that caused
1:17.4	A-DAA to come together.
1:19.6	And then at the end, we just digress into talk about how sobriety has improved our life.
1:27.6	So if you're sitting there thinking it's going to be too hard to stop drinking,
1:31.4	talk a lot about why your life will improve if you put that plug in the jug.
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