E9: Who Were Joe and Charlie?

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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

4.3 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail It's not uncommon for alcoholics in recovery to gather at someone's home after the first of the year to start their Joe and Charlie meetings. But what exactly are Joe and Charlie and why do some people in recovery do these workshops. John I joins the program to talk about Joe and Charlie and the other Joe. It's a history of the big book and AA and we've dropped some of the best of Joe and Charlie in the episode. Find us online at notalonerecovery.com Find u...

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0:00.0	You can find us online the podcast, You Are Not Alone at Not Alone Recovery.com and building out the website.
0:07.3	And there are going to be resources on there for the new person and links to other resources like other podcasts, which are really great.
0:13.9	You can reach out to the podcast on Twitter at Not Alone podcast, Instagram at Not Alone Pod, and on Facebook, at Not Alone Recovery.
0:23.0	Boy, did a great job of making sure that all three of those were totally different,
0:27.0	but you can find links up Not Alone Recovery.com.
0:33.7	Welcome to Your Not Alone or Recovery Podcast.
0:37.2	My name is Matt Jay, and on this show, we're here to share our experience, strength, and hope recovering from addiction.
0:44.3	We don't speak for any 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:49.3	And the question I have for today is, who the hell were Joe and Charlie?
0:55.3	You may have heard about Joe and Charlie if you've gone to a meeting and they almost seem like mythical figures.
1:01.1	You may have heard something.
1:02.1	You may have experienced a little bit of Joe and Charlie.
1:04.5	We're going to talk about that today.
1:06.5	John I has returned to the podcast, and he's going to help me talk a little bit about this because he knows it far better than I do.
1:13.3	John, how are you?
1:14.9	Good, Matt.
1:15.8	Good.
1:16.1	Doing well on yourself.
1:17.3	I'm doing good.
1:18.8	By the time we listen to this, we'll still probably be in the pandemic, but hopefully we'll be closer to a vaccine.
1:26.8	Sure hope so. It'd be nice to get back. Sure, hope so.
1:27.8	It'd be nice to get back to live meetings
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