ESH: Billy N

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Billy N is telling his story at The Fire Cracker Round Up, no idea what year this was, but likely around 2010 give or take a few. This stops abruptly as he is wrapping up. 5 new events added to the event list, including the 28th Annual Thailand AA Roundup. Its not until March 2025 so you have plenty of time to plan a trip, registration opens in a few weeks. Details: https://scast.us/thairu Coming up this weekend is the Northwest Fellowship of the Spirit Event in Stanwood Wa. Details: https://scast.us/nwfots Full Event List: https://scast.us/event Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: sobercast@gmail.com Roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up? List the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box. Sober Cast has 2600+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Soebecast, where we provide AA speaker meetings and workshops in
0:11.2	podcast format.
0:12.2	We're an ad-free podcast and if you enjoy listening,
0:15.0	please help us be self-supporting by visiting
0:17.0	sobercast.com, look for the donate link
0:20.0	and drop a dollar or two into our virtual basket.
0:22.0	We hope you enjoy the podcast.
0:23.7	Have a great day.
0:24.7	Hi, I'm Billy, I'm an alcoholic.
0:29.3	I'm a member of the Working with Others Group in NetCon, New Jersey, and I want to thank the committee for having me here tonight.
0:37.0	I'm also going to keep a close eye on my watch because I know that there's probably a few people here who know it's July 4th and there's some fireworks.
0:44.8	So I don't know about the possibility of getting over there, but I assure you that I won't
0:49.0	talk for two hours. It's by God's grace, Alcoholics, Anonymous, and participating in the three legacies
0:57.0	at his fellowship that I haven't had to take a drink since January 5th of 1990.
1:00.0	And for that I am truly grateful and I want to say a couple of things right off the bat that I understand and just want anyone here to know if you're new that this is without a doubt a podium and not a pedestal and if you are new and you have trouble because I have a suit and tie on I identify with you and if you're sitting there and looking at me in a suit and tie and thinking that because I have a suit and tie on, I maybe can't even possibly be an alcoholic or have drank as bad as you, I really identify with you because I suffered from that delusion for a long time in
1:37.0	the Rooves Alcoholics Anonymous looking at people and you know if you were different than me you couldn't possibly know what I was going through.
1:44.4	And it says on the program, I happen to have the privilege of being a past delegate and a delegate to the general service conference, and I'm not going to get on any kind of service
1:54.4	soapbox tonight except for one.
1:57.0	And it's the same soap box and the only one that I usually stand on.
1:59.9	I'll say it once and I'll get over with it. If anyone's ever told you that just because you haven't been
2:05.4	in jail, you don't have a message to carry to recovering members of alcohols
2:09.2	anonymous in jail, they've lied to you. In fact, it's completely the opposite. Most of us that have been
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