ESH: Dr Paul O author of - Dr Alcoholic Addict

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🗓️ 13 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Paul O got sober in July of 1967 he authored the big book story - Dr Alcoholic Addict (re-titled Acceptance Was the Answer in the 4th edition). Dr Paul is telling his story at the Monterey Bay Roundup held in Monterey California in 1997. Dr Paul was a very popular circuit speaker from the 70s through the late 90s he passed away in May of 2000 at 83. Email: [email protected] Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate We have added a page of meetings that have moved online https://sobercast.com/online-meetings Sober Cast has 1600+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops in podcast
0:11.8	format.
0:12.8	We're an ad free podcast and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting
0:17.1	SilverCast.com, look for the donate link and drop a dollar to into our virtual basket.
0:22.4	We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.
0:27.2	My name is Paul and I'm actually a very mild alcoholic.
0:36.4	Things at Max said were grossly exaggerated.
0:40.9	Truth is that at the time she was talking about, I wasn't even an alcoholic.
0:48.2	I didn't become an alcoholic until I'd been coming to these meetings for seven months.
0:56.8	It wasn't funny, it was a change in my life dramatically.
1:04.4	I'm glad to be here.
1:06.4	I'm really glad to be here.
1:07.4	I've had a wonderful weekend already and it's just now getting started for the rest of
1:11.8	you.
1:12.8	Danny and Phyllis were our hosts and hosts and we've had a wonderful time and really enjoyed
1:19.2	it.
1:20.2	Everybody should have a chance to be hosted by them at least once in your life.
1:26.8	It's a great meeting this morning at seven o'clock and I'm delighted with that and looking
1:32.3	forward to a great weekend and particularly looking forward to Earl's talk tomorrow night
1:38.3	and saying it up my way to the people where I know you love that and I'm like, come on
1:45.2	man.
1:46.2	Too bad you can't see the blush that I can see here man.
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