ESH: Esther R sober in 1954 speaking in 1970

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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I reached back into the archives for this one, we have Esther R from Cleveland Ohio, sober 16 years at the time of this speak at the Oklahoma State Conference held in Tulsa Oklahoma in May of 1970. Some of these older recordings can be a bit harsh but this one cleaned up nicely. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: sobercast@gmail.com Sober Cast has 3000+ 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 Sobercast, where we provide A.A. Speaker meetings and workshops in podcast format.
0:12.7	We're an ad-free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting Sobercast.com, look for the link, and drop a dollar or two into our virtual
0:21.8	basket.
0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.8	Have a great day.
0:28.9	Hi.
0:29.6	Hi.
0:30.4	Hi.
0:32.3	No, you all are not beautiful people because you're really only in my dream, and I have
0:37.0	terrible dreams. I am very, very grateful to the committee that was generous and kind enough to invite
0:48.2	me here to share my experience, strength, and hope. I'm very, very gratified to be here in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
0:57.6	to help you celebrate your 29th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous here in the state of Oklahoma.
1:05.6	Words always are inadequate for me to express feelings,
1:10.2	but I have discovered a rule of context. are inadequate for me to express feelings.
1:20.5	But I have discovered a rule of conduct for myself that enables me to do what I hope to do,
1:29.8	and that is to say in words how I was like when I drank, what happened, and what I've been doing this be sober.
1:31.0	The rule of conduct is never start off expressing gratitude.
1:35.7	If I do, I'll bawl like a baby, and everybody will be upset, and I won't say anything
1:39.5	anyway.
1:43.3	Clark was very generous with himself.
1:46.0	He made himself available and we did share time together.
1:51.0	And this is part of the debt that I owe to the world.
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