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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

ESH: Father Bill W (47 Years)

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Father Bill W originally from Ireland and currently from La Jolla CA speaking in Hilton Head at the 11th Mid-Winter Conference held in 1990. He did a good bit of speaking in the 80's and from what I can garner he was 47 years sober at the time of this speak. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: sobercast@gmail.com Sober Cast has 3200+ 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

0:21.7

basket.

0:22.3

We hope you enjoyed the podcast.

0:23.7

Have a great day.

0:30.2

Thanks very much, J.W.

0:31.9

Well, my name is Bill, and I am an alcoholic.

0:37.9

And I know it's routine to begin by thanking everybody

0:42.6

who is responsible for my being here.

0:47.4

And I wish there was some way of expressing my thanks

0:51.8

without its sounding routine.

0:58.7

I have done this kind of thing a couple of times before, but I have never, never, never, ever been more thankful than I am to be with you

1:09.6

this weekend, with you here in Hilton Head.

1:12.6

I was never more thankful to be with any other people.

1:16.6

I arrived here from the far side of the country, and I was in thoroughly bad shape.

1:24.6

I guess, I don't know whether you're the same as me or I'm the same as you, but

1:30.6

even with being in this program, times come when I go temporarily insane.

1:41.0

Literally, literally.

1:42.9

And I was right in the middle of one of my insanity bouts when I arrived here.

1:50.1

You see, about two days before, oh dear, I had been asked to talk about us, to talk about

1:57.6

AA, to talk about us alcoholics.

2:06.9

To an audience of non-alcoholics, as a matter of fact, to an audience consisting of my own bishop and a whole crowd of clergy.

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