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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Joe and Charlie Big Book Workshop Part 1 of 8

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

AA Podcast

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This is a repost, if you want to listen to the other 7 episodes that are already up just use the search function with -> Joe and Charlie Big Book Workshop Joe McQ and Charlie P met in 1973, they instantly discovered their mutual fascinations with AA's basic textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous commonly called "The Big Book". They would frequently meet to discuss The Big Book, often driving 225 miles to meet in each other's homes. In 1977, some AA members met in a Tulsa, Oklahoma hotel room for a discussion on The Big Book. One member asked Joe and Charlie to come to his home group to present a program on The Big Book. A taping of that presentation was made and called "The Big Book Study". Through the circulation of these audio tapes throughout the Fellowship, Joe and Charlie received invitations to present the Study at AA conventions, roundups and special events. At the AA International Convention in New Orleans in 1980, Wesley P, organized a lunch for 1,500 AA members from all over the world and gave away 100 Joe & Charlie tape sets as door prizes. Invitations exploded, and within a couple of years Joe & Charlie were presenting about 36 seminars a year worldwide. These seminars struck a deep chord within the AA members. This is a later recording from around 1999 and the audio quality is quite good. 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

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podcast format.

0:12.5

We're an ad free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting

0:17.4

SilverCast.com, look for the donate link, and drop a dollar to into our virtual basket.

0:22.6

We hope you enjoy the podcast.

0:23.6

Have a great day.

0:26.6

Hello everyone, my name is Joe, and I'm an alcoholic.

0:32.1

I don't look like one, but I am, and I've been sober ever since I could remember, which

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is shortly after I quit drinking.

0:45.2

But this is the purpose of alcoholist anomalous.

0:48.2

Alcoholist anomalous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength,

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and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem to help others recover

0:55.5

from alcoholism.

0:57.0

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

1:00.5

There are no dues or fees for AA membership.

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We're self-supporting through our own contributions.

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AA is not allied with an insect, denomination, politics, organization, and institution.

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Does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.

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Our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other iPods achieve sobriety.

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I was once the restroom there a while ago, and this lady tapped me on the shoulder, and

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she said, are you Joe, Joe and Charlie, and I said, yes, ma'am, and she said, you ever

1:29.2

get nervous?

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