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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Karen R Author of the Big Book Story: Crossing the River of Denial

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

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Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Karen R from Las Vegas NV is the author of the story in the 4th edition of the big book called "Crossing the River of Denial" telling her story at the Monday Night Speakers Meeting held somewhere in Florida in 2009 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 1700+ 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 and podcast

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format.

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0:22.4

We hope you enjoyed the podcast, have a great day.

0:28.4

I'm an alcoholic, my name is Karen and Donna C. and I celebrate the same sobriety date,

0:36.0

10 years apart, but the same date.

0:38.3

So she's and Diana are gifts in my life as are all of you.

0:43.4

You know, alcoholic synonymous is the most important thing I've ever had.

0:48.2

And actually, the only thing I've ever stuck to, including America.

0:52.0

So there's something about AA that keeps me coming back.

0:56.8

Because I keep learning and everything I've ever wanted.

1:01.4

I found in the rooms of alcoholic synonymous and when I got here, I didn't even know what

1:05.4

I was looking for.

1:07.4

So there's magic.

1:08.4

There's absolute magic in these rooms and I continue to find it.

1:14.4

And I never get tired of listening to you and learning from you.

1:19.2

So for that, I truly, truly thank you.

1:22.2

I'll stick with the format.

1:24.6

Now I hear some features say, I'll tell you what it was like, what happened and what it's

1:29.2

like now.

1:30.2

But that isn't actually what the book says.

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