Topic: 4th Step - Theater of the Lie

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🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Mark H and Joe H do a 4th step exercise called "Theater of the Lie" where they shine some light on the thoughts that go on inside our heads. This was recorded in 2001 at an unknown event. This ends a little abruptly, I have another version of this from a few years earlier but the sound quality is very poor compared to, so I went with an abrupt ending. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: sobercast@gmail.com Sober Cast has 2900+ 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 donate link and drop a dollar or two
0:21.0	into our virtual basket.
0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.7	Have a great day.
0:28.2	Fourstep.
0:29.0	How many of you have written a resumment inventory?
0:35.6	Oh, good, good, good.
0:37.6	He never is.
0:39.3	Who you point to Larry?
0:40.8	Matthew.
0:46.8	How many of you currently in inventory right now?
0:52.1	Two of you.
0:53.8	Hands didn't go quite as high, but that's okay.
0:58.8	Same number of hands that are back for the second time in their first year.
1:07.2	We're going to have a little fun with something, which we call Theater of the Lie.
1:14.4	It probably should be called Theater of the Truth, but...
1:17.0	Or as he'll share with you, it probably should be called Theater of the Truth about the Lie,
1:23.9	even if the Truth About the Lie is true.
1:30.3	There's some things I read in the big book.
1:33.3	I want to mention again so you'll have a sense of understanding.
1:37.3	Maybe give you an explanation and again,
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