Topic: Why Are We Here - Bob D

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🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Bob D is sharing at the Woodstock of AA in 2011 at 33 years sober at the time of this speak. He is sharing on the topic of Why Are We Here? Email: [email protected] Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out here on the podcast and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box. Sober Cast has 2300+ 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 SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops and podcast
0:11.8	format.
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0:22.4	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.9	Have a great day.
0:24.9	It's actually fear of sex.
0:29.6	My name is Bob, I am alcoholic and I'm sober today only through the grace of a God that
0:37.1	I was afraid to believe in that I've accessed and maintained in my life through the 12
0:42.3	steps in the big book, good sponsorship and a consistent, persistent commitment to the
0:48.2	primary purpose of helping other drunks and because of that I haven't had a drink or
0:52.8	any mind or emotion, haltering substance since October 31, 1978.
1:00.4	That's a miracle.
1:05.6	I didn't know what I was talking about till I got here and not that I ever really know.
1:13.6	I was looking at the topic and at first I was a little stump and I thought, why would
1:17.4	they, I was supposed to talk, what's this about, then the wisdom of the committee sort
1:24.0	of hit me, that of all the speakers here that they would pick me to talk about why we
1:30.3	are here that I could actually incitefully speak for the whole fellowship of alcoholics
1:35.3	synonymous and do it very well I suppose and then I came to my senses and I did not
1:42.3	do that.
1:45.7	But why am I here?
1:48.1	How did I get here and how do I stay here?
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