Two Talks by Bill W at the 1965 Founders Day Celebration (Excellent Audio)

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Bill W. speaking twice at Founders Day in Akron OH in 1965. This is the best quality recording of Bill I have ever heard. In the first half of this speak Bill talks about how AA began and about the earliest days of AA The second speak, at the Mayflower Hotel in Akron Ohio is about how the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous was written, the project and the actual writing and then how the Big Book was first printed and published. Repost from early 2017. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA EVENT: Flower City Fellowship Convention: March 3 - 5, 2023 - Location: Rochester, New York. FCFC in Henrietta (Rochester) New York. Speakers, Panels, Play, Music, Banquet. Also Alanon.. Details: https://www.rochesteraa.org/2023-convention-information If you have an AA roundup, retreat or convention coming up, we would be happy to give you a shout out and list the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit our Linktree, click "Submit An AA Event" and fill out the short form. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast Sober Cast has 2000+ 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 in
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0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.8	Have a great day.
0:28.3	Good evening ladies and gentlemen, members and guests, welcome to our annual Founders
0:33.3	Day program here in Akron, Ohio, the first place of Alphaholic synonymous.
0:38.3	Alphaholic synonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength,
0:44.3	and hope with each other that they miss out on their common problem and help others to recover from
0:50.3	Alphaholic.
0:51.3	The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
0:56.3	There are no dues or fees for AA membership.
0:59.3	We are self-supporting to our own contributions.
1:02.3	AA is not allied with any second denomination, politics, organization, or institution.
1:08.5	It does not wish to engage in any controversy, either inverses nor opposes any causes.
1:15.3	Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
1:24.3	Not anonymity, like our sobriety, sobriety is a treasured possession.
1:29.3	We ask the help of our guests, especially those of the press in the radio and protecting
1:34.3	the anonymity, all Alphaholic's presence, or mention here this evening.
1:39.3	We sincerely hope that you may hear something tonight that you would take away with you and use.
1:44.3	However, we respectfully request that you leave the names of those on the platform
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