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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Workshop: AA Beginners Class - Based on AA beginners classes popular in the 1940s (4 hrs)

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

AA Podcast

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 226 minutes

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Summary

AA Beginners Class: Mike takes a group all the way through the steps over a period of four weeks. This is a repost from July of 2017 This is based on AA beginners classes popular in the 1940s that were conducted by different groups of AA. I was a little fascinated by this bit of AA history I knew nothing about. I did a little research and have reprinted a lengthy article about the beginner classes here: https://scast.us/begin There are a number of questions asked during the workshop that are impossible to hear, but the answers make most of the questions fairly clear. Recorded in 2009, this workshop is 4 hrs long. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: The 30th Annual Aloha Roundup in Honolulu, Hawaii March 3-5 2023 - LGBTQ+ members of AA invite you to join in our island-style recovery event at the Aloha Roundup. All are welcome! E komo mai! Details: https://scast.us/aloha 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 our Linktree and click "Submit An AA Event". Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sobercast Sober Cast has 2100+ 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. We provide AA speaker meetings and workshops in a podcast format.

0:13.0

We are an ad free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting sobercast.com,

0:20.0

look for the donate link and drop a dollar to into the virtual basket.

0:24.0

Also, if you're a member of NA or have friends that are, please tell them about our other podcast, NAPOD.

0:30.0

NAPOD features NA speakers and workshops in the same format as sobercast.

0:35.0

We upload a new speaker every day, and it's easy to subscribe by searching for NAPOD,

0:41.0

NAPOD, a one word, on any podcast player app, or go to napod.xyz if you'd like to listen online.

0:49.0

Hope you enjoyed the podcast and have a great day.

0:54.0

Serenity crack. God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can,

1:08.0

and wisdom to know the difference.

1:13.0

Okay, before we get into the first three steps, I'd like to first thank a couple people for coming bright and early this morning.

1:20.0

As we know, it's kind of a rainy, dreary morning and to boot at seven o'clock.

1:25.0

So I'd like to thank Kathy for coming and also Peter, who came all the way from freehold.

1:31.0

I believe Peter has to travel about 50 miles to get here.

1:35.0

So Pete was here bright and early with me and helped us set up.

1:40.0

So I'd like to really thank you guys.

1:43.0

So welcome to the Wednesday morning, seven a.m. beginner's classes.

1:47.0

During the next four weeks, you will learn how to recover from alcoholism by taking the 12 steps as outlined in the book, Outlaw, Synonymous.

1:56.0

The program of AA is a spiritually late based plan of action that will remove the compulsion to drink and enable you to live a life that is happy, useful and whole.

2:07.0

AA instructional meetings are said to have been started in Cleveland, Ohio by Clarence S in the early 1940s.

2:15.0

After the publication of this Saturday evening post article about Outlaw Synonymous, AA started growing so rapidly.

2:22.0

It became impossible for the early members to individually take new prospects through the steps.

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