Workshop: Joe and Charlie Big Book in one file - 12 hours

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

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The Joe and Charlie Big Book workshops have been popular for many years and it was one of my first posts. I went looking for the latest version I could find and came across this one from 2013, it has great audio quality and I have combined all the files into one 12 hour workshop. A little background on the workshops: In 1977, some AA members met in a Tulsa, Oklahoma hotel room for a discussion on The Big Book. One member asked Joe and Charlie to come to his home group to present a program on The Big Book. A taping of that presentation was made and called "The Big Book Study". Through the circulation of these audio tapes throughout the Fellowship, Joe and Charlie received invitations to present the Study at AA conventions, roundups and special events. At the AA International Convention in New Orleans in 1980, Wesley P, organized a lunch for 1,500 AA members from all over the world and gave away 100 Joe & Charlie tape sets as door prizes. Invitations exploded, and within a couple of years Joe & Charlie were presenting about 36 seminars a year worldwide. These seminars struck a deep chord within the AA members. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: sobercast@gmail.com Sober Cast has 3200+ 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	Thanks for listening.
0:06.6	Hello, I'm looking to
0:07.9	SELCast.
0:08.8	I have free meetings,
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0:15.8	to help us support.com.
0:17.2	com, look for the domain language
0:19.8	and drop the dollar to the time which we'll ask I hope and enjoy the podcast. Have a great day. But my name is Joe, and I'm an alcoholic. And it's truly by God's grace and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous that comes from my book, Alcoholics Anonymous I'm Sober today and for that I'm very, very thankful.
0:41.3	And I'd like to read the preamble.
0:44.3	Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and to help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop drinking.
0:58.0	There are no dues or fees for AA membership.
1:00.0	We're self-supporting through our own contributions.
1:03.0	A.A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, and institution.
1:09.0	Does not wish to engage in any controversy. neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
1:13.6	Our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.
1:18.6	And I'm very excited about being here this weekend. Are you?
1:22.6	Yes.
1:23.6	Good. We're going to have a lot of fun.
1:25.6	I'm going to tell you a little story before I would kick it off about this little duck.
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