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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Workshop: Joe and Charlie Big Book - Part 4 of 8 (2003)

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

AA Podcast

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

This is a very late version of the Joe and Charlie Big Book workshops recorded in 2003, the audio quality is excellent. If you have never heard a J & C workshop I would encourage you to give it a listen, there is a lot here. There is also a 4th step worksheet to accompany it, if you would like a copy you can download it from google drive here: https://scast.us/jc4th This is part 4 of 8, it jumps right in from the end of yesterdays post. Joe McQ and Charlie P met in 1973, they instantly discovered their mutual fascinations with AA's Big Book. The study they met for regularly became something they presented at meetings, eventually becoming this workshop. 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 workshop tape sets as door prizes. Invitations exploded, and within a couple of years Joe & Charlie were presenting about 36 seminars a year worldwide. The forum is about half way set up and I should have it live sometime next week, I will post the url as soon as its done. If you have any AA or Al-Anon event coming up let me know I am happy to help get the word out. https://scast.us/events Email: sobercast@gmail.com 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 2500+ 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Soebecast, where we provide AA speaker meetings and workshops in

0:11.2

podcast format.

0:12.2

We're an ad-free podcast and if you enjoy listening,

0:15.0

please help us be self-supporting by visiting

0:17.0

sobercast.com, look for the donate link

0:20.0

and drop a dollar or two into our virtual basket.

0:22.0

We hope you enjoy the podcast.

0:23.7

Have a great day.

0:24.7

It's through four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

0:30.0

and eleven, and twelve.

0:31.6

Jim didn't do any of those.

0:33.0

He just did one, two, and three.

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To his consternation, he found himself drunk a half a dozen times in rapid succession.

0:41.0

On each of these occasions we worked with him. We've been

0:43.6

carefully what had happened. Well these were good alcoholics. Jim got sober six

0:48.9

times in a row and each time they went over there and very carefully worked with him

0:54.0

reviewing what had happened. You get drunk six times in a row today they probably

0:58.5

won't have anything to do with you. These were good 12 separate good

1:02.1

alcoholics and he agreed he was a real alcoholic and in serious condition.

1:07.0

He knew he faced another trip to the treatment center if he kept on.

1:10.0

Moreover, he would lose his family for whom he had deep affection.

1:15.0

Yet he got drunk again.

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