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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Workshop: Joe and Charlie Big Book - Part 5 of 8 (2003)

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

AA Podcast

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 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 5 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

The thing except drunks.

0:28.7

And they didn't want anything that sounded like those absolutes and they said Bill you're

0:34.4

going to have to change this. Bill said no I'm not going to change this and they

0:40.0

said well yes you are so don't you remember? This is our book, not your book, and you're supposed to change anything that we want you to change?

0:48.1

He said, well, I'm sorry about that, but I don't intend to change this.

0:52.3

They said, oh, yeah oh yeah you are and he said

0:54.7

no I'm not and he said what you guys don't realize. He said these aren't even my words.

1:00.9

He says these words come after prayer and meditation.

1:04.0

He said, these are God's words.

1:07.0

And they said, we don't give a damn whose words they are.

1:10.0

It's our book and you're going to change it.

1:15.0

And they thought, and they thought, and they thought,

1:19.0

and they thought, and they almost destroyed the book project, but they almost not only almost destroyed the book project,

1:24.4

but they almost destroyed the little fellowship

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