Workshop: The Big Book and Steps of AA - Part 4 of 6

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🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Bob O from Denver CO conducted this 6 part workshop at Primary Purpose in Camp Hill PA in June 2009. This is part four of a six part workshop going through the Big Book and steps of AA. This has a lot of good discussion, and is not just a lecture format. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3000+ 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, where we provide A.A. Speaker Meetings and workshops in podcast format.
0:12.7	We're an ad-free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting Sobercast.com, look for the link, and drop a dollar or two into our virtual
0:21.7	basket.
0:22.3	We hope you enjoyed the podcast.
0:23.7	Have a great day.
0:27.0	It's about how to write about principles.
0:30.7	They're really self-defeating beliefs that become principles because they're buried so deeply in our psyche or our personality.
0:47.1	So do you have any other questions?
0:49.6	It's just like writing, the book talks about principles,
0:53.4	people, institutions, and principles.
0:56.2	And so you write it all the same way.
0:58.4	You answer the same questions.
1:01.3	So just put the belief in the first column and answer all the questions.
1:08.7	Yes.
1:09.7	Hi, I'm Alice.
1:10.5	I'm an alcoholic okay um I have a
1:13.3	question about when we look at our part I always get tripped up the difference between
1:18.0	self-seeking and selfishness a lot of people have that problem and and you can do any
1:24.6	definition you want I'll tell you what mine is, but selfish for me is it's mine and you can't have it.
1:35.2	All right?
1:36.5	Self-seeking is, I don't give a damn whose it is, I'm going to take it.
1:44.3	All right?
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