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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

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

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

AA Podcast

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This is the final part of a 6 part workshop we have been publishing one episode every Monday for the last 6 weeks. Bob O from Denver CO conducted this workshop at Primary Purpose in Camp Hill PA in June 2009. This is part six of six going through the Big Book and steps of AA. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate We have added a page of meetings that have moved online https://sobercast.com/online-meetings Sober Cast has 1300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Soebokast, where we provide a 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 sobercast.com,

0:18.0

look for the donate link, 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.

0:28.6

I was shown to make recipe cards to use three by five cards and I write down the person I'd write down

0:39.3

the harm and I would write down what I wanted to say to them about making it right.

0:44.0

I was taught that amends are about balancing the books and that that's my responsibility

0:50.7

in the men. So I was told to go there, do my business, be calm frank and

0:58.8

open as the book says. And to go in, define the harm, tell them what I was willing to do about it, ask them

1:10.4

if there was anything else I could do about it.

1:13.2

And the last question I was led to ask was,

1:19.3

have I, is there any way that, or, is there any way that I have harmed you that I'm unaware of?

1:27.0

You ought to try that sometime, especially to somebody who doesn't like yet.

1:35.6

You might get an hour off the top, but that's a good practice to ask people if you've

1:42.1

harmed them in some manner that you haven't addressed.

1:47.0

When you get done with the men's, there is a freedom inherent in finishing that that really makes you feel different.

1:58.1

You can look the world in the eye.

2:00.6

You don't have to cross the street to avoid anyone.

2:03.0

It's a point in life which is really spectacular.

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