Carina H got sober in 1987 at 23 years old, she is from Kelseyville California and telling her story at the MCCAA 55th Spring Conference held in Monterey California in 2002. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom. Our group started on Zoom during Covid and this will be our 1st in person event. So we are very excited. https://scast.us/...
Apr 18, 2023•34 min•Ep. 2159
Today we have a speak that was given two days ago at the PC Alano Saturday Night Live Speaker Meeting. The speakers name is Anthony H and yesterday he celebrated 2 years sober. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom. Our group started on Zoom during Covid and this will be our 1st in person event. So we are very excited. https://scast....
Apr 17, 2023•45 min•Ep. 2158
Ebby T - An early member of AA referred to as Bill W's sponsor, speaking in San Jose in 1962. Well worth a listen if you are interested in early AA. Pretty good audio quality for the 60's Repost Ebby is credited with introducing Bill to the initial principles that AA would soon develop, such as one alcoholic talking to another. If you would like to learn more about Ebby there is a very good book about him " Ebby: The Man Who Sponsored Bill W. " He sparked the creation of AA but was unable to mai...
Apr 16, 2023•34 min•Ep. 2157
We have two speakers today, both are speaking at the same group but not at the same meeting, first is Sandra as an opening 15 min speaker telling part of her story. Next up we have Clarence for the remaining time doing a 30 min speak. Sandra was speaking in June of 2019 and Clarence was speaking in April of 2021 at the Sunday Night Speakers Meeting held in Seattle Washington. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally h...
Apr 15, 2023•44 min•Ep. 2156
Today we have Tim M from London speaking in Berlin at the Friendly Circle Group on the topic of The Nuts and Bolts of Sponsorship in May of 2022 on Zoom. If you are interested in hearing more about this topic from Tim. A few months ago I posted a workshop he did called "How To Sponsor Someone Through Steps" In it he breaks it down by going through each step individually, it was originally created over a period of months and I consolidated the 17 parts down to three 5ish hour podcast episodes. Se...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 2155
Gary F is a contractor from from San Diego California telling his story at an unknown group somewhere in Southern California in November of 2018. I also have a little help request today for a bit of "old" tech, I'm looking for a cassette player. I have 100's of AA speakers on cassette that folks have sent me and I need a little assistance in converting them. Rather than fill up this space with the specifics please visit this link if you think you might be able to help. https://scast.us/help Emai...
Apr 13, 2023•39 min•Ep. 2154
Mags D is from Belfast she got sober in 2019 and is sharing on the topic of Step 10 at the United Kingdom Open Lounge meeting in June of 2022. Zoom I also have a little help request today for a bit of "old" tech, I'm looking for a cassette player. I have 100's of AA speakers on cassette that folks have sent me and I need a little assistance in converting them. Rather than fill up this space with the specifics please visit this link if you think you might be able to help. https://scast.us/help Em...
Apr 12, 2023•38 min•Ep. 2153
Keith is the 10 min opening speaker telling a little of his story, he is followed by Janice telling her story for the balance of the time. This was recorded in 2021 at the North Oakland AA Open speaker meeting. NSFW I also have a little help request today for a bit of "old" tech, I'm looking for a cassette player. I have 100's of AA speakers on cassette that folks have sent me and I need a little assistance in converting them. Rather than fill up this space with the specifics please visit this l...
Apr 11, 2023•43 min•Ep. 2152
Maggie M tells her story at the Primary Purpose Group Friday Night Speaker Meeting in May of 2017. I also have a little help request today for a bit of "old" tech, I'm looking for a cassette player. I have 100's of AA speakers on cassette that folks have sent me and I need a little assistance in converting them. Rather than fill up this space with the specifics please visit this link if you think you might be able to help. https://scast.us/help Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: http...
Apr 10, 2023•52 min•Ep. 2151
Chip B is from Destin Florida, he got sober in 1987, he is speaking at the Broken Elevator meeting on the topic of: Have I Had A Spiritual Awakening? This was recorded on May of 2022 and was a Zoom meeting. I also have a little help request today for a bit of "old" tech, I'm looking for a cassette player. I have 100's of AA speakers on cassette that folks have sent me and I need a little assistance in converting them. Rather than fill up this space with the specifics please visit this link if yo...
Apr 09, 2023•50 min•Ep. 2150
This is the first part of a 7 part presentation by Bob A, one of the folks that founded the Prime Time groups out of Los Angeles. He is speaking at a Retreat held in Auburn California in August 1994, he was 43 years sober at the time of this event. If you are interested in hearing the rest of this please drop me an email. This jumps right in and ends a bit abruptly. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Dur...
Apr 08, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 2149
Polly P has been a circuit speaker for many years, leading workshops and speaking about the steps all over the world, today she is speaking on the first 3 steps at the 2013 Woodstock of the South held in Lake Lanier Georgia. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom. Our group started on Zoom during Covid and this will be our 1st in pers...
Apr 07, 2023•50 min•Ep. 2148
Holden P tells his story at the 2013 ALCYPAA Pancake Breakfast. I know nothing about this recording other than that. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom. Our group started on Zoom during Covid and this will be our 1st in person event. So we are very excited. https://scast.us/fir AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 2147
Butch M from Ontario Canada telling his story at the Rushmore Roundup in Rapid City South Dakota (year unknown). This ends a bit abruptly as he is wrapping up. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom. Our group started on Zoom during Covid and this will be our 1st in person event. So we are very excited. https://scast.us/fir AA Event L...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 2146
This is a 4th Step Workshop held in Mankato Minnesota in 2008 hosted by an unknown group, this part of the workshop focuses specifically on the sex conduct portion. This was a very straightforward presentation going through the topic with a sentence by sentence breakdown from the big book with a solid lack of opinion by the two guys that hosted it. If anyone out there has a workshop on this topic presented by women I would love to post that, please email me. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support So...
Apr 04, 2023•49 min•Ep. 2145
We have Lindsey M giving a very straightforward share at the Primary Purpose Group in November of 2018. Lindsey got sober in 2007. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom. Our group started on Zoom during Covid and this will be our 1st in person event. So we are very excited. https://scast.us/fir AA Event List: https://scast.us/events ...
Apr 03, 2023•49 min•Ep. 2144
A guy named Steve with 7 years sober telling his story at his home group in December of 2022. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: This event is live and on Zoom. Our group started on Zoom during Covid and this will be our 1st in person event. So we are very excited. https://scast.us/fir AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA roundup, retreat, c...
Apr 02, 2023•33 min•Ep. 2143
Bill C from California was sober for 22 years at the time of this speak at the West Portland Group in 2008, he does a really nice job in the first part of his speak talking through some of the old AA literature and the Oxford group, its an interesting speak on a lot of topics. There is some Q&A at the end and you cant hear the questions so I cut them out, but he does a good job of recapping before answering, one last thing it ends a bit abruptly. I also have a lot of recordings of this guy s...
Apr 01, 2023•55 min•Ep. 2142
Kate D and Callie H are the leaders of this book study on Chapter 7. This recording was provided by, The Big Book Awakening, a Womens Big Book Study for all who identify as Women and/or LBTQ+. They meet in person every Saturday in St. Paul Minnesota at 8:30am. If you would like to join them please visit https://westendaa.org Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Friends in Recovery Roundup Rally held in Durban South Africa on April 28-29 Details: T...
Mar 31, 2023•40 min•Ep. 2141
Damon C is the opening 10 min speaker at this meeting from the Northwest Fellowship of the Spirit Conference held in August of 2022, he is followed by Jordan B as the main speaker. I have an interesting new event for you listed below, I have been in touch with these folks for a while. They are a small group from Durban South Africa that got started on zoom and are now holding their first in person and Zoom event. These folks raised over $2k to purchase the equipment to do a quality event for fol...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 2140
Mary M got sober in 1977, she is from Los Angeles California is speaking on Steps 6 and 7 at the Broken Elevator Meeting held in January of 2022. Zoom I have an interesting new event for you listed below, I have been in touch with these folks for a while. They are a small group from Durban South Africa that got started on zoom and are now holding their first in person and Zoom event. These folks raised over $2k to purchase the equipment to do a quality event for folks joining them on zoom. They ...
Mar 29, 2023•42 min•Ep. 2139
Grady OH tells her story at the Intergroup Speaker Meeting held in Fresno California sometime in 1979. Grady has long been one of those speakers I always enjoy and there are a few more speaks by her on the podcast if you would like to hear more from her. Really good quality recording for 1979. LGBT NSFW I have an interesting new event for you listed below, I have been in touch with these folks for a while. They are a small group from Durban South Africa that got started on zoom and are now holdi...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 2138
Judge Don G is from Los Angeles California and is telling his story at the Hot Springs Arkansas State Convention in1983. I have an interesting new event for you listed below, I have been in touch with these folks for a while. They are a small group from Durban South Africa that got started on zoom and are now holding their first in person and Zoom event. These folks raised over $2k to purchase the equipment to do a quality event for folks joining them on zoom. They have a short reg form on the w...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 2137
Lou M from Kingston TN got sober in 1941 and was 46 years sober at the time of this speak at an unknown event. Repost from May of 2018 Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Northwest Girlstock 4/21 - 4/23. The 6th Ann. Girlstock Women's Big Book 12 Step Conference. Join over 500 Northwest woman in recovery in Bellingham WA. for a woman's 12 step weekend. Details: https://scast.us/gstock AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA round...
Mar 26, 2023•53 min•Ep. 2136
Chad P from Belmar New Jersey got sober in 2003 hes is speaking at the Broken Elevator meeting on the topic of Steps 10 and 11 in July of 2022. Zoom Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Northwest Girlstock 4/21 - 4/23. The 6th Ann. Girlstock Women's Big Book 12 Step Conference. Join over 500 Northwest woman in recovery in Bellingham WA. for a woman's 12 step weekend. Details: https://scast.us/gstock AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you ha...
Mar 25, 2023•58 min•Ep. 2135
Keiran opens this meeting at the North Oakland AA Open speaker meeting held every Saturday, in Oakland California. Keiran is the 10 min speaker and is followed by Richard, this meeting was held in July of 2014. NSFW Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Northwest Girlstock 4/21 - 4/23. The 6th Ann. Girlstock Women's Big Book 12 Step Conference. Join over 500 Northwest woman in recovery in Bellingham WA. for a woman's 12 step weekend. Details: https...
Mar 24, 2023•37 min•Ep. 2134
Lorna K. from New York NY. speaking at the 13th. Annual Music City Roundup in Nashville TN. in 1994. She is a very funny woman in a cape! Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Northwest Girlstock 4/21 - 4/23. The 6th Ann. Girlstock Women's Big Book 12 Step Conference. Join over 500 Northwest woman in recovery in Bellingham WA. for a woman's 12 step weekend. Details: https://scast.us/gstock AA Event List: https://scast.us/events If you have an AA ro...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 2133
Here is Vince Y from Pasadena, CA speaking in 1987 in Lubbock TX, at the Lubbock Conference. He is a guy with a quick wit and a good sense of humor. This is a decent recording for 1987, it had a hum and sounded pretty hollow but it cleaned up fairly well. Repost from early 2019. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate AA Event: Northwest Girlstock 4/21 - 4/23. The 6th Ann. Girlstock Women's Big Book 12 Step Conference. Join over 500 Northwest woman in recovery...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 2132
This is a workshop led by Jim K (he got sober in 1980 at 17 years old) he leads a workshop from WACYPAA15 held in Las Vegas from 2012 on the topic of The Sermon On The Mount, a book written by Emmet Fox and first published in 1935. It is one of the books used by folks in the earliest days of AA before the Big Book was written. Repost from mid 2019. Lastly if you are in the PNW check out the event listed below. There is some Q & A at the back end of this workshop, some of the comments are dif...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 2131
Laura M speaking in 1998 at the Cathedral Speaker Meeting in Sacramento she got sober at 26 years old and was 31 years sober at the time of this speak. Repost from early 2019. 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 f...
Mar 20, 2023•56 min•Ep. 2130
