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Back to SearchJoe & Charlie AA Speakers - Part 4 - There Is A Solution - AA Big Book Workshop
Episode 381
In Part 4 of the Joe & Charlie Founders' Day series, Joe and Charlie explain the two powers in There Is A Solution: the fellowship that holds us and …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
I’m Not a Has-Been, I’m a Never Was - AA Speaker - Jerome S.
Episode 380
Jerome says he was not a has-been, but a never-was, until AA gave him a design for living that took him from Skid Row and institutions to sobriety, f…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Joe & Charlie AA Speakers - Part 3 - Bill's Story Explained - AA Big Book Workshop
Episode 379
In Part 3 of the Joe & Charlie Founders’ Day series, Joe and Charlie walk through Bill’s Story as the first full example of alcoholism, identificatio…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Joe & Charlie AA Speakers - Part 2 - The Doctor’s Opinion Explained - AA Big Book Workshop
Episode 378
In Part 2 of the Joe & Charlie Founders’ Day series, Joe and Charlie explain why The Doctor’s Opinion is one of the keys to understanding alcoholism …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Joe & Charlie AA Speakers - Part 1 - AA History - AA Big Book Workshop
Episode 377
In honor of AA’s 91st Founders’ Day, we’re sharing the legendary Joe & Charlie Big Book workshops in order, from AA history through the Steps, over t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
You’re Working the Program on the Wrong Guy - AA Speaker - Geoff C.
Episode 376
Geoff says his first sponsor warned him that until he shook hands with the real version of himself, he would be working the program on the wrong guy.…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
There Is No Door Number Three - AA Speaker - Chris S.
Episode 375
Chris used to know exactly where the serious AA people were, and he knew exactly how to avoid them. When he finally meant business, those “fanatics” …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
My Wager Is Too High - AA Speaker - Scott L.
Episode 374
Scott could fly supersonic jets, but he could not outfly alcoholism. By the time AA found him, the dream job, the willpower, and the John Wayne act h…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
God Came Crashing Into My Darkness - AA Speaker - Chris H.
Episode 373
Chris says treatment was only the discovery that a solution existed. The real change came when AA, sponsorship, and a God she could not yet name reac…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
I Paid Half a Million Dollars for a Big Book - AA Speaker - Adam T.
Episode 372
Adam went through treatment 28 times before a sponsor cut through the badge of honor: it did not make him an alcoholic. It meant he had paid half a m…
3 months, 3 weeks ago