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One of the first longtime sober members of AA talks about the people, events, and development of ideas and practices that created AA, including Ebby, Bill Wilson, and the Oxford Group; Hank Parkhurst, Ruth Hock, and the writing of the Big Book; how AA got the name Alcoholics Anonymous; Jack Alexander and the Saturday Evening Post article; The 12 Traditions; and more.

Tom Powers got sober in early New York AA. He was a friend and confidant of Bill W and many pioneer era AAs. He shows by his own experience what alcoholism does to a person. A lot of his talk is about getting sober in AA; his experiences in AA. Tom founded All Addicts Anonymous to help people with complicated addictions and pioneered a recovery community (East Ridge).

Mrs. Delaney’s first introduction to AA was when her brother, Oscar, sobered up with the help of Bill Wilson. It was seven years later, after battling her own alcoholism that she found herself, one of the first women, in the rooms of AA. Mrs. D was a pioneer in the field of alcoholism treatment and was instrumental in the treatment and recovery of many alcoholics and their family members.

He tells his story AA recovery story by telling many funny stories great humor that inspires lots of identification a classic talk by a great aa speaker - very funny.

How many hearts can a song touch? How many ears can it reach? How many people can it kill? When popular boy band Whoa-Town releases their latest album, no one thinks anything of it. They certainly don’t think that the world will be changed forever. After an apocalyptic disease sweeps the world, it becomes clear that the music of this seemingly innocuous boy band had something to do with it, but how?

Ernest Kurtz talks about various topics of Alcoholics Anonymous by referring to letters written by AA Co-Founder Bill W.

Speaking to an enthusiastic AA crowd, Father Joseph Martin talks about AA and then proceeds to talk in order about the 12 Steps. A very good example of Father Joseph Martin's excellent AA message.

In the Family Meeting Desert Roundup 1970, Father Fred introduces Terry M, the Alateen Speaker. She tells her story. Chuck C talks about alcoholism and how his drinking and recovery have affected his family. Elsa Chamberlain talks about being a person deeply affected by alcoholism in a loved one, how Alanon has helped her, her alanon work with others, and how alanon and alateen can help the families of alcoholics.

He opens with a very funny drunk joke that I was surprised that I hadn't heard. Clarence tells his own story, his drinking and how he came in contact with his sponsor Dr. Bob. He talks about his early sobriety some of which qualifies as AA history. How the Cleveland contingent of the Akron Oxford Group broke away because of its many Catholic members and the need for a group made up solely of alcoholics and their families.

Bill W. recounts the stories and talks about the principles and people who shaped Alcoholics Anonymous and its program of recovery from alcoholism.

This book is for every dedicated parent who wants to find a current and popular name for their child, which also has deeper meaning. Do you find that most books of baby names just don't go deep enough into the underlying significance? Or if they do, they tend to be a bit outdated or unfashionable? You don't want your child to grow up feeling isolated with a name that is glaringly uncool, and yet you feel very strongly about it having spiritual value....

Io Vagabondo: Stories from Abroad is an autobiographical collection of short stories dealing primarily with the author’s post-college graduation train trip through Europe in the summer of 1997. The trip spanned 14 countries and nearly 25 cities in a period of about 3 months. It includes some very bizarre and gripping tales of romance, adventure, intrigue, and some extremely picturesque and historical locations.

This work points out the need for people to think about, and reflect upon, the nature of their existence while recognizing that there are two sides to our reality - the physical and the metaphysical. There is knowledge that comes out of such an investigation that will lead to an improved life, both from an individual and a collective sense.

John Mack was a leader and a passionate civil rights icon in Los Angeles, California. He was an ardent advocate for African Americans and others whose rights as Americans were being denied in this nation. His ability to affect change on the civil rights and rights of human beings will go into the annals of history. Devoted to the urban community, John Mack will always be known for his immutable integrity and being a consummate role model for inspiring the masses.

The roles of faith, belief, and spirituality in Heroin Anonymous are covered, but mostly this audio book is about behavior motivating beliefs, like those of the cognitive model. The beliefs of using heroin addicts about their addiction, their life and heroin are what keeps them using. These beliefs are shaped by the addict’s mental obsession which excuses and justifies using at every turn. Obsessions of every kind function by excusing and justifying aberrant behavior.

The Bottomless Cloud challenges the scarcity-driven mindset by taking a hard look at how industrial-age business models are failing us by regarding data as a commodity and a cost that needs to be constrained, rather than a near-infinite resource that can be mined to build entirely new sources of value and insight. From Uber to Nike to Netflix, The Bottomless Cloud is defining the tenets of success in the 21st century by changing the way we view data, from being a byproduct of business to a foundational driver of radically new business models.

This is the script and lyric companion to Each Song a Story's radio play and song combo Claire Bear from No One Knows Where. It's the story of a little girl who lives with her mama and gramma over Gramma's Gift Shop. Something her friend tells her gets Claire wondering where she comes from and whether or not she actually does have a dad. Up until this point in time, she just assumed she never did. Stay tuned to hear the New Orleans-style band version of Claire’s song.

A sexual history of the 1990s when the Baby Boomers took over Washington, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue. A definitive look at the captains of the culture wars -- and an indispensable road map for understanding how we got to the Trump Teens. The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American...

A strong young farm boy is asked to compete in the mile run in high school. He takes it upon himself to run great distances in order to achieve his goal of a gold medal at the state relays. During his sophomore year, mysterious men in dark suits approach him and his parents and ask him if he would like to attend voluntary military training. He accepts their proposal and is trained in hand-to-hand combat, knife-throwing and long distance shooting.

In 1966, a young Marine took a reel-to-reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. For two months, until he was killed in action, Michael Baronowski made tapes of his friends, of life in foxholes, of combat. And he sent those audio letters home to his family in Norristown, Pennsylvania. 34 years later, his comrade Tim Duffie brought those tapes to radio producer Jay Allison, as part of the Lost & Found Sound series.