May 9. 2009 by admin.

Or maybe 25.

All six podcasts for STEPS AND SERVICE are up.  This is a workshop from 2002 in Richmond, VA with Tom I. (of Southern Pines, NC) and the late Don P. of (Denver, CO) on the process of working Steps, the role of Sponsorship, and how Service is a key part of long term sobriety.

The sixth part of this series marks the 25th Anonymous Review Podcast. And there are 18 Virtual Speaker Meetings.

43 only has significance in Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe, but I think it worth a mention.

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January 17. 2009 by admin.

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”

Or so I’ve been told.

I try not to have plans, but preferences and adjust according to the real world.

For the immediate future I have decided that I will include on Bill Wilson talk per month - we have quite a few available, so we can get through 2009.  I should make that an average - I have a two part Legacies talk, but you get the idea.

I will go back to individual speakers from Early AA for a bit - Ethyl M., Marty Mann, Ernie G, Rolle H, Barry L are in the warm up circle, and there are a few multi-prestentations lurking nearby. I particularly want to share the Tom I / Don P “Steps and Service” series, but the fellowship has provided quite a few events and series talks.  The list of podcasts for the next few months is shaping up.

I want to say something about XA-speakers.org, the source of most of our talks. I had not heard of them until a friend and I went up to Virginia to pick up some boxes that were in from California, and he played CDs burned from the site all the way up and all the way back - it was really great.

My friend is back out there - I hope he makes it back. I now listen to speakers the way most people listen to music. At home, while working, in the car … recovery audio as atmosphere.  XA-speakers.org is deserving of your support and could become addictive. As with other instinct, our compulsions can have a positive use, too.

Despite the number of downloads and visits to the site, we are still very slim on responses, so please feel free to send your comments to the Editor.

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