Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Tom I telling his story at the North Coast Roundup held in Seaside Oregon  Tom has long been a highly regarded speaker in AA. The podcast will be featuring  "Tom Tuesday" until we run through his library.    Tom I became sober at the age of 28, attending an AA meeting in a maximum-security prison. He had been sentenced there after he killed two teenagers during a blackout. Upon his release he dedicated his life to carrying the message of recovery to other inmates. He was the first former prisoner hired to work within the prison system. His journey eventually took him from prisoner to warden. Tom was sober over 65 years at the time of his passing in 2022.   Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

We have a panel of speakers sharing on the topic, Gifts of Sobriety at the Girlstock International Conference held in Atlanta Georgia. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Don L is sharing on the topics of Step12 and Sponsorship at the 3rd Annual Three Rivers Big Book Weekend held in 2022 in Richland Washington. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Brian P (29 years) from Dallas Texas and Kent C (30 years) from Sandusky Ohio each do a great job sharing in this workshop on the topic of The 9th Step and the Promises at the 45th Atlanta Roundup. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Sally R from Dell Arkansas tells her story at the Atlanta Georgia  State Convention. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Jim K is sharing at this unknown event on the topic of Service Work along with a bit of his story. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Beth D and Katy L share on the topic of Dr. Bobs Nightmare out of the big book. 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://scast.us/weaa Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Tom is speaking at the Cunning, Baffling Powerful Mini Conference held in Ashevill, NC in July of 2009.   Tom has long been a highly regarded speaker in AA. The podcast will be featuring  "Tom Tuesday" until we run through his library.    Tom I became sober at the age of 28, attending an AA meeting in a maximum-security prison. He had been sentenced there after he killed two teenagers during a blackout. Upon his release he dedicated his life to carrying the message of recovery to other inmates. He was the first former prisoner hired to work within the prison system. His journey eventually took him from prisoner to warden. Tom was sober over 65 years at the time of his passing in 2022.   Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Maria S is an Al-Anon member from  Los Angeles California, she is telling her story at the 30th Annual Crested Butte Mountain Conference. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Joe & Charlie were well known for the many Big Book workshops they did all over the country for many years, but the Big Book is not the only thing they spoke about . This is a 90 min workshop they did on the topic of Emotional Sobriety in 1990. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

With Speaker Potluck, just like in a real meeting you dont know what you are going to hear till you do. This time I grabbed four 15 min speakers speakers without listening to them in advance, enjoy speaker potluck.  Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Astrid H tells her story at the Serenity in Yosemite Convention in November of 2010. Astrid has a great message told with humility and humor. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Debbie D was sober 30 years at the time she led this workshop on the topic of the 3 Legacies held at the West Portland Group April of 2006. There is some Q&A and you cant hear the Q at all, I cut out the dead silences so you arent just sitting there waiting. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Our speaker today is Gordon R (sober in 1989) from Aberdeen Scotland he is sharing on the topic, I Saw - I Felt - I Believed, at the Magical Mystery Tour meeting held on zoom in February of 2023. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Tom is sharing on the topic of Working with Others at an unknown meeting held in Muscatine Illinois in September of 2001. Tom has long been a highly regarded speaker in AA. The podcast will be featuring  "Tom Tuesday" until we run through his library.    Tom I became sober at the age of 28, attending an AA meeting in a maximum-security prison. He had been sentenced there after he killed two teenagers during a blackout. Upon his release he dedicated his life to carrying the message of recovery to other inmates. He was the first former prisoner hired to work within the prison system. His journey eventually took him from prisoner to warden. Tom was sober over 65 years at the time of his passing in 2022.   Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Stuart C from Quincy Massachusetts was sober about 3 years when he told his story at this unknown meeting held somewhere in Pennsylvania in August of 2011. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Jon F from the Road to Recovery Group in Plymouth United Kingdom celebrates his 15th AA birthday at this meeting held in 2010. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Cindi A from Dana Point California tells her story at the 1st Rebel Roundup held in Evanston West Virginia in August of 1987, she was 14 years sober at the time. I was impressed with her candidness regarding her experience as a manic depressive. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Donna M from Santa Monica CA tells her story at the 3rd Annual Inland Empire Convention held in November of 1990. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Adam T is a very funny guy but he also delivers a solid message at the La Hacenda Reunion held in 2004. NSFW Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Olivia B from Manhattan NY tells her story at an unknown meeting in July of 2012. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

First thing, apology to those of you that expected to hear Tom Tuesday last week and it did not happen, that was a scheduling error on my part. Tom and Sandy B are sharing the podium on the topic of AA Structure Primary Purpose History. No information about where or when this was recorded, you can expect me to say that a lot in this series. Couple of tech notes this ends abruptly but they were clearly wrapping up. The questions in the Q&A were hard to hear, I did manage to amplify them but they will sound a little hollow.  Tom has long been a highly regarded speaker in AA. The podcast will be featuring  "Tom Tuesday" until we run through his library.    Tom I became sober at the age of 28, attending an AA meeting in a maximum-security prison. He had been sentenced there after he killed two teenagers during a blackout. Upon his release he dedicated his life to carrying the message of recovery to other inmates. He was the first former prisoner hired to work within the prison system. His journey eventually took him from prisoner to warden. Tom was sober over 65 years at the time of his passing in 2022.   Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Ketta M was sober 28 years at the time of this share at the Serenity Weekend held in Williamsburg Virginia in March of 2014. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

John C from Ontario Canada is the speaker today sharing on the topic of: Uncovering The Mystery Of Emotional Sobriety at The Broken Elevator zoom meeting held at the end of February 2023. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Kathy P is from Belair Maryland, she is sharing her story at the Sponsorship Group in Chatham New Jersey. I think this is from 2012, but not 100% sure. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Peter M and  Chris R lead this workshop with a focus on sponsorship at (I think) the RTR conference held in November of 2007. This runs about 7.5 hours. I know next to nothing about this event, both of these guys are very popular speakers and both have spoken all over the world at AA events. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Sam A tells his story at the Primary Purpose Group in January of 2020. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

I try to be a week or more ahead when it comes to scheduling the episodes, that way if life gets in the way Im not worried about something for tomorrow. well this week life got in the way and Im adding this episode a few hours before it publishes. That said as I was checking the podcast email right before I started working to get an episode uploaded up for you, and had a listener submission that was recorded just last week.  I dont have a great deal of information about it other than this is Brooke, she has 15 months sober and is telling her story at a meeting called G2.  I do also have a little request for you out there, it is a bit difficult to come across speaker meetings by folks that have 1-3 years sober and I would really like to feature more of them. So... if you have some recordings of people in the earlier years of sobriety please visit https://sobercast.com, look for the "upload a speaker" link and pass them along. I would be grateful. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Donna J is from Florida, she is sharing on Step 2 at the Addition By Subtraction meeting held on zoom at the end of January 2024. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Brigette F. from Florence Alabama tells her Al-Anon story at the 5th annual Sweet Home Alabama Jubilee held in 2012. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Marilyn S from Los Angeles got sober in 1972, she tells her story at the Primary Purpose Group just a few days before her 50th AA Birthday in Feb of 2022. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Ashley B is sharing her story at 13  years sober, she was the Sunday Morning speaker at  HACYPAA 9 (no idea what that was, or where). This was a listener submitted speak. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Stacey B. Jared G, Jay B and Christa R are sharing on the topic of Relationships in Sobriety at the Traverse City Fall Round Up held in November of 2025. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3300+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Meg P has been sober for 5 years, she is sharing her experience, strength, and hope at the North Austin 25 Club. This was recorded in March of 2026. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

An AA member named Amber sent me this recording just a few days ago. This is Matt K (37 years) telling his story as the Saturday night speaker at CCYPAA the Colorado Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous. This was recorded only a couple of months ago in April of 2026. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Tom is sharing on the topic: Forming A Homegroup at a  unknown meeting held in Harrisville Utah sometime in 2004. A while back an AA member (Kent) reached out to me regarding a collection of recordings by Tom I.   Tom has long been a highly regarded speaker in AA. The podcast will be featuring  "Tom Tuesday" until we run through his library.    Tom I became sober at the age of 28, attending an AA meeting in a maximum-security prison. He had been sentenced there after he killed two teenagers during a blackout. Upon his release he dedicated his life to carrying the message of recovery to other inmates. He was the first former prisoner hired to work within the prison system. His journey eventually took him from prisoner to warden. Tom was sober over 65 years at the time of his passing in 2022.   Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Tony D telling his story at the Four 4 Recovery mini-conference in 2013, he was a year sober at the time. LGBTQ Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

With Speaker Potluck, just like in a real meeting you dont know what you are going to hear till you do. This time I grabbed four 15 min speakers speakers without listening to them in advance, then created this audio, the result is speaker potluck.  Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Tim M from London UK is sharing on the topic of Staying Away From the First Think. This was recorder in January of 2023 at an unknown event. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Beth R is sharing at the primary purpose group, recorded in January of 2015. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is part 7 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Step 12 is out last part led by Nikoleta D from Summit NJ. This is the 2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges NJ. Part 7 of 7. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is part 6 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Steps 10 & 11 are covered by Chad P and Julie A, both from Ocean Grove NJ. This is the 2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges NJ. Part 6 of 7. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This would normally be a Tom Tuesday, but since I have a multipart workshop running for the sake of constancy, Tom will be back next week. This is part 5 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Shannon B from Summit NJ  is speaking about Steps 8 & 9. This is the  2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges NJ. Part 5 of 7. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is part 4 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Chad P from Ocean Grove NJ sharing on Steps 5-7. This is the  2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges NJ. Part 4 of 7. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is part 3 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Shannon B from Summit NJ leads that part of the workshop sharing on Step 4. This is the  2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges NJ. Part 3 of 7. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is part 2 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Julie A from Ocean Grove New Jersey speaking on Steps 2 & 3. This is the  2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges NJ. Part 2 of 7. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

This is part 1 of a seven part workshop on the twelve steps. Nikoleta D. from Summit New Jersey starts us out speaking about Step 1. This is the  2nd Annual Don't Sweat the Summer Workshop Held in May of 2025 in Three Bridges NJ. Part 1 of 7. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

April S from the Primary Purpose Group is telling her story in April of 2021. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Eli W had been sober 10 years at the time he told his story at this Young Peoples ASCYPAA conference held in 2010 in Flagstaff Arizona. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

Tom is speaking in Madison Va. on the topic, Our Problems were of our own making. Recorded in April of 2010 at an unknown meeting   A while back an AA member (Kent) reached out to me regarding a collection of recordings by Tom I.   Tom was sober over 65 years at the time of his passing in 2022. Tom has long been a highly regarded speaker in AA. The podcast will be featuring a "Tom Tuesday" until we run through his library.    Tom I became sober at the age of 28, attending an AA meeting in a maximum-security prison. He had been sentenced there after he killed two teenagers during a blackout. Upon his release he dedicated his life to carrying the message of recovery to other inmates. He was the first former prisoner hired to work within the prison system. His journey eventually took him from prisoner to warden.   Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Sober Cast has 3200+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com