Dr. PAUL O. of Laguna Beach, CA AUTHOR OF BIG BOOK STORY DOCTOR, ALCOHOLIC, ADDICT (3rd edition) ACCEPTANCE WAS THE ANSWER (4th edition) TELLS HIS STORY This talk was at 33rd SOUTHEAST STATES and 24th GEORGIASTATE CONFERENCE August 11,1977.(Apparently the two conferences are held together). talks about many of the things that are in the Big Book story with some very interesting sidelights and amplifications. In a nutshell this tape is DOCTOR ALCOHOLIC ADDICT straight from the horses mouth with a side helping of other things not mentioned in the Big Book Story (3rd Ed.p.439;4th Ed.p.407). The crowd he is speaking to is electric. This always helps a speaker. Spirits were high and it must have been a very good meeting to have been at. He apparently very much enjoyed speaking and the audience very much enjoyed listening. He doesn't only talk about his drinking and drug use. He talks about the concept of acceptance, and living life in sobriety. He tells some sobriety stories about getting and then living sober. A lot of good practical advice about livening a sober life of recovery.