ARCHIE T. BROADCAST ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1948. ~Author of BIG BOOK story THE MAN WHO MASTERED FEAR (page 246 4th edition; 275 in third). ~ Pioneered AA in Detroit Michigan. ~ Tells of his drinking, what it cost him and what it did to him. ~ Talks about how he came in contact with AA, Sobered up, and came to pioneer AA in Detroit. ~ How the first AA group in the DETROIT area was formed in his room in a boarding house. ~ A powerful talk by a man who struggled with fear as many alcoholics do. ~ The recording of the broadcast is followed by an interview with SARAH a nonalcoholic woman who was closely associated with ARCH and the early Detroit AAs.

Wynn Laws of Oxnard, CA Author of Big Book Story FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE Made from archival source tape the audio is clear and the recording complete. She tells some parts of her story not in the Big Book Story. Talks about her attitudes before she began drinking. Her Drinking; what it did for her, some episodes, and where it took her. Her life in sobriety. The importance of helping others and being part of AA(Not mentioned in the recording but Wynn was very active in visiting prisons and mental hospitals as an AA volunteer). How she learned to overcome resentments. A formula covered in Book Story often used still today and passed on to newcomers.