Beth Gordon of Brecksville, Ohio at Florida State Convention Jacksonville, FL ~ 8-6-2004 15 tracks ~ 73 Minutes Really good talk by person with over 3 decades of sobriety. She tells her story and talks about life in sobriety. Stuff like 12th Step calls with her sponsor, and going to meetings when she didn't feel like it. I've done that too. Not feel like going to a meeting and finding out it was what I needed to get me out of some doldrums. Good talk by woman with 30 plus years

at Luck 'O the Irish ~ Omaha, NE March 15, 2002 ~ 10 tracks ~ 59 Minutes

Bob Olsen of Denver Colorado at Northside Speaker Meeting Fresno,CA ~ June 4, 2004 15 Tracks ~ 72 Minutes Really good Old-timer Talk. Bob was 31 years sober at the time of this talk. He gives a really great talk on the steps. After a brief discussion of his childhood and an equally brief drunkalogue he starts to talk about his experience with recovery. He talks about being around AA for a while when his drinking began causing major problems. Then he got sober, and about a year later got confronted with real recovery in the steps. How he started the steps with his first sponsor. From there he talks about his experiences while taking the steps. This is not a "Teaching" kind of talk about the steps. He talks about his experiences; what he and his sponsor did. A really good talk by a guy with three decades of sobriety.

at Fellowship of the Spirit Speaker Meeting St John's ~ Queens, New York, NY ~ July 28, 2001 15 Tracks ~ 63 Minutes This guy is definitely a Big Book Thumper and he gets pretty wound up. He talks about AA, Alcoholics and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Presents his opinions of what can be done by Alcoholics in the AA of today to achieve the success rate described in the Big Book(Page xx in the FOWARD TO THE SECOND EDITION). He gets really excited and talks a great deal about revitalizing AA.

Ocean City, Maryland January 24, 2004 14 Tracks ~ 66 Minutes

Dave Pistole of Birch Bay, WA A VISION FOR YOU WORKSHOP at Florida State Convention Jacksonville, FL ~ 8-6-2004 19 Tracks ~ 77 Minutes Really Good Workshop ~ A Vision for you contains the Happy Joyous and Free quote. Dave explains that the point of his workshop will be "How to Be Happy?. He uses a whole bunch of really great quotes. One was so good I bookmarked it with a track. at the start of Track 6 of the Cd Dave Quotes George Bernard Shaw"This is the true joy of life; the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature rather than a feverish selfish little clot of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."

Columbus, Ohio ~ March 26, 2004 12 Tracks ~ 56 Minutes Sober over 46 years at the time of this talk he tells his story, and talks about AA. Great Talk by longtime AA Conference Speaker a very good relatively recent talk.

Keith Lewis of Wilmington, NC at Big Island Bash Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ~ April 29, 2001 13 Tracks ~ 65 Minutes Keith tells his story in his very humorous way. He talks about old-timers, impotence, insomnia, and Mary Had A Little Lamb and other drinking songs. A Really funny talk by a great guy who can really carry the message. 13 Tracks ~ 65 Minutes

~ Sober 31 years at the time of this talk Keith gives a really great AA Talk. He tells his story in a very insightful way. ~ It's easy for an alcoholic to identify with the feelings he describes as he goes through the Alcoholic Wringer. Most of us can also identify with the early sobriety experiences he describes. ~ Towards the end of the recording he talks about making amends with his father. This talk has real spiritual depth. Everything he says is in plain human terms and easily understood; the depth is in the sharing of very profound experiences. ~ He really opens up his soul. 14 Tracks ~ 54 Minutes

Liz Bailey of Hollis, NY at Columbus Spring Roundup Columbus Ohio ~ March 26, 2004 12 Tracks ~ 61 Minutes A very popular speaker Liz Bailey has been livening up conventions and roundups for many years. Another great talk by her. Her adventures with "Mr. Bailey" and how she got well. Very energetic fun speaker ~ Lots of personality in the best way.