Adele Rogers St John Famous Journalist 12 Tracks 50 Minutes More Info on Her at http://www.search.eb.com/women/articles/St_Johns_Adela_Rogers.html

Cliff Walker of Los Angeles, CA 12 Tracks ~ 55 Minutes Both Cliff Walker and Al Marineaux were in the original AA Group formed by Mort Joseph and Kay Miller. They were part of the Big Meetings prior to World War 2 era gasoline rationing which is credited with spreading AA groups around southern California. AAs started new groups when they could no longer get enough gasoline to travel to what had been a large meeting numbering in the hundreds. They each tell their story. Al has a distinctive laugh as he tells stories and cracks jokes. Al was a musician who played in movie studio orchestras. Cliff recounts his spiritual journey. How he was overdosed with religion in his youth but came to believe in his own Higher Power in recovery. The sound quality is good especially considering the 1963 vintage of the recording. Both recovery stories are excellent.

at Austin Texas June 1968 one of the first AA members in California tells his story and talks about AA

Lois Wilson ~ Henrietta F. ~ Margaret D. Lois and two very early Alanon Family Groups workers talk about the earliest days of Alanon. The office and many happenings at the 24th street AA Clubhouse, their work with groups and individual Alanons, the growth of Alanon, and the publication of literature including THE FORUM are discussed. They also talk about how Alateen was started, and the work of volunteers and staffers not present. The must have met outdoors (most likely at Stepping Stones) because you hear birds singing and the occasional mosquito being swatted. A beautiful recording of the Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous wife and her close associates talk about the early days of Alanon Family Groups. This CD is specially formatted with "bookmarked tracks". The tracks all begin immediately before an new speaker or topic.

at Thunder Bay Ontario May 11, 1985 15 Tracks 74 Minutes

January 31, 1972. Anne was from Niles, Ohio and her sobriety date is April 1, 1948

Arbutus O'Neil of Brownwood, Texas ~ at 50th Alanon Anniversary ~ Omaha Nebraska ~ June 23, 2001 11 Tracks ~ 54 Minutes ~ Very Good Talk About ~ Recovery ~ She went to her first Alanon meeting in 1948, and talks from long experience. She was a longtime delegate to the Alanon service conference. ~ She talks about Alcoholism, Alcoholics, and recovery in Alanon for people who have been affected by another's Alcoholism. ~ While not a funny talk it is not without humor and she does get a few good laughs here and there in the course of the talk. ~ Part of the talk is her story of growing up in an Alcoholic home and then being married to an Alcoholic. ~ She tells how her husband Bill's alcoholism progressed and how he finally recovered. ~ How she eventually recognized the need to apply the 12 steps to her own life. ~ She also talks about her family, and some experiences sharing recovery with her husband.

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.

at Ogden, Utah ~ June 15, 1991 ~ 10 Tracks ~ 52 Minutes ~ Great Talk by this ever popular old-timer

Grace Aronofsky of Dallas, TX at Mid-Winter Conference ~ Hilton Head, South Carolina ~ January 19, 2001 ~ 9 Tracks ~ 45 Minutes ~ Here the one who went through it SOBER