A Chair and three speakers with over 112 years of combined sobriety sharing on the topic:
Chair: Ames S of New York
Anne O. of Australia - Wonderful! Sober over 45 years. A teacher by profession, she joined AA at age 29.
She visited Akron, OH when she was Australia's World Service Delegate in 1980.
Her father was a doctor, and to help his alcoholic father-in-law, he learned about AA in 1942 from an Australian psychiatrist who got the first Big Book into Australia.
She shares what they do to spread the word about AA to schools.
Great story of celebrating birthdays with single candle cupcakes.
George M of Michigan - sober 41 years since 4/1/1974. He is from many generations native to Detroit
Debbie M of Williston in central Vermont and sober 26+ years. "AA has given me a settlement in my soul."
Held on the first day of the Convention starting at 11:00 am in the 5,000 seat room B4 in the World Congress Center.
(1 hr 1 min) (14 MB) (id#1410)
