Big Book Living Alive

Meet Joe & Charlie

Meet Joe & Charlie In the premiere episode of the new Big Book Comes Alive podcast and videocast. A series dedicated to bringing the legendary `Big Book Seminars` done by Joe & Charlie to modern audiences. Available on most podcast platforms, Big Book Comes Alive offers a fresh and convenient way to explore the timeless wisdom of Joe and Charlie. Where we work to bring the insights of this classic seminar to life with modern audio clarity. For decades, two popular audio sets featuring Joe and Charlie have been a staple for those seeking guidance in recovery. These recordings have provided comfort, wisdom, and insight to countless listeners on their journey to sobriety. Big Book Comes Alive brings this treasured content to the podcast world, offering a unique way to connect with Joe and Charlie's teachings. The episodes draw from a weekend seminar recorded in Latrobe, PA, in July 1993—a time when Joe and Charlie’s powerful insights captivated an audience eager to explore the Big Book in depth. The Big Book stands as the approach to understanding the principles of recovery and the core messages of Alcoholics Anonymous. Joe and Charlie's sessions took the complex ideas in the Big Book and made them accessible, relatable, and genuinely inspirational. By revisiting these sessions through a podcast, we can engage with their guidance in a new light, appreciating the timeless relevance of their words. Join us each week on the Big Book Comes Alive podcast to re-experience the voices of Joe and Charlie with modern audio and fresh perspectives. Whether you’re new to the Big Book or returning to it with new experiences, this podcast promises a journey that’s both familiar and enlightening. Let’s walk through recovery with Joe and Charlie as our guides, discovering how their wisdom resonates just as strongly today. NOTE: Patreon site no longer available. Website: https://bigbooklivingalive.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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And wisdom to know the difference. It works. But you have to work at it and share it. And, if you practice these steps you should have the spiritual awakening that will bring the relief from alcohol and the addition to it. Remember that the only way to keep it is to give it away. This is where the spiritual awakening shines. We now know that service and working with others is the best way to keep our center in the program and maintain our Daily Reprieve. Page 92 - 12 Step call You May Also Like:  ✓ New episodes of the Big Book Living Alive Joe & Charlie podcast every Monday @ 2pm est. Website: https://bigbooklivingalive.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bblivingalive Tags: 12 Steps, Prayer, Inspiration, Inspirational music, Inspirational music background, recovery music, Addiction, Recovery, Joe&Charlie, alcohol recovery, alcohol recovery stories, addiction recovery stories ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Big Book Living Alive: Episode 56

Daily inventory and quiet meditation with a God of our understanding keeps us grounded and on the path.  Prayer is talking to God and meditation is listening to God. Pg 87 - Conlude your mediation with a prayer. But this is prayer for help with what we need, not a request or shopping list of what we want. There is no bargain, or fox hole prayers here. And when we are willing to do his will we will not be caught short on what we can achieve or accomplish. The 11th Step Prayer is: “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.” -- 11th Step Prayer You May Also Like:  ✓ New episodes of the Big Book Living Alive Joe & Charlie podcast every Monday @ 2pm est. Website: https://bigbooklivingalive.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bblivingalive Tags: 12 Steps, Prayer, Inspiration, Inspirational music, Inspirational music background, recovery music, Addiction, Recovery, Joe&Charlie, alcohol recovery, alcohol recovery stories, addiction recovery stories ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Big Book Living Alive: Episode 55

The spiritual experience should be upon us if we have finished step 9, but we need to understand that we only have today for this reprieve from alcohol. We need to continue our daily maintenance to make sure we don't side back. We need to continue to make amends when necessary and keep our side of the street clean. And we can do that anytime of the day. Additional promises on page 84 and 85. We are not fighting ourselves and we can feel the problem has been removed. This is the fit spiritual condition. 10th step prayer: God, please help me watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear. When these crop up in me, help me to immediately ask you to remove them from me and help me discuss these feelings with someone. Help me to quickly make amends if I harmed anyone and help me to resolutely turn my thoughts to someone I can help. Help me to be loving and tolerant of everyone today. Amen. You May Also Like:  ✓ New episodes of the Big Book Living Alive Joe & Charlie podcast every Monday @ 2pm est. Website: https://bigbooklivingalive.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bblivingalive Tags: 12 Steps, Prayer, Inspiration, Inspirational music, Inspirational music background, recovery music, Addiction, Recovery, Joe&Charlie, alcohol recovery, alcohol recovery stories, addiction recovery stories ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Big Book Living Alive: Episode 54

The Promises: page 83 1. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. 2. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. 3. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. 4. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. 5. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. 6. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. 7. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. 8. Self-seeking will slip away. 9. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. 10. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. 11. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. 12. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves You can have the whole world, if you do the action steps to get to that point. As a friend said to me early in my sobriety, `You can have everything in life if you are willing to give up one thing in life` Achieve the 4th level of existence by completing the amends and restitution process. Finish clearing the decks of debts owed and welcome a new feeling of freedom. You May Also Like:  ✓ New episodes of the Big Book Living Alive Joe & Charlie podcast every Monday @ 2pm est. Website: https://bigbooklivingalive.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bblivingalive Tags: 12 Steps, Prayer, Inspiration, Inspirational music, Inspirational music background, recovery music, Addiction, Recovery, Joe&Charlie, alcohol recovery, alcohol recovery stories, addiction recovery stories ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.