# A Book, a Pound of Coffee, and a New AA Meeting- AA Speaker - Bud M. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/a-book-a-pound-of-coffee-and-a-new-aa-meeting-aa-speaker-bud-m Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/a-book-a-pound-of-coffee-and-a-new-aa-meeting-aa-speaker-bud-m.md Podcast: [Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561) Published: 2026-05-28T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://sober-sunrise.podbean.com/e/a-book-a-pound-of-coffee-and-a-new-aa-meeting-aa-speaker-bud-m/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kud457s98qwgcuz8/BudM-Podcast.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/a-book-a-pound-of-coffee-and-a-new-aa-meeting-aa-speaker-bud-m Duration seconds: 3223 ## Resource Bud came to AA straight out of jail with a sentence hanging over him, a restitution bill he could not imagine paying, and nobody left who wanted his phone call. โ˜€๏ธ Sober Sunrise Episode ArchiveMore AA speaker tapes and recovery stories:https://sober-sunrise.com/episodes ๐Ÿงก Sober Sunrise MerchShirts, mugs, and recovery-inspired gear:https://sober-sunrise.com/merch ๐ŸŒด Sober Sunrise NewsletterWeekly AA speaker picks, recovery reflections, and updates:https://sober-sunrise.com/newsletter Bud tells an old-school AA story that begins with the early days of Southern California meetings, the Hole in the Ground group, and a rough crowd of sober men who carried the message without much polish. When he came in on March 10, 1953, he had just gotten out of jail, owed more money than he could picture repaying, and had burned through family, work, and trust. In this AA talk, Bud shares how the book, sponsorship, amends, steady work, and one day at a time turned his life around, from making restitution and rebuilding family relationships to helping start a sober living house and later seeing one of those men still sober decades later. Bud McD. at the Alano Club, Reykjavik Iceland - June 28th 2002Music: Deep by KaizanBlu ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/a-book-a-pound-of-coffee-and-a-new-aa-meeting-aa-speaker-bud-m/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/a-book-a-pound-of-coffee-and-a-new-aa-meeting-aa-speaker-bud-m.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.