{"podcast":{"title":"Sober Sunrise - AA Speaker Podcast","slug":"sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561","podcast_index_feed_id":7161561,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/sober-sunrise/feed.xml","website_url":"https://sober-sunrise.com/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20053233/GoldBestSSLOGO.png","author":"Sober Sunrise","episode_count":422,"summary":"Sober Sunrise brings you AA Speaker Tapes from around the world. Rather than an AA discussion podcast, Sober Sunrise brings you speakers who share step-work, workshops, and general fellowship discussion points. We are not affiliated with AA in anyway.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T00:18:24.208639+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561"},"episode":{"title":"At the Christening of AA - AA Speaker - Paul K.","slug":"at-the-christening-of-aa-aa-speaker-paul-k","published_at":"2026-06-25T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/at-the-christening-of-aa-aa-speaker-paul-k","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561","url":"https://sober-sunrise.podbean.com/e/at-the-christening-of-aa-aa-speaker-paul-k/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4madahukjg4b2pas/PaulK-Podcast.mp3","summary":"Paul says he was not there at the birth of Alcoholics Anonymous, but he was there at the christening. ☀️ Sober Sunrise Episode ArchiveMore AA speaker tapes and recovery stories:https://sober-sunrise.com/episodes 🧡 Sober Sunrise MerchShirts, mugs, and recovery-inspired gear:https://sober-sunrise.com/merch 🌴 Sober Sunrise NewsletterWeekly AA speaker picks, recovery reflections, and updates:https://sober-sunrise.com/newsletter Paul K. shares an old-school AA talk with 46 years of sobriety, reflecting on early Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Bob, the Oxford Group influence, the Four Absolutes, sponsorship, surrender, inventory, amends, traditions, and the spiritual simplicity he saw in the fellowship’s early days. He talks about coming into AA when it was already “in place and working,” being sponsored through direct action, taking the Third Step on his knees in front of the group, using honesty, unselfishness, purity, and love as guides for inventory, and learning through painful amends that restitution could become an act of love. Paul also speaks tenderly about his wife, their shared sobriety, and Dr. Bob’s final message to keep the program simple: love and service. Paul K. from Akron, OH speaking at the Deep South AA Convention in New Orleans, LA - April 8th-10th 1988 Music: Deep by KaizanBlu","meta_description":"Paul says he was not there at the birth of Alcoholics Anonymous, but he was there at the christening. ☀️ Sober Sunrise Episode ArchiveMore AA speaker tape…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4038,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/at-the-christening-of-aa-aa-speaker-paul-k/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/at-the-christening-of-aa-aa-speaker-paul-k.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}