{"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":"Big Book Will Travel - AA Speaker - Don B.","slug":"big-book-will-travel-aa-speaker-don-b","published_at":"2026-07-10T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/big-book-will-travel-aa-speaker-don-b","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561","url":"https://sober-sunrise.podbean.com/e/big-book-will-travel-aa-speaker-don-b/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wnwiwmqjpzdpju7d/DonB-Podcast.mp3","summary":"Don’s sponsor handed him a card that said “Big Book Will Travel,” and that old AA spirit runs through the whole talk: show up, carry the message, and give away what saved you. ☀️ Sober Sunrise AppListen to Sober Sunrise AA speaker talks anytime, track your sober time, take a daily pledge, save favorite speakers, and keep recovery support close throughout the day.📱 Sober Sunrise App - Apple App Store If you enjoy the app or find it useful in your recovery, a quick rating or review on the App Store would mean a lot and helps more people find Sober Sunrise. ☀️ 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 Don shares an old-school AA talk that weaves early Alcoholics Anonymous history with his own story of drinking, lying, family damage, and final surrender. He talks about the first meetings in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the fragile beginnings of AA on the West Coast, and the people who kept showing up because they needed each other as much as the newcomer needed them. Then he turns to his own life: drinking through military service, hiding behind success and performance, sending two wives toward Al-Anon before he ever got sober, and reaching a January 15, 1985 bottom where he could not get drunk and could not get sober. In treatment, an old sponsor with a “Big Book Will Travel” card pointed him toward prayer, inventory, the ABCs, service, and the kind of life Don calls the fourth dimension: a place where God provides what is needed when we stay close and do the work. Don B. from Pleasant Hill, CA…","meta_description":"Don’s sponsor handed him a card that said “Big Book Will Travel,” and that old AA spirit runs through the whole talk: show up, carry the message, and give…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3360,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-sunrise-aa-speaker-podcast-7161561/episodes/big-book-will-travel-aa-speaker-don-b/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/big-book-will-travel-aa-speaker-don-b.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}