Alcoholics Alive

S10E9 Shank and Wayne take a look into AA's finances from the 2024 finanical statements and 2025 budget.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "AA Jargon", "Sex and Sponsorship", "Given a Bum Steer" and "Sponsors Can Goof".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S10E8 Shank and Wayne discuss if AA is really Self Supporting through its own voluntary contributions.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Bootlegger", "Hot-Buttered-Rum-Guzzlers" and "Fat Driving".  If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S10E7 Shank and Wayne discuss how literature price hikes and addtional pamphlets did not help AA's bottom line. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "fatigue, hunger, loneliness, anger and overelation", "round-the-clock-winesippers" and "off the sause".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at [email protected] 

S10E6 Shank and Wayne take a look at AA's pamphlet distribution and discuss if they are worth the effort, do they fulfill our primary purpose or destract?  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "restful convalescence", "bridge, macrame, the opera, tropical fish, cabinetmaking, needlework, baseball, writing, signing, crossword puzzles, cooking, bird-watching, amateur acting, leathercraft, gardening, sailing, the guitar, movies, dancing, marbles, bonsai, collecting something or other" and "Serenity is like a gyroscope".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S10 E5 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items from the 75th General Service Conference for the Treatment and Accessibilites, Trustees, Archives and International Coventions/Regional Forum Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel takes a look at "Sitting in a hen house makes you a hen", "at the KP" and "unbelievably fertile powers of imagination".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S10 E4 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the Policy/Admissions, Public Information and Report and Charter Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Weddings and Barmitzvahs and Christenings, and Holidays, and Football Games and Cocktail Parties and Business Lunches", "Recovered Alcoholics" and "Healthy Respect for Alcohol, Healthy Respect for Cyanide, Iodine or any other Poison, A Skull and Crossbones". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at [email protected] 

S10 E3 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the Grapevine, La Vina and Literature Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Distilled Spirits" "A Pickle Can Change Itself Back Into a Cucumber" and "Free Trial Period".  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S10 E2 Shank and Wayne discuss some of the agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the CPC, Corrections and Finance Committees.  Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Cafeteria Style", "Balanced Diet of Ideas" and "Just Don't Pick Up That First Drink".  If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at [email protected] 

S10E1 Shank and Wayne review the 75th General Service Conference items for the Agenda Committee.  In Living Sober Shrapnel they discuss "Thick Tongues", "Grim, Wet Blanket Experience" and "The Twelve Steps Offered as a Program of Recovery in the Book Alcoholics Anonymous".  You can email Alcoholics Alive at [email protected] 

S9E13 Shank and Wayne do a wrap up of the 12 Steps and discuss upcoming Season 10.  If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at [email protected]