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AA TRADITIONS, SERVICE STRUCTURE & CONCEPTS - EAST DORSET, VT OCTOBER 1990 (2 CDS)
The great pairing of Joe McQuaney and Charlie Parmley once again, this time a discussion and commentary on the Traditions, Service Structure, & Concepts of Alcoholics Anonymous. Old Timer, John Williams joins the conversation regarding these topics in the casual setting of the East Dorset home. An historical, fact-finding dialog between these three personalities as they pass it around is informational and structural for AA groups. This recording was formerly known as: Emotional Sobriety at the Wilson House.
Contents – 20 Total Tracks
Total Length – 94 Minutes
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CHARLIE PARMLEY - COLUMBUS, GA 4-4-86
This Alcoholics Anonymous talk is given by Charlie Parmley of Joe and Charlie Big Book Study fame. Joe is not on this recording and this is not a Big Book Study. Recorded in Columbus, Georgia on April 4th, 1986 at the 1st Chattahoochee Valley Conference, Charlie shares his story of what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now. Charlie begins his talk by announcing that he has been sober for 6001 days. He defines himself as an AA fundamentalist. He went from being a shy little awkward boy to a very brave Casanova. He ended up in the back seat of a car with a girl. He very humorously says that in retrospect he feels that this was his first “spiritual experience.” Alcohol had done for him what he couldn’t do for himself. He gives an excellent explanation as to why alcoholics have an allergy to alcohol. Charlie suffered through many years of tortured drinking. Then eventually, in desperation, Charlie uttered a prayer that would change his life. He woke up in a hospital and asked that his obsession to drink be taken away. Towards the end of his talk, Charlie says he had always been careful when talking to a newcomer about God. Until his sponsor told him not to worry about it. “If someone is run off by God, whiskey will run him back in here every damn time.”
Contents - 14 Tracks
Length – 70 Minutes
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CHARLIE PARMLEY - PORTLAND, OR 1-2-88
In this talk, Charlie tells his story and states that he’s proud to be an AA fundamentalist. As a child he was never able to fit in with the people around him. He tells about his first drinking experience in quite a bit of detail. His father had once given him a warning that if he continues to drink like he does, he’s going to end up like many of the other Parmleys, drunken alcoholics. Charlie tells about his spiritual experience in a hospital, his surrender and his first prayer to a higher power. Charlie’s first AA meeting was at the Borderline group. He later found out that it was not for borderline alcoholics, but was located on the state line. Charlie is very appreciative of the Al Anon program and says that in his opinion, when the spouse is a member of Al Anon, the alcoholic has a much better chance of staying sober. At the end of his talk Charlie says that if he can do his best to do God’s will, then God will give him everything he needs to be happy, “He hasn’t failed me yet.”
Contents – 16 Tracks
Length – 79 minutes
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CHARLIE PARMLEY - TORONTO, CANADA JUNE 1997
This is Charlie’s story as only he can tell it. It contains a little humor but is mostly a very sincere talk about what alcohol had done to his life. He tells a very detailed story about his first drunk at age 14. Charlie believes that he had his first spiritual experience in the back seat of a car that same night as his first drunk. He makes it very clear that you cannot just stop drinking. You must replace all of those compulsions to drink with positives, like the AA program. Charlie goes over all twelve steps. This is really one of the best AA talks you’ll ever hear.
Contents – 16 Tracks
Length – 76 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - A PROGRAM FOR YOU (4-CDs)
Joe McQuaney and Charlie Parmley, two wonderful recovering alcoholics, study and analyze the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. They help interpret the original A.A. program as described in the book. Using page and line annotations from the Big Book, this powerful recovery tool helps you discover the basic recovery plan offered by the Twelve Steps. A Program for You leads each of us newcomers and long timers alike, to a deeper understanding of recovery as a way of life. As Joe and Charlie tell us, “The better you understand the Big Book, the more it can help you.” The authors of A Program for You guide us in a personal exploration of the Big Book. If reading is difficult, these CDs make personal exploration of the Twelve Step program easier and the information more memorable.
Contents – 24 Total Tracks
Total Length - 4 Hours 57 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - AKRON, OH 1988 (10 CDs)
This Joe McQuaney and Charlie Parmley Big Book Study was recorded in Akron, Ohio over a 3 day weekend in 1988. It’s another great and detailed study of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. It’s obvious that they both are excited about being in Akron. At the very beginning of the recording Charlie says, “It’s sure good to be sitting here in Akron, Ohio getting ready to talk about the thing we love the most, the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous… I’m positive we’ll get quite emotional once in a while…. To think about doing a Big Book Study back where it all started kind of blows our minds. We’re tickled to death to be here”
Contents – 146 Total Tracks
Total Length – 11 Hours 30 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - DENTON, TX 1987 (9 CDs)
Joe McQuaney and Charlie Parmley recorded this Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Study in Denton, TX in 1987. The Joe and Charlie Big Book Studies are renowned in the recovery family as the best Big Book Study program available. Everyone will enjoy their simplistic way of outlining and discussing the 12 steps as they are meant to be worked - from the big book.
Contents – 133 Total Tracks
Total Length – 11 Hours 3 minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - EUREKA SPRINGS, AR 4-15-88 (4 CDs)
This Big Book Study was recorded in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on April 15th, 1988. In this recording, Joe McQuaney and Charlie Parmley, two wonderful, recovering alcoholics study and analyze the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. They also point out many historical facts. The Joe and Charlie Big Book studies are renowned in the recovery family as the best Big Book Study program available. Everyone will enjoy their simplistic way of outlining and discussing the 12 steps as they are meant to be worked - from the big book. This set has great sound quality. It’s very informative and easy to understand and most of all, very fun to listen to.
Contents - 64 Total Tracks
Total Length – 4 Hours 58 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - LAUGHLIN, NV 1998 (9 CDs)
This is a great Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Seminar by Joe and Charlie. This is newer Joe (Joe McCoy) along with Charlie Parmley on this 9 CD set. They made this recording in Laughlin, Nevada in August of 1998. Joe and Charlie share their many years of knowledge and experience about the Big Book.
Contents - 130 Total Tracks
Total Length - 10 Hours 49 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - LAWTON, OK DECEMBER 1977 (4 CDs)
This is the very first Big Book Study done by Joe McQuaney and Charlie Parmley. These two wonderful recovering alcoholics, study and analyze the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and help interpret the original program as described in the book. Yes, this is the Big Book Study that started it all for Joe & Charlie.
Contents – 53 Total Tracks
Total Length – 4 Hours 24 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - PASADENA, CA JUNE 1990 (8 CDs)
This is an Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Study by Joe McQuaney & Charlie Parmley. Another very thorough look at the AA Big Book by these two great old-timers. This time they’re in Pasadena, California.
Contents – 128 Tracks
Total Length – 10 Hours 4 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE BIG BOOK STUDY - SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND OCTOBER 1996 (8 CDS)
Joe and Charlie take their very popular Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Study abroad to Great Britain. This is the “original” Joe McQuaney with Charlie Parmley. As usual they cover the entire AA Big Book in a humorous and insightful way.
Contents – 127 Tracks
Total Length – 10 Hours 21 Minutes
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JOE & CHARLIE FOURTH STEP GUIDE - NEW YORK, NY 1988 (3 CDs)
Joe McQuaney and Charlie Parmley recorded this Guide to the Fourth Step in 1988 in New York City. They thoroughly cover the Fourth Step of the Alcoholics Anonymous program.
Contents – 37 Total Tracks
Total Length – 179 Minutes
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JOE McCOY - JOPLIN, MO 12-10-99
Joe recorded this Alcoholics Anonymous talk at the 19th Traditional Winter Holiday in Joplin, Missouri. Joe speaks briefly about the history of AA and says that he believes that AA actually started when Dr Jung first spoke with Rowland Hazzard. Joe talks about his extremely poor upbringing and his father’s severe alcoholism. He talks about some really horrible things he saw as a child while visiting his father in a hospital for the criminally insane. Joe’s drinking got so bad in his later years that he would frequently see animals in his bedroom. Joe talks about the time he attended a Big Book Study and first met Joe McQuaney, the original Joe of the Joe and Charlie Big Book Study recorded series. He feels very proud that the alcoholism “chain” has been broken in his family because his grandchildren have never seen him take a drink. Joe ends his talk with a very heartfelt story.
Contents – 12 Tracks
Length – 57 Minutes
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JOE McCOY - PENSACOLA BEACH, FL 9-14-02
This is the newer Joe of the Joe and Charlie Big Book Studies. Joe has a very soothing voice even though he has had some very rough times in his life. He says his father had an obsession to drink and his mother had an obsession to see that his father did not drink. Every time his father took a drink his mother went through a personality change. Joe talks quite a bit about his father’s alcoholism and growing up in extreme poverty in the South. Joe talks about alcoholism being an entire belief system in the way you look at things in life, just like Communism or Capitalism. He didn’t realize how “uninformed” he was about many things in life until after he joined AA and got sober. Joe’s sponsor once told him if he was unable to find a power GREATER than himself, at least try to find one OTHER than himself. At the end of his talk, he says that one of the most important things that he’s learned in AA is how to interact with other people.
Contents – 14 Tracks
Length – 70 Minutes
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JOE McCOY - TORONTO, CANADA JUNE 1997
This is the new Joe of the Joe and Charlie Big Book Studies telling his own story. Joe tells of growing up in an alcoholic home. His father was a very abusive alcoholic. There was a lot of physical violence. At the age of eight years, Joe remembers visiting his father in the criminally insane ward of the local mental hospital. Joe eventually hooked up with a woman by the name of Alabam, who had a very big impact on his future sobriety. Even though Joe has now been sober for a number of years, he still gets excited about what tomorrow will bring.
Contents – 10 Tracks
Length – 48 Minutes
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JOE McCOY BIG BOOK STUDY - DIAMONDHEAD, MS 11-24-01 (2 CDs)
This is a condensed Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Study by Joe McCoy, the newer of the two Joes of Joe & Charlie Big Book Study fame. This was recorded at the 12th Gratitude Round-Up in Diamondhead, Mississippi on November 24th, 2001. Joe, with some assistance from his wife, Phyllis keeps this talk moving and ends up with a total time of just over two hours. At the beginning of this recording, Joe, sober for 28 years at the time also talks about the history of the AA fellowship.
Contents – 26 Total Tracks
Total Length – 128 Minutes
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JOE McQUANEY - BELLFLOWER, CA 12-15-86
This Alcoholics Anonymous talk was recorded by Joe (of Joe & Charlie Big Book Studies) from Little Rock, Arkansas on December 15th, 1986 at The Gratitude Meeting in Bellflower, California. Joe's sobriety date is March 10th, 1962. Joe tells a few jokes and is serious at other times. He's been around the program for quite a while and has a wealth of knowledge that he shares in this recording.
Contents - 15 Tracks
Length - 72 Minutes
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JOE McQUANEY - LITTLE ROCK, AR 1986
This Alcoholics Anonymous talk is given by Joe McQuaney of Joe and Charlie Big Book Study fame. Charlie is not on this recording and this is not a Big Book Study. Recorded in 1986 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Joe shares his message of what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now. Like Charlie, Joe’s personal story is delivered from the heart. Joe begins his personal story with stating his sobriety date, March 10th, 1962. He says that even though the AA program is widespread, most alcoholics will die never knowing that the cause of their problems is alcohol. Joe says that just a few days after his wedding, he was committed to the Little Rock Insane Asylum for extreme drunkenness. While in this institution, a fellow patient came up to him with a Big Book and a carton of Camel cigarettes. At that point he began showing interest in AA. He began going to meetings but ran into some problems. This was the summer of 1962, the summer of the demonstrations and the sit-ins and being a black man in the AA program in Little Rock was not an easy thing to do. Joe sums up by saying that the happiest we are ever going to be is when we find out what our purpose in life is and we begin doing that.
Contents – 11 Tracks
Length – 53 Minutes
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JOE McQUANEY - TALKS ABOUT THE TWELVE STEPS
Joe McQuaney of the Joe and Charlie Big Book Seminars tells his own story. Joe also talks about all 12 steps of the Alcoholics Anonymous program.
Contents – 8 Tracks
Length – 38 Minutes
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