CAL Chat
🎙️ Podcast where we talk about our favorite Al-Anon and Alateen Conference Approved Literature and how it has improved our lives. // 🍷 (Al-Anon and Alateen are for people who have been affected by alcoholism in a relative or friend.) // ➡️ You can also visit my blog (calchatblog.com) and the CAL Chat Podcast YouTube channel (youtube.com/@calchatpodcast). 📺 To see recovery in a new way and get literature updates, visit: linktr.ee/calchatpodcast for more. // Enjoy and happy reading! 📚 😊
Episodes
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In Part 6 of 6 (of Episode 1 from "CAL Chat - Deep Dive"), Evelyn and I talk about the next “field trip” for the Delegates to the World Service Office in 2023. To wrap up this episode, she offers some parting words to anyone that isn’t quite sure about standing for service.
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In Part 5 of 6 (of Episode 1 from "CAL Chat - Deep Dive"), we focus on the Delegates’ “field trip” to Stepping Stones, the home of Al-Anon’s co-founder Lois W. Evelyn describes how the World Service Office was involved and how it felt to go back to the 2022 World Service Conference the very same day.
Continuing the discussion about the "1961 World Service Conference Summary" (P-46) in Part 4 of 6 (of Episode 1 from "CAL Chat - Deep Dive"), I explain how I time traveled as research for this particular show. Evelyn talks about what moved her spiritually and reveals a surpr...
In Part 3 of 6 (of Episode 1 from "CAL Chat - Deep Dive"), we begin to explore the "1961 World Service Conference Summary" (P-46) and what Evelyn identified with from back then that is still happening in 2022. We discuss why the 2021 and 2022 Conferences were historic and what may lie in Al-Anon’s future 60 years...
In Part 2 of 6 (of Episode 1 from "CAL Chat - Deep Dive"), Evelyn describes what she discovered about her Area Delegate position that she didn’t know about before she stood for it, how humor can be a spiritual principle when breaking down expectations, and what she would like Al-Anon and Alateen members to know about her position as a Delegate. We also cover how the WSC (World Service Conference) is ...
What really goes on at an Al-Anon World Service Conference (WSC)? How is the WSC different than the WSO (World Service Office)? What’s it like for a Delegate to visit Stepping Stones, the house of Al-Anon’s co-founder? Welcome to the very first "CAL Chat - Deep Dive" episode! This spin-off show is where we take a closer look at Al-Anon and Ala...
Diane wraps up the conversation in Episode 13's last part (#11), about the beauty that springs from the book "How Al-Anon Works" (B-32), community-building, and doing outreach / Twelfth Step work. Read more
Diane mentions (in part 10 of 11 from Episode 13), how this podcast inspires her to try something new (like the audiobook version of "How Al-Anon Works" (eA-22)) and always reminds her that she has choices. She explains how the vision motto "Dream Big" applies to the long-term outreach project she's working on, mo...
I compare the audiobook of "How Al-Anon Works" (eA-22) to the print version (B-32) in Episode 13's part 9 of 11. A moving story about suicide, Chapter 27's "Finding Reasons To Live," is highlighted because of what it taught me about expectations when listening to the audiobook version. The show wraps with an update given on all Al-Anon audiobooks ava...
In Episode 13's part 8 of 11, Diane and I discuss the importance of libraries and how doing outreach is not a duty but a privilege. And she reminds me why I need to go back and listen to my own podcast! Click here fo...
In part 7 of 11 (of Episode 13), Diane lists all the Spanish versions of books (such as "How Al-Anon Works" (SB-32)) that she has also included in the public outreach project. We talk about cross-germination and unintended ripples outreach can sometimes have. Lastly, at this podcast show's website,
Diane details (in part 6 of 11 from Episode 13), how she uses "How Al-Anon Works" (B-32) for outreach in a broader sense - especially in an extensive relationship-building project that just started. Find out how outreach is like mining gold!
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In Episode 13's part 5 of 11, Diane's favorite book to use for outreach is the softcover version of "How Al-Anon Works" (B-32) and she points out how intimate individual outreach can still be done in an electronic (telephone/chat) or virtual (video) meeting. We reminisce about the days when we hauled Al-Anon books...
In part 4 of 11 (of Episode 13), Diane and I keep the discussion going about the book "From Survival To Recovery" (B-21) focusing primarily on the chapter "Untangling Confusion" from page 269 (or 270 depending on the book's edition), the infamous "Promises" section from page 267 (or...
The conversation continues with Diane (in part 3 of 11 from Episode 13), about "From Survival To Recovery" (B-21) which she feels is one of the most relevant books during the Covid-19 pandemic. She talks about what she does after climbing a high recovery mountain and we discuss one of the benefits of the pandemi...
In Episode 13's part 2 of 11, Diane describes how cycles of violence and "predictable darkness" affected her while growing up in an alcoholic home. We touch on the story "Authorities Frightened Me" from page 253 (or 255 depending on the book's edition) in "From Survival To Recovery" (B-21) and Chapter 5 ("Becomin...
How is a pandemic similar to recovery? What audiobooks are available from Al-Anon? Can a book also be a picture frame? In part 1 of 11 (of Episode 13), Diane explains why the title of the book "From Survival To Recovery" (B-21) is so appropriate, how it helpe...
Terry Anne highlights new upcoming Al-Anon literature in part 5 of 5 of Episode 12 and explains how the motto chosen for the "2018 World Service Conference Summary" (P-46) applies to her own personal life. To submit your suggestion for your favorite "Forum" article that you’d like to see in the new upc...
In part 4 of 5 (of Episode 12), Terry Anne’s pick for her favorite outreach piece of literature is the bookmark "Just For Today" (M-12) and we talk about how it helps puts the focus on ourselves, not the alcoholic. Then we pull out our "2018 World Service Conference Summary" (P-46) to dive into page 51...
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