Tom Powers 1961 Alcoholics Anonymous Talk at Blackstone VA 1961

Description

   •  Tom was closely associated with Bill Wilson He helped Bill Edit the TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS
   •  He is mentioned extensively in Francis Hartigans Biography of Bill
   •  In this recording he tells his story and talks about maintaining sobriety
   • Tom originally came into AA in the early 1940s
   •  He had a resumed drinking after a period of sobriety and had a very difficult time getting back.
   •  He finally got sober in 1946 and remained sober for decades.
   •  He talks about the type of person he was before he started drinking.
   •  How this made him a natural for Alcoholism
   •  His progression into Alcoholism and Insanity Hospitalizations, Shock Treatment, and hitting bottom.
   •  Very good explanation of what hitting bottom is.
   • He has a style that really gets to the heart of the matter and he explains complex and often misunderstood things like “hitting Bottom” very well.