Bill J. — From Hiding to Belonging | San Antonio, Texas Roundup, 1988

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• Bill J. — From Hiding to Belonging | San Antonio, Texas Roundup, 1988

• Speaker: Bill J.

• Gender: Male

• AA member: Yes

• From: San Antonio, TX — this is what the original tape catalog lists. The talk itself does not clearly establish that San Antonio was his home at the time.

• Recording date: September 4, 1988

• Event: The Texas Roundup

• Location: San Antonio, Texas

• AA history: First attended AA in 1957 in Boston. He later returned to drinking for an extended period before establishing continuous sobriety approximately 12 years before this recording, or around 1976.

• Primary topic: Personal recovery story; accepting alcoholism and being gay; finding belonging and emotional connection through gay AA.

• Additional themes: Early gay life in the 1940s–50s, alcoholism, relapse, workaholism, family relationships, mental health treatment, sponsorship, gay AA groups, relationships, cancer, and finding a life in sobriety.

• Explicit-content setting: Explicit – Yes. This one contains profanity, direct discussion of sexual experiences and sexual abuse, historical descriptions of homosexuality and arrests, suicidal thoughts, and some strong language. I would definitely mark this Explicit in Podbean.

• Historical-language advisory: Yes. Some terminology and descriptions reflect attitudes toward homosexuality during the 1940s–1980s.

• Transcript reviewed: Yes

• AA speaker: Yes

• Gender field: Male

Bill J. — From Hiding to Belonging | San Antonio, Texas Roundup, 1988

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