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