{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Open Talks - Recovered 538","description":"Call us at 1-734-288-7510\r\nemail at mark@recoveredcast.com\r\nSober Life Mouthwash Website \r\nPromo Code PODCAST\r\nfor 20% Discount\r\nThe Big Book\r\nThe 12 and 12\r\n24 Hours a Day\r\nAn open talk may have been the first meeting we ever went to.\r\nSome have been in the program for some time and have never been to an open talk.\r\nSome of our audience have never been to an AA meeting and don’t know what an open talk is.\r\nSome of our audience may be al-anons and have not been to an open talk either.\r\nLet’s share our experience, strength, and hope on this topic:\r\nOpen Talks.\r\nLet’s start at the beginning\r\nWhat is an open talk?\r\nWho can go to an open talk?\r\nWho should go to an open talk?\r\nWhy are open talks given?\r\nHave you attended open talks?\r\nWhere?\r\nWhat was your experience?\r\nAre conference talks like an open talk?\r\nHow are they the same?\r\nHow are they different?\r\nHave you ever heard an open talk from someone outside of AA? NA? CA? Al-Anon?\r\nHow were they different?\r\nHow were they the same?\r\nAt an open talk, you hear great stories, do you remember any?\r\nHave you ever heard a bad open talk?\r\nWhat makes a good open talk?\r\nWhat makes a bad opn talk?\r\nWE HAVE CALLS CRISTIE\r\nRUTH IN SPEAK PIPE TAB\r\nHave you ever given an open talk?\r\nHow do you prepare?\r\nDo you write it out?\r\nDo you bring anything with you?\r\nDo you quote?\r\nWhat was your experience?\r\nHave you ever been responsible for inviting an open talk speaker?\r\nWhat would be\/was you criteria for selection?\r\nWhat would you say to the new guy who has never been to an open talk?\r\nFinal Thoughts?\r\n ","author_name":"Recovered Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/recoveredcast.com","html":"