Dancing, Dancing

Dancing as fast as I can. But things are moving again. SPONSOR MAGAZINE #3 should be out by the end of October. The first of the CD Disk projects should be up about the same time - possibly two of them. I'm putting off podcast production while I deal with medical and automotive problems. And a former sponsee was found dead in an abandoned building last weekend - keeps me grounded and focused on the real result from Step Twelve.

Preparing the Discs

I'm going to take advantage of the work I've done preparing for these disks over the past two years and release four of them very quickly. All will be posted for free download as an iso disk image (for the real geeks out there), and through the print-on-demand service that handles CD duplication.

The disks are self-paced computer disks with and easy to use "web page" interface to allow you to reach any file with just a couple of clicks. The first four disks are:

• THE SPONSOR DISK with lots of speakers and a resource library.
• THE STEPS GROUPED with lots of speakers on the Steps as they work together, and an in-depth exploration of the Traditions. Includes the bookmarked PDF for A Recovery Reader and the Inventory Guide "Simple Directions" as a printable PDF.
• The first two volumes of ANONYMOUS REVIEW, which includes all 27 podcasts from Volume 1 ("In their own words, in their own voices") and 50 podcasts from Volume 2 (The Virtual Speaker Meeting).

The fifth disk will be devoted to the Inventory process, from Steps 4 to 9, treated individually but really in-depth.

Meanwhile, progress has been delayed on the next podcast series because of time spent re-engineering the sound files for the first series of CD disks, but it will happen.

Pleasure of the Past

Before mastering the disks for the new series of CDs, I am re-engineering each episode of the podcasts and am enjoying a) hearing them again and b) removing the "voice of doom" from the beginning of each podcast. They are all going to be on one disk so the repetitious announcement is not required.

The whole series is also available for free download through archive.org - links to the archives are posted at the home site: http://anonymousreview.org.

A Door Opens

Last spring our primary Print-on-Demand manufacturer ended their program of "CD-on-demand". The plans to release a series of disk that are self-paced teaching systems based on a simple "web page" front end came to a screeching halt.

But we have found a new company who have stepped into the void to provide a new CD-on-demand service that will fill that void.

The disk project is back online.

ALL OF THESE DISKS WILL BE AVAILABLE AS ISO (DISK IMAGE) DOWNLOADS FOR FREE!! The option of buying a disk from the CD-on-demand service will be there for people who either do not understand how to use a disk image, or don't want to bother with the geekwork.

The first disk is about 90% done: a Sponsors Resource Disk which includes 36 talks on the many speakers experience of Sponsoring and guiding someone through Steps, several with a special focus on Inventory. In addition, several hundred pages of PDF and text documents (Including the full PDF of A Recovery Reader) are provided to help a Sponsor expand their own recovery while helping the newcomer. The Sponsor Disk should be available by the end of September.

The second disk will work exactly the same way as the first (web page front end) and offers a variety of talks on the Steps as they are grouped by many people in 12-Step Recovery. The Steps/Grouped disk should be available in November. This disk will also offer a library of PDF and text documents to support students of 12-Step Recovery.

Also, a two disk set of all of the Anonymous Review podcasts, which will run on the same simple "web page" front end, is in the works. That will included all 27 of the History podcasts, voices the voices of the people from AA history ("In their own words, in their own voices") as they tell their own story and viewpoint of the growth of the Program. And, of course, the disk will also include PDF and text file resources for programs students and teachers.

All four disks will be previewed online and a we have a target price under $7.50 per disk (less for the 2-disc set, if we can get that option) - including shipping - with bulk discounts for groups who may want to use the disks.

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