Last updated: 18 Feb 26 10:38:59 (UTC)

Speaking pipeline

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I have the following speaker bookings. AA unless indicated otherwise. Al-Anon meetings are open to any member of Al-Anon or anyone who qualifies (if you are an AA member etc., you automatically qualify).

If the page below is blank, there are no bookings. Check back again in a few days for an update.

11 November 2025, then weekly

  • Twelve-Step Fellowship: For CA members and others but unaffiliated
  • Name of group: ZOOM164 workshop
  • Open / closed: Open
  • Time: 7.30 p.m.
  • Time zone: Ireland / UK
  • Duration of meeting: 1 hour
  • Format: Talk followed by Q&A
  • Topic of talk: Twelve Steps per the Big Book
  • Invite Link: See website
  • Website: https://first164.blogspot.com/p/zoom164.html

27 February 2026

  • Twelve-Step Fellowship: CA
  • Name of group: Keep it Simple
  • Open / closed: Open
  • Time: 18:30
  • Time zone: UK
  • Duration of meeting: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Duration of talk: 40 minutes
  • Topic of talk: Trusting and relying on God
  • Meeting ID: 581 271 5360
  • Invite Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5812715360

3 March 2026

  • Twelve-Step Fellowship: AA
  • Name of group: London Soho Big Book Study
  • Open / closed: Closed
  • Time: 4.30 p.m.
  • Time zone: UK
  • Duration of meeting: 60 minutes
  • Duration of talk: 10 minutes
  • Topic of talk: Reading from the Big Book: page 37:3 “In some circumstances…” to page 39:1 “…another illustration.”
  • Meeting ID: 89823746668
  • Passcode: 12164
  • Invite Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89823746668

4 March 2026

12 March 2026

JANUARY 7 (ODAT)

Someone said something unkind about me. Are my feelings hurt? Yes. Should they be? No. How do I overcome my hurt? By detaching myself, “turning it off,” until I can figure out what lies behind it. If it was retaliation for an unkindness I did, let me correct my fault. If not, I have no responsibility in the matter. Should I ignore or challenge? No, I will let it go; least said, soonest mended. Nothing can hurt me unless I allow it to. When I am pained by anything that happens outside of myself, it is not that thing which hurts me, but the way I think and feel about it.

Today’s Reminder

Let me not take to myself, and suffer over, the actions and reactions of other people. Other adult human beings are not my responsibility, no matter how closely their lives may be intertwined with mine. I will not allow myself to be troubled by anyone else; my one problem is to improve my own way of living and looking at life.

“God teach me to detach my mind from what others say and do, except to draw helpful lessons and guidance from them.”

19 March 2026

  • Twelve-Step Fellowship: CA
  • Name of group: Ten and Eleven
  • Open / closed: Open
  • Time: 7.00 p.m.
  • Time zone: UK
  • Duration of meeting: 90 minutes
  • Duration of talk: 50 minutes
  • Topic of talk: 25 minutes on Step Ten (another speaker on Step Eleven)
  • Meeting ID:
  • Passcode:
  • Invite Link:

2 April 2026

  • Twelve-Step Fellowship: AA
  • Name of group: Set Aside Thursday
  • Open / closed: open
  • Time: 7.30 p.m.
  • Time zone: UK
  • Duration of meeting: 75 minutes
  • Duration of talk: 30 minutes
  • Topic of talk: Step Four
  • Meeting ID: 525 792 6949
  • Passcode: Rule62

11–12 April 2026

Twelve-Step Fellowship: AA Name of event: Ego, God, Spirituality / Ego, Bóg, Duchowość Open / closed: Open Time zone: Central European Time Topic of talk: Big Book, Steps Language + interpreting: English consecutively interpreted into Polish Physical address: Toruń Website: https://first164.blogspot.com/p/workshop-in-poland.html

19 April 2026

28 April 2026

31 May 2026

6 June 2026

  • Twelve-Step Fellowship: AA
  • Name of event: West Kent Intergroup Convention, Acceptance Is the Answer
  • Open / closed: Open
  • Date(s) of event: 6 June 2026
  • Times of event: 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
  • Times of session: 12.30 p.m.
  • Duration of session: 1 hour
  • Duration of talk: 15 minutes (or possibly 20 minutes)
  • Topic of talk: Acceptance is the Answer
  • Physical address: Aylesford Community Centre, Forstal Road , Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent, ME20 7AU
  • Website: https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/events/west-kent-intergroup-convention/

15 August 2026

CA gala in Newcastle Upon Tyne

20–22 November 2026

Costa del Sol AA Convention in Fuengirola