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

Twelve-Step Fellowship: CA
Name of group: Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
Open / closed: closed
Time: 19:00
Time zone: UK
Duration of meeting: 1 hour
Duration of talk: 15–20 minutes
Topic of talk: experience, strength and hope.
Meeting ID: 893 5252 1284
Passcode: 1111
Invite Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/89352521284/invitations?signature=qOBZb6X8Xru9BdNo1Oj9Oe_NCu1n89ndRwU38i5psyc

12 March 2026

Twelve-Step Fellowship: Al-Anon
Name of group: Angel Thursday
Open / closed: Open
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Time zone: UK
Duration of meeting: 1 hour
Duration of talk: 10 minutes
Topic of talk: January 7, ODAT
Meeting ID: 857 764 917
Passcode: 304476
Invite Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/857764917?pwd=WEpnOUxjMm14MUp4eFBzWkIwNE1UUT09

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

Twelve-Step Fellowship: CA
Name of group: Step Brothers
closed meeting
Time: 19:00
Time zone: UK
Duration of meeting: 90 minutes
Duration of talk: 30 minutes
Topic of talk: Sponsorship
Meeting ID: 873 6113 9777
Passcode: bros
Invite Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87361139777?pwd=1lrwJxAJFzyN322UBma6nyoSd8mfS7.1

28 April 2026

Twelve-Step Fellowship:
Name of group: Spiritual Cartel
Open / closed: Open
Time: 8.00 p.m.
Time zone: UK
Duration of meeting: 1 hour 45 minutes
Duration of talk: 40 minutes
Topic of talk: Steps Eight and Nine
Meeting ID: 861 7934 7754
Passcode: SPIRIT
Invite Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86179347754?pwd=OFJjfW5v3xhJjPyIvG4smnA0OIlAO3.1

31 May 2026

Twelve-Step Fellowship: AA
Name of event: 70th Anniversary 1 Day AA Convention
Open / closed: Open
Date(s) of event: 31 May 2026
Times of event: 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Time of session:
Duration of session:
Duration of talk:
Topic of talk:
Physical address: Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3EP
Website: https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/events/70th-anniversary-one-day-cheltenham-convention/
eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/70th-anniversary-1-day-aa-convention-tickets-1473601123629?aff=oddtdtcreator

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