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Welcome to this official website for the "CAL Chat" podcast โ€“ the show where we discuss our favorite Al-Anon and Alateen Conference Approved Literature and how it has improved our lives!  You can also visit my "CAL Chat" blog at www.calchatblog.com, get literature updates at the recently launched www.threads.net/โ€‹@CALChatFan1, (as well as on "X" - formerly www.twitter.com/โ€‹CALChatFan) and see recovery literature in a new way at www.instagram.com/โ€‹CALChatFan1, www.pinterest.com/โ€‹CALChatFan, and the "CAL Chat Podcast" YouTube Channel.

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Mar 13, 2017

Pat explains in Episode 9's last part, (#4), that of all the things she has tried, how Al-Anon is the only thing that truly helped.  We discuss ways to enhance the "Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 2017" magazine while using it for outreach purposes and she wraps up with a โ€œLast Wordsโ€ section about amends and Step Nine. ...


Mar 13, 2017

In part 3 of 4 (of Episode 9), Pat highlights sections from her favorite outreach piece of literature, the new "Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 2017" magazine.  Discover two things that were done on this edition that were a โ€œfirstโ€ in this magazineโ€™s history.  We remember back to how we felt coming into our very first...


Mar 13, 2017

The conversation continues in Episode 9โ€™s second part with Pat and her favorite page 199 (July 17th) from the daily reader "Courage To Change" (B-16).  We explore more components that contribute to making it in recovery, which slogans have helped us out along the way, and how reading the literature can show that...


Mar 13, 2017

How can I get time back in my life?  Are appointments needed to attend an Al-Anon meeting?  How can I spot changes in myself?  In part 1 of 4 of Episode 9, Pat shares how one particular sentence from page 199 (July 17th) from the daily reader "Courage To Change" (B-16) impacted her life.  She breaks down some of the...