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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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Apr 18, 2017

In part 4 of 4 (of Episode 10), Wendy shares what she is hoping for with a new change for the upcoming "2017 World Service Conference Summary" (P-46) due in August and what sets this item apart from the rest of the literature in the 2017 CAL Catalog (S-15).  She also reveals a unique location to leave the "Just...


Apr 18, 2017

The bookmark, "Just For Today" (M-12), is Wendyโ€™s favorite piece of outreach literature in part 3 of 4 of Episode 10.  We talk about the current conversation at Al-Anonโ€™s World Service Conference regarding the recommendation to remove the PRAYER FOR TODAY section.  Using pages 57 โ€“ 60 of the "2016 World Service...


Apr 18, 2017

The conversation with Wendy continues about slogans in part 2 of 4 (of Episode 10) from "How Al-Anon Works" (B-22 for hardcover, eA-22 for the audiobook version, B-32 for softcover).  We focus on the slogan โ€œLet Go and Let Godโ€ (especially the importance of faith in the 2nd half) and how a specific physical token...


Apr 18, 2017

What are good consequences?  Where does the fear of letting go come from?  What are literature discussions like at the World Service Conference?  Wendy shares, in part 1 of 4 of Episode 10, about using the slogans from Chapter 9 of "How Al-Anon Works" (B-22 for hardcover, eA-22 for the audiobook version, B-32 for...