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Sandy B Collection

a chronological collection of recorded events & talks by Sandy Beach of Tampa, Florida

Sandy B aka Richard J. “Sandy” Beach (1931 – Sept 28, 2014)  passed on Sunday, September 28, 2014 in an AA meeting while reading from Step 1 in the Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. On December 7, 1964 (Pearl Harbor Day) Sandy stopped drinking and began a deep and lasting belief in the spiritual power of AA. Sandy became an inspired speaker in AA meetings large and small. He spoke about the principles of AA with a special blend of humor and wisdom all over the world. He created and taught an AA spiritual recovery workshop for men known as The Far Corners; true to its name, men travelled near and far to learn from Sandy who continues to have a major impact and influence on the recovery community.
Sandy's online obituary
Washington Post Article - A Tribute to Sandy - December 2014
 
   
 Listen Button  Monday Night Speakers Meeting - St Petersburg, FL ~ July 21, 2014
This is Sandy's last recorded talk.
   
 Listen Button  Sandy sharing at the Yale Jr Prom event in Tampa, Florida ~ July 2014
   
 Listen Button  Sandy in Tampa talking, via a Skype connection, to a 12-Step Convention in Stockholm, Sweden ~ June 27 2014
 
 Listen Button  Sandy - Spiritual Workshop - Spring Conf - Orlando, Florida ~ May 2, 2014
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Steps 10 & 11 - Woodstock of the South - Buford GA ~ Dec 8, 2013
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B, Clancy I & Bob B - Panel Discussion -
Woodstock of the South - Buford, GA ~ Dec 7, 2013

Sandy celebrated his 49th year of Sobriety the day of this panel.
   
 Listen Button  Sandy Beach - 38th Atlanta Roundup ~ Aug 4, 2013
   

   

A Spiritual Weekend with Sandy B & Bob B ~ 2013


Sandy B of Tampa & Bob B of St Paul - Tampa, FL ~ June 21-23, 2013
   
 Listen Button  1 - AA History - Bob & Sandy
 Listen Button  2 - The Oxford Group - Sandy
 Listen Button  3 - 12 Steps from 12x12 - Sandy
 Listen Button  4 - 12 Steps from Big Book - Bob
 Listen Button  5 - Questions & Answers #1 with Bob & Sandy
 Listen Button  6 - Questions & Answers #2 with Bob & Sandy
 Listen Button  7 - Mike R "Red Dog" of Alaska  (AA) - His Story
 Listen Button  8 - AA Future - Bob & Sandy
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - God's Plan For Our Life -  Cocoa Beach, FL ~ May 13, 2013
   

Los Angeles Men's Retreat with Sandy B ~ 2013

One of Sandy's last retreats, 140 attendees, at the Franciscan Center in LA. Includes 3 hours+ of Sandy answering questions from the retreat attendees
   
 Listen Button  1 - Basics
 Listen Button  2 - Perception
 Listen Button  3 - Understanding
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers #1
 Listen Button  5 - Questions & Answers #2
 Listen Button  6 - Questions & Answers #3 and wrap up
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - God's Plan For Our Life -  Cocoa Beach, FL ~ May 13, 2013
   

   

Far Corners Retreat ~ December 14-16, 2012


final installment of the annual men's retreat which started in 2007. This retreat was hosted each year by Sandy B of Tampa Fl. This powerful intimate retreat was attended each year by men from all over the world.
   
 Listen Button   1 - Our Society - Part 1
 Listen Button   2 - Our Society - Part 2
 Listen Button  3 - Our Society - Part 3
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers #1 with Sandy
 Listen Button  5 - Questions & Answers #2 with Jerry J of Lake Whitney TX
 Listen Button  6 - Two Of Our Friends
 Listen Button  7 - Sandy Remembers
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Gopher State Roundup, Bloomington, MN ~ May 25 - 27, 2012
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Austin City-Wide Speaker Meeting - Austin, TX ~ May 2012
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - We Are Not Saints Conference - Chicago ~ Jan 2012
   

   

Far Corners Retreat ~ December 11-13, 2011


annual men's retreat focused on spirituality hosted by Sandy B of Tampa Florida
 Listen Button  1 - What's The Story Here?
 Listen Button  2 - A Very Storied Pass
 Listen Button  3 - The Storyteller
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers #1
 Listen Button  5 - Questions & Answers #2
 Listen Button  6 - Two Of Our Friends
 Listen Button  7 - History - His Story
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Steps 10 & 11 - Woodstock of the South ~ Dec 4, 2011
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Woodstock of the South - On the panel "3 Wise Members" with Tom I & Clancy ~ Dec 3, 2011
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - SRI (Salt River Intergroup) Summer Roundup - Scottsdale, AZ ~ Aug 2011
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Living In The Now - Florida State Conv ~ July 2011
   

Jersey Shore Big Book Roundup

Going Through The 12 Steps, Long Branch, NJ ~ June 3-5, 2011
weekend with Sandy B of Tampa & Bob B of St Paul
AA's 12 Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole. - Foreword of 12 & 12
 Listen Button  1 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  2 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  3 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  4 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  5 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  6 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  7 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  8 - Big Book Roundup
 Listen Button  9 - Big Book Roundup

   
  Listen Button  Sandy - at Sunshine Convention, Crestview, FL ~ May 2, 2011
   
  Listen Button  Sandy B @ Pacific Group Speakers Meeting - Los Angeles ~ Apr 20, 2011
   
  Listen Button  Sandy - 4th Dimension Group - New Port Richey, FL ~ Feb 11, 2011
   

   

Far Corners Retreat ~ December 2010


annual men's retreat focused on spirituality hosted by Sandy B
 Listen Button  1 - Everything Is Perception
 Listen Button  2 - An Utter Simplicity
 Listen Button  3 - Not Process But The Present Moment
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers Part 1
 Listen Button  5 - Questions & Answers Part 2
 Listen Button  6 - Wrong Again
 Listen Button  7 - Two Maestros
 Listen Button  8 - AA Today
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Step 12 - at Woodstock of the South in Pine Mountain, GA ~ Dec 5, 2010
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - on the panel "3 Wise Members" with Tom I & Clancy I -
Woodstock of the South - Pine Mountain, GA ~ Dec 4, 2010
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Step 12 - Pennsylvania State Conv - Carlisle, PA ~ Aug 31, 2010
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Cornhusker Roundup - Omaha, NE ~ Aug 2010
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - 51st Florida State Conv - Miami ~ Aug 2010
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Steps 1, 2 & 3 - "The Woodstock of AA" Cocoa Beach, FL ~ May 2010 
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - His Story - "The Woodstock of AA" Cocoa Beach, FL ~ May 2010 
   

   

   

Capital City Conference - Des Moines, Iowa ~ May 1, 2010

3 Hours with Sandy B of Tampa and Bob B of St. Paul,MN
 Listen Button  1 - Lessons from AA History
 Listen Button  2 - Q&A ~ On-going Surrender ~ How to Create a Problem
 Listen Button  3 - Humility / Q&A 
 

 

Far Corners Retreat ~ December 2009

annual men's retreat focused on spirituality hosted by Sandy B of Tampa Florida
 Listen Button  1 - God is Everything or He is Nothing BB page 53
 Listen Button  2 - We Have Become God Conscious BB page 85
 Listen Button  3 - A Great Turning Point 12x12 page 75
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers
 Listen Button  5 - Two Maestros - Mike R & Lauder
 Listen Button  6 - Great Events Will Come To Pass BB pg. 64
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Step 10 & 11 - at Woodstock of the South in Pine Mountain, GA ~ Dec 6, 2009
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - on the panel "3 Wise Members" with Bob B & Tom I -
Woodstock of the South - Pine Mountain, GA ~ Dec 6, 2009
   

   

Sandy B of Tampa - Serra Retreat - Malibu, CA ~ April 2009

sponsored by the West LA Men's Group 
 Listen Button  1 - Serra Retreat
 Listen Button  2 - Serra Retreat
 Listen Button  3 - Serra Retreat
 Listen Button  4 - Serra Retreat
 Listen Button  5 - Serra Retreat
 Listen Button  6 - Serra Retreat 
 Listen Button  7 - Serra Retreat 
   

   

Far Corners Retreat ~ December 2008

annual men's retreat focused on spirituality hosted by Sandy B of Tampa Florida
 Listen Button  1 - Back To The Basics Of Awakening
 Listen Button  2 - Contemplative AA
 Listen Button  3 - Practicing The Presence
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers Part 1
 Listen Button  5 - Questions & Answers Part 2
 Listen Button  6 - Two Maestros
 Listen Button  7 - Your Own Little World
 Get File Button Far Corners Reading List (puff)
 Get File Button  Notes From A Fellow Traveler (pdf)
 Get File Button  Pertinent Passages from the Big Book 12 & 12(pdf)
 Get File Button  Contemplative AA (pdf)
 Get File Button  Dr. Dacher Addiction Meditation and Contemplative Practice (pdf)
   
 Get File Button  This handout "Spiritual Stretching Exercises" was created by Sandy to share at this retreat.  Sandy started doing these stretching exercises every morning when he turned 50.  He wanted to share them he said "because they had proven to be so valuable to my day-to-day health".  During the retreat Sandy held a session where he demonstrated many of these.  He ended the session by standing on his head while on top of a table at the front of the room -  very impressive for a 77 year old man. (pdf)
   

   

Far Corners Retreat ~ November 2008

annual men's retreat focused on spirituality hosted by Sandy B of Tampa Florida
 Listen Button  1 - Back To The Basics Of Awakening
 Listen Button  2 - Contemplative AA
 Listen Button  3 - Practicing The Presence
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers
 Listen Button  5 - Two Maestros - Steve L & Bud S
 Listen Button  6 - Your Own Little World
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Brazos Riverside Conference - Lake Whitney, TX ~ October 26, 2008
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Soberstock Roundup - Aberdeen, SD ~ May 2008
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Birds Of A Feather Conference - Atlanta, GA ~ April 26, 2008
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Gulf Shores, Alabama ~ Feb 2008
   

   

Far Corners Retreat ~ December 2007

2nd annual men's retreat focused on spirituality hosted by Sandy B of Tampa, Florida
 Listen Button  1 - There Is Only One Problem
 Listen Button  2 - Stop Projecting
 Listen Button  3 - The Chicken & The Egg  
 Listen Button  4 - Questions & Answers - Sandy B & Scott R
 Listen Button  5 - Two Maestros - Steve A & Jack C
 Listen Button  6 - What A Wonderful World
 Get File Button  Far Corners Reading List (pdf)
 Get File Button  Pertinent Passages from the Big Book & 12&12 (pdf) 
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Alexandria Group - Alexandria, VA ~ Nov 28, 2007
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Sessions By The Sea - Ocean City, MD ~ Sept 7, 2007
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Spirituality of the Steps - Lafayette, LA ~ Sept 2007
   

   

Steps & Stories - Sandy B of Tampa ~ Summer 2007

combination of the history of AA & a step study
 Listen Button  Week 1 - Step 1
 Listen Button  Week 2 - Step 2
 Listen Button  Week 3 - Step 3
 Listen Button  Week 4 - Step 4
 Listen Button  Week 5 - Step 5
 Listen Button  Week 6 - Step 6
 Listen Button  Week 7 - Step 7
 Listen Button  Week 8 - Step 8
 Listen Button  Week 9 - Step 9
 Listen Button  Week 10 - Step 10
 Listen Button  Week 11 - Step 11
 Listen Button  Week 12 - Step 12
   

   

Usual Suspects Retreat 2007

Sandy Beach & Jerry Jones speaking at the Usual Suspects Men's Retreat - Camp Garner Creek - Dickson, TN ~ April 20-22, 2007
 Listen Button  1 - Jerry's Story
 Listen Button  2 - Sandy's Story
 Listen Button  3 - Q&A part 1
 Listen Button  4 - Q&A part 2
 Listen Button  5 - Jerry - The Blessing of Failure
 Listen Button  6 - Sandy - God is Everything or Nothing
 Listen Button  7 - Sandy - Let Go
 Listen Button  8 - Jerry - Self-Centeredness
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy Beach & Scott Redman - God Is Everything -
Sober Village Club, Med Itapúa, Mexico ~ Jan 27 - Feb 3, 2007
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Let Go - Sober Village Club, Med - Itapúa, Mexico ~ Jan 27 - Feb 3, 2007
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B  - His Story - Sober Village Club, Med - Itapúa, Mexico ~ Jan 27 - Feb 3, 2007
   

   

Far Corners Retreat ~ December 2006

11st annual men's retreat focused on spirituality hosted by Sandy B
 Listen Button  1 - Conscious Separation
 Listen Button  2 - Broken Heart
 Listen Button  3 - Drop The Cross
 Listen Button  4 - Wish You Weren't Here
 Listen Button  5 - Two Maestros - Scott R & Bob B
 Listen Button  6 - Enjoying The Game
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy - No Outside Issues - Specific Group - Las Vegas ~ 2006-Dec-7
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Stateline Retreat 2006 "The Woodstock of AA" ~ Steps 10 & 11 
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Stateline Retreat 2006 "The Woodstock of AA" ~ His Story 
   
 Listen Button  Bob D - Traditions Workshop - Spirit Of San Francisco Conf Part 1 -
Oct 14, 2006
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Traditions Workshop - Spirit Of San Francisco Conf Part 2 - Oct 14, 2006
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B at Crested Butte Mountain Conf in Colorado ~ July 2006
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Our Troubles Are of Our Own Making Workshop - Crested Butte Mountain Conf ~ July 2006
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - at the Canyon Conference in Hinton, OK ~ June 3, 2006
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B and Pam McM of Surprise, AZ - Henry Wood Halls - Glasgow, Scotland ~ 2005
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - 2005 SoberStock Retreat - Odessa, FL ~ March 2005
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B @ Winter Gathering In Washington Ohio ~ Jan 2005
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - at Savannah, GA ~ December 31, 2004
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Capital City Conference - Des Moines, IA ~ Nov 6, 2004
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - the BB is the treasure map, not the treasure ~ Nov 27, 2004
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - at Bluffs Roundup - Council Bluffs, IA ~ 03-27-2004
   

   

There Is A Solution Workshop ~ 2004

Bob B of St Paul ~ Sandy B of Tampa
 Listen Button  1 - There Is A Solution
 Listen Button  2 - There Is A Solution
 Listen Button  3 - There Is A Solution
 Listen Button  4 - There Is A Solution
 Listen Button  5 - There Is A Solution
   

   
 Listen Button  Sandy B @ 2003 Soberfest - Fontana, WI ~ Nov 21, 2003
   

 Listen Button  Sandy B - Saturday Recovery Group - Billings, MT ~ Dec 4, 2002
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - Lake Mead Retreat - Lake Mead Lodge ~ November 12, 2002
 Listen Button  Sandy B - " Spiritual Principles " - Marietta, GA ~ October 2002
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B of Tampa, FL - Sunlight of the Spirit  - York, PA ~ August 2001
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B of Tampa, FL - 17th Tri-State Roundup - Laughlin, NV ~ May 19, 2001
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B of Tampa, FL - Thursday Night Speaker Group - Las Vegas, NV ~ May 17, 2001
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B of Tampa, FL - Gopher State Roundup - Bloomington MN ~ May 2001
   
 Listen Button  Sandy B - 23rd Atlanta Roundup - Atlanta, GA ~ July 18, 1998
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Maryland State AA Convention - Frederick, MD ~ June 1998
   
 Listen Button  Sandy - Central Orlando Saturday Night Speaker Meeting - Alco-An Club - Orlando ~ May 31 1997
   

   

Saturday Morning Live ~ December 1994

Sandy Beach of Washington, DC speaking at the Saturday Morning Live Group in Washington, DC
 Listen Button  Week 1 - Step 1
 Listen Button  Week 2 - Step 2
 Listen Button  Week 3 - Step 3
 Listen Button  Week 4 - Step 4
 Listen Button  Week 5 - Step 5
 Listen Button  Week 6 - Step 6
 Listen Button  Week 7 - Step 7
 Listen Button  Week 8 - Step 8
 Listen Button  Week 9 - Step 9
 Listen Button  Week 10 - Step 10
 Listen Button  Week 11 - Step 11
 Listen Button  Week 12 - Step 12
   

   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Missouri State Conv - St Louis ~ Sept 8, 1994
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Missouri State Conv - St Louis ~ Sept 8, 1994
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - The 12 Steps of AA - Itapúa, Mexico ~ Jan 29, 1993
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - New York City - Manhattan, NY ~ Aug 19, 1992
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of Arlington VA - Contra Costa County - San Francisco East Bay CA ~ 21 September 1991
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - at 45th Anniversary of the Alexandria Group in Alexandria, VA ~ Nov 19, 1990
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - in Miami ~ Aug 1, 1990
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Sandy B - in Alexandria, VA ~ May 9, 1990
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Missouri State Conv - St Louis ~ Sept 8, 1989
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Orange County AA Conv - Anaheim, CA ~ March 12, 1989
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC -  Preston Group - Dallas, TX ~ October 21, 1988
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Young People in AA Conv at Mt. Holyoke, WA ~ Jan 17, 1987
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - in Scottsdale, AZ ~ Oct 11, 1986
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Maryland State Conv - Frederick, MD ~ June 15, 1986
   
Listen Button  Sandy Beach - Serenity Cub - Alexandria, VA ~ Feb 8, 1986
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - 1st Spirit Of Houston Conf ~ Nov 15, 1985
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - 13th Anniversary of Earl Chess AA Group in Fairfax, VA ~ April 28, 1985
   
Listen Button  Sandy B - Seaside, OR ~ April 13, 1985
   
Listen Button  Sandy B - Saint Paul, MN ~ March 16, 1985
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - SE Council On Alcoholism & Drug Abuse - Atlanta, GA ~ Nov 28 - Dec 2, 1984
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Thanksgiving Banquet - Cincinnati, OH ~ Nov 1984
   
Listen Button  Sandy B - Minneapolis, MN ~ Nov 3, 1984
   
Listen Button  Sandy B  - Recovery For You & Me ~ 1983
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of Washington, DC - New Hope Group 6th Anniversary - in Marietta, GA ~ April 9, 1983
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of Washington, DC - Monterey, CA ~ March 6, 1982
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Charter Group - "Proven Principles of Recovery" ~ Dec 6, 1980
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Sandy - AA International Conv - New Orleans ~ Jul 1980
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Memphis, TN ~ Nov 13, 1979
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of DC - Gopher State Roundup - Minneapolis, MN ~ May, 1979
   
Listen Button  Sandy B - 35th Anniversary of AA Celebration in Omaha ~ 1978
   
Listen Button  Sandy B of Washington, DC - Kentucky State AA Conf - Louisville, KY ~ Feb 13, 1976
   
Listen Button  Sandy B - 16th Annual Desert Roundup - Palm Springs, CA - Drop The Rock ~ June 5, 1976
   
Listen Button  Sandy B - in Wichita, KS ~ April 15, 1973
   

   

Sandy's Biography (from Dignity Memorial)
He was born in New Haven, CT on Sept 9, 1931. In his early teens, he contracted Polio and while in recovery he developed a fascination with magic. Sandy went on to be a high school track and field athlete with a passion for creative writing. In 1953, he graduated from Yale University with a degree in Spanish. With his wife, Barbara Platt, he had six children, 15 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Four of his children survive him. For over a decade, Sandy flew as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Marines. His next career was as a speechwriter and lobbyist for the Credit Union National Association in Washington, DC. He retired in Tampa, FL, where he enjoyed couples dancing and volunteered as a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. On December 7, 1964 (Pearl Harbor Day) Sandy stopped drinking and began a deep and lasting belief in the spiritual power of AA. Sandy became an inspired speaker in AA meetings large and small. He spoke about the principles of AA with a special blend of humor and wisdom all over the world. He created and taught an AA spiritual recovery workshop for men known as The Far Corners; true to its name, men travelled near and far to learn from Sandy.