On any given day, while talking on Skype to a sponsee in Malaysia, I might hear torrential thunderstorms. Another time I might hear the call to prayer from a Mosque’s loudspeaker while talking to a guy in Istanbul. Sometimes the sound is so loud we have to talk between breaks in the prayer call. Other sounds I might hear are raindrops bouncing off metal roofs in Taiwan, or birds singing and dogs barking in the Netherlands. The funny thing is that CDs made for relaxation include many of these types of sounds (I know because I own a few), but I can hear the relaxation sounds coming at me live in my home from halfway around the world.

As the AA Big Book says, “this is an experience you must not miss” (AA 89).