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Healing The Alcoholic By The Power Of God
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Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleBill W., Dr. Bob, and the Cure of Alcoholism: "The Rest of the Story"
Bill W., Dr. Bob, and the Cure of Alcoholism: “The Rest of the Story” A Four-Video Project Proposal by Dick B. and Ken B. © 2013 Anonymous. All rights reserved Key points: 1. A.A. claimed an overall 75% success rate for its early days [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., “Foreword to Second Edition,” xx]. And the third A.A. group in the world founded in Cleveland on May 11, 1939, claimed a documented 93% success rate during its first three years (May 1939 to June 1942) [DR. BOB
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articlePlease help us place this valuable edited manuscript copy of DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers - AA History of immense importance
Your Help, Please, With This Extraordinary Edited Manuscript Copyr OfrnDR. BOB and the Good Oldtimersr Will you, or someone you know, please help us find a steward and home for the large, edited manuscript copy of DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimersr This exact copy was acquired by my deceased friend Dennis Cassidy of Connecticut from the very people instrumental in preparing and editing the original manuscript itself. It has their written edits and corrections. It has their full
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read articleDick B.'s Unmanageable Life
The Unmanageable Lifer What brought You to A.A. or a 12 Step Fellowship? By Dick B. Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved. A Little Chunk of History For Openers Some of us get all wrapped up in difficult words when we enter A.A. or another 12 Step Fellowship. We wonder what in the heck it means to be "powerless over alcohol." We wonder if our life has truly become "unmanageable." But a little bit of history might show us how much more simple the early AAs kept these
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A. Literature Frequestly Mentioning God, His Son Jesus Christ & the Bible
Announcing! The New Dick B. and Ken B. Book A.A. Literature Frequently Mentioning God, His Son Jesus Christ & the Bible The Long-Overlooked Big Book Personal Stories ________________________________________________________ ISBN 978-1-885803-51-1 Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Paradise Research Publications, Inc. Kihei, Maui, Hawaii Price: $14.95 Description A.A. Literature Frequently Mentioning God, His Son Jesus Christ & the Bible: The Long-Overlooked
Primary topic: Religion
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Read articleLet's Put our Speakers, Sponsors, Counselors, and Trusted Servants to Work Producing Facts
A.A. and AA.’s Own Talentr Let’s Get Our Speakers, Sponsors, Historians, and Archivists Producing By Dick B. Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Put A.A. and 12 Step Speakers, Sponsors, and Historians to Work! Now. Look at the Talent Before You Right Now! Right now, take a look at the speakers, sponsors, historians, archivists, and secretaries you know or have known in your Alcoholics Anonymous (“A.A.”) or other 12-Step Fellowship. I’ve been involved with hundred
Primary topic: 12 Step Programs
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Read articleWhat do you know about A.A.?
International Christian Recovery Coalition Workshops in Orange County, CA 23May Do you know how many Christian organizations influenced the ideas, principles, and practices of the AA of Akron Christian Fellowship founded in 1935? Do you know the details of the Christian upringing of A.A. cofounders DR. Robert H. Smith and Bill Wilson as youngsters in Vermont–the church life of their parents, the Congregational churches and Sunday schools they attended, the emphasis on salvat
Primary topic: 12 Step Programs
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Read articleThe Questions about Alcoholics Anonymous, Celebrate Recovery, Addictions, and the Bible
There is a lengthy article by Dave Hunt and another gentleman which squarely addresses the modern day "higher power," "disease," "spirituality," and Twelve Step secularism and admiration by many a Christian organization such as Celebrate Recovery and certainly by many in the recovery community and 12 Step Fellowships. It is important, however, to remember that there is little evidence of a monolithic CR or a monolithic AA--regardless of any rules or restrictions. And to claim
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read article"Stick with the Winners!" Old School A.A. Training, Meetings, Workshops, Classes
Preparations for Launching the “Stick with the Winners!” Workshops, Meetings, Conferences, Guidebook, Video Series, and Supportive Resources Almost Completed in Readiness for May 14-21 Events in Califo ia By Dick B. International Christian Recovery Coalition A massive amount of learning and preparation have taken place in the last six months. First, we met a group of Mariners Church leaders who seemed eager to put together an "old school" A.A. regular meeting to let the r
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleAlcoholic/Addict Recovery: Can Medicine, Religion, and 12 Step approaches Cooperate and Better Succeed
Overcoming Alcoholism and Drug Addictionr Joining in Support, Not Splitting in Departure By Dick B. Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Some Comments and Some Questions Introduction and Three Approaches It would be naïve to think that there are only three ways—mutually exclusive ways—to overcome alcoholism and addiction. Why? All three of these three ways have fathered strong failure rates, particularly as they are seemingly and frequently viewed today. Regrett
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleAddress by Dick B. to Christian Counselors at Palm Springs
Dick B. Address to Assn of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Palm Springsr By aioarticles on September 29, 2011 | From aioarticles.com The Dick B. Address on October 2, 2011 © 2011 Anonymous, All rights reserved - The Growing Christian Recovery Movement and the Role ACADC Institute can play The opportunity for our pervasive, informative, Christian Recovery Movement is now! International Christian Recovery Coalition is adding daily the participants who, at no cost to t
Primary topic: Therapy and Counseling
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Read articleThe Two Real Guidelines That Marked the Beginnings of Alcoholics Anonymous
The Real Time Lines —Two of Them—That Marked the Beginning of A.A. March 12, 2012 Akron Events September 1931 Russell Firestone gets saved and healed of alcoholism with the help of Rev. Samuel Shoemaker on the train back to Akron from the 50th triennial General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church—a General Convention of the Episcopal Church—held in Denver, Colorado, September 16-30, 1931. October 1931 through January 1933 Russell and his friend James D. Newton t
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleOne Man Awake!
One Man Awaker Dick B. Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved What Do You Say When you hear . . . “They won’t let us study the Bible in our A.A. group. They say the Bible is religious. They say that A.A. is spiritual, but not religious. And they say the Bible is not conference-approved literature!” “Every time I mentio God in my A.A. meetings, some oldtimer says: “If they had used the word God when I came into A.A., I’d have left the meeting and gotten drunk.” “Whe
Primary topic: Religion
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Read articleHawaii and Califo ia Christian Recovery Movement Projects for Spring 2012
International Christian Recovery Coalitionr The Blooming, Booming Responses and Expanded Plans of the Christian Recovery Movement Dick B., Executive Director Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Just since our visits in Southern Califo ia in January of this year, we have had an increasing volume of messages from those wanting to participate in our planned meetings this Spring. So the following is the way things are going and being planned as of February 29th. The Ba
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read articleOur Christian Recovery Model Today: A First Century Christian Fellowship
A First Century Christian Fellowship Major Sources for Observing Early A.A.’s Apostolic Principles, Practices, and Resemblance to First Century Christianity at Work By Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved A Common Observation about “Old-School” Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous History: A.A. cofounder Dr. Bob called the first A.A. group (known as “Akron Number One”)—founded on July 4, 1935—“a Christian fellowship.” [DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers (New Yor
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read articleApplying Early A.A. Christian Recovery Techniques with conference-approved meetings today
“How to Conduct ‘Old-School” 12-Step Recovery Meetingsr Using Conference-Approved Literature” Video Oner Introduction [Part 1] Aloha! My name is Ken B. This is the first video of a new class my dad, Dick B., and I are presenting entitled How to Conduct “Old-School” 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using Conference-Approved Literature Dick B. is the Executive Director of the International Christian Recovery Coalition, and we are videotaping this class at the Maui County Christia
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA Christian Recovery Package That All Can Use
A Christian Recovery Package That All Can Use By Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved The Present, Diverse Approaches That Leave Many Christians Baffled There are many fine approaches that help Christians recover from alcoholism, addiction, and other life-controlling problems. The problem is that almost all lack long-term or life-long, and certainly not sustainable, recovery efforts. Almost all operate independently of other effective Christian recovery efforts. T
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read articleThe International Christian Recovery Coalition - A Snapshot
The International Christian Recovery Coalition-A Snapshot The International Christian Recovery Coalition is an informal, international fellowship comprised of Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena, together with Christians in recovery and others seeking the power and love of God as a means of recovering from the ravages of alcoholism, addictions, and other life-controlling problems. Our Mission Statement Mission Statement: "To glorify God by: (1) sharing accu
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleAlcoholics Anonymous History Study with "Conference-approved" Foundations
A.A. History Studies with “Conference-approved” Foundations Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved The Problem with a Clear-cut Solution Fear has often ruled in the minds of those who understand the importance in their recovery of studying, learning, and applying the highly effective techniques of the early A.A. Society. Time and again, someone has mentioned a piece of literature, only to hear someone else claim it is forbidden because it is not “A.A. General Servic
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleOur Latest Recovery Meetings and Coalition Participants
A Great Close to Our Southern Califo ia Meetings Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Ken and I are back in Maui and excited over the many meetings we had in Southern Califo ia from LAX, Redondo Beach, North Hollywood, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Santa Ana, to three hotels – Best Western, Wyndham, and Marriott in the area. The trip was made possible by air fare contribution of Christian friend Freda M.; hotel contribution of David Powers of Rock Recovery Ministries and Sol
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleAlcoholics Anonymous Origins and Early History:What the Searchights Reveal (Part 3)
Alcoholics Anonymous Origins and Early History What the Searchlights Reveal Part Three By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Darkness, Be Gone! Let There Be Light If there is one thing I believe for sure about Alcoholics Anonymous, as I have experienced A.A., for more tha 25 years, that one thing is this: It is not Alcoholics Anonymous that needs to go away. It is the darkness about Alcoholics Anonymous History. And the darkness can and will end in the face of
Primary topic: 12 Step Programs
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Read articleHelp for Pastors, Ministers, Priests Who Want to Foster an effective, Christian, recovery program that is simple, friendly, and welcoming
Help for Today’s Pastor, Minister, or Priest Who. . . Has experience with alcoholics and addicts in his church and elsewhere; wants to be of help; has heard strange things about or has conce s about A.A.; and doesn’t want expensive or expansive alte ative programs? In fact, that servant wants his church active in a knowledgeable, effective, Christian recovery effort. And, here’s what he or she can do. By Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Start with the Facts H
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read articleFinding God in A.A., N.A., and Recovery from Addictions
Alcoholics Anonymous History and a Relationship with God By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Moving from Being “in Recovery” to Having “Recovered” Would you like to recover from alcoholism and addiction? Do you believe that God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, can relieve you of those problems? According to the fourth edition of Alcoholics Anonymous--known affectionately withi A.A. as the “Big Book”--an effective way to recover from alcoholism is to
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA "Daily Meditation" Book by Dick B.? My answer: Not needed!
Is a Dick B. “Daily Meditation” Book Needed? My Answer: No! Dick B. Copyright 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved About A.A. Meditation Books Actually Read by Pioneers and Christians Not very long ago, an A.A. historian said the following in the Foreword to an A.A.-related title. “There are not only “meditation books” today; there are too many.” For a person looking for an A.A. meditation book that fits with his biblical ideas, I have a suggestio “ Look at the many Quiet T
Primary topic: Meditation
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Read articleAlcoholics Anonymous History: Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks
Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks A Contemporary Perspective Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved An Introductory Look at Silkworth as One of A.A.’s “Co-founders” William Duncan Silkworth, Jr., was born in Brooklyn on July 22, 1873. His family remembers him as a deeply spiritual man, not interested in any particular denomination. But he was, they said, a devout Christian. For many years, he attended Shoemaker’s Calvary Episcopal Church in New York. He
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleCollaborative Christian Recovery Effort - Volunter Presenters. You Could Possibly Be One
Collaborative Christian Recovery Effortr Project ofr International Christian Recovery Coalition To each person addressed: You have the program or plans. You have the qualifications. You have the experience. You have in mind the mission. We have the basic introductory information, plus the framework, volunteers, and performers who can help enhance 12 Step Recovery and Christian Recovery as you see them linked and as being compatible and effective. You can be one and join us
Primary topic: Faith
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Read articleAlcoholics Anonymous and First Century Christianity
A.A. and First Century Christianityr Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Early A.A. Was Consistently Called “First Century Christianity.” Why! Two elements stand out when it comes to what the early Christians did. Daily: Mark 14:49 is one of the many instances where Jesus emphasized his daily teaching in the temple: “I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.” Daily Fellowship by the Apostles and Discip
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Read articleDick B. Address to Assn of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Palm Springs
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN ALCOHOL & DRUG COUNSELORS INSTITUTE Announces the 2011 Annual Christ-centered Addiction Professionals Conference to be held from Friday, September 30th TO Sunday, October 2nd at the Hotel Zoos in beautiful Palm Springs. The Dick B. Address on October 2, 2011 © 2011 Anonymous, All rights reserved - The Growing Christian Recovery Movement and the Role ACADC Institute can play The opportunity for our pervasive, informative, Christian Recovery Movem
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read articleOld School A.A. and Old School A.A. Groups Today
Old School A.A. and Old School A.A. Groups Todayr Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reservedr Reflections and Suggestions about Pioneer A.A. that Could Help You! Utilize "Old School A.A." Approaches Todayr There is no real substitute today for beginning with one-on-one sponsorship, fellowship, and witnessingr Right now, just about anyone can join a group, attend a conference, take a class, buy tapes, and study some materials on Pioneer A.A.'s biblical roots and program. Bu
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleVoting the Lord's Prayer out of A.A. Meetings
Voting the Lord’s Prayer Out of A.A. Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved More and more efforts are being expended by a few members of the A.A. fellowship to move Almighty God out of the A.A. and other 12-Step and "anonymous" meetings. A Common technique is to call for a "group conscience" vote on elimination of the Lord's Prayer. Doing so, they almost invariably ignore the modern tradition that a "group conscience" was intended first to seek the guidance of "a lovi
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleThe Christian Recovery Movement Today--Growing or Going?
The Christian Recovery Movement Today—Growing or Going? By Dick B. 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Consider the Origins In two of our recent books, Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous and The Conversion of Bill W., we covered the seemingly-forgotten-yet-very-important origins of Alcoholics Anonymous in five groups of people and organizations, primarily of the mid-to-late 19th century. Though critics of A.A., within and without, have often sidetracked discussions of origin
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A. - How to Study, Understand & Take the 12 Steps
A.A.: How to Study, Understand, & Take the 12 Steps by Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Bible; Dr. William D. Silkworth (“The little doctor who loved drunks”); William James (The Varieties of Religious Experience); Anne Smith (and her personal journal which she kept betwee 1933 and 1939); The Oxford Group (also known as “A First Century Christian Fellowship”); andr Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr. KEEP IT SIMPLE: To learn about those key
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A., the “Higher Powers,” and the New Thought Compromise
A.A., the “Higher Powers,” and the New Thought Compromise Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved My Search for the Curious Nonsense “gods” Floating Around Recovery Talk As many know by now, my searches for the history of A.A. began when a young man told me when I was three years sober that A.A. had come from the Bible. I told him I had never heard such a thing in the thousand or more meetings I had attended, but he told me to read A.A.’s own DR. BOB and the Good Old
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A., Charlie Sheen, and David Arquette
A.A., Charlie Sheen, and David Arquette By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved This Is All about the News Accounts I believe it was the famous star and commentator Will Rogers who said: “All I know is what I read in the newspapers.” And, while I have 24-plus years in A.A., the only thing I know about Charlie Sheen and David Arquette is what I’ve watched almost daily on TV and seen in the news stories. The gist of the news seems to be that A.A. is mentioned in mos
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleNeed for Comprehensive Christian Recovery Plan Now
New Need for Comprehensive Christian Recovery Planr Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Tens of thousands of alcoholics, addicts, A.A. members, conce ed Christians, professional recovery workers, old-timers, and desperate family and other conce ed friends and associates have contacted me over the past 20 years. They usually ask how they or their loved ones can get God's help. And do so within existing A.A., Christian, treatment, and counseling boundaries. Twenty ye
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Read articleAddressing the "Whole Picture" of Christian Recovery Today
To our friends: My son Ken just wrote a letter to two who inquired about our projects. Because his letter properly reflects what we hope to do with you and what we hope you will do, being thus informed, I have slightly edited it and am sending it along. God Bless, Dick B. ______________________________________________________________________________ Aloha to you from Maui, Hawaii! The International Christian Recovery Coalition Approach to Christian Recovery Today Addressin
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A. History Brief: The Bible in the Big Book
A.A. History Brief: The Bible in the Big Book By Dick B. Copyright 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Dr. Robert H. Smith was the cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous. He is affectionately called “Dr. Bob” by many AAs. Dr. Bob had much to say about the Bible in his talks with and to the more tha 5,000 alcoholics he helped in Akron, where A.A. was founded. Perhaps the most important thing he said about Alcoholics Anonymous and the Bible was that the basic ideas for the Twelve
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A. History Brief: Oxford Group Principles
A.A. History Brief: Oxford Group Principles By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved What the Oxford Group Principles Were Many within and without the Oxford Group have endeavored to describe the principles of the Oxford Group. One Australian Oxford Group writer spoke of eight principles of the Group. Bill Wilson sometimes spoke of six “Steps” of the Oxford Group. But the idea that the Oxford Group had any “Steps”—let alone six—was dispelled by Oxford Group histori
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleIf I Wanted to Leave Alcoholics Anonymous. . .
If I Wanted to Leave Alcoholics Anonymous. . . Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved First of all, I don’t! But let’s just say: (1) That I’m thinking of drinking. (2) That I’m really not “willing to go to any lengths” to prevent that from happening. (3) That I’m beginning to prefer my former friends, former ideas, former hangouts, and former brand of gin. (4) That I’m developing a resentment against A.A., against the people in A.A., against the meetings of A.A., ag
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleThe Salvation Army/an A.A. Source: Article One
The Salvation Army: an A.A. Sourcer Article One Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved It took many years of research before I was able to find and discuss the many strong links between the Salvation Army and Alcoholics Anonymous. And the links were of several different types: - The Salvation Army work with drunks and derelicts is legendary, and very successful as well. My introduction to their work first came through the pages of Harold Begbie, Twice Born Men (NY:
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A.-Step 10: Teachings of Dr. Bob's Wife Anne Smith
A.A.-Step 10: Teachings of Dr. Bob's Wife Anne Smith Dick B., © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved We have recently covered Steps One through Nine of the Alcoholics Anonymous suggested steps for recovery. We did so by pointing out the applicable remarks on those topics by Anne Ripley Smith, wife of A.A. cofounder Dr. Bob, "Mother of A.A." as Bill Wilson called her, and one of the founders of Akron Number One--the first Alcoholics Anonymous group. The primary source for th
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleA.A. Steps Five through Nine: Teachings by Dr. Bob's Wife Anne Smith
Alcoholics Anonymous & “The Mother of A.A.” Anne Ripley Smith, Wife of Dr. Bob Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved Part Three: Key Teachings in “Anne Smith’s journal” on Steps 5 – 9 Materials Sources The best source of information about Anne Ripley Smith, wife of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Dr. Bob can be found in Dick B. Anne Smith’s journal 1933-1939: A.A.’s Principles of Success, 3rd ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 1998); ISBN 1-88580
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Read articleThe Beacon of Hope: Recovery by the Power of God
As I reviewed the recent articles on the Expert Pages, I ran across articles by Kathy Williamson, whom I have not met. And her articles stand out like a beacon. Here is someone who seems to have grasped what the early A.A. Christian Fellowship was doing when it insisted that every member must believe in God--the Creator, Yahweh, Almighty God, "The God of the Scriptures" as Bill Wilson described Him after his famous white light experience at Towns Hospital. Also, every member
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Read articleAre There Two A.A.'s?
Are There Two A.A.’s? Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved Present-day AAs—members of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous—certainly can’t be divided into two A.A.’s or ten A.A.’s. At least not the AAs that I met in April of 1986 when I entered the rooms. Nor the AAs I have fellowshipped with over the past 23 years. Nor the AAs I have met at International Conventions, regional conventions, gatherings like the “Spring Fling,” Big Book Seminars, Dr. Bob’s Home in A
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Read articleAA Origins and History
AA Origins and History The YMCA, Vermont’s “Great Awakening of 1875,” A.A.’s Founders Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) played an important, but relatively unknown, role in the lives of A.A. cofounders Bill W. and Dr. Bob. The YMCA history begins in England. In 1836, when George Williams (later, Sir George Williams) was about 16 years old and working as a sales assistant in a London draper’s store, he gave his life t
Primary topic: Christianity
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Read articleWhere Did Early A.A. Come From?
Where Did A.A. Come From? Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved. The Variety of Stories I’ll venture a guess: When most of us come into the rooms of A.A., we probably don’t hear, or learn, or even care where A.A. came from. Lots of us are sick, confused, frightened, and more worried about our problems than we are about how A.A. began. There are some other hindrances. Some like to say that A.A. has no teachers. In general, this is true today though there are notable
Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery
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Read articleSeeking Guidance from God in Today's A.A.?
Seeking Guidance from God in Today's A.A.? “Go with the Winners” and Follow the Original Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” Program Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved The following verses from the Book of James show specifically why and how to seek the wisdom of God. As A.A. Cofounder Dr. Bob stated, early members started their days be reading from the Book of James, 1 Corinthians 13, and Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7): Members of Alcoholics Anonymous b
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Read articleHelping A Christian To Begin Recovery Today
Helping A Christian To Begin Recovery Today Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved What is this newcomer like? The condition of most alcoholics who are being propelled toward recovery today is complex, life-threatening, confusing, frightening, and often misunderstood. Here are some of the problems he or she may commonly face: Welcome has been worn out with parents, wives, children, relatives, friends, “significant others,” employers, business associates, clients
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Read articleChristian A.A. The Runner's Bible Devotional
Christian A.A. Days – The Runner’s Bible Devotional Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved In the early A.A. days, the days of the Alcoholics Anonymous Christian Fellowship that Bill W. and Dr. Bob founded in June of 1935, morning quiet time, the use of daily devotionals, and looking to God for guidance were required. These were the Christian A.A. days. Basic solutions to the problems of A.A. members were drawn from the Bible. And morning quiet time—Bible study, pray
Primary topic: Spiritual Growth
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