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Healing The Alcoholic By The Power Of God

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Dick B.'s A.A. Story

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Bill 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

September 19, 2013

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Please 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

January 4, 2013

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Dick 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

October 14, 2012

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A.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

August 18, 2012

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Let'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

June 11, 2012

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What 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

May 23, 2012

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The 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

May 3, 2012

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"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

April 17, 2012

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Alcoholic/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

March 19, 2012

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Address 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

March 18, 2012

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Alcoholics Anonymous & Alcoholics Anonymous History

20 years of research, 42 published titles, over 500 articles, plus archives, links, what's new on the subject of Alcoholics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous History

April 23, 2011

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The Good Book and The Big Book: A.A.'s Roots in the Bible

Author Dick B.'s most widely read title. Definitive authority on basic ideas early AAs borrowed from the Bible and incorporated in their spiritual recovery program with documented 75 to 93% success rate among seemingly hopeless, medically incurable real alcoholics who thoroughly followed the path.

October 4, 2007

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The Conversion of Bill W.

The Conversion of Bill W. provides new and surprising facts about the religious life and beliefs of A.A. co-founder Bill Wilson and the role conversions played in A.A.'s founding

September 23, 2007