Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939

Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939 PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803245
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Book Description
Dick B.'s second great discovery concerned the contents of the spiritual journal that Anne Ripley Smith had kept, shared, and used to teach Bill W., other AAs, and their families the underlying principles of A.A. The notebook lay unnoticed by historians and AAs alike even though it held the key to what early A.A. was really like--as related by the lady who was there as teacher, founder, and recorder. Dick B. is a writer, historian, Bible student, retired attorney, and active recovered member of A.A. He regards the Anne Smith discovery as perhaps the greatest of his historical finds and subjects in helping AAs to recover today.

Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939

Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939 PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803245
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Book Description
Dick B.'s second great discovery concerned the contents of the spiritual journal that Anne Ripley Smith had kept, shared, and used to teach Bill W., other AAs, and their families the underlying principles of A.A. The notebook lay unnoticed by historians and AAs alike even though it held the key to what early A.A. was really like--as related by the lady who was there as teacher, founder, and recorder. Dick B. is a writer, historian, Bible student, retired attorney, and active recovered member of A.A. He regards the Anne Smith discovery as perhaps the greatest of his historical finds and subjects in helping AAs to recover today.

New Light on Alcoholism

New Light on Alcoholism PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803276
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 678

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Book Description
Dick B. is a writer, historian, Bible student, retired attorney, and active recovered member of A.A. He and his son Ken devoted many years to researching the role, life, writings, and contributions of Rev.Samuel M. Shoemaker to Alcoholics Anonymous. The quest took Dick B. to Shoemaker's churches in Pittsburgh and New York, to the Episcopal Church Archives in Austin, Texas, to Hartford Seminary, to Princeton University, and to the family and friends of this great Episcopal rector and preacher. In all, Dick B. has published 33 books on the history of early A.A.

The Good Book - Big Book Guide Book

The Good Book - Big Book Guide Book PDF Author: Dick B
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN: 1937520064
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 117

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Book Description
A companion to Dick B.'s most popular book, The Good Book and The Big Book: A.A.'s Roots in the Bible. This guidebook shows you how and where to study the Bible as the highly-successful early AAs did.

The Oxford Group and Alcohols Anonymous

The Oxford Group and Alcohols Anonymous PDF Author: Dick B
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN: 1937520145
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 135

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Book Description
The definitive work on Frank Buchman's Oxford Group and its links to Alcoholics Anonymous in New York and Akron. The 28 spiritual Oxford Group principles that impacted on A.A. are, for the first time, laid out for all to compare with A.A.

Utilizing Early A.A.'s Spiritual Roots for Recovery Today

Utilizing Early A.A.'s Spiritual Roots for Recovery Today PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803283
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Book Description
Dick B. is a writer, historian, Bible student, retired attorney, and recovered AA who has sponsored more than 100 men in their recovery and is actively involved in the fellowship. He has devoted 18 years to researching, reporting, publishing and disseminating materials on the spiritual roots of Alcoholics Anonymous. He is regarded as the leading historian on A.A. history today and has published 33 titles on the subject.

By the Power of God

By the Power of God PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803306
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Book Description
Ever since Dick B. began publishing titles on the biblical roots and successes of early AAs, hundreds and hundreds have contacted him asking how they might form groups today with principles and practices like those of the early Akron A.A. Christian Fellowship. This book provides the details of the early program and how and why AAs and 12 Steppers can use the same program today in groups and meetings of their own choosing

When Early AAs Were Cured and why

When Early AAs Were Cured and why PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803948
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Book Description
Dick B.'s latest exploration of, and report on the solid evidence that early AAs were cured of alcoholism and said so for the first decade after their founding. This title tells HOW. It explains the many reports of religious healings through the ages, the many in or observers of A.A. who proved that they were cured, the myths about God, alcoholism, and "no cure," and the key origins, roots, and elements of the early Akron Christian Fellowship where the cures occurred. A book for believers who know God's power and want to know how it was applied in the healing of alcoholism by A.A. pioneers

Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous

Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803856
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Book Description
A.A. Co-founder Dr. Bob stated he had had "excellent training" in the Bible as a youngster in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. This title is a guide to that training and to the multi-volume resource compendium that describes the major influences on his training. They include the Town of St. Johnsbury, the Congregational Churches, his own church--the North Congregational Church, Sunday School, Christian Endeavor Society, the enormous impact of the Fairbanks family on the community and church and educational system, Dr. Bob's own deep family involvement in the church and town activities, the St. Johnsbury Academy, the town library (Athenaeum) and Fairbanks Museum, the YMCA, and the Great Awakening of 1875 that brought revivals, Gospel meetings, conversions, prayer, and Bible study to the fore.

Twelve Steps for You

Twelve Steps for You PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803986
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Book Description
The much-awaited work of A.A. Historian Dick B. on the origins of each of the Twelve Steps. First and foremost a history of each step. How each of A.A.'s co-founders contributed to each of the Steps. It looks at the original Akron A.A. program which had no "Steps" and took its basic ideas from the Bible and its principles and practices primarily from the United Christian Endeavor Movement of Dr. Bob's youth. Then--source by source--it looks at each Step as it was impacted upon by a particular contributor. The Bible, Oxford Group, Rev. Sam Shoemaker, Dr. Bob's wife Anne Smith, the so-called "Six Steps, then the other sources. This book is an historical study of the roots of each Step; and it can be used for individual and group study of the Steps in a very meaningful way.It is also a guide. A guide to understanding, and a guide to taking each Step. It also shows you how to take the Steps exactly as directed in A.A.'s Big Book. It suggests how you might look at each Step in terms of the contributions to that Step's lanugage and meaning by each of its sources. Finally, it provides Christians and other students with a means of considering, learning, and "taking" each of the Steps in light of that Step's biblical and historical roots--with the Big Book, Bible, and history at hand.When you are through, you will have a perspective of the real spiritual utility of the Twelve Steps in a believer's world, despite the secularization and universalism that are diluting all Twelve Step programs and the language used in connection with the Steps. For example, "God as we understood Him" historically and biblically means Almighty God, the Creator, as He is understood by the newcomer at the time of taking Steps 3 and 11. So too "powerless" in Step 1 is presented in its historical context ("I was licked") rather than in some puzzling linquistic context, seldom understood or unraveled.You'll know and guide the taking of the Twelve Steps as they were intended to be understood and as you never did before.

The Books Early AAs Read for Spiritual Growth

The Books Early AAs Read for Spiritual Growth PDF Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781885803269
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Book Description
The most exhaustive bibliography (with brief summaries) of all the books known to have been read and recommended for spiritual growth by early AAs in Akron and on the East Coast.