A Christian Recovery Leader in San Diego
Writes Welcome News about the “Upper Room” and a New Publication and the Daily
Texting of His Group in San Diego
Our response and His Letter
Dick B.
Exciting. And I have just sent them and
will widely publicize the following comment
International Christian Recovery Coalition
is a worldwide informal fellowship of participating Christian recovery leaders,
workers, newcomers, and others disseminating information on the role that God,
His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible played in the origins, history, founding,
original Christian Fellowship program, and astonishing successes of the early A.A.
Christian Fellowship.
The resemblance of early A.A.'s old school
Christian recovery techniques and practices to those of the Apostles described
in the Book of Acts has captured the attention of Christian recovery folks for
years and years. In fact, the early A.A. old school program was summarized in 7
points (See DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers, 131). Growth spiritually was
specified as one and involved Bible study, prayer, Quiet Time, and reading of
other Christian literature.
Daily the Upper Room was read in early A.A.
Quiet Time, involving such reading, and was a "must." And, though
other devotionals such as The Runner's Bible, My Utmost for His Highest, and
Daily Strength for Daily Needs were in wide usage, Upper Room was the most
mentioned and used among the group.
Christian recovery means daily fellowship
with God and His Son because recovery per se is not just "I didn't have a
drink today." For even the most severely afflicted alcoholics, addicts,
and family members, it means a family-oriented program and First Century
Christian Fellowship daily - abstinence, fellowship with God and His Son and
other believers, obedience to God's will, spiritual growth, witnessing to
others, religious and social comradeship, and the strength of church and Bible
affiliation. As stated, neither the Apostolic Christians nor the early A.A.
Christian Fellowship regarded a "treatment program"--whatever the
duration--as the sole component of the healed Christian's abundant life. There
were some sixteen practices that espoused the daily outreach to others, the
daily contact with God through prayer,
Quiet Time, use of devotionals, and Bible study, bringing others to God
through Jesus Christ, and even the morning
Quiet Time with Dr. Bob's wife where the Upper Room was regularly
distributed, read, and discussed.
We applaud your effort and await the
forthcoming book with joy.
Richard G. Burns (pen name Dick B.), J.D.,
CDAAC
Executive Director, International Christian
Recovery Coalition
www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com; www.dickb.com;
dickb@dickb.com, Kihei Hawaii.
We personally know of the extremely
successful, widely known, and rapidly growing work of the Christian recovery
work of Rock Recovery Ministries, ABC Sober Living, and Soledad House in San
Diego. And that organization daily uses and then texts each of the individuals
on the daily ideas of the Upper Room.
This subject is thoroughly covered in Dick
B., Good Morning!: Quiet Time, Morning Watch, Meditation, and Early A.A.
(www.dickb.com/goodmorn.shtml).
DB
Dick
B.
Author,
43 titles & over 800 articles on A.A. History and the Christian Recovery
Movement
(808)
874-4876
PO
Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837
Ps 118:17 (NJB):
I shall not die, I shall live to recount the great deeds of Yahweh.
I shall not die, I shall live to recount the great deeds of Yahweh.
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From: David Sent:
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:19 AM
To: 'Dick B.'
Cc: 'Ken Burns'
Subject: The Upper Room
To: 'Dick B.'
Cc: 'Ken Burns'
Subject: The Upper Room
You’ve mentioned several
times the significance of books like the Upper Room in helping the early AA
success rate. The link below talks about the 2013 edition and the participation
of a recovery group from California.
I will make sure
you get a copy when it gets released.
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