Alcoholics
Anonymous History
Passing On an Empty Message
Have you left out an accurate statement of our history?
Passing On an Empty Message
Have you left out an accurate statement of our history?
by Dick B.
Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights
reserved
Do you really want to study,
explain, or pass on your program and yet leave out most of its history, roots,
sources, and early successes?
Did You Know……………
Neither A.A.’s Big
Book, nor any A.A. literature we’ve found contains any of the details about Anne
Smith’s Journal, 1933-1939, which Dr. Bob’s wife shared with AAs and their
families every single morning at the Smith Home in Akron.
www.dickb.com/annesm.shtml
Neither A.A.’s Big
Book, nor any A.A. literature, nor any historian’s reading list that we’ve seen contains an accurate
statement or description of the spiritual books Dr. Bob read and circulated,
Anne Smith read and recommended, or early AAs read. www.dickb.com/drbob.shtml; www.dickb.com/Oxford.shtml; www.dickb.com/newlight.shtml; www.dickb.com/goodmorn.shtml.
We have found no A.A.
literature or any other literature read in early A.A. that accurately tells
what Quiet Time consisted of, the devotionals that were actually used, and the
vital necessity for surrender to Christ as part of the process. www.dickb.com/goodmorn.shtml;
www.dickb.cm/annesm.shtml.
Neither the Big Book
text nor the personal stories—including the stories A.A. has removed from each
edition--describe the details about the early A.A. Akron’s Christian
Fellowship, Bible studies, prayer meetings, or surrenders to Christ. The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd
ed, 2010 (www.dickb.com); www.dickb.com/realhistory.shtml;
When Early AAs Were Cured and Why (www.dickb.com/titles.shtml);
www.dickb.com/Akron.shtml.
Neither the Big Book
text nor any other A.A. literature tells you the details of what Bill Wilson
borrowed from the Oxford Group, incorporated in the Big Book, and used in the
language of the Twelve Steps. (www.dickb.com/12StepsforYou.shtml);
www.dickb.com/Oxford.shtml.)
Neither the Big Book
text nor any other A.A. literature contains the slightest reference to the
details Rev. Sam Shoemaker discussed with Bill W. about the Bible, the OG
life-changing program, or the Steps which Bill asked Sam to write.
www.dickb.com/newlight.shtml.
Neither the Big Book
text nor any personal story in it contains the details of the early Akron
program as reported to Rockefeller by A.A. trustee-to-be Frank Amos. (DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers, p. 131; The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd
ed., 2010 www.dickb.com.
Neither the Big Book
text nor any personal story contains the real Akron A.A. Christian Fellowship
program (www.dickb.com/JamesClub.shtml);
www.dickb.com/Akron.shtml); as
commissioned for writing by Dr. Bob, contained in the four AA of Akron pamphlets,
(Wally P. But for the Grace of God. . .), and still on sale in Akron and
Cleveland Intergroup offices.
Neither the Big Book
text, the personal stories, nor any other literature we’ve seen contains any
details about, references to, explanation of, or attribution of the Book of
James, the Sermon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13, considered absolutely
essential by Dr. Bob and the old-timers. (www.dickb.com/goodbook.shtml); The Co-Founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Pamphlet
P-53; Why Early A.A. Succeeded
www.dickb.com/aabiblestudy.shtml).
Neither the Big Book
text, the personal stories, nor any other literature we’ve seen tells you
details about the Four Absolutes, their source in the book The Principles of
Jesus by Dr, Robert E. Speer, and the Bible verses on which he based them.
(www.dickb.com/Oxford.shtml; www.dickb.com/newlight.shtml).
Note: Buy the books that fill
in the gaps and provide accurate facts: http://www.dickb.com/titles.shtml;
www.dickb.com; Amazon.com (Dick B. books)
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