The “Christian Recovery Radio with Dick
B.” Show
Dick B. Is Interviewed about His New Book:
God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the
Bible:
The Long-Overlooked Personal Stories
in the First Edition of Alcoholics
Anonymous
(archived at)
By Dick B.
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You Can Hear This Important Radio
Interview of Dick B. Right Now!
You may hear Dick B. discuss his new title, God, His Son Jesus Christ
& the Bible in Early A.A.: The Long-Overlooked Personal Stories in the
First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous by Dick B. and Ken B. (Kihei, HI:
Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 2012), on the September 22, 2012, episode
of the "Christian Recovery Radio with Dick B." show here:
http://goo.gl/yvuVT
or here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/christian-recovery-radio-with-dickb/2012/09/22/dick-b-discusses-his-new-book-on-the-1st-ed-personal-stories
Episodes of the "Christian Recovery Radio with Dick B." show
are archived at:
www.ChristianRecoveryRadio.com
Today’s Introductory Remarks by Dick B.
[These will shortly
be followed in our next article by a more detailed synopsis of the Christian
Recovery Radio.com Interviews given September 21 and 22 by both Ken B. and Dick
B. on their new book, God, His Son Jesus
Christ & the Bible in Early A.A.: The Long-Overlooked Personal Stories in
the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research
Publications, Inc., 2012]
Dick B.’s Radio Interview covered the newly-released book by
Dick B. and Ken B., God, His Son Jesus
Christ, & the Bible in Early A.A.: The Long-Overlooked Personal Stories in
the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research
Publications, Inc., 2012).
The personal stories by
“old-school,” early A.A. pioneers have been in limbo for decades. This means
they have been put on the shelf and ignored. Yet they show exactly how those pioneer
AAs practiced the early A.A. “Christian fellowship” program founded in June of
1935. Piece by piece, the stories were removed after the first edition and
their removal left AAs in a quandary as to what their original program looked
like and whether it could be applied today.
The early program is summarized on
page 131 of DR. BOB and the Good
Oldtimers. The 16 principles and practices of the early AAs are specified
and explained in The Dick B. Christian
Recovery Guide, 3rd ed. (2010).
In this interview, Dick B. reads
many excerpts from what is now A.A. General Service Conference-approved
literature (as of the release of Experience,
Strength & Hope: Stories from the First Three Editions of Alcoholics Anonymous
in 2003). Each excerpt is from a testimonial by an A.A. pioneer in his own
language and from his own point of view as to how he practiced the pioneer
“old-school” program. Also, how he turned to God for help. And how he freely
read the Bible, prayed, sought God’s guidance, and endeavored to obey God’s
will after having renounced liquor permanently. Once cured, these pioneers set
about helping others apply the same program and get well.
These are not war stories. These
are not “drunkalogs.” These are not recitals about the Twelve Steps and Big
Book because, in early A.A., there was no Big Book, and there were no Steps at
all.
We hope you will remember these
pithy statements long after you have forgotten the endless, wearying, drinking
tales that have become so commonplace in today’s 12 Step programs. You will
remember these personal stories because they speak of the power and love of
God. You will remember them because they show that the Lord cured early AAs of
their alcoholism. And you will remember them because they illustrate that the
successes of early A.A. were grounded on the help one drunk provided to another.
[Please be sure to read the next
article which will contain the summary of the new book by Dick B. and Ken B. as
they told of it in their ChristianRecoveryRadio.com interviews Sept 21-22]
dickb@dickb.com
Gloria Deo
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