Announcing!
How to Conduct
“Old-School” 12-Step
Recovery Meetings
Using
Conference-Approved Literature
A
Dick B. Guide
for
Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
By Dick B. and Ken B.
©
2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved
Are you tired of being told in recovery meetings:
“You cannot talk about Jesus Christ or the Bible—even God—here!”
Are you tired of hearing when you bring a Bible—or even the
“non-Conference-approved” first edition of the Big Book!—into recovery
meetings:
“That’s
not Conference-approved!”
“That’s against the Traditions!”
Dick B. and Ken B.’s newest title, How to Conduct “Old-School” 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using
Conference-Approved Literature may be just what you need! This book
addresses both how to launch A.A. Central Office / Directory-listed meetings
and other Christian Recovery-oriented meetings, and how to “fine-tune” either
kind of meeting if you already have or participate in one.
How
to Conduct “Old-School” 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using Conference-Approved
Literature by Dick B. and Ken B. also provides many direct quotations from
A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature—including Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed.
(the “Big Book”), The Co-Founders of
Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlet (Item P-53), and DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers—which highlight the roles played by
God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in the 75% success rate early A.A.
claimed overall and the documented 93% success rate in Cleveland among
“seemingly-hopeless,” “medically-incurable,” “last-gasp-case,” “real”
alcoholics who thoroughly followed the seven-point program and related
practices of the original Akron A.A. “Christian fellowship”
Why suffer another minute? Why try to “reinvent the wheel?” Benefit
from obtaining Dick B. and Ken B.’s new book, How to Conduct “Old-School” 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using
Conference-Approved Literature, today through this pre-publication, digital download offer, for only $9.95. (NOTE:
This special offer is subject to change or removal at any time, as we will be
making this title available through Print-On-Demand and in eBook formats very
shortly.) The book’s contents are
complete! We are working on final cover design for the perfect bound format
and on uploading this title as an eBook right now (February 19, 2012).
Get a leg up on this powerful new approach. How to Conduct “Old-School” 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using
Conference-Approved Literature—together with videos we will be producing
shortly, and a substantially-revised, fourth edition of The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide (2012)—will be a major feature
of
The First 2012 North American Conference
of the International
Christian Recovery Conference
May 18-19, 2012
At the new His Place
Church location in Westminster, California
Be
there!
These new tools with be featured in Conference workshops,
personal meetings, training meetings, and groups already beginning to implement
this important “old-school,” “First Century Christianity”-oriented recovery approach
founded upon the very language of “Conference-approved” literature, and
applicable in fellowships, programs, counseling, and 12 Step work today.
Here is the Table of Contents from How to Conduct “Old-School” 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using
Conference-Approved Literature:
Contents
Introduction: “Old-School” Christian Recovery 9
Ch. 1: Resources for
“Old-School” 12 Step Recovery Meetings 15
Conference-approved
Resources 17
Other Resources 18
Ch. 2: Conference-Approved
Literature Foundations 23
Alcoholics
Anonymous 23
The
Co-Founders of Alcoholics Anonymous 28
DR.
BOB and the Good Oldtimers 29
Ch. 3: The Real Akron A.A.
Program 33
Ch. 4: 16 Key Practices of
the Real Akron A.A. Program 35
Ch. 5: “Old-School” A.A.
and First Century Christianity 47
Many Compared Early A.A.
to First Century Christianity 48
John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., and his representatives 49
John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., himself 49
Frank
Amos 50
Albert
Scott 50
“First
Century Christianity” in the Book of Acts 51
A.A.’s Christian
Predecessors 55
The
Vermont of Dr. Bob and Bill W.’s youth 55
Christian
Recovery before A.A. 57
The
Young Men’s Christian Association. 57
The
Great Evangelists 58
The
Rescue Missions 63
The
Salvation Army 64
The
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor 64
“A
First Century Christian Fellowship”
(The
Oxford Group). 65
Dr. Bob and Bill W.’s
Christian Upbringings 68
Dr.
Bob’s Christian Upbringing 68
Bill
W.’s Christian Upbringing 68
The Conversion Factor in
Bill W.’s Life 69
Many Early AAs Claimed
They Were “Cured” 71
Ch. 6: “Old-School” Elements That Can Be Used Today 75
Where to Begin with a
Newcomer 75
Have Newcomers Give Their
Lives to God 78
Eliminating Sinful Conduct
and Obeying God’s Will 78
“We Are Willing to Grow
along Spiritual Lines.” 79
Carrying the Message to
Those Who Still Suffer 80
“Religious and Social”
Comradeship Is Important! 81
“Be Quick to See Where
Religious People Are Right.
Make
Use of What They Offer.” 82
Ch. 7: How to Conduct “Old-School” Recovery Meetings 85
How to Start a
“Conference-approved Literature” Group 85
Initial Decisions and
Actions—Including Literature Selection 86
Only
Conference-approved material on the lit. table 87
Lit.
tables with Conference-approved & other materials 87
General Guides to
Establishing Study Meetings 89
Topics for Study Meetings 90
Conclusion 93
To
take advantage of this pre-publication special offer
for How to Conduct “Old-School” 12-Step
Recovery Meetings Using Conference-Approved Literature: A Dick B. Guide for
Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena by Dick B. and Ken B. for only $9.95 for a digital download
version of this new book, please:
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