Dick B. A.A. History 29 vol reference set still open at $249. for a few more weeks. See below

Bargain price $249.00 still open on Dick B.'s 29 Volume A.A. History Reference set (s & h included in USA). Our new website face www.dickb.com has eliminated our bargain set sale and other distractions from AA history. But, already several want to buy it and know how to do it. The sale will be available for a few more weeks until our new video series and guide book is released. The set is a bargain and a lifetime investment for alcoholics and addicts. Contact Ken B. 808 276 4945 if you wish to order a set! God Bless.

"The Rest of the Story" is not about "good." It's about God!

It is the premise of our new presentation of the "rest of the story" that the recovery, lives, program, and twelfth-stepping of our fellowship will be stronger when they have the entire A.A. picture before them--and not just the films, books, and forums which discuss and disclose only what the writer opines is "good for them." It's not about good. It's about God!

Christian Fellowship Good Book Big Book Step Study Meeting in Rhode Island - Sandy R. sends the format

    The Good Book and Big Book Step/Study Meeting.

 

 

Welcome to the Friday night “That Power, which is GOD,” 12 Step Christian Fellowship meeting.  My name is _____________ and I am a_______________, and your trusted servant for tonight’s meeting.

 

Assigned Person reads:     “God we invite you into this room”     Thank you

 

After a moment of silence, we will recite the entire Serenity Prayer.  (Pass out Serenity Prayer).

 

The Purpose of this meeting is to help compulsive eaters, to achieve a Recovered state of mind and body, by studying, discussing and practicing the Twelve Steps as they are laid out in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.   In this group, we will also study the Good Book, the Bible from where all healing and deliverance abounds, through God, His Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

 

We will ask the Holy Spirit for Guidance and Direction for each of us and for the group as a whole, so we may live a life pleasing to God. We ask God to Bless us with a Vital Spiritual Experience that will bring Permanent Recovery from our addiction. We ask God to give us boldness to pass the True Message on, so others may walk in Freedom. The True Message is, “That Power IS God.”

 

This is the original old-school method as practiced by the pioneers of AA, before there was an organized meeting, the big book or the 12 steps. The pioneers were guided by, studied and Recovered with the Bible, we shall do likewise.

 

We warmly welcome those with other addictions to feel at home with us and to share their recovery as well. All can share at this meeting; however it is to be limited to actual experience and Truth from the Bible, not opinions. We are to focus our share on what is being read.

 

This is a one-hour meeting from 7 to 8 pm. There is to be only one person speaking at a time, with no side conversations, out of respect for the person speaking. Please hold questions till after the meeting.  Sharing ends at 7:55pm.  We will close with a short reading and the Lord’s Prayer.

 

Living the 12 step principles, having daily commune with God through praying, reading the Bible, sponsoring and being of service to others, is how we stay in Fit Spiritual condition; and is the means of permanent recovery. (Permanent Recovery is found on page XVII Roman Numeral 17 of the Big Book.)

 

Tonight we will read and study Step ______, starting on page _____, ______paragraph.  The principle for Step ______ is: ____________.

 

 Closing: It is now 7:55pm: Anyone who has not introduced themselves, please do so at this time.

 

Assigned person read:  page _______ from “His Princess”

 

 

8:00pm   “We will now close this meeting with the Lord’s Prayer:

 

 

 

History of Alcoholics Anonymous - Questions by Dick B.

Questions about Alcoholics Anonymous

 

By Dick B.

Copyright 2014 Anonymous. All rights reserved

 

Would you like to know where Bill W. took his four year Bible study during his upbringing in Vermont?

 

Would you like to know what occurred in the daily chapel that Bill W. attended during his four years at Burr and Burton Seminary?

 

Have you heard an accurate account of the vital religious experience that Bill's grandfather William Wilson had atop Mount Aeolus in Vermont, was cured of alcoholism, and did not drink for the remaining years of his life?

 

Would you like to know the full details of what happened to Bill W. when he answered the altar call at Calvary Mission and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior?

 

Would you like to hear Bill's own words that he wrote about his vital religious experience in Towns Hospital?

 

Would you like to know as much as possible about what Bill did and what his approaches were just after he was discharged from Towns Hospital for the last time?

 

Do you know the connection that Bill W. and Dr. Bob had with the Young Men's Christian Association?

 

Do you know the program details of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor in which Dr. Bob was active during his upbringing in Vermont?

 

Do you know the details of the “Great Awakening” of 1875 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont?

 

Do you know the names of the many Evangelists who held revivals and brought about healings in Vermont during the upbringing of Bill W. and Dr. Bob?

 

Do you know how the first three AAs got sober?

 

Do you know the seven points of the original Akron A.A. “Christian fellowship” program of recovery? Do you know where to find them in A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature?

 

Do you know what Dr. Bob did with the 5,000 patients he treated in the hospital for alcoholism after A.A. was founded in 1935?

 

Do you know how many times Bill W. referred to Jesus Christ in A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature?

 

Have you read any of the AA of Akron pamphlets that have been available in Akron for many years now?

History of Alcoholics Anonymous

Dick B. Papers

Huff Post Live Program Today “AA and God”—The Dick B. Input

Dick B.

©2014 Anonymous. All rights reserved

Today, AA author and historian Dick B. was one of four guests on a very interesting program arranged by Huffington Post.

The guests were: (1) Dick B., Executive Director, International Christian Recovery Coalition. (2) Jim Christopher, Founder of Secular Organizations For Sobriety. (3) Becca Nichols, with her personal story of going from a secular belief to a “more religion based” healing/recovery. (4) Darren Littlejohn of the 12 Step Buddhist.

There is a link which enables you to listen to the show. And here's the link to the segment in case you want to share with friends or on social media: 

http://huff.lv/1hJjD82

You will hear three of the speakers objecting in one way or another to any A.A. focus on the Creator. Jim argued for belief in just about any organization one felt might be helpful. Becca was a newcomer, but very much taken with the “spiritual” and any “higher power” that was convenient. Darren, not surprisingly, argued for what he deemed the Buddhist approach – which was essentially self-empowerment.

Such discussions are very valuable in that they enable the public to learn the difference between “meetings” and a “program of recovery.” Most critics were and are inclined to base their viewpoints on what they have heard, what they think their organizations or desired “meetings” are about as gleaned from their meetings. They appeared to ignore the Bible, the A.A. basic test (the Big Book), and even the content of the Twelve Steps.

To keep this brief, Dick B. pointed out that the earliest A.A. had no Twelve Steps, no Twelve Traditions, no Big Books, no war stories, and no meetings as we know them today. According to cofounder Dr. Bob, the early pioneers believed the answer to their problems was in the Bible (which they often called the Good Book).

Dick pointed out that he did not come to A.A. to join a church, to espouse a religion, or to describe God. He came because he was a very sick man—beset with seizures, shaking, confusion. And trouble! – Unbelievable amounts of trouble. But he made clear that he came in as a Christian, dove into the program of A.A., sponsored more than 100 men in recovery, and has remained continuously sober for more than 27 years.

He pointed out that the early AAs sought a cure. They sought it by seeking God. As illustrations, he pointed to Dr. Bob’s statement, “Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!” Also to the abc’s of AA, concluding that God could and would if He were sought. He pointed to Bill W.’s statement: “The Lord has been so wonderful to me curing me of this terrible disease that I just want to keep talking about it and telling people.

The net difference between Dick’s remarks and those of the other panelists was  that the latter focused on “any god” higher powers, spirituality, diversity of viewpoints, and the need for having many organizations from which to choose.

Dick concluded by pointing out that early AAs sought God’s help because they could not help themselves, and that others had not succeeded in helping them. He pointed to the so-called “insanity” of alcoholism which seems to preclude an understanding that alcohol is the problem, that disaster is the usual consequence of drunkenness carried to the extreme, and place the alcoholic in the bizarre belief that one more won’t bite him. Even though it most assuredly will.

 

Gloria Deo

 

 

"AA and God" - Dick B. Live Today on Huff Post Live Program

Huff Post Live Program Today “AA and God”—The Dick B. Input

Dick B.

©2014 Anonymous. All rights reserved

Today, AA author and historian Dick B. was one of four guests on a very interesting program arranged by Huffington Post.

The guests were: (1) Dick B., Executive Director, International Christian Recovery Coalition. (2) Jim Christopher, Founder of Secular Organizations For Sobriety. (3) Becca Nichols, with her personal story of going from a secular belief to a “more religion based” healing/recovery. (4) Darren Littlejohn of the 12 Step Buddhist.

There is a link which enables you to listen to the show. And here's the link to the segment in case you want to share with friends or on social media: 

http://huff.lv/1hJjD82

You will hear three of the speakers objecting in one way or another to any A.A. focus on the Creator. Jim argued for belief in just about any organization one felt might be helpful. Becca was a newcomer, but very much taken with the “spiritual” and any “higher power” that was convenient. Darren, not surprisingly, argued for what he deemed the Buddhist approach – which was essentially self-empowerment.

Such discussions are very valuable in that they enable the public to learn the difference between “meetings” and a “program of recovery.” Most critics were and are inclined to base their viewpoints on what they have heard, what they think their organizations or desired “meetings” are about as gleaned from their meetings. They appeared to ignore the Bible, the A.A. basic test (the Big Book), and even the content of the Twelve Steps.

To keep this brief, Dick B. pointed out that the earliest A.A. had no Twelve Steps, no Twelve Traditions, no Big Books, no war stories, and no meetings as we know them today. According to cofounder Dr. Bob, the early pioneers believed the answer to their problems was in the Bible (which they often called the Good Book).

Dick pointed out that he did not come to A.A. to join a church, to espouse a religion, or to describe God. He came because he was a very sick man—beset with seizures, shaking, confusion. And trouble! – Unbelievable amounts of trouble. But he made clear that he came in as a Christian, dove into the program of A.A., sponsored more than 100 men in recovery, and has remained continuously sober for more than 27 years.

He pointed out that the early AAs sought a cure. They sought it by seeking God. As illustrations, he pointed to Dr. Bob’s statement, “Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!” Also to the abc’s of AA, concluding that God could and would if He were sought. He pointed to Bill W.’s statement: “The Lord has been so wonderful to me curing me of this terrible disease that I just want to keep talking about it and telling people.

The net difference between Dick’s remarks and those of the other panelists was  that the latter focused on “any god” higher powers, spirituality, diversity of viewpoints, and the need for having many organizations from which to choose.

Dick concluded by pointing out that early AAs sought God’s help because they could not help themselves, and that others had not succeeded in helping them. He pointed to the so-called “insanity” of alcoholism which seems to preclude an understanding that alcohol is the problem, that disaster is the usual consequence of drunkenness carried to the extreme, and place the alcoholic in the bizarre belief that one more won’t bite him. Even though it most assuredly will.

 

Gloria Deo