Long-Time, Devoted A.A. Historian and
Christian Recovery Leader Neal Britner to Participate in Vermont Workshops in
September
Dick B.
As our September 1 to 10 trip
to hold workshops in St. Johnsbury, Vermont; Manchester, Vermont; and East
Dorset Vermont approaches, the phone rings daily with good news about those who
are participating and supporting this unusual and promising series of A.A.
history workshops.
The latest call came today from
Neal Britner, participant in International Christian Recovery Coalition, A.A.
Historian, and Christian recovery leader. Neal is from Clay, New York.
For a long time, Neal and his
wife have quietly supported, read, and commented upon our ongoing 22 years of
research, reporting, and publishing books, articles, and other materials on
Alcoholics Anonymous History and the Christian Recovery Movement. The purpose,
of course, has been to help the alcoholic and addict who still suffers—an objective
often lost in the shuffle today for pre-eminence in opposing, questioning, and
revising early A.A.’s Christian roots and early history.
The other principal objective
has been to investigate, report, and disseminate the role that God, His Son
Jesus Christ, and the Bible have played in the origins, history, founding,
original Christian Fellowship program, and successes of old school A.A. in
Akron – and can play today. The same shuffle has been present there as well,
with some revisionists expressing “fury” over the very mention of real,
accurate, old school, early A.A. history.
Not so with the hundreds of
Christian recovery movement happenings today. And Neal Britner exemplifies the
ideal. He has kept in touch with us through the years. He has made
contributions supporting our work. And now he brings to Vermont a very extensive
background of real historical research he has been doing in the very areas we
will be researching in our workshops.
Neal has also just become one
of the several dedicated friends helping to fund our trip from Maui to Vermont
for these meetings. More are still welcome!
Many thanks to Neal. And to those
who choose to come to Vermont, join us, support us, work with us, and give us
their help and input. We know that all will be blessed to meet Neal and a
number of long-sober Christian recovery leaders this September. Call them the “East
Coast Contingent,” if you like. But they will be coming from afar as well.
Gloria
Deo
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