Christian Recovery Radio Interview of A.A. Historian Dick B.
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By Dick B.
© 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved
Dick B.’s Radio Interview on September 22, 2012, will cover
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.
The personal stories by “old-school,” early A.A. pioneers
have been in limbo for decades. Yet they show exactly how those individuals
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 sixteen 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 will read 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.) Each excerpt will be 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,
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 were no Steps at all.
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 them because they speak of the
power and love of God. You will remember that the Lord cured them. And you will
remember that their successes were grounded on the help they then provided to
others.
Gloria Deo
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