Dear Blanton: Good to hear from you again. And thanks very
much for sending me the Nancy O. work on personal stories.
However, things have advanced far beyond that. We now know
that almost all those First Edition stories were removed from the subsequent editions
and became virtually unknown and lost in importance. Finally, A.A. restored the
stories after 2005, but did so insolently by stating the writers were uneducated and some other untrue statements
about their comments. The facts are that these First Edition stories are the
proof positive of what the early A.A. Christian Fellowship actually did. They
flesh out the facts in the Co-Founders Pamphlet
and in DR. BOB and the Good
Oldtimers, p. 131.
The good news that
I hope you will act upon and
spread the word about is this:
1. Dover
Publications, Inc. decided to reprint the First Edition. And they have done so. It is trade paper, circus cover, and restores
the personal stories and Bill’s chapters
to view. More important, they contacted Wilson House and asked who could write
an Introduction that would explain the
situation. And they asked me to do so. Therefore, the new first edition is
titled Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original
1939 Edition With a 23-Page Introduction by Dick B. See http://mcaf.ee/j4hq5. Many in California
and Florida have now stocked up with large numbers of these, getting them
through us at a substantial discount and either giving them away free along
with Pamphlet P-53 or using them in t
heir Christian Fellowships or AA meetings. since the stories have now attained
Conference-approved status. And I hope you will contact my son Ken at 808 276 4945 and purchase at least one so
that you are in sync with the troops and the facts.
2. To bring Old
School A.A. back to the fore as the First Century Christian Fellowship it was,
and to show how the pioneer stories document that, along with DR. BOB and P-53,
Ken and I have just published Pioneer
Stories in Alcoholics Anonymous with short-hand specific quotes and explanations that show
how the pioneers told us the principles and practices they used from Akron on. This
book can be seen at http://mcaf.ee/gj7iw. It is available as a print-on-demand
and also in electronic format and is very inexpensive. I hope you will order
at least one of these; and you can do so
on Amazon.com or by contacting Ken and
getting it at a discount.
3. Finally, we
are convinced that the barriers to the Bible, God, Jesus Christ , and such
literature are now down. Groups can be and are now in process of using
Conference-approved quotes and literature to show how The Solution on page 25
of the 4th Edition more than justifies
study of resources about God and the Bible. And we have just published another
book, Stick with the Winners! which shows our fellowship, professional recovery
folks, churches, and treatment programs how to use conference-approved
literature to teach the application of old school A.A. in today ‘s 12 Step
programs and freely study the materials that
Dr. Bob and the Akronites used so effectively before there were any
Steps, Traditions, or Big Books. This new book is also very reasonably priced,
available in print on demand or electronic format, and can be purchased on
amazon.com or obtained at a discount through my son Ken. Please take a look at it
on http://mcaf.ee/s50mq.
I appreciate your kindness in forwarding the spread sheet.
In the Southeast, you have long been a pillar of support in the Christian
Recovery—AA enthusiast groups. And I am hoping you will obtain these three
books, use them, disseminate the facts, and
place them in the same way you have done before. Already, a physician in
Alaska, an insurance executive in Arizona, an executive in Toronto, a
business-man and a recovery pastor in San Jose are taking these steps and
taking the important facts to the public, to those recovering and recovered,
and to those helping others.
God Bless, Dick B.
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