Our Forthcoming
Webinars
Bill W., Dr. Bob, and
the Cure of Alcoholism: The Rest of the Story
By Dick B.
© 2014 Anonymous. All rights reserved
Brief Webinar Sessions
to “Train the Trainers” Through Local, Small, Recovery Leadership Groups that
Condense 100 Years of Available, Adaptable, “Old-School” A.A.’s Vanishing and Priceless Recovery Treasures and Victories
We Need to Know
A Word or Two about How
This Series Can Change Individuals, Groups, Repeated Relapses, and Sluggish
Recoveries
Even before
their Society was founded in 1935, suffering alcoholics and many care givers
believed that alcoholism could be cured by the power of God. They believed recovery
itself could also be substantially enhanced. They believed revolving door
relapses could be prevented. And they believed an important relationship with
God could be established to enable the afflicted to be healed, to guide them in
the steps of Jesus Christ, and to achieve all that it means to become a child
of the living Creator.
For more
than 25 years, Dick B. (a long-sober, Christian, active in A.A.) and his son
Ken B. (a Bible scholar, ordained Christian minister, and communications
specialist) have traveled and spoken widely, researched, read, interviewed, and
published. They’ve reported to those afflicted with and affected by alcoholism what
they have been missing in recovery and healing. Many, if not most, have scarcely
learned the origins, principles, and history of their fellowships. Many have wearily
listened to distorted or misrepresented chatter amounting to the wisdom of the
rooms. Many have never heard, met, or read the writings of dedicated Christian
recovery leaders and workers. Nor realized their immense influence on early
recovery successes.
Considering
today’s rampant recidivism and relapse histories, many an afflicted person has
had more than enough misery and trouble despite continuing in a downward spiral.
One which, a century ago, was arrested by experienced, compassionate, Christian
leaders whose main focus then was helping the desperate down and outers, and
the derelicts unable to or unsuccessful in changing their lives.
Despite the
billions spent on alcoholism and addiction problems, many suffering souls have
been detoured from the original A.A. path to a relationship with God. They have
often neither learned much about or believed in the power of God, the sacrifice
of His Son Jesus Christ, and the road map to God’s solutions in the Bible. They
have been deprived of the rest of the story of Christian recoveries. They have
never learned or applied the principles and practices of the early Akron A.A.
“Christian fellowship” members—principles and practices that many call
“old-school” A.A. Principles and practices paving the way even during first
century Christianity.
A gaping
information hole exists today, largely because--in little more than 75 years of
existence, their fellowships have often side-stepped or even obscured the
original “God” part of recovery and opened their doors to atheists and
agnostics; focused on the idolatrous idea that some nebulous, fictional,
“higher power” can somehow perform the miraculous. They have often been side-tracked
into believing that God, His Son Jesus Christ, the Bible, clergyman, church,
and religion are just unneeded—even offensive--nuisances that clutter up a
divine solution and replaced it with a simplistic blind faith. A dubious
conclusion that twelve, suggested, secular steps can, without the power of God,
produce an understanding of, and affinity to. God’s love, power, forgiveness,
healing, grace, and mercy. Yet emphasizing that today’s members can be
atheists, agnostics, unbelievers, or side-standers in the vital march to find a
spiritual awakening that will remove their affliction.
The “Rest of the Story”
in Small, Digestible, Webinars--Shared by Us with You-- Who Are and Very Much
Want to Be Informed Trainers in the Trenches
The message that God
can do for the alcoholic what he cannot do for himself no Longer Requires Expensive
Conferences and Eloquent Circuit Speakers. It’s about Bringing to Your Leadership
Gatherings by Webinars a Piece-by-Piece Body of Facts that Talk of What God,
His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible Enabled Early AAs to Utilize and Apply and
Can Still be Harmonized for Today’s Afflicted the Key Elements of Depending on
God for Recovery, for Relapse Prevention, for Healing, for Fellowship, and for Spiritual
Growth
·
Some Trial Run Plans for our brief Webinars:
Each be brief. Each will be free. Each will have only a limited number of
participants. Those who want to be
taught and teach accurate information. Each will be a recovered Christian group
leader, Christian recovery fellowship leader, recovery pastor, recovered Christian
treatment program leader, or a Christian recovery residential program leader of
groups of Christians in recovery. Participants may be Christian recovery
professionals who are counselors or interventionists or recovered Christians or
who are speakers, or are sponsors who want to found and conduct Christian
recovery groups or who already belong to a recovery fellowship. They may
include a group leader, speaker, or sponsor—in a gathering which relies on God
for help.
·
Selection of Participants for the
small groups.
We will contact three or four leaders who have expressed a desire to
train. learn, and train others; or we will
welcome such leaders as simply want to participate in the seminars. Ken B. will
contact or should be contacted by those desiring to participate; and Ken may be
reached at 808 275 4945 or Ken@condo.gmail.com. We will then select and notify
participants of the webinar, its topic, and its timing.
·
Examples of Topics that will be
taught.
We will select a topic or series of topics related to a particular part
of the rest of the story. An example is set forth below.
·
Actual Conduct of a Webinar.
First, Dick B. and Ken B. will present a brief training discussion on the
particular webinar topic. They will
invite comments from participants. And the webinar will conclude with suggestions
from the participants or the presenters.
·
Documentation of the training facts presented.
We have published 46 books, over 1700
articles, blogs and newsletters, and comments. And we have, as well, conducted
radio shows, videos, and conferences. And all materials have been carefully
described and documented in footnotes and published records. These will be
mentioned and certainly made available for reference but not be part of the
brief webinars
·
An example of a webinar topic: “The Christian upbringing in Vermont
of Bill W.”:
Includes The East Dorset Congregational Church in Vermont; the Wilson
family’s contributions to, participation in, and support of the church. Grandpa
Willie Wilson (the alcoholic) and his vital religious experience on Mount
Aeolus where he was cured of alcoholism for the remaining eight years of his
life. Bill’s attendance at both the church and at its Sunday school. Bill’s
recollection of sermons, hymns, temperance meetings, revival meetings, and
conversions, as well as family religious events. Bill’s attendance at nearby
Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester, Vermont. Bill’s required attendance at daily
chapel—sermon, reading of Scripture, hymn, prayer meeting. Bill’s presidency of
Burr and Burton Young Men’s Christian Association. Bill’s four year Bible study
course at Burr and Burton. The required attendance by scholars at services and
events of the nearby Manchester Congregational Church. Bill’s turning his back
on God at graduation time when his girl-friend Bertha Bamford died unexpectedly
in surgery.
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Brevity of webinar is supplemented by the well-documented facts
available on our new website (www.aahistoryChristianrecovery.com);
in our books, articles, websites, blogs, radio shows, newsletters, and many
posted resources. The webinars themselves are presented to highlight the topics
trainers need to hear, research, learn, and teach.
·
Many other topics will be put in
webinar form as time permits, resources are available, requests are made, and
progress is evident.
Gloria Deo
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