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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJul 7, 20081 topic

Bible - Alcoholics Anonymous - Refresher

Bible – Alcoholics Anonymous – Refresher Dick B.n© 2008 Anonymous. All rights reserved What the Bible has to do with Alcoholics Anonymous What documented relationship does the Bible (which early AAs affectionately called the Good Book) bear to the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous (which AAs still call the Big Book). It was that question which prompted me to research and write The Good Book and The Big Book: A.A.’s Roots in the Bible (http://www.dickb.com/goodbook.shtml).

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bAug 10, 20101 topic

A.A.-Step 10: Teachings of Dr. Bob's Wife Anne Smith

A.A.-Step 10: Teachings of Dr. Bob's Wife Anne Smith Dick B., © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved We have recently covered Steps One through Nine of the Alcoholics Anonymous suggested steps for recovery. We did so by pointing out the applicable remarks on those topics by Anne Ripley Smith, wife of A.A. cofounder Dr. Bob, "Mother of A.A." as Bill Wilson called her, and one of the founders of Akron Number One--the first Alcoholics Anonymous group. The primary source for th

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMay 22, 20111 topic

Voting the Lord's Prayer out of A.A. Meetings

Voting the Lord’s Prayer Out of A.A. Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved More and more efforts are being expended by a few members of the A.A. fellowship to move Almighty God out of the A.A. and other 12-Step and "anonymous" meetings. A Common technique is to call for a "group conscience" vote on elimination of the Lord's Prayer. Doing so, they almost invariably ignore the modern tradition that a "group conscience" was intended first to seek the guidance of "a lovi

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bNov 5, 20111 topic

Alcoholics Anonymous History: Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks

Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks A Contemporary Perspective Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved An Introductory Look at Silkworth as One of A.A.’s “Co-founders” William Duncan Silkworth, Jr., was born in Brooklyn on July 22, 1873. His family remembers him as a deeply spiritual man, not interested in any particular denomination. But he was, they said, a devout Christian. For many years, he attended Shoemaker’s Calvary Episcopal Church in New York. He

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 11, 20081 topic

Bill W. Meets Dr. Bob And A.A. Is Founded

The story of A.A.’s founding, on June 10, 1935 at the home of Dr. Robert H. Smith and his wife Anne at 855 Ardmore Avenue in Akron, Ohio, has two separate, distinct, and very different roots. The first involves William Griffith Wilson (who is known to AAs as Bill W.). Bill was born and raised in East Dorset, Vermont. His grandfather Willie Wilson had a conversion experience and never drank again. Bill had been involved in the East Congregational Church and in daily chapel as

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 1, 20111 topic

A.A. History Brief: Oxford Group Principles

A.A. History Brief: Oxford Group Principles By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved What the Oxford Group Principles Were Many within and without the Oxford Group have endeavored to describe the principles of the Oxford Group. One Australian Oxford Group writer spoke of eight principles of the Group. Bill Wilson sometimes spoke of six “Steps” of the Oxford Group. But the idea that the Oxford Group had any “Steps”—let alone six—was dispelled by Oxford Group histori

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bRecently published1 topic

Healing The Alcoholic By The Power Of God

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Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJul 13, 20101 topic

A.A. Steps Five through Nine: Teachings by Dr. Bob's Wife Anne Smith

Alcoholics Anonymous & “The Mother of A.A.” Anne Ripley Smith, Wife of Dr. Bob Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved Part Three: Key Teachings in “Anne Smith’s journal” on Steps 5 – 9 Materials Sources The best source of information about Anne Ripley Smith, wife of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Dr. Bob can be found in Dick B. Anne Smith’s journal 1933-1939: A.A.’s Principles of Success, 3rd ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 1998); ISBN 1-88580

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMar 28, 20111 topic

A.A., the “Higher Powers,” and the New Thought Compromise

A.A., the “Higher Powers,” and the New Thought Compromise Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved My Search for the Curious Nonsense “gods” Floating Around Recovery Talk As many know by now, my searches for the history of A.A. began when a young man told me when I was three years sober that A.A. had come from the Bible. I told him I had never heard such a thing in the thousand or more meetings I had attended, but he told me to read A.A.’s own DR. BOB and the Good Old

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJan 2, 20121 topic

Alcoholics Anonymous Origins and Early History:What the Searchights Reveal (Part 3)

Alcoholics Anonymous Origins and Early History What the Searchlights Reveal Part Three By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Darkness, Be Gone! Let There Be Light If there is one thing I believe for sure about Alcoholics Anonymous, as I have experienced A.A., for more tha 25 years, that one thing is this: It is not Alcoholics Anonymous that needs to go away. It is the darkness about Alcoholics Anonymous History. And the darkness can and will end in the face of

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bAug 16, 20081 topic

Christians in A.A.?

Christians in A.A.? I don’t have any statistics! I don’t know of any statistics. And I’m not sure I care about any statistics that might exist. But I think it would be valuable if we knew for sure that, among the two-million members worldwide, the A.A. fellowship contains a Christian or two. As a matter of fact, it doesn’t require a statistical survey to establish that it does. How many Christian members are there? I don’t know. And it’s not the function of A.A. to find out.

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bSep 6, 20081 topic

A.A,'s "Big Book," Rev. Sam Shoemaker, and Bill W.

A.A.’s “Big Book,” Rev. Sam Shoemaker, and Bill W. By Dick B.n© 2008 Anonymous. All rights reserved Lois Wilson’s Observation as to Sam Shoemaker’s Big Book Role The biography of Lois Wilson states: “Dr. Shoemaker was to play a significant role in Bill Wilson’s spiritual development and his writing of Alcoholics Anonymous, which became known as ‘The Big Book.’” Bill Wilson’s Specific Remarks about Sam Shoemaker’s Role Bill Wilson himself said: Every river has a wellspri

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bDec 18, 20111 topic

Finding God in A.A., N.A., and Recovery from Addictions

Alcoholics Anonymous History and a Relationship with God By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Moving from Being “in Recovery” to Having “Recovered” Would you like to recover from alcoholism and addiction? Do you believe that God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, can relieve you of those problems? According to the fourth edition of Alcoholics Anonymous--known affectionately withi A.A. as the “Big Book”--an effective way to recover from alcoholism is to

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 1, 20111 topic

A.A. History Brief: The Bible in the Big Book

A.A. History Brief: The Bible in the Big Book By Dick B. Copyright 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Dr. Robert H. Smith was the cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous. He is affectionately called “Dr. Bob” by many AAs. Dr. Bob had much to say about the Bible in his talks with and to the more tha 5,000 alcoholics he helped in Akron, where A.A. was founded. Perhaps the most important thing he said about Alcoholics Anonymous and the Bible was that the basic ideas for the Twelve

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bSep 19, 20131 topic

Bill W., Dr. Bob, and the Cure of Alcoholism: "The Rest of the Story"

Bill W., Dr. Bob, and the Cure of Alcoholism: “The Rest of the Story” A Four-Video Project Proposal by Dick B. and Ken B. © 2013 Anonymous. All rights reserved Key points: 1. A.A. claimed an overall 75% success rate for its early days [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., “Foreword to Second Edition,” xx]. And the third A.A. group in the world founded in Cleveland on May 11, 1939, claimed a documented 93% success rate during its first three years (May 1939 to June 1942) [DR. BOB

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJan 14, 20101 topic

Christian A.A. The Runner's Bible Devotional

Christian A.A. Days – The Runner’s Bible Devotional Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved In the early A.A. days, the days of the Alcoholics Anonymous Christian Fellowship that Bill W. and Dr. Bob founded in June of 1935, morning quiet time, the use of daily devotionals, and looking to God for guidance were required. These were the Christian A.A. days. Basic solutions to the problems of A.A. members were drawn from the Bible. And morning quiet time—Bible study, pray

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bDec 8, 20091 topic

Alcoholics Anonymous and Recovery Awakenings for 2010

All across the nation, and even the world, there are encouraging expressions of an A.A. and a recovery approach that was all but lost for perhaps 50 years. New evidence such as rosters kept by early AAs, the contents of Anne Smith's journal, the last major talks of Dr. Bob and Bill, the revelations in the biographies of Dr. Silkworth, Lois Wilson, and Bill Wilson himself, and the mountain of materials now being placed in the Griffith Library at the Wilson House in East Dorset

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJun 11, 20121 topic

Let's Put our Speakers, Sponsors, Counselors, and Trusted Servants to Work Producing Facts

A.A. and AA.’s Own Talentr Let’s Get Our Speakers, Sponsors, Historians, and Archivists Producing By Dick B. Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Put A.A. and 12 Step Speakers, Sponsors, and Historians to Work! Now. Look at the Talent Before You Right Now! Right now, take a look at the speakers, sponsors, historians, archivists, and secretaries you know or have known in your Alcoholics Anonymous (“A.A.”) or other 12-Step Fellowship. I’ve been involved with hundred

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJan 30, 20121 topic

Our Latest Recovery Meetings and Coalition Participants

A Great Close to Our Southern Califo ia Meetings Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Ken and I are back in Maui and excited over the many meetings we had in Southern Califo ia from LAX, Redondo Beach, North Hollywood, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Santa Ana, to three hotels – Best Western, Wyndham, and Marriott in the area. The trip was made possible by air fare contribution of Christian friend Freda M.; hotel contribution of David Powers of Rock Recovery Ministries and Sol

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 8, 20121 topic

Alcoholics Anonymous History Study with "Conference-approved" Foundations

A.A. History Studies with “Conference-approved” Foundations Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved The Problem with a Clear-cut Solution Fear has often ruled in the minds of those who understand the importance in their recovery of studying, learning, and applying the highly effective techniques of the early A.A. Society. Time and again, someone has mentioned a piece of literature, only to hear someone else claim it is forbidden because it is not “A.A. General Servic

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMar 12, 20111 topic

A.A., Charlie Sheen, and David Arquette

A.A., Charlie Sheen, and David Arquette By Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved This Is All about the News Accounts I believe it was the famous star and commentator Will Rogers who said: “All I know is what I read in the newspapers.” And, while I have 24-plus years in A.A., the only thing I know about Charlie Sheen and David Arquette is what I’ve watched almost daily on TV and seen in the news stories. The gist of the news seems to be that A.A. is mentioned in mos

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMar 19, 20121 topic

Alcoholic/Addict Recovery: Can Medicine, Religion, and 12 Step approaches Cooperate and Better Succeed

Overcoming Alcoholism and Drug Addictionr Joining in Support, Not Splitting in Departure By Dick B. Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Some Comments and Some Questions Introduction and Three Approaches It would be naïve to think that there are only three ways—mutually exclusive ways—to overcome alcoholism and addiction. Why? All three of these three ways have fathered strong failure rates, particularly as they are seemingly and frequently viewed today. Regrett

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMay 23, 20121 topic

What do you know about A.A.?

International Christian Recovery Coalition Workshops in Orange County, CA 23May Do you know how many Christian organizations influenced the ideas, principles, and practices of the AA of Akron Christian Fellowship founded in 1935? Do you know the details of the Christian upringing of A.A. cofounders DR. Robert H. Smith and Bill Wilson as youngsters in Vermont–the church life of their parents, the Congregational churches and Sunday schools they attended, the emphasis on salvat

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 27, 20121 topic

Our Christian Recovery Model Today: A First Century Christian Fellowship

A First Century Christian Fellowship Major Sources for Observing Early A.A.’s Apostolic Principles, Practices, and Resemblance to First Century Christianity at Work By Dick B. © 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved A Common Observation about “Old-School” Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous History: A.A. cofounder Dr. Bob called the first A.A. group (known as “Akron Number One”)—founded on July 4, 1935—“a Christian fellowship.” [DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers (New Yor

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 3, 20101 topic

Seeking Guidance from God in Today's A.A.?

Seeking Guidance from God in Today's A.A.? “Go with the Winners” and Follow the Original Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” Program Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved The following verses from the Book of James show specifically why and how to seek the wisdom of God. As A.A. Cofounder Dr. Bob stated, early members started their days be reading from the Book of James, 1 Corinthians 13, and Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7): Members of Alcoholics Anonymous b

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMay 22, 20111 topic

Old School A.A. and Old School A.A. Groups Today

Old School A.A. and Old School A.A. Groups Todayr Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reservedr Reflections and Suggestions about Pioneer A.A. that Could Help You! Utilize "Old School A.A." Approaches Todayr There is no real substitute today for beginning with one-on-one sponsorship, fellowship, and witnessingr Right now, just about anyone can join a group, attend a conference, take a class, buy tapes, and study some materials on Pioneer A.A.'s biblical roots and program. Bu

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bAug 30, 20101 topic

The Salvation Army/an A.A. Source: Article One

The Salvation Army: an A.A. Sourcer Article One Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved It took many years of research before I was able to find and discuss the many strong links between the Salvation Army and Alcoholics Anonymous. And the links were of several different types: - The Salvation Army work with drunks and derelicts is legendary, and very successful as well. My introduction to their work first came through the pages of Harold Begbie, Twice Born Men (NY:

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bOct 13, 20101 topic

If I Wanted to Leave Alcoholics Anonymous. . .

If I Wanted to Leave Alcoholics Anonymous. . . Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved First of all, I don’t! But let’s just say: (1) That I’m thinking of drinking. (2) That I’m really not “willing to go to any lengths” to prevent that from happening. (3) That I’m beginning to prefer my former friends, former ideas, former hangouts, and former brand of gin. (4) That I’m developing a resentment against A.A., against the people in A.A., against the meetings of A.A., ag

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMar 13, 20121 topic

The Two Real Guidelines That Marked the Beginnings of Alcoholics Anonymous

The Real Time Lines —Two of Them—That Marked the Beginning of A.A. March 12, 2012 Akron Events September 1931 Russell Firestone gets saved and healed of alcoholism with the help of Rev. Samuel Shoemaker on the train back to Akron from the 50th triennial General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church—a General Convention of the Episcopal Church—held in Denver, Colorado, September 16-30, 1931. October 1931 through January 1933 Russell and his friend James D. Newton t

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bSep 30, 20111 topic

Dick B. Address to Assn of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Palm Springs

THE ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN ALCOHOL & DRUG COUNSELORS INSTITUTE Announces the 2011 Annual Christ-centered Addiction Professionals Conference to be held from Friday, September 30th TO Sunday, October 2nd at the Hotel Zoos in beautiful Palm Springs. The Dick B. Address on October 2, 2011 © 2011 Anonymous, All rights reserved - The Growing Christian Recovery Movement and the Role ACADC Institute can play The opportunity for our pervasive, informative, Christian Recovery Movem

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMay 3, 20121 topic

The Questions about Alcoholics Anonymous, Celebrate Recovery, Addictions, and the Bible

There is a lengthy article by Dave Hunt and another gentleman which squarely addresses the modern day "higher power," "disease," "spirituality," and Twelve Step secularism and admiration by many a Christian organization such as Celebrate Recovery and certainly by many in the recovery community and 12 Step Fellowships. It is important, however, to remember that there is little evidence of a monolithic CR or a monolithic AA--regardless of any rules or restrictions. And to claim

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJul 13, 20081 topic

Anne Ripley Smith - Alcoholics Anonymous - Refresher

Why Bill W. Called Dr. Bob’s Wife Anne the “Mother of A.A.” Some Revealing and Significant Quotes about Anne Smith Bill W. said: Anne was the wife of Dr. Bob, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous. She was, quite literally, the mother of our first group, Akron Number One. Her wise and beautiful counsel to all, her insistence that the spiritual come before anything else, her unwavering support of Dr. Bob in all his works; all these were virtues which watered the uncertain seed

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bOct 14, 20121 topic

Dick B.'s Unmanageable Life

The Unmanageable Lifer What brought You to A.A. or a 12 Step Fellowship? By Dick B. Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved. A Little Chunk of History For Openers Some of us get all wrapped up in difficult words when we enter A.A. or another 12 Step Fellowship. We wonder what in the heck it means to be "powerless over alcohol." We wonder if our life has truly become "unmanageable." But a little bit of history might show us how much more simple the early AAs kept these

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJan 4, 20131 topic

Please help us place this valuable edited manuscript copy of DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers - AA History of immense importance

Your Help, Please, With This Extraordinary Edited Manuscript Copyr OfrnDR. BOB and the Good Oldtimersr Will you, or someone you know, please help us find a steward and home for the large, edited manuscript copy of DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimersr This exact copy was acquired by my deceased friend Dennis Cassidy of Connecticut from the very people instrumental in preparing and editing the original manuscript itself. It has their written edits and corrections. It has their full

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bApr 15, 20111 topic

A.A. - How to Study, Understand & Take the 12 Steps

A.A.: How to Study, Understand, & Take the 12 Steps by Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Bible; Dr. William D. Silkworth (“The little doctor who loved drunks”); William James (The Varieties of Religious Experience); Anne Smith (and her personal journal which she kept betwee 1933 and 1939); The Oxford Group (also known as “A First Century Christian Fellowship”); andr Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr. KEEP IT SIMPLE: To learn about those key

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJul 13, 20081 topic

God as We Understood Him

"God as We Understood Him" An Alleged Compromise That Opened the Door By Dick Bn My Own Experience At my first A.A. meeting, I was delighted. Friendliness, laughter, concern, suggestions. All came pouring toward me at the "Wednesday Night What It’s Like Now" meeting--later to become my Home Group. At my second meeting, I made a speech about needing help with a pending court appearance. And a non-atto ey offered to come with me; he said he had studied law in Brazil. By my thir

Primary topic: Drug and Substance Abuse

Drug and Substance Abuse

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 15, 20111 topic

Addressing the "Whole Picture" of Christian Recovery Today

To our friends: My son Ken just wrote a letter to two who inquired about our projects. Because his letter properly reflects what we hope to do with you and what we hope you will do, being thus informed, I have slightly edited it and am sending it along. God Bless, Dick B. ______________________________________________________________________________ Aloha to you from Maui, Hawaii! The International Christian Recovery Coalition Approach to Christian Recovery Today Addressin

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bRecently published1 topic

Dick B.'s A.A. Story

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Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bOct 10, 20111 topic

Alcoholics Anonymous and First Century Christianity

A.A. and First Century Christianityr Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Early A.A. Was Consistently Called “First Century Christianity.” Why! Two elements stand out when it comes to what the early Christians did. Daily: Mark 14:49 is one of the many instances where Jesus emphasized his daily teaching in the temple: “I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.” Daily Fellowship by the Apostles and Discip

Primary topic: Religion

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 17, 20101 topic

AA Origins and History

AA Origins and History The YMCA, Vermont’s “Great Awakening of 1875,” A.A.’s Founders Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) played an important, but relatively unknown, role in the lives of A.A. cofounders Bill W. and Dr. Bob. The YMCA history begins in England. In 1836, when George Williams (later, Sir George Williams) was about 16 years old and working as a sales assistant in a London draper’s store, he gave his life t

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMar 1, 20121 topic

Hawaii and Califo ia Christian Recovery Movement Projects for Spring 2012

International Christian Recovery Coalitionr The Blooming, Booming Responses and Expanded Plans of the Christian Recovery Movement Dick B., Executive Director Copyright 2012 Anonymous. All rights reserved Just since our visits in Southern Califo ia in January of this year, we have had an increasing volume of messages from those wanting to participate in our planned meetings this Spring. So the following is the way things are going and being planned as of February 29th. The Ba

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bJan 24, 20101 topic

Helping A Christian To Begin Recovery Today

Helping A Christian To Begin Recovery Today Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved What is this newcomer like? The condition of most alcoholics who are being propelled toward recovery today is complex, life-threatening, confusing, frightening, and often misunderstood. Here are some of the problems he or she may commonly face: Welcome has been worn out with parents, wives, children, relatives, friends, “significant others,” employers, business associates, clients

Primary topic: Christianity

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bApr 25, 20111 topic

The Christian Recovery Movement Today--Growing or Going?

The Christian Recovery Movement Today—Growing or Going? By Dick B. 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Consider the Origins In two of our recent books, Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous and The Conversion of Bill W., we covered the seemingly-forgotten-yet-very-important origins of Alcoholics Anonymous in five groups of people and organizations, primarily of the mid-to-late 19th century. Though critics of A.A., within and without, have often sidetracked discussions of origin

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 22, 20101 topic

Are There Two A.A.'s?

Are There Two A.A.’s? Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved Present-day AAs—members of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous—certainly can’t be divided into two A.A.’s or ten A.A.’s. At least not the AAs that I met in April of 1986 when I entered the rooms. Nor the AAs I have fellowshipped with over the past 23 years. Nor the AAs I have met at International Conventions, regional conventions, gatherings like the “Spring Fling,” Big Book Seminars, Dr. Bob’s Home in A

Primary topic: Religion

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bAug 25, 20081 topic

Filling the A.A. History Gap

Dick B.. © 2008 Anonymous. About 1990, I began looking for the evidence of A.A. history, and I looked in many parts of the United States and England. I found that nobody had unearthed and reported the books in Dr. Bob’s Library. Next, I found that nobody had researched or described Anne Smith’s journal. Next, I found that nobody had adequately described the required “Quiet Time” practices. Next, I found that nobody had described the “surrender” upstairs ceremony where AAs ha

Primary topic: 12 Step Programs

12 Step Programs

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 27, 20111 topic

Need for Comprehensive Christian Recovery Plan Now

New Need for Comprehensive Christian Recovery Planr Dick B. © 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved Tens of thousands of alcoholics, addicts, A.A. members, conce ed Christians, professional recovery workers, old-timers, and desperate family and other conce ed friends and associates have contacted me over the past 20 years. They usually ask how they or their loved ones can get God's help. And do so within existing A.A., Christian, treatment, and counseling boundaries. Twenty ye

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMar 3, 20101 topic

The Beacon of Hope: Recovery by the Power of God

As I reviewed the recent articles on the Expert Pages, I ran across articles by Kathy Williamson, whom I have not met. And her articles stand out like a beacon. Here is someone who seems to have grasped what the early A.A. Christian Fellowship was doing when it insisted that every member must believe in God--the Creator, Yahweh, Almighty God, "The God of the Scriptures" as Bill Wilson described Him after his famous white light experience at Towns Hospital. Also, every member

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 16, 20101 topic

Where Did Early A.A. Come From?

Where Did A.A. Come From? Dick B. © 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved. The Variety of Stories I’ll venture a guess: When most of us come into the rooms of A.A., we probably don’t hear, or learn, or even care where A.A. came from. Lots of us are sick, confused, frightened, and more worried about our problems than we are about how A.A. began. There are some other hindrances. Some like to say that A.A. has no teachers. In general, this is true today though there are notable

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bFeb 14, 20121 topic

The International Christian Recovery Coalition - A Snapshot

The International Christian Recovery Coalition-A Snapshot The International Christian Recovery Coalition is an informal, international fellowship comprised of Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena, together with Christians in recovery and others seeking the power and love of God as a means of recovering from the ravages of alcoholism, addictions, and other life-controlling problems. Our Mission Statement Mission Statement: "To glorify God by: (1) sharing accu

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By richard-burns-j-d-pen-name-dick-bMar 18, 20121 topic

Address by Dick B. to Christian Counselors at Palm Springs

Dick B. Address to Assn of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Palm Springsr By aioarticles on September 29, 2011 | From aioarticles.com The Dick B. Address on October 2, 2011 © 2011 Anonymous, All rights reserved - The Growing Christian Recovery Movement and the Role ACADC Institute can play The opportunity for our pervasive, informative, Christian Recovery Movement is now! International Christian Recovery Coalition is adding daily the participants who, at no cost to t

Primary topic: Therapy and Counseling

Therapy and Counseling

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