Introduction to the Sources and Founding of Alcoholics Anonymous - Softcover

B., Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885803869 ISBN 13: 9781885803863

Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company, 2008

Synopsis

Where did Alcoholics Anonymous actually come from? This volume traces the genuine sources and founding of A.A. to their origins, mapping the spiritual influences that shaped the program before later generations obscured them. It is a complete, stand-alone work — available individually right here — and it is also one of the 31 volumes of The Dick B. A.A. History Reference Set, available together at a very substantial savings: the Christian recovery world's most thorough scholarly record of the roles God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible played in early A.A.'s astonishing successes. Compiled by Dick B., J.D., CDAAC, over 25 years of forensic primary-source research. The complete 31-volume set is available for $297 with free U.S. shipping exclusively at DickBonRecovery.com — collected individually, the 31 volumes would cost well over twice as much.

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About the Author

Dick B. is a writer, historian, retired attorney, Bible student, and active recovered member of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. He holds Doctor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Stanford University and an A.A. degree from the University of California (Berkeley) with Honorable Mention. He was both Case and Legislation Editor of the Stanford Law Review and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior Year at the University of California. He practiced law in San Francisco and in Marin County, California for thirty-six years before he was felled by alcoholism and entered the A.A. fellowship in April of 1986. He has been continuously free from drink and pill addiction since that time and has sponsored over 100 men in their recovery. He has published thirty-two titles on the history of Alcoholics Anonymous, particularly the sources, roots, principles, practices, and successes of the early A.A. Christian Fellowship in Akron. He has also published over 180 articles on the subject and is a widely-sought speaker at A.A. history conferences, A.A. meetings international conferences of related fellowships, professional groups, and organizations dealing with substance abuse and addiction solutions. The author uses the pen name Dick B. to conform to A.A. traditions of anonymity and, in that capacity, speaks on radio, podcasts, blogs, forums, and TV programs. His materials also appear on four websites he maintains. His research, writing, and speaking cover all of A.A. s varied and diverse well-springs. These include the Bible, Quiet Time, Christian Endeavor, the YMCA, the Salvation Army, Gospel rescue missions, conversion, the Oxford Group, the teachings of Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., and the works of Professor William James, Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, Dr. William D. Silkworth, Emmet Fox (and other New Thought movement leaders), lay therapist Richard Peabody, the journal of Anne Ripley Smith (wife of A.A. co-founder Dr. Bob Smith), and literature read and recommended by Dr. Bob and other A.A. pioneers. He has a number of works in progress and is available for speaking at forums, panels, seminars, and media presentations. He was born in Stockton, California, in 1925.

Edition details

• Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885803869
• ISBN 13: 9781885803863
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 82