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Alcoholics Anonymous History
BY THE POWER OF GOD
A Guide to Early A.A. Groups & Forming Similar Groups Today

By Dick B.

So . . .

You are a Christian and thinking about leaving a Twelve Step program because you get roundly trounced if you mention your faith, the Bible, or God in your group; or

You are a Christian and can't find a group in a Twelve Step program where there are like-minded believers who want to study early A.A.’s roots in the Bible; or

You are sick and tired about hearing of an “higher power” that can be a lightbulb, a tree, Santa Claus, the "group" itself, a radiator, a lizard, or Gertrude; or

You want to learn where early A.A.’s spiritual ideas really came from, and what Quiet Time, the Rev. Sam Shoemaker, the Oxford Group, Dr. Bob’s wife Anne Smith, and Christian literature contributed to the Twelve Steps; or

You just can’t understand why A.A. can have men’s groups, women’s groups, gay and lesbian groups, atheist groups, policemen’s groups, airline pilots groups, and yet there is severe and sarcastic criticism when you mention a Bible study group.

You are grateful to God, to A.A., to the Twelve Step program, and to your friends for what you found in A.A. AND YOU DON’T WANT TO LEAVE.

Can you find, does there exist, or may you start a Good Book/Big Book or A.A. Roots Group in today’s Twelve Step arena; or must you leave A.A. and go to a Christian alternative a Christ-centered Twelve Step group, or a religious fellowship?

In this book, Dick B., an active, recovered A.A., who is a Christian and a Bible student, tells you the history of A.A.’s biblical roots when it was a Christian Fellowship and achieved astonishing successes. He tells you what he and the men he has sponsored have done IN A.A. He discusses the widespread hunger in today’s Twelve Step groups for the truth about God, about Jesus Christ, about the Bible, and about how to be cured and healed by the power of God-–and still continue to help others who want to recover by that power of God. He shows you what the A.A. pioneers did. He shows you what many in A.A. today are doing with Christian retreats, Good Book/Big Books Study Groups, and historical literature, and how you can do likewise and still be an active contributor to the Twelve Step movement, and not a detractor.

Foreword by Ozzie Lepper, President/Managing Director, The Wilson House, East Dorset, VT

Paradise Research Publications, Inc.; 260 pp.; 6 x 9; perfect bound; 2000; $23.95; ISBN: 1-885803-30-3

Trademarks and Disclaimer: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS®, A.A.®, and Big Book® are registered trademarks of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Dick B.'s web site, Paradise Research Publications, Inc., and Good Book Publishing Company are neither endorsed nor approved by nor associated or affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

Alcoholics Anonymous History BY THE POWER OF GOD A Guide to Early A.A. Groups & Forming Similar Groups Today By Dick B.