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Announcing “Dick B. on Recovery Mini Reference Sets”!
Have you recently learned about the 25 years of research, writing, and speaking by Dick B., JD,CDAAC [29+ years of continuous sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous (April 21, 1986, to September 12, 2015—when he passed away at age 90)] about “the rest of the story” of what he described as “the Biblical roots of A.A.?”
Do you already have Dick B.’s best-selling title, The Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.’s Roots in the Bible, Bridge Builders edition (1997)?
Are you still deciding whether you are ready to “jump in” and get the full, 31-volume “Dick B. A.A. History Reference Set”: https://bit.ly/TheDickBAAHistoryReferenceSet?
Here is a new way to broaden your understanding of: (1) why early A.A. succeeded; (2) how to apply its highly-successful principles and practices in your life; and (3) how to share those principles and practices with others:
“Dick B. on Recovery Mini Reference Set Number One”:
“Why Early A.A. in Akron and Cleveland Succeeded”: $49.95.
The “Dick B. on Recovery Mini Reference Set Number One” includes the following five (5) titles by Dick B.:
[1.] Dick B., The Akron Genesis of Alcoholics Anonymous, Foreword by John F. Seiberling, Former United States Congressman, Akron, Ohio; Newton ed.; 2nd, rev. ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 1998), 396 pp. (Regular retail list price: $23.95.)
From the back cover of The Akron Genesis of Alcoholics Anonymous:
“Finally—a history that ties together the events in New York and Akron during A.A.’s formative years from 1931-1939. It tells of the Bud Firestone miracle and the 1933 Oxford Group events in Akron. Then of the early meetings in New York and Akron. It details the specific contributions to A.A. that T. Henry and Clarace Williams, Henrietta Seiberling, Bill Wilson, and Dr. Bob and Anne Smtih made at A.A.’s Akron birthplace. It covers the when, where, and how of A.A.’s birth. There are details as to surrenders, hospitalizations, meetings, literature, Bible study and prayer and meditation, and what the Akron people did in their homes. And there are precise traces from the Bible; the Four Absolutes; Christian writers, and the Oxford Group into the Twelve Steps and the Big Book. This book is about what Akron gave to A.A. and what A.A. can attribute to its Akron birthplace.
“Dick’s book makes Dr. Bob’s home and the Akron A.A. story come alive. It vividly shows the love and service that flowed from A.A.’s birthplace. Ray G., Archivist, Dr. Bob’s Home.
“I was glad to see this historical account of just how T. Henry and Clarace Williams, Henrietta Seiberling, Bill Wilson, and Dr. Bob and his wife, Anne, worked together in Akron in the 1930s to build a program that touched the entire world. Mrs. D. W. Culver, Daughter of T. Henry and Clarace Williams, an A.A. founder.
“If you ever wondered about the amazing sequence of events—and the divinely inspired focuses—which converged to make Akron the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous, this is the book for you. James D. Newton & Eleanor Forde Newton, Authors of Uncommon Friends and The Guidance of God, Oxford Group activists for 70 years, Friends of Frank Buchman and Sam Shoemaker.
“A much-needed history of A.A., its birth and its founders in Akron. It shows the pathos, struggles, and eventually, the great love that went from Akron to the compass points of the Earth. I definitely feel this is a fine, loving and correct account. Sue Smith Windows, Daughter of Dr. Bob and Anne Smith, co-author of Children of the Healer.”
[2.] Dick B., Anne Smith’s Journal, 1933-1939, Foreword by Bob S., son of Dr. Bob and Anne Ripley Smith; 3rd ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 1998), 184 pp. (Regular retail list price: $22.95.)
From the back cover of Anne Smith’s Journal, 1933-1939:
“My mother, Anne Smith, studied, knew, and believed in the Good Book, as did my father, Dr. Bob. She recorded in her workbook the spiritual principles she shared so often with many alcoholics and their wives that she helped. Sue Smith Windows, daughter of Dr. Bob and Anne Smith; co-author, Children of the Healer.
“A valuable analysis of the thoughts and teachings of the wife of A.A.’s co-founder, Dr. Bob. Mel B., Author, New Wine: The Spiritual Roots of the Twelve Step Miracle, and Ebby: The Man Who Sponsored Bill W.
“Dick has painstakingly research the . . . notebook that Anne kept so faithfully; and, in doing so, has made the spiritual depth of that astonishing, lovely person available to all of us. Robert Smith, son of Dr. Bob and Anne Smith; co-author, Children of the Healer; From the Foreword to the First Edition, Anne Smith’s Spiritual Workbook.”
[3.] Dick B., Dr. Bob and His Library, Foreword to the First Edition by Ernest Kurtz, Ph.D.; 3rd ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 1998), 151 pp. (Regular retail list price: $22.95.)
From the back cover of Dr. Bob and His Library:
“We must express everlasting gratitude to you, Dick, for the accurate and significant contribution that Dr. Bob’s Library [the original title] makes. The essence and memory of Dr. Bob is preserved by your splendid endeavor. Bob (Smitty) and Betty S. (Dr. Bob’s son and his wife); Bob is co-author of Children of the Healer.
“I have read Dr. Bob’s Library—Dick B.’s first book on A.A. Good Book Connection. It is great and . . . accurately tells the story of the contributions from the Bible that my father, Dr. Bob, made. It is long overdue. Sue Smith Windows (Dr. Bob’s daughter); Sue is co-author of Children of the Healer.
“We can be grateful to Dick B. for his diligent work, which makes available to us not a mere listing of books, but a sense of how they were read and a summary of what they contain. Dick’s careful and thorough research, the details of which he generously shares with us, brings his own spirituality to bear on the task of understanding the spirituality of Akronites among the first generation of Alcoholics Anonymous. Ernest Kurtz, Ph.D.; From the Foreword to Dr. Bob’s Library, 1st ed.; Author, Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous.”
[4.] Dick B., Good Morning! Quiet Time, Morning Watch, Meditation, and Early A.A., 2nd, rev. ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 1998), 156 pp. (Regular retail list price: $22.95)
From the back cover of Good Morning! Quiet Time, Morning Watch, Meditation, and Early A.A.:
“Did you know that the spiritual recovery program which produced such a high success rate in the 1930’s and early 1940’s was totally different from recovery programs today? Well it was! Spirituality back then meant dependence upon God the Creator. Dependence really meant establishing a relationship through acceptance of Jesus Christ as one’s Lord and Savior. The growth part of the program had a great deal to do with Quiet Time—a Quiet Time that included Bible study, prayer, receiving revelation from God, and the use of devotional books and periodicals such as The Upper Room as ancillary study materials and as a spur to spending substantial time with God each morning. This worked! It can work today for those who wish to utilize the tools of early A.A. to achieve a recovery rate somewhere near the seventy-five to ninety-three percent rate achieved in Akron and Cleveland. Where did Quiet Time come from? Where did the Morning Watch fit into the picture? What did meditation in God’s word and communion with Him involve? How does this differ from today’s one-page “meditations” and “reflections?” What can knowledge of this early history do for alcoholics and other addicts, treatment and recovery programs, clergy and churches? Active AA and recovered alcoholic Dick B. has spent eight years digging out the facts and presents them here so others may benefit.”
[5.] Dick B., Henrietta B. Seiberling: Ohio’s Lady with a Cause, 3rd ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 2006), 84 pp.—Copyright page says 4th ed. (Regular retail list price: $20.95)
From the back cover of Henrietta B. Seiberling: Ohio’s Lady with a Cause:
“The role Henrietta Seiberling played in the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and the development of the Akron Christian Fellowship’s spiritual program of recovery from alcoholism has not been fully appreciated. But times have changed. We’ve flushed out Dr. Bob’s training and believing as a youngster in the Congregational Church and in the Christian Endeavor Society of that church in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. We’ve flushed out the long-ignored library of books that Dr. Bob read and circulated amongst the early AAs and their families. We’ve managed to obtain and publicize the very first A.A. guidebook—the one written in the hand of, and later partially typed for, Dr. Bob’s wife Anne Ripley Smith. Written over the period of 1933-1939, it tells and shows exactly what the A.A. pioneers were being taught from the Bible, from Christian literature, from Oxford Group writings, and from the crucible of experience shared by old-timers. The time was long overdue for the facts about Henrietta Seiberling to be fully revealed. . . .”
Normally, if you purchased these five (5) titles new, as a group, the total retail list price would be $113.75, plus Shipping. For a limited time, as an introduction to my dad’s work beyond The Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.’s Roots in the Bible, I am offering all five (5) of the titles which are a part of the “Dick B. on Recovery Mini Reference Set Number One” for:
$49.95
With Shipping and Handling of $7.50, the “Dick B. on Recovery Mini Reference Set Number One” comes to a total of:
$57.45
** Please note: This offer is only available for shipments made to U.S. destinations and payable in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. **
(If you would like to have these books shipped to somewhere outside of the U.S., please email at KenB@DickBonRecovery.com or call me at 1-808-387-7609 so we can work out the details.)
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