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The new “Dick B. on Recovery Mini Reference Set No. 3” (The Power of God in Early A.A.): $49.95, plus S&H. The Mini Ref. Set includes:
[1.] Dick B., Making Known the Biblical History and Roots of Alcoholics Anonymous: A 16-Year Research, Writing, Publishing, and Fact-Dissemination Project, 3rd ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 2006), 228 pp. (Regular retail list price: $24.95.)
From the back cover of Making Known the Biblical History and Roots of Alcoholics Anonymous:
“This book will provide you with a wide number of options as to how it can be used.
“First, as a bibliography of just about every important book and paper available on the subject of early A.A.’s Biblical origins, roots, history, program, practices, literature, and successes.
“Second, it describes and details Dick B.’s sixteen years of research in which he collected more than 25,000 historical materials used for his writings and available for study and analysis.
“Third, unlike other bibliographies and histories of the recovery movement, this inventory covers all the bases: (a) Early temperance, anti-saloon league, and Prohibition materials. (b) Books and papers about A.A.’s progenitors—Dwight Moody, John Mott, Henry Drummond, Robert Speer, Henry Wright, Francis Clark, Amos Wells, F.B. Meyer, Horace Bushnell, and Harold Begbie. (c) A.A. influences like Professor William James, William D. Silkworth, M.D., Dr. Carl Jung, Ralph Waldo Trine, Emmet Fox, Richard Peabody. (d) The largest bibliography of Oxford Group people and writings to be found anywhere today. (e) Books and papers by and pertaining to Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker. (f) Books about the Bible, Quiet Time and meditation, Christian literature early AAs read. (g) Dr. Bob’s wife Anne Ripley Smith and her journal. (h) A.A.’s own Conference Approved literature. (i) Books about A.A. and 12 Step history. (j) Alcoholism and drugs. (k) Critiques of A.A. and the Twelve Steps.
“Finally, you’ll find lots more—the contributors to this collection, the Advisory Committee that enabled its acquisition, the specific books from the libraries of contributors, and the entire project to assemble and place these materials in free, accessible, easily studied centers and locations.
“The good news is that most of the materials used and studied by Dick B. have now been acquired, donated to, and placed in the following three important locations: (a) Griffith Library at Wilson House in East Dorset, Vermont, (b) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Akron. (c) Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh in the Shoemaker Room. You can therefore use this book as both a reference tool and a guide to the treasures of A.A. history—treasures without equal.”
[2.] Dick B., By the Power of God: A Guide to Early A.A. Groups and Forming Similar Groups Today, Foreword by Ozzie Lepper, President/Managing Director, The Wilson House, East Dorset, Vt. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 2000), 260 pp. (Regular retail list price: $23.95.)
“From the Foreword by Ozzie Lepper, President/Managing Director of The Wilson House:
“In reading By the Power of God, my heart soared as once again I realized how many biblical principles were deeply imbedded in the A.A. program as it was originally practiced.
“From the Oxford Group to the early groups in Akron, Cleveland, and New York City, the roots of A.A. cannot be denied. From Dr. Bob’s ‘Christian Fellowship’ to Bill’s note that ‘A.A. is but a spiritual kindergarten,’ the God of the Bible has been the power that has made all things possible.
“Dick B.’s thoughtful and extensive search for the truth has made the lives of the founders and early AAs come alive for all of us. He has renewed our hope that there can be Pioneer Groups in A.A. today and that the guidelines are already in place.
“I applaud Dick B.’s encouragement to work ‘within’ the A.A. program by keeping history alive, studying the biblical principles that worked for our founders and countless others, and by contributing fully to the primary purpose of helping the suffering alcoholic in a way that would meet the approval of our Lord Jesus Christ.
“I pray that there will always be places where our Christian heritage can be remembered, where the love of Christ can be spoken, and where we will never forget where we came from.”
[3.] Dick B., Why Early A.A. Succeeded: The Good Book in Alcoholics Anonymous Yesterday and Today (A Bible Study Primer for AAs and Other 12-Steppers), With a Foreword by Jeffrey H. Boyd, M.D., M.Div., M.P.H. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 2001), 344 pp. (Regular retail list price: $23.95.)
From the back cover of By the Power of God:
“Dick has highlighted the Bible as A.A.’s basic source. This guide book will help those who want to learn and study more. Jim H., A.A. old-timer (sober since 1934), senior Moral Re-Armament board member for many years, friend of A.A. co-founder Bill Wilson.
“Another carefully researched and significant volume by the leading historian of A.A. The Reverend Howard J. Clinebell, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Theology at Claremont, CA, Author of 13 books, primarily on pastoral counseling of the addicted.
[4.] Dick B., The James Club and the Original A.A. Program’s Absolute Essentials, 4th ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 2005), 224 pp. (Regular retail list price: $23.95.)
From the back cover of The James Club and the Original A.A. Program’s Absolute Essentials:
“For the first time, A.A. historian Dick B. presents, verse by verse, the three parts of the Bible that the early A.A. pioneers in Akron considered ‘absolutely essential’ to their program, as Dr. Bob put it. These verses contained the foundational materials used to develop the cure of alcoholism.
“You will find a careful study of what the old-timers found in and used from the Book of James, to the extent that they said this book was their ‘favorite’ and wanted to call their fledgling society ‘The James Club’ instead of the name Alcoholics Anonymous selected by Bill and Dr. Bob.
“You will also see why Bill and Bob said that Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5 to 7) contained the underlying philosophy of A.A. And you will also spot the verses from which such basic A.A. ideas as ‘agree with thine adversary quickly,’ promptly making amends, ‘Thy will be done,’ ‘First Things First,’ and ‘Easy Does It,’ loving thy neighbor and even thine enemies, the ‘Golden Rule,’ moral inventory, and others became the heart of A.A.’s principles.
“Also the famous ‘love chapter’ written by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 is reviewed to discuss the ‘nine ingredients of love’ as they were called by Professor Henry Drummond in his The Greatest Thing in the World—a pamphlet widely recommended and read in Akron A.A.
“There are appendices that tell you about the original A.A. program in Akron; its roots in the United Christian Endeavor Society of Dr. Bob’s youth; the two widely-different program approaches in Akron and New York; some information about the Book of James and its writer; and the importance of knowing the Creator’s proper name, Yahweh (Hebrew: YHWH).
“In all, you will see and know Akron A.A.’s early Christian Fellowship as you never knew it before!”
“We applaud and recommend this historical first that tells us all what early pioneer A.A. in Akron was really like.
Ozzie and Bonnie Lepper, The Wilson House, East Dorset, Vermont
Ray G., Archivist, Dr. Bob’s Home, Akron, Ohio
Steve F., Sponsee of Clarence Snyder; Leader, Life Enrichment Retreats, Florida
Lee Hummel, M.S.C.C., Christian Therapist, Addictions Counselor, Delaware
Robert P. Turner, M.D., Medical Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
[5.] Dick B., “The Books Early AAs Read for Spiritual Growth,” Foreword by Former U.S. Congressman John F. Seiberling, Son of Henrietta Seiberling, the woman who introduced and significantly influenced A.A.’s Bill W. and Dr. Bob, 7th ed. (Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, 1998), 128 pp. (Regular retail list price: $21.95.)
From the Foreword by former U.S. Congressman John F. Seiberling:
“After the first meeting between Bill W. and Dr. Bob in Akron in 1935, they commenced an intensive exploration of the spiritual principles that would help alcoholics overcome their addiction. They attended meetings of the Oxford Group followers who met regularly at the home of T. Henry and Clarace Williams. Until Bill and Bob started bringing in ‘recruits,’ none of the others shared alcoholism as one of their personal problems.
“Through the summer of 1935, Bill and Bob also met several times a week at Henrietta Seiberling’s house. Their conversations often went on until late in the evening. Though not an alcoholic, she shared in the intense effort out of concern for Bill and Bob and as part of her own spiritual growth.
“All this raises an interesting question: What did these non-alcoholics have that made Bill and Bob so eager to plumb their thoughts and to share experiences with them? Having myself attended some of the same Oxford Group meetings and, as the son of Henrietta, had many close, sharing conversations with her, I can think of no better way to recapture their spiritual inspiration than to turn to the books they read that were among the sources of their inspiration. Fortunately, it is now much easier to do this, thanks to the untiring work of Dick B., resulting, among other things, in his monumental publication of the list of readings from which A.A.’s founders and their friends drew healing spiritual power.” John F. Seiberling, Akron, Ohio, August 5, 1998.
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