When Early AAs Were Cured And Why
This is the 22nd published title by A.A.'s leading historian on the history, roots, program, and successes of early Alcoholics Anonymous. It is of special importance in that the author moves from historical documentation to actual implementation. It tells you exactly how the astonishingly successful program of early A.A. was conducted and how those same elements can be taught, studied, and applied today. If early A.A. achieved a 75% to 93% success rate among "medically incurable" alcoholics who relied on the Creator, and really gave their lives to the program of cure, why not you. Today!
Contents of When Early AAs Were Cured and Why
Chap. 1: What They Were Saying at Yale (in the 1940's about the Miracle of God’s Cure for Drunks)
Chap. 2: The Spiritual Origins of Alcoholics Anonymous:
A Much Needed Historical Perspective.
Bill Wilson's "Religious" Background
Dr. Bob's Bible training, Christian Beliefs, and Religious Affiliations
Historical Void Resulting from Failure to Distinguish Between Differing Inputs of Founder
The Bible Dr. Bob Source
The Akron Genesis and Its Bible/Dr. Bob Source
Dr. Bob's Youth, Religious Training, and Christian Church Involvement
Dr. Bob's Assertions on the Bible's Importance
Old Fashioned Prayer and Revival in Akron Meetings
The Christian Endeavor Movement Impact
Descriptions of Christian Endeavor
The Oxford Group Bill W. Source
The Rowland Hazard Starting Point
Bill Wilson's Conversion
The Real Message as to the New Man in Christ Not Yet Fashioned, and Not from Bill
Melding the Two Different Sources Was the Appointed Task of Bill W.
Chap. 3: The Akron Crucible Where It All Began
The Real Program of Early A.A.
An Overview of What They Did in Akron
The Frank Amos Reports in 1938
The Big Book Publication in 1939
The Akron A.A. Recovery Pamphlets
The Special Role of Three Women Pioneers—Anne Smith, Henrietta Seiberling, Eleanor Forde
Chap. 4: The Real Spiritual Roots of Early A.A.'s Program of Recovery
The Six Major Biblical Roots
Anne Smith's Journal
The Teachings of Rev. Shoemaker
The Life-changing Program of the Oxford Group
The Christian Literature the Pioneers Studied
Other "Spiritual" Roots
the “New Thought” crowd
the "Farther Out" crowd
Bill Wilson's Tight Rope
Confusions Among the Conclusions
Chap. 5: Who Let the "goofy gods" into A.A.
Who Is God as Early AAs Spoke of Him
Bill's Injected Substitutionary Words—Never Intended to Invent "Other" gods
Not Intended as False gods
“God as We Understood Him”
“A Power Greater Than Ourselves”
Enter the "goofy gods" through the Back Door
A.A. People May Be Sick But They Are Not Stupid
Is There Any Prospect That the Nonsense Will Go?
Chap. 6: The Bible and Alcoholics Anonymous
Yahweh, the Creator
Three Segments Dr. Bob Considered Essential
A Different Scene Today
A Study of the Sermon on the Mount in A.A.
A Study of the Book of James in A.A.
A Study of 1 Corinthians 13 in A.A.
Chap. 7: The Creator and the Cure of Alcoholism: Miracle or Myth?
What Is the "Alcoholism" of Which the Pioneers Were Cured?
The Countless Claims of Cure by Early AAs
There Is Nothing New When It Comes to God's Miracles and Cures
The A.A. Detour
Back on the Path to Yahweh and Accomplishing the "Impossible"
Cure! A Miracle or a Myth. You Decide
Appendix 1: The Creator's Personal Name Is
Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 186 pages; 6 x 9; perfect bound; 2006; Price $22.95; ISBN 1-885803-94-X