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The Conversion Of Bill W.

Dick B.
The Conversion Of Bill W Book PDF

Author : Dick B.
Publisher : Good Book Publishing Company
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1885803907

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The Conversion Of Bill W. by Dick B. Pdf

This is a book unlike any of the many recent biographies of A.A. co-founder William Griffith Wilson (known as Bill W.). It is filled with information about Bill's religious education, experiences, and beliefs from childhood forward. Thus Bill's knowledge of his grandfather Willie's conversion on Mount Aeolus and deliverance from alcoholism, the involvement of Bill's grandparents--the Wilsons and the Griffiths--in the life of the little East Congregational Church on the lawn between the two families' houses, the reading of the Bible by Bill's grandfather Fayette Griffith and by Bill and his boyhood friend Mark, Bill's attendance at the Congregational Sunday School and his attendance at Temperance of revival meetings, his five (yes, five) self-described spiritual experiences including his decision for Christ at Calvary Rescue Mission and his "hot flash" conversion experience at Towns Hospital, his conversations with his famous doctor William D. Silkworth about the Great Physician Jesus Christ and cure of alcoholism through Christ, Bill's extensive involvement with the Oxford Group and particularly Rev. Sam Shoemaker, and Bill's intensive involvement in prayer, Bible study, the use of devotionals, and seeking of guidance with Dr. Bob and Anne Smith at the Smith Home in Akron, particularly in the summer of 1935. All these, and more, are told in this exciting and little-known story about Wilson and God. Was Bill converted to Christ? Did Bill believe in the Creator? Did the Creator have an impact on Alcoholics Anonymous through Bill Wilson? Did the Hand of the Creator touch the lives of Wilson and of the A.A. Fellowship? Your most detailed questions and the answers about these subject have never been addressed by A.A. historians in any depth. But A.A. historian and writer, Bible student, retired attorney, and recovered AA Dick B. presents this--his thirtieth published title--as a crowning historical piece on A.A., church, religion, God, Jesus Christ, and the Bible as they really existed at and before the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous on June 10, 1935

When Man Listens

Cecil Rose
When Man Listens Book PDF

Author : Cecil Rose
Publisher : carl (tuchy) palmieri
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1419663186

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When Man Listens by Cecil Rose Pdf

Reprint of an edition published in New York in 1937 by Oxford University Press.

Bill W.

Francis Hartigan
Bill W Book PDF

Author : Francis Hartigan
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429927864

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Bill W. by Francis Hartigan Pdf

When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five years, helping countless thousands rebuild their lives. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical depression, was a womanizer, and experimented with LSD. Francis Hartigan, the former secretary and confidant to Wilson's wife, Lois, has exhaustively researched his subject, writing with a complete insider's knowledge. Drawing on extensive interviews with Lois Wilson and scores of early members of AA, he fully explores Wilson's organizational genius, his devotion to the cause, and almost martyr-like selflessness. That Wilson, like all of us, had to struggle with his own personal demons makes this biography all the more moving and inspirational. Hartigan reveals the story of Wilson's life to be as humorous, horrific, and powerful as any of the AA vignettes told daily around the world.

The Collected Ernie Kurtz

Ernest Kurtz
The Collected Ernie Kurtz Book PDF

Author : Ernest Kurtz
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780595520992

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Ernest Kurtz has been the outstanding thinker of the A.A. tradition's second generation, the one who played a constant leadership role in pushing the movement towards the highest professional standards of history writing and supplied some of its most influential interpretive concepts. His ideas are vitally important for anyone who wishes to understand A.A. history during the period following Bill Wilson's death in 1971. As a Ph.D. student at Harvard University in the 1970's, he was the first researcher to be granted full access to the archives of Alcoholics Anonymous. The book that resulted, Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous (1979), is still the classic work on early A.A. history. His book on the spiritual life-Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection: Modern Wisdom from Classic Stories (1992)-is equally well known, and has also been an enduring best seller through the years since it appeared. His work on Shame & Guilt (orig. pub. 1981, rev. ed. 2007) has given a whole new depth to the discussion of those two vital recovery issues. This present book, containing twelve key articles written by Kurtz between 1982 and 1996, gives us a fourth volume from his hand, displaying the impressive range and breadth of his thought on alcoholism, addiction, and spirituality. "Here under one cover is Kurtz at his best: historian, gadfly, teacher, interpreter, and master storyteller . This is must reading for any student of Alcoholics Anonymous and the evolution of spirituality in America." -William L. White, author of Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America

The Freud-Jung Letters

Sigmund Freud,C. G. Jung
The Freud Jung Letters Book PDF

Author : Sigmund Freud,C. G. Jung
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0691036438

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The Freud-Jung Letters by Sigmund Freud,C. G. Jung Pdf

This abridged edition makes the Freud/Jung correspondence accessible to a general readership at a time of renewed critical and historical reevaluation of the documentary roots of modern psychoanalysis. This edition reproduces William McGuire's definitive introduction, but does not contain the critical apparatus of the original edition.

Bill W. and Mr. Wilson

Matthew J. Raphael
Bill W and Mr Wilson Book PDF

Author : Matthew J. Raphael
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028573306

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Bill W. and Mr. Wilson by Matthew J. Raphael Pdf

Includes sections on planting and care, climate zones, and an encyclopedia.

The Language of the Heart

A A Grapevine, Incorporated,Bill W
The Language of the Heart Book PDF

Author : A A Grapevine, Incorporated,Bill W
Publisher : AA Grapevine
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0933685335

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The Language of the Heart by A A Grapevine, Incorporated,Bill W Pdf

Language of the Heart contains all of AA cofounder Bill W.'s Grapevine, including a vivid description of how he came to organize the Steps.

Bill W. and Dr. Bob

Samuel Shem,Janet L. Surrey
Bill W and Dr Bob Book PDF

Author : Samuel Shem,Janet L. Surrey
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573691746

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Bill W. and Dr. Bob by Samuel Shem,Janet L. Surrey Pdf

Drama / 3m, 3f (w/doubling) / Unit set Newly revised edition! From the author of the best-selling novel, The House of God, this critically acclaimed version which played Off-Broadway in 2007, tells the amazing story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, and of their wives, who founded Al Anon. During the roaring '20s, New York stockbroker Bill Wilson rides high on money, fame, and booze. In '29, both he and the market crash and he becomes a hopeless drunk. Dr. Bob Smith, a surgeon

Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous

Dick B.,Ken B.
Dr Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous Book PDF

Author : Dick B.,Ken B.
Publisher : Good Book Publishing Company
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1885803850

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Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous by Dick B.,Ken B. Pdf

A.A. Co-founder Dr. Bob stated he had had "excellent training" in the Bible as a youngster in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. This title is a guide to that training and to the multi-volume resource compendium that describes the major influences on his training. They include the Town of St. Johnsbury, the Congregational Churches, his own church--the North Congregational Church, Sunday School, Christian Endeavor Society, the enormous impact of the Fairbanks family on the community and church and educational system, Dr. Bob's own deep family involvement in the church and town activities, the St. Johnsbury Academy, the town library (Athenaeum) and Fairbanks Museum, the YMCA, and the Great Awakening of 1875 that brought revivals, Gospel meetings, conversions, prayer, and Bible study to the fore.

Writing the Big Book

William H. Schaberg
Writing the Big Book Book PDF

Author : William H. Schaberg
Publisher : Central Recovery Press
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781949481297

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Writing the Big Book by William H. Schaberg Pdf

The definitive history of writing and producing the"Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous, told through extensive access to the group's archives. Alcoholics Anonymous is arguably the most significant self-help book published in the twentieth century. Released in 1939, the “Big Book,” as it’s commonly known, has sold an estimated 37 million copies, been translated into seventy languages, and spawned numerous recovery communities around the world while remaining a vibrant plan for recovery from addiction in all its forms for millions of people. While there are many books about A.A. history, most rely on anecdotal stories told well after the fact by Bill Wilson and other early members—accounts that have proved to be woefully inaccurate at times. Writing the Big Book brings exhaustive research, academic discipline, and informed insight to the subject not seen since Ernest Kurtz’s Not-God, published forty years ago. Focusing primarily on the eighteen months from October 1937, when a book was first proposed, and April 1939 when Alcoholics Anonymous was published, Schaberg’s history is based on eleven years of research into the wealth of 1930s documents currently preserved in several A.A. archives. Woven together into an exciting narrative, these real-time documents tell an almost week-by-week story of how the book was created, providing more than a few unexpected turns and surprising departures from the hallowed stories that have been so widely circulated about early A.A. history. Fast-paced, engaging, and contrary, Writing the Big Book presents a vivid picture of how early A.A. operated and grew and reveals many previously unreported details about the colorful cast of characters who were responsible for making that group so successful.

A New Way in

Dick B.
A New Way in Book PDF

Author : Dick B.
Publisher : Good Book Publishing Company
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1885803885

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A New Way in by Dick B. Pdf

The author Dick B. is an active, recovered A.A. member who has sponsored more than 100 men in their recovery. He is a writer, historian, Bible student, and Retired attorney. He has published 30 titles, 160 articles, and 60 audio talks on the subject of A.A. history and has traveled throughout the U.S. doing his research and gathering historical evidence. He is widely sought as a speaker at history conferences, recovery seminars, and Christian recovery group meetings.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Bill W.
Alcoholics Anonymous Book PDF

Author : Bill W.
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780698176935

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Alcoholics Anonymous by Bill W. Pdf

A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

Introduction to the Sources and Founding of Alcoholics Anonymous

Dick B.
Introduction to the Sources and Founding of Alcoholics Anonymous Book PDF

Author : Dick B.
Publisher : Good Book Publishing Company
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1885803869

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Introduction to the Sources and Founding of Alcoholics Anonymous by Dick B. Pdf

Intended for use by recovery newcomers, educational and religious alcoholism programs, recovery groups and treatment centers, and substance abuse agencies. Here, for the first time, is a simple, accurate, concise statement of the origins, trends, changes, and detours leading up to, involved in, and evolving from A.A.'s Big Book and Twelve Step spiritual program of recovery. A must for introducing the A.A./12 Step subject usefully

Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America

William L. White
Slaying the Dragon The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America Book PDF

Author : William L. White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0692213465

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Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America by William L. White Pdf

"This is the remarkable story of America's personal and instituional responses to alcoholism and other addictions. It is the story of mutual aid societies: the Washingtonians, the Blue Ribbon Reform Clubs, the Ollapod Club, the United Order of Ex-Boozers, the Jacoby Club, Alcoholics Anonymous and Women for Sobriety. It is a story of addiction treatment institutions from the inebriate asylums and Keeley Institutes to Hazelden and Parkside. It is the story of evolving treatment interventions that range from water cures and mandatory sterilization to aversion therapies and methadone maintenance. William White has provided a sweeping and engaging history of one of America's most enduring problems and the profession that was birthed to respond to it" -- BACK COVER.

Real Twelve Step Fellowship History

Dick B.
Real Twelve Step Fellowship History Book PDF

Author : Dick B.
Publisher : Good Book Publishing Company
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1885803877

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Real Twelve Step Fellowship History by Dick B. Pdf

Put Your 12-Step Speakers, Sponsors, and Counselors to Work!You may regularly listen to excellent speakers, sponsors, and counselors in 12-Step programs. Chances are, however, that they probably rarely, if ever, talk to you about the origins, history, and practices of early pioneer recovery programs.Why?Because there are few histories to inform them; few teachers to instruct them; and too few people who really want to change. Speakers can get lots of applause if they stick to their drunkalogs, and make you laugh, cry, and maybe identify. Sponsors have few resources that connect the dots. Counselors feel safer telling you about your disease and taking the safe path--handing out a Big Book, a Twelve x Twelve, and a devotional and sending you to outside groups and meetings.What does this, our book, say? It says that it is high time to take these talented and admired people to the schoolroom. Three decades ago, there was no place to look. And if one of these people talked about history, he or she usually talked about the party-line that left out God, left out the Bible, left out the sources of the Twelve Steps, and pointed to a program that simply said you didn't really have to believe anything at all--just choose your own "higher power" and go to meetings.We believe the many fine speakers, sponsors, and facilitators can and should get cracking. They should pick up the accurate history books now available, learn from them, and talk about them. Why? Because they can then tell the afflicted exactly how and why the pioneers were cured and had a documented 75% to 93% success rate. And those who teach you can also train you--to look for yourself, think for yourself, and place your reliance on the Creator rather than teachers.This new book tells you our history, how to approach it, how to teach it, and how to use it.