An Early A.A. Suggestion: May You Find God Now! Today’s Question: Are We Still Seeking Him? © 2005 by Dick B. A Word or Two...
God’s Specific Answer to Fear: Don’t Fear. Trust God and Believe What He says! Dick B. © 2005. All rights reserved “Fear Not” Gen...
Alcoholics Anonymous History & Early A.A. “Four Absolutes” A Journey with Jesus Dr. Robert E. Speer and the Four Absolutes © 2005 by Dick B....
The Four Absolutes – Their Source, Application, and Significance Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love by Dick B., Copyright, 2002 What are these “Four Absolutes?” You...
The Four Absolutes–More Revealed Comments by Dr. Bob’s Wife Anne in Her Journal Dick B. (Copyright, 2002) A Word or Two about Anne’s Discussion of...
The Four Absolutes–Still More Revealed Additional Source Materials From Beginning to End By Dick B. The Overview This is the concluding article in my series...
“God as We Understood Him” An Alleged Compromise That Opened the Door By Dick B My Own Experience At my first A.A. meeting, I was...
Suggested Guide for Recovery Groups For the past three of four years, and particularly in 2003, scarcely a day goes by that someone does not...
Our Heavenly Father’s Great Love for You Dick B. PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753 2005 Dr. Bob frequently presented our Creator to A.A. pioneers...
What is This New “god”? Part One By Dick B. My Own Early Experiences In grammar school, I said the Pledge of Allegiance to our...
Some “Higher Power” Homework Part Two Where did this new “god” come from? By Dick B. No Need for a Label In Part One, I...
Early A.A. History at a Glance © 2005 by Dick B. Alcoholics Anonymous and its many 12 Step offshoot groups are in a position today,...
A.A. History Collection Locations A Mid-Year Up-date Dick B. © 2005 All rights reserved. Note: This does not purport to be, nor is it, a...
I like Alcoholics Anonymous. Anyone got a problem with that? Dick B. © 2005 I’ve written about the history and spiritual roots of A.A. for...
The Basic Twelve Step Ideas from the Good Book—The Sources Dr. Bob Considered “Absolutely Essential” [Many additional facts and sources can be found detailed in...
Alcoholics Anonymous History The James Club and The Original A.A. Program’s Absolute Essentials By Dick B. For years, A.A. has quietly acknowledged, primarily through one...
Alcoholics Anonymous History A Journey with Jesus Dr. Robert E. Speer and the Four Absolutes © 2005 by Dick B. All rights reserved The Four...
The Impact on Early A.A. of the 1939 Liberty Magazine Article “The Impact on Early A.A. of the 1939 Liberty Magazine Article” Ed Mackie, Contributor The...
Dick B. © 2005. All rights reserved “We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief...
Making “Meditation” Meaningful A.A. Prayer and Meditation Dick B. © 2005. All rights reserved Meaning of Meditation Don’t make a big deal about A.A.’s “prayer...
A Look at “Meditation” in Early A.A. By Dick B. The Names They Gave It Practically none of the names for early A.A. “meditation” was...
Miracles Not To Be Forgotten The Faith and Fellowship of Early Alcoholics Anonymous Dick B. Copyright 2005 Part One – The Bible, the “Impossible,” and...
My “Agenda” Concerning Alcoholics Anonymous Discovering and Publishing Facts about Its Spectacular Early Successes by Dick B. Early AAs claimed a spectacular 75%-to-93% documented success rate in...
The Name of the Creator By Dick B. The subject of the name of the Creator of the heavens and the earth is one of...
Our Creator and Early A.A. By Dick B. The Pioneers Found Him: Have We Lost Him? The other evening, I picked up an A.A. “Conference...
The Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous, Part 2 by Dick B. Part Two The Steps, The Facts, The Oxford Group The Steps People in A.A....
The Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous Part Three By Dick B. Understanding our Fellowship, Big Book, and Twelve Steps as Dr. Bob Understood Them When...
What Is “a Power greater than ourselves”? Another New “god” in A.A., or Our Creator? By Dick B. An Early A.A. Experience I’d Like to...
Published Titles — Dick B. as Author, Compiler and Editor, or Contributor © 2005 by Dick B. Paradise Research Publications, Inc. Titles, Dick B.,...
Quotable Quotes for A.A. History Buffs By Dick B. You’ve heard it before. Early A.A. had a seventy-five to ninety-three percent success rate among “medically...
The Real and Complete Early A.A. History Story A.A. Had Two Founders, You Know Tampa Bay Clean and Sober Plenary Session Address Dick B. ©...
Yes, I’m an alcoholic – recovered and cured Dick B. © 2005 I am an active, recovered, cured AA. And I am a devotee...
1943 Remarks of Bill W. with Dr. Bob on A.A.’s Need for God, Religion, and the Bible If you know your early A.A. history, it...
The Year for Remembering Rev. Sam Shoemaker of Calvary Church ♦ First Event: Calvary Episcopal Church, New York. June 11 Commemoration of A.A.’s 70th Anniversary...
A Review of Earliest A.A.’s Roots The A.A. of Today Is Not the A.A. of Yesteryear by Dick B. Alcoholics Anonymous is celebrating its 66th year....
The Year for Remembering Rev. Sam Shoemaker of Calvary Church ♦ First Event: Calvary Episcopal Church, New York. June 11 Commemoration of A.A.’s 70th Anniversary...
Sam Shoemaker Goes On Tour For AAs Priceless Collection of Shoemaker s Books, Articles, Sermons, Talks, Papers © 2005 by Dick B. For the past...
The Reverend Samuel Moor Shoemaker, Jr., D.D., S.T.D. His Writings and Influence on Alcoholics Anonymous Dick B. © 2005 The Dick B. Shoemaker/A.A. Collection ...
Dr. Silkworth on Jesus Christ Twelve Step people who study A.A.’s Big Book are, of course, familiar with Bill Wilson’s medical mentor, Dr. William Duncan...
Dick B.’s Address on the Six Major Roots of Alcoholics Anonymous © 2005 by Dick B. Dick B. is an active, recovered member of the...
Reverend Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr.’s Apologia For His Life “So I Stand By The Door” The Poem, Its Form and Titles and an Historical Commentary...
The Spiritual Beginnings of A.A. By Dick B. Bill Wilson often said: A.A. was not invented. He added: Each of A.A.’s spiritual principles was...
Starting Your Journey God As Early AAs Did Understand Him By Dick B. Where and how should you start reading the Bible if you are...
Studying the Steps and Looking at Sam Shoemaker’s Language The Teachings of Rev. Sam Shoemaker That Inspired Each Step Dick B. © 2005. All rights...
Roundtable Series on A.A.’s Biblical Roots: part one By Dick B. Session One: The Bible in Early Alcoholics Anonymous Important References DR. BOB and the...
A.A.’s Roots in the Bible, Part 2 The Book of James by Dick B. (The Parts Dr. Bob Considered “Absolutely Essential”) Dr. Bob said quite...
A.A./Carl Jung/Rowland Hazard/Ebby Thacher Myths or subjects of Hindsight Quarterbacking Dick B. ©2005 The Core of Early A.A. One of A.A.’s core New York underpinnings,...
The Creator, Any god, Not god, or Radiator? Dick B. Part One – What’s the A.A. Attraction What’s our attraction in A.A.? Think of all...
