Can We Still Use The Four Absolutes? A Look at Standards that Led to the Twelve Steps By Mel B., Toledo, OH Privately Published by:...
CAN WE STILL USE THE FOUR ABSOLUTES? A Look at Standards that Led to the Twelve Steps by Mel B., Teledo, OH Now and then,...
They also honored four standards which became known as The Four Absolutes: Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. These were clearly adopted by the early AA...
possible, he wanted to distance the early AA fellowship from anything that connected it to the Oxford Group or its founder, Frank Buckman. He always...
Robert Speer, Henry B. Wright, Frank Buckman The Absolutes, then called Standards, were first introduced in a 1902 book titled The Principles of Jesus, by Robert...
dishonest in our relations with others, but the more serious bar to recovery is that we have been dishonest with ourselves. We have not been...
putting others down rather than offering constructive criticism. Being truly honest means that we should be kind and considerate in our relationships with others. We’re...
Absolute Purity Purity was the second absolute of the Oxford Group and in their view it clearly referred to one’s thoughts, feelings, and actions in...
Since this was written, several “S” groups have been formed, using the 12 Steps to deal with what is now recognized as sexual addiction. At...
that it is probably a society dealing with certain human problems. All of the more successful ones, like AA, tend to accept Absolute Purity in...
This is painful to read in the beginning, but as time goes on we can begin to understand how selfish we had become while drinking....
don’t have to be first in line for everything and I no longer try to impress others with my knowledge. It’s also been good to...
discord, I may bring harmony—that where there is an error, I may bring truth—that where there is doubt, I may bring faith—that where there is...
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not to Love, I have become as sounding brass, or a tinkling...
while a few people have been critical of Bill W. since his passing in 1971, I knew him personally, helped write Pass It On, and can...
This is Cosmic Consciousness. Bucke described this in some detail and listed people in history such as Moses, Jesus, St. Paul, and Isaiah, who have...
AMAZING GRACE Adapted by Mel B. Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, It saved a drunk like me. I was once lost, but now I’m...
