The Four Absolutes

Can We Still Use The Four Absolutes?

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:...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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“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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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