The James Club and the Original A.A. Program's Absolute Essentials

by Dick B.

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Author: Dick B.

Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company

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ISBN 10: 1885803990
ISBN 13: 978-1885803993

A.A. Co-founder Dr. Bob stated frequently that the Book of James, Jesus' sermon on the mount, and 1 Corinthians 13 were absolutely essential in the early A.A. program. So popular was the Book of James that early AAs wanted to call their society The James Club. This book studies, line by line, and verse by verse the relevance of these three Bible segments to A.A. principles, practices, and basic ideas. Many fellowships, in and outside of A.A., are using this book as a study resource and, in fact, are naming their groups The James Club. You will know the essence of early A.A. basic ideas from the Bible when you know the contents of this book. This historical guide and study book provides for facilitators, counselors, speakers, sponsors, and group leaders an entirely new way of bringing people to recovery and cure through a line by line study of each of the Bible verses, a line by line comparison of those verses with the relevant Big Book and Twelve Step ideas which they spawned, and a proven way of applying the exact principles and practices of the early A.A. Christian Fellowship in Akron, Ohio.

Review

We applaud and recommend this historical first that tells us all what early pioneer AA in Akron was really like -- Ozzie and Bonnie Lepper, The Wilson House; Ray G., archivist at Dr. Bob's Home; Steve F., Leader of Life Enrichment Retreats in Florida; Lee Hummel, Christian Therapist and Addictions Counselor; and Robert P. Turner, M.D., Medical Director, MUSC, Charleston, South Carolina

About the Author

Dick B. is a writer, historian, Bible student, retired attorney, and recovered A.A. He is the leading A.A. history scholar and has devoted 18 years to researching the spiritual history and roots of early A.A. Dick has published 32 titles on A.A. history, over 185 articles, and a new series of audio talks on his blog site.He wrote The James Club to enable A.A. members, clergy, churches, the recovery community, and the general public know how much the early A.A. program borrowed from and stressed the Book of James, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13. The pioneers believed the answer to all their problems was in the Good Book, as they called the Bible. And Dick spells out verse by verse just how much of the three segments was incorporated in the Akron A.A. Christian Fellowship to produce astonishing cures for more than a decade. In this title, the author hopes to see AAs themselves study their history, learn why the pioneers wanted to call their fellowship The James Club rather than AA, and use the book to bring about their own recovery and cure and help others. The work is a history, a guide book, a study tool, and a valuable tool for those who wish to get back to the original A.A. program and its astonishing 75% to 93% success rate among seemingly hopeless medically incurable alcoholics who went to any lengths to establish a relationship and fellowship with the Creator to the end that they were cured of alcoholsm.