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2.0 out of 5 stars
A Mixed Bag--with a major flaw,
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This review is from: Aa, the Way It Began (Paperback)
Pittman gives a fine, brief, overview on alcoholism, temperance movements, and medical fashions in the (mis)treatment of alcoholism before AA.
Unfortunately, like most current 'AA History' enthusiasts, Pittman appears to be trying to whitewash the Oxford Group. e.g.: He lists 'The Fool Hath Said,' by Beverly Nichols as a source on the Group. This is a gushing account of Nichols' recruitment into the OG. Less than a year later, in 'All I Could Never Be,' Nichols recounted his mental breakdown after discovering the deceptive manner in which he had been manipulated by the group. Nichols sharply criticised the group again in a later autobiography, and contributed an interview to Tom Driberg's 'The Mystery of Moral Re-Armament,' (1965) the most thorough expose of the Group to date |
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Aa, the Way It Began by Bill Pittman (Paperback - Apr. 1988)
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