Those interested in A.A. history will find this two-book volume to be a must-have edition. Practice These Principles is an edited version of the original work, What is the Oxford Group? (full text reprinted) which served as a basis for the text of Alcoholics Anonymous. What is the Oxford Group? was written in 1932 and served as one of the core books for early A.A.s.
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Bill holds advanced degrees in applied sociology and archival methods. Having worked in this field for over twenty years, he has also authored 15 books on the history of AA and 12-step recovery. He worked at the headquarters of Alcoholics Anonymous for five years. Bill's primary interest is the founding period of AA and the writing of their text in 1939.
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This book shows where Bill W.and DR.Bob got much of the program that became AA.I believe that The Oxford Group gave us the Spiritual part of the program and DR. Silkworth explained why we react to alcohol differently then regular drinkers.I don't think Buchman's comments about Hitler should have been criticized so harshly because a lot of world leaders in the mid 30's were being mis-led by Hitler including Churchill and some others in the U.S.I also think that Oxford Group were tolerant of others.Noboby was forced to believe anything.We must remember they were basically helping people to enlarge their Spiritual lives.They were teaching First Century Christianity.Most early AA's in the Akron area were Christians.
We must also remember that Roland Hazard,Ebbi,Bill w. and many others got sober in the Oxford Group.Others like Victor Kitchen and James Houck stayed sober for long periods of time.James Houck actually stayed sober for 71 years!!!He got sober one day after Bill W. And lived until 2004!!!
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If you will read this book carefully you may grasp just how much the absolutes of the Oxford Group influenced Bill W and his understanding of how spiritual principles might impact alcoholism. However unlike the previous two reviewers, I find this book neither inspiring nor a cover up of Frank Buchman's supposed infatuation with Nazi Germany. The book is scholarly in content and presentation but is not - in this reviewer's opinion only - material that would have contributed to this writer's entering recovery and coming to understand the principles as outlined in the Big Book and the 12 and 12. For this writer, the Oxford Group material conveys a distinctly christian perspective and one that is not in keeping with this writer's understanding of the open and tolerant spirit of Alcoholics Anonymous. Perhaps this genuine sense of tolerance towards a variety of spiritual perspectives is the very thing which makes AA function. That tolerance is not easily found within the material of the Oxford Group. If you are interested in the history of the AA this book is a place to start.
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I spoke at an AA group s anniversary meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota, about a year ago and left the members with a riddle, "If the principles of Twelve Step recovery are not the Twelve Steps, then what are the principles?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oxford Group, Higher Power, Holy Spirit, Quiet Times, Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, Frank Buchman, Lord's Prayer, Twelve Step, Four Absolutes, Saint Paul, Jesus Christ, God's Direction, Spirit of the Universe New!
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I spoke at an AA group s anniversary meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota, about a year ago and left the members with a riddle, "If the principles of Twelve Step recovery are not the Twelve Steps, then what are the principles?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oxford Group, Higher Power, Holy Spirit, Quiet Times, Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, Frank Buchman, Lord's Prayer, Twelve Step, Four Absolutes, Saint Paul, Jesus Christ, God's Direction, Spirit of the Universe New!
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- The Oxford Movement by R.W. Church on page 85
- The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James on page 5
- Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book, 4th Edition by Anonymous on page 3
- Twenty-Four Hours A Day by Anonymous on page 4
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