I truly believe this man was inspired or chosen in some way. He was just a man and as flawed and nasty as the rest of us. And he has been gone for a long time. But what he did, what he wrote, what he established has saved life after life including (hopefully) my own.
He took two Ideals #1 The Oxford Group ; they wanted to sober up Alcoholics through a 5 step process. But it never really took off because it was Christian based and alcoholics did not like GOD cramming down their throats; hence the AA dogma “GOD as you understand GOD” He took the 5 Steps of the Oxford group and added the first step making it 6 steps then he is quoted as saying “ if twelve apostles were good for HIM 12 steps will be good for us” and he basically took the 6 step’s and made them 12 steps. For instance, steps 10 & 11 are basically the 5th step of the original 6 steps. #2 The Washingtonian Temperament Society: 6 alcoholics came together by staying sober talking about their experiences, strength and hope and total abstinence. Over time they became 600,000 strong but over time fell off do to differences in their primary purpose. Hence the reason bill and the others created the 12 Traditions so that AA over time would survive ❤
@AA100011 A lot of the words are wrong, but if you are familiar with Bill's writings, it is not too difficult to realize what he is saying. Whoever added the closed captions was not that familiar with Bill's story and teachings. Perhaps it was automatically captioned? Artificial "Intelligence" does not understand the language of the heart. ❤
Amazing Bill. Saved me, too. Thank you.
Saved millions bless you Bill
Love Bill W. Surely something can be done with the audio in this day and age
Grateful ❤
I truly believe this man was inspired or chosen in some way. He was just a man and as flawed and nasty as the rest of us. And he has been gone for a long time. But what he did, what he wrote, what he established has saved life after life including (hopefully) my own.
help us/me Lord / thank You Lord
Quite!. And Listen, sincerely, A Life with out Safe enlightenment Is a Change Of Thinking.
a good talk
I love bill w
maybe our compassionate Higher 💌 Power reached hopeless drunks like me, Through flawed Dr. BOB & BILL.
Great
I'm Really Struggling with the Drink... Please 🙏 for Me!!! My name is Kevin!!!!
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Prayers for Kevin
Mike
Mike @ Zoom@mail.com
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Praying for you Kevin, from Barry
Hey man are you still around?
help us/me Lord / thank You Lord
hope you made it kevin x
FYI. I am planning a retreat paralleling the spirituality of Centering Prayer and 12 Steps.
I'm back !!!!!
good deal
stay
Mike
He took two Ideals #1 The Oxford Group ; they wanted to sober up Alcoholics through a 5 step process. But it never really took off because it was Christian based and alcoholics did not like GOD cramming down their throats; hence the AA dogma “GOD as you understand GOD” He took the 5 Steps of the Oxford group and added the first step making it 6 steps then he is quoted as saying “ if twelve apostles were good for HIM 12 steps will be good for us” and he basically took the 6 step’s and made them 12 steps. For instance, steps 10 & 11 are basically the 5th step of the original 6 steps. #2 The Washingtonian Temperament Society: 6 alcoholics came together by staying sober talking about their experiences, strength and hope and total abstinence. Over time they became 600,000 strong but over time fell off do to differences in their primary purpose. Hence the reason bill and the others created the 12 Traditions so that AA over time would survive ❤
Yes I agree
Subtitles would be good for this...
You can turn on "CC"
closed caption
15 languages in sub/title
@AA100011 A lot of the words are wrong, but if you are familiar with Bill's writings, it is not too difficult to realize what he is saying. Whoever added the closed captions was not that familiar with Bill's story and teachings. Perhaps it was automatically captioned? Artificial "Intelligence" does not understand the language of the heart. ❤
8 yrs ago?
1951