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내용필수 웹에디터 시작 > > > How It Worked > > Abstinence was Number One. > > Usually there was hospitalization or at least medical help to save the newcomer's life. > At the hospital, the only reading material allowed in the room was the Bible. > Recovered Alcoholics Anonymous drunks visited the patient and told their success stories. > Dr. Bob visited daily. And he would explain the “disease” or “illness,” as it was then > understood. The newcomer had to identify as an alcoholic, admit that he too was licked, > and declare that he would do whatever it took to recover. > > Reliance on the Creator was Number Two. > > DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers records on page 144 the statement of > Clarence S. (who brought A.A. to Cleveland) as to how A.A. cofounder Dr. Bob > talked with him about God while he (Clarence) was still in the hospital: > > “Then he [Dr. Bob] asked, ‘Do you believe in God, young fella?’ (He always called me ‘young > fella.’ When he called me Clarence, I knew I was in trouble.) > > “‘What does that have to do with it?’ > > “‘Everything,’ he said. > > “‘I guess I do.’ > > “‘Guess, nothing! Either you do or you don’t.’ > > “‘Yes, I do.’ > > “‘That’s fine,’ Dr. Bob replied. ‘Now we’re getting someplace. All right, get out of bed and on > your knees. We’re going to pray.’ > > “‘I don’t know how to pray.’ > > “‘I guess you don’t, but that’s all right. Just follow what I say, and that will do for now. > > “‘I did what I was ordered to do,” Clarence said. “There was no suggestion.” > > The Alcoholics Anonymous newcomer would very soon be given the opportunity > to “surrender” upstairs in the home of an Akron AA. > This “surrender” involved the newcomer’s confessing Jesus Christ as his personal > Lord and Savior in a prayer session resembling what is described in James 5:14-16. > (This confession of Christ by which the newcomer became born again has been confirmed > as a “must” by four different and well-known A.A. old-timers—J. D. Holmes, Clarence Snyder, > Larry Bauer, and Ed Andy.) > At the time of the newcomer’s “surrender,” the "elders" (usually Dr. Bob, T. Henry Williams, > and one other person) prayed with the newcomer that God would take alcohol out of > his life, and joined him in asking God that he (God) would guide the newcomer > so that he might live according to God's will. > > Obedience to God’s will was Number Three. > > Successful Alcoholics Anonymous members in Akron during the early years were expected > to walk in love and to eliminate sinful conduct from their lives. > Many newcomers were too sick to venture far from Akron; so they lived with > the Smiths (and later others) in Akron homes. > Early A.A. members who recovered from alcoholism with the help of Dr. Bob and other > Akron AAs did not do so in an afternoon or in four easy lessons. > They shook. They shivered. They fidgeted. They forgot. > They were ashamed, insecure, and guilt-ridden. But they learned from the Good Book > what a loving God had made available to them and that obedience to God’s will was > the key to receiving it. > > Growth in Fellowship with their Heavenly Father was Number Four. > > At the homes in Akron, AAs had daily Quiet Time. > This included Bible study, prayer, asking guidance from God, reading a devotional, > and discussing selections from Anne Smith’s journal. > They shared their woes and problems with Dr. Bob, with Anne (his wife), and with > Henrietta Seiberling. They also had personal Quiet Times at their homes and elsewhere > when they were not together with other AAs. > Alcoholics Anonymous members had one meeting a week. > There were no “drunkalogs.” There was no “whining.” There was no “psychobabble.” > They prayed, read from the Bible, and had Quiet Time. > They used The Upper Room or similar devotionals for discussion. > > Intensive help for other alcoholics was the Fifth element. > > Following the surrender of newcomers upstairs at the weekly meetings, > announcements were made downstairs about Alcoholics Anonymous newcomers > who had been placed at hospitals. > Religious comradeship and attendance at a church of choice were the two recommended, > but not required, elements of the Akron program. > Socializing followed an A.A. meeting. And it started all over again. > > There were sessions with Dr. Bob involving doing a moral inventory (which related to > adhering to the Four Absolutes—honest, purity, unselfishness, and love), confession, > prayer to have the sins removed, and plans for restitution. > > What Happened? Did the Akron program work? You bet it did. > > Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron achieved a documented, 75% success rate among the > "seemingly-hopeless," “medically-incurable” alcoholics who really tried. > That success was primarily among Akron A.A. members. > And the fact that they had been cured by the power of God was widely publicized > across America. Soon, Dr. Bob’s sponsee, Clarence S., brought the Akron program to > Cleveland and achieved a documented, 93% success rate in Cleveland. > > The same God (the Creator of the heavens and the earth), the same Lord and Savior > Jesus Christ (the Son of the living God), and the same Bible (the Word of God) that helped > early AAs in Akron and Cleveland recover from and be cured of alcoholism are still available > today to help alcoholics and others suffering with “life-controlling” problems. > > The principles and practices of the early A.A. program in Akron and Cleveland were very > similar to the basic principles that had also been working in the Salvation Army, > the Rescue Missions, the YMCA, and Christian Endeavor. > And they can and should be made available again today to those who still suffer. > > And It Will Work Today! > > Alcoholics Anonymous is certainly no longer a Christian fellowship (as it was in Akron); > nor does it any longer require belief in God or even in anything at all. > But, for those who do believe that the Creator of the heavens and the earth still can, > and wants to, heal those suffering today, an accurate knowledge of A.A. history can help. > > That knowledge is vital too if the healing power of God is to be passed along to those in > Alcoholics Anonymous who want it and who choose to receive it. > > As future A.A. nonalcoholic trustee Frank Amos reported to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., > the early Akron A.A. program took abstinence, God, Jesus Christ, the Bible, > a life-change decision, living consistent with that decision, witnessing to others, > fellowship with others, and time--lots of it. It was that simple. > > There were no “Steps,” and there was no “textbook.” > The early AAs in Akron had Bibles. > They had several Oxford Group precepts. > They abstained from drinking and worked hard to avoid temptation. > They relied on the Creator and His Son Jesus Christ. > They endeavored to obey to God’s will—both through eliminating sin and by living a life > of love and service. > > They sought to grow in fellowship with the Father, with His Son Jesus Christ, > and with each other through Bible study, prayer, asking God for wisdom, > and studying devotionals and other Christian literature. > > That was the program that Bill W., Dr. Bob and his wife Anne, and the other early > A.A. pioneers founded in Akron during the summer of 1935. And the principles of that > program can still help, and are helping, those still suffering today. > > As Dr. Bob—whom A.A. cofounder Bill W. called “the prince of all twelfth steppers” > because he had personally helped more than 5,000 alcoholics to recover—stated in the > last line of his personal story on page 181 of the Fourth Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous: > > > > Your Heavenly Father will never let you down! > > 웹 에디터 끝
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