Mel B. - New Wine: The Spiritual Roots Of The Twelve Step Miracle
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This compelling retrospective brings together the cultural currents of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, vividly showing the influences of Carl Jung, the Oxford Group, Emmet Fox, old-time and modern religion, and more. A revealing portrait of A.A.s distillation of a new wine of the spirit.
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Mel B., a recovering alcoholic, has written numerous articles and essays on the subject of Twelve Step programs. He is a retired business writer and has lived in Toledo, Ohio, since 1972, where he edits a monthly senior citizens section for a weekly newspaper group and contributes occasional articles to the daily newspaper, The Blade. Born in Norfolk, Nebraska, he served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II and later lived and worked for many years in Jackson, Michigan. He and his wife, Lori, a fashion illustrator for a Toledo department store group, have four grown children and three grandchildren.
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New Wine
The Spiritual Roots of the Twelve Step Miracle
Mel B.
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First published October 1991.
Copyright 1991, Hazelden Foundation.
All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher.
ISBN: 0-89486-772-5
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-73799
Printed in the United States of America.
The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that AA has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, nor that AA agrees with the views expressed herein. The views expressed herein are solely those of the author. AA is a program of recovery from alcoholismuse of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after AA, but which address other problems, does not imply otherwise.
All quotes from The AA Grapevine are reprinted by permission of AA Grapevine, Inc.
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For Lori
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The mission of the foundation is to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities by providing a national continuum of information, education, and recovery services that are widely accessible; to advance the field through research and training; and to improve our quality and effectiveness through continuous improvement and innovation.
Stemming from that, the mission of this division is to provide quality information and support to people wherever they may be in their personal journeyfrom education and early intervention, through treatment and recovery, to personal and spiritual growth.
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Contents
Dedication
v
Acknowledgments
viii
Epigraph
x
Introduction What Do AA Members Believe?
1
Chapter One An Overdue Letter to Dr. Carl Jung
9
Chapter Two What Was the Oxford Group?
27
Chapter Three Dr. Sam
47
Chapter Four Setting the Stage in Akron
61
Chapter Five Bill Wilson's Hot Flash
77
Chapter Six Breaking with the Oxford Group
89
Chapter Seven Mutual Self-Help Ideas Were in the Air
101
Chapter Eight Richard Peabody and the Emmanuel Movement: An Early Breakthrough in Boston
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