{"id":115648,"date":"2018-07-30T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=115648"},"modified":"2018-07-29T14:10:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T13:10:42","slug":"a-history-of-alcoholics-anonymous-1932-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/07\/a-history-of-alcoholics-anonymous-1932-1971\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of Alcoholics Anonymous 1932-1971"},"content":{"rendered":"

A visual and auditory history of AA. <\/em>Recommended to view <\/em>Original<\/a> from a desktop, not a mobile or tablet device.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Alcoholics Anonymous was spouted from the Oxford Group, an organization that became popular in both Europe and the United States in the early 20th Century. The Oxford Group was a non-secular organization and promoted religious and spiritual ideals amongst its members. It was founded by an American Christian missionary called Frank Buchman. He promoted the idea of surrendering one’s life over to God’s plan. This idea is central to the 12-step program adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous.<\/p>\n

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Rowland H.<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1932, a prominent Rhode Islander, Rowland H, joined the Oxford Group after being recommended by well-known Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Rowland H sought out Jung\u2019s help because he could not control his drinking.<\/p>\n

Jung concluded that Rowland\u2019s alcoholism could not be cured until he experienced a spiritual awakening, also known as a \u2018conversion\u2019. Rowland eventually stopped drinking alcohol after reading the book “For Sinners Only” by A.J. Russel. This book tells of the Oxford Group Movement and of its human founder, Dr. F. N. D. Buchman.<\/p>\n

“I am strongly convinced that the evil principle prevailing in this world leads the unrecognized spiritual need into perdition, if it is not counteracted either by real religious insight or by the protective wall of human community. An ordinary man, not protected by an action from above and isolated in society cannot resist the power of evil, which is called very aptly the Devil. But the use of such words arouses as many mistakes that one can only keep aloof from them as much as possible.”<\/em>
\n\u2014 Carl Jung.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology.<\/p><\/div>\n

In January 1935, Bill W went on a business trip to Akron, Ohio. During this trip, Bill W was tempted to drink alcohol in the hotel\u2019s bar. To prevent this from happening he telephoned a local minister asking if he knew of any alcoholics he could talk to. Bill W learned from Thacher that cravings could be controlled by conversing with somebody who also experienced cravings.<\/p>\n

Norman Sheppard directed him to a local Oxford Group member named Henrietta Seiberling, whose group attempted to help a local alcoholic, Dr. Bob Smith (Dr. Bob) but without success.<\/p>\n

Dr Bob, a physician, was highly impressed with Bill W\u2019s knowledge of alcoholism. Bill W explained to Dr. Bob what he had learned from Dr. William D. Silkworth at Towns Hospital that alcoholism is a mental obsession and an allergy that makes drinking inevitable.<\/p>\n

Bill W shared that the only way he was able to stay sober was through having had a spiritual experience. Dr. Bob was familiar with the tenets of the Oxford Group and upon hearing Bill W\u2019s experience, began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Bob S and Bill W, founders of AA<\/p><\/div>\n

To read the whole report please Go to Original \u2013 rehab4addiction.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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