In this special edition, Mark D. (Episode #281) presents a history lesson on Dr. Bob and Anne Smith. With 40 years sober, he passionately shares his knowledge and experience from the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous, where his first meeting and home group happen to be among the very first AA meetings. Reading List and info from Mark D. Suggested Reading list of the 1940’s- When new people came into AA in the 1940’s it was strongly suggested that they read these books. The Alcoholics A...

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In this special edition, Mark D. (Episode #281) presents a history lesson on Dr. Bob and Anne Smith. With 40 years sober, he passionately shares his knowledge and experience from the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous, where his first meeting and home group happen to be among the very first AA meetings.

Reading List and info from Mark D.

Suggested Reading list of the 1940’s- When new people came into AA in the 1940’s it was strongly suggested that they read these books.  The Alcoholics Anonymous Book came out in 1939 and they weren’t even sure that the Alcoholics Anonymous Book would work.  They knew that all the rest of the books on the list did.  They insighted change of character and helped one find God.  

  • Alcoholics Anonymous 
  • The Holy Bible (Book of James, Matthew and Corinthians)
  • The Greatest Thing in the World, Henry Drummond
  • The Unchanging Friend, a series (Bruce Publishing Co., Milwaukee) 
  • As a Man Thinketh, James Allen
  • The Sermon on the Mount, Emmet Fox
  • The Self You Have to Live With, Winfred Rhoades
  • Psychology of Christian Personality, Ernest M. Ligon  
  • Abundant Living, E. Stanley Jones
  • The Man Nobody Knows, Bruce Barton

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