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AA Pioneer and Cleveland AA Founder, Clarence Snyder, Sober in the Akron Oxford Group (1938). Good sound quality. Frankly “fundamentalist.”
25:00 Clarence approaches Cleveland Bishop of RC Church, after AA had separated (c. June 1939) from OG.
27:25 Describes OG in 1938, The Upper Room, morning communion w/ God.
28:00 AA was split: NY was atheist, Akron was “Bible-punchers.”
30:30 The ‘God Question’ was controversial; Akron was forced to compromise, for the time constraints of publication (Jan.-Mar.1939)
33:00 “My God is Jesus” etc.: Akron was throughly Xtian.
34:00 Stopped 12-Stepping wet newcomers, etc., but he sponsored religiously, qualifying (even over the telephone) simply but by his own strict terms.
38:00 “I am the authority.”
39:00 Don’t yammer about alcohol, it’s about “unmanageability” and solving that problem (alcoholic life).
42:30 Finding a new understanding & relationship w/ God.
43:40 In hospital, 14 men ‘co-sponsored’ Clarence after surrender to Jesus w/ Dr. Bob (Tape 1).
46:30 Useful Sponsorship advice.
53:50: Be proud, be successful/prosperous, be OPEN about your Sobriety and AA membership!
58:00 Don’t cede our work to treatment centers. And watch out for rip-off joints; predicts explosion of rehab industry in FL.
1:01 Detox is 3-5 days, we need ‘aftercare’ (AA)
1:02 Step 4! *** 20 Defect categories, most have 10-12 Defects. Find the Nature of Wrongs, simply.
1:07 Step 5: Confession (very basic)
1:08 Steps 6&7: Talk to the Manager; Defects will be removed.
1:11 Most ppl in AA have no conception of God.
1:12:45 After Step 7, the Fixing Room: Surrender to Christ. Sponsor commands “You’re clean! You’re fixed! The past is erased…” etc.
1:16 AA Recovery in Three Phases: Steps 1-7 in ONE day; instruction to writing Amends in evening (Day 1). Review next morning w/ Sponsor. Then go forth – Make Amends, sensibly & prudently (Day 2).