The 12-Step Program – Overview (Part 1)
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Send us Fan Mail This episode, and possibly the next I am dedicating to the formation of the 12 step program. If any of you have been listening to this podcast for a while, then you will know how much importance I put on the Oxford Group. I would go so far as to say that every one of the steps in the 12 step program has, in some way, I direct connection to the substance of the Oxford Group. Bill Wilson, the cofounder of the 12 step program, learned about a way to become sober through his friend Ebby Thatcher, a member of the Oxford Group. Bill then attended meetings at the Oxford Group for some time, and became sober as a result of that. One of the things it was hard for Bill to swallow was the overriding inference, or maybe I should say, impact, of Christianity. This was one of the factors that I’ll talk about in today’s episode.
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Send us Fan Mail This episode, and possibly the next I am dedicating to the formation of the 12 step program. If any of you have been listening to this podcast for a while, then you will know how much importance I put on the Oxford Group. I would go so far as to say that every one of the steps in the 12 step program has, in some way, I direct connection to the substance of the Oxford Group. Bill Wilson, the cofounder of the 12 step program, learned about a way to become sober through his frie...
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