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the Oxford Group.
» Solution Based Recovery: Many people do not know that Bill and Dr. Bob met because they were both members of a spiritual program that was popular at that time, the Oxford Group.
In the A.A. pamphlet, "The Co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous," starting on page 11, Dr. Bob says, "We had both been associated with the Oxford Group, Bill in New York, for five months, and I in Akron, for two and a half years. Bill had acquired their idea of service. I had not..." Bill was sober. On page 12, Dr. Bob goes on to say, "But I got tight every night, and I mean that. It wasn't once in a while — it was practically every night." In the next paragraph, Dr. Bob says, "I couldn't understand what was wrong. I had done all the things that those good people told me to do. I had done them, I thought, very faithfully and sincerely. And I still continued to overindulge. But the one thing that they hadn't told me was the one thing that Bill did that Sunday attempt to be helpful to somebody else.
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