Bibliography in God and Alcoholism
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An extensive bibliography on the A.A. movement,
Biting the Bullet: The Case for Legalizing Drugs
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The drug war is over. We lost it long before the latest declaration of war by President Bush. Whatever the other factors, we lost primarily for spiritual reasons. We merely repeated the mistake of Prohibition: the harder we tried to stamp out the evil, the more lucrative we made it. We should know that prohibition …
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Chapter 1: The Real Facts about A.A.’s Pioneer Group in God and Alcoholism
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The history, the “musts” and some important details of the early Alcoholic Anonymous. movement.
Chapter 2: A.A.’s Great Role: A Review of, and Experiences with, the Practices, Principles, and Values of AA. in God and Alcoholism
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The author looks at the ideas and terminology about God, and writes about healing, cure, deliverance, and overcoming. He lists many Christian leaders who have contributed to A.A.
Chapter 3: The Good News: What God Can Do about Alcoholism in God and Alcoholism
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The author relates the A.A. founders’ emphasis on God’s curing of the alcoholic and the importance of this concept. He summarizes A.A.’s major virtues.
Chapter 4: The Nonsense “gods” of Recovery in God and Alcoholism
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The pioneer movement of A.A. was more certain that God was the source of their recovery, but as the movement proceeded, various ideas of God proliferated, some good, some nonsensical.
Chapter 5: The Opportunity in God and Alcoholism
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The author summarizes the important principles of A.A.: One drunk helping another; reliance on God’s Power; the debilitating effect of money and other important messages of deliverance.
Chapter 6: Why Bring up God — Again! in God and Alcoholism
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Dick B. insists on the central role of God in the whole A.A. movement and how God loves, delivers, heals, forgives and guides. It is the God of the Bible.
Drug Abuse and the Church: Are the Blind Leading the Blind?
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This Sunday, when ministers survey their I flocks, they will be looking at congregations consisting mostly of people who have been or are being drastically harmed by alcoholism or drug abuse. Most will not even be able to hear the gospel message, much less respond to it. This fact will probably be lost on the …
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Drug policy: The Fix We’re In
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The Fix. by Michael Massing. Simon & Schuster: 335 pp. $25.00. by Michael Massing. Simon & Schuster, 335 pp., $25.00. The dust jacket of Michael Massing’s study of U.S. drug policy offers a summary of his thesis in bold red letters: "Under the Nixon Administration, America Had an Effective Drug Policy. WE SHOULD RESTORE IT. …
Ecology and the Church: Theology and Action
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As the destruction wrought by pollution and human disregard for nature increases, churches are beginning to explore what their role is in protecting the environment. Though some are already addressing environmental issues, they will need to adopt a more urgent theological stance and course of action if we are to avoid the prognosis offered by …
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God and Alcoholism
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An overview of the Alcoholics Anonymous movement. The author,”Dick B.,” covers the biblical roots of the movement, its Twelve Step recovery program, and its emphasis on God.
Hidden Pursuits
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Book Review: Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market. By Eric Schlosser. Houghton Mifflin, 310 pp. What do migrant strawberry pickers, marijuana growers and Internet pornography users have in common? According to Eric Schlosser, they are all part of America’s black market economy, a massive system that contributes little …