When a meeting between a New York stockbroker and an Akron, Ohio surgeon occurred in 1935, the world of recovery stepped toward a new direction. For centuries, medical and psychological professionals were baffled by a seemingly incurable illness. People who had succumbed to all kinds of addictive, self-destructive pursuits, especially alcohol, seemed destined for a life of seclusion - in a sense to protect them from themselves.
With underlying principles based on experience within the Oxford Group, Bill W. and Dr. Bob designed a plan of suggested steps toward lifelong recovery. It took 4 years to finally publish the organization’s guiding principles in the Big Book, establishing maybe the most central element of all recovery theories; when
With underlying principles based on experience within the Oxford Group, Bill W. and Dr. Bob designed a plan of suggested steps toward lifelong recovery. It took 4 years to finally publish the organization’s guiding principles in the Big Book, establishing maybe the most central element of all recovery theories; when