Getting
Started (Continued)
C.
Dr.
Bob knew
more about the Oxford Groups than Bill. He had been in the Oxford Groups a
longer time. He would go each Sunday... (to) T. Henry Williams' home.
There were six members of the Oxford Groups. They would meet there each
Sunday. They would sit around in this little group, and they would share
their shortcomings. This is where our steps came from.
They
would share what God had done for them. Each Sunday though, as they would
go around, Dr. Bob wouldn't have much to say. Everybody in the group
shared, and Dr. Bob wouldn't say anything. Henrietta, she was a fireball
of the group... (End of Side A of Tape 1) (Transcriber's Note: There may
be no musts in the fellowship of A. A., but the word "must"
appears 75 times from p. xxiii to
p. 164)
J.
Henrietta said--called Ann up one time--and she said, I'm sick of Dr. Bob
coming to the meetings. Everybody shares but him. He sits up there and
everybody knows he's got a drinking problem. But... if he doesn't say
anything, I'm going to bring it up.
Finally
one Sunday Dr. Bob said, I would like to share something with you people,
you all have been open with me. He was very guarded because of being a
professional person, a doctor with a drinking problem. He would do all his
drinking at home. This was a hidden thing for Dr. Bob. Dr. Bob said, I
have a problem with drinking, and I can't stop.
Somebody
in the group said, Dr. Bob, would you like for us to pray for you? He
said, yes. Somebody else said, down on our knees, and Dr. Bob agreed. All
these six members of the
Oxford Groups got down on their knees, and began to praying for help for
Dr. Bob. This was many weeks before Bill came to Akron. (See Dr Bob and
the Good Oldtimes pp. 53-60)
