Alcoholics Anonymous Back to basics CD1 Step 11 hr 24 min 45 sec - Dec 29, 2006We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.

The 4 Absolutes and quiet time in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous12 min 15 sec - Dec 24, 2006The 4 Absolutes = Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness and Love. Much of the spiritual principles that Alcoholics Anonymous have today came from the Oxford Group. Meditation or being in the presence of God was practiced to establish that relationship with God. The 4 absolutes was considered Gods will when the Oxford Group practiced quiet time. The 4 spiritual principles of surrender, sharing, restitution and guidan