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A Brief History of our Big Book Step Study Group
By Bob S.
In 1985, while living in the Palm Beach area of Florida, I discovered an amazing Big Book A.A. group that took newcomers through the essential 12 Step process at a single sitting (approx 12 hours!). They called themselves the Fourth Dimension Group. This no nonsense group was founded by an ex Los Angeles Ram football player, Del H.
Outside groups would send their hard cases to this group because it was working so well. Within a few months I had absorbed more Big Book knowledge from this exciting group than in the previous 10 years of sobriety. This hard core group was working miracles one after the other!
In 1987 I moved to Santa Monica, California where two of us started using practically the same direct "Florida style" process as outlined in the Big Book. This worked so well that we soon had more people coming to our homes every Tuesday than was feasible--so we started a 12-Step meeting in a park building at 14th & Olympic. Later that year we presented our first short 12-Step seminar--it lasted only four hours but began a practice which we have continued through the years, helping us to start many new meetings..
During the summer of 1989 my new wife, Deanna, and I brought these Fourth Dimension style meetings to Richmond, Indiana. Continuing seminars helped spread our group to the Dayton and Indianapolis areas. As the result literally hundreds of newcomers and returnees have found lasting and happy sobriety. To check out our existing meetings go to: http://home.insightbb.com/~rstonebraker212
The Big Book tells us "It works--it really does." We think, "it" means the clear cut Big Book directions, consequently: The purpose of all our meetings is to bring out the precise directions of the Big book and turn them into active living. After all, Bill W. thought that the sole purpose of an A.A. group was the teaching and practice of the 12 Steps.
About a dozen 4D style meetings have been spawned in this area in the last 14 years. They have taken different names and styles but the Big Book basics have affected hundreds of sobriety seeking newcomers toward happy recovery. If you would like for us to do a big book seminar in your area, simply email us at: rstonebraker212@insightbb.com
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