Getting
Started (Continued)
J:
Bill
went around -- mostly he was kind of overwhelmed during these months by what
had happened to him, that had completely changed his life--and he went
around during this period of time grabbing drunks off the bar stools
trying to get them to accept his planned program of action. It didn't
work.
Just before going to Akron, he went to see Dr. Silkworth. Dr.
Silkworth said, Bill, you ought quit going around here trying sell that
white flash, that you had, to these people. He said, the first thing you
need to do is to explain to them what the problem is, what I told you, and
then maybe they will buy into your program of action.
This
was a very, very, important meeting as far as "Alcoholics
Anonymous" was concerned, because this was just before Bill went to
see Dr. Bob in Akron. (p. xvi, par. 2) 'He suddenly realized that in order
to save himself he must carry his message to another alcoholic. That
alcoholic turned out to be the Akron physician. '
This
was Dr. Bob. By the way, we see how God was working in these people's
lives. Bill has the experience at Towns (Hospital) and began to take part
in the Oxford Groups' meetings in New York before he went to Akron. Dr.
Bob was in Akron, and he was in the Oxford Groups. It's very strange that
Dr. Bob had been in the Oxford Groups for two and a half years.
