AA's Spiritual Roots: Surrender to Win

Over thirty years ago an AA archivist gave me a book that changed my life. It’s one of the best descriptions of the Oxford Group program out of which AA would later blossom and grow. Published in 1933 and titled WHAT IS THE OXFORD GROUP? the anonymous author lays out many of the principles and practices that Bill Wilson drew from in writing the Big Book. If you’re ready for a life-changing shift to your program, this series may be for you. The book is available free through a link in the show notes.

This episode explores SURRENDER as it was understood and practiced by the AA pioneers. Interestingly, it’s a word that’s never used in the first 164 pages of the Big Book.   

Show Notes:

What is the Oxford Group?

https://stepstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/what_is.pdf