Surrenders / New Birth Requirement in
Early Akron A.A.
(Ed Andy, Larry Bauer, Clarence Snyder,
and J.D. Holmes)
Dick B.
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Even more significant was the fact that Dr. Bob himself
insisted that new members accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and
usually was among the group of “elders” that took the newcomer upstairs and
brought him to Christ. See Dick B, When
Early AAs Were Cured and Why, 34-35. For example, see Dick B., The Golden Text of A.A., 31-32,
reporting that Ed Andy, an A.A. old-timer from Lorain, Ohio, told Dick B. in a
recorded telephone conversation on January 9, 1994: “They would not let you in
unless you surrendered to Jesus Christ on your knees.” Larry B., old-timer from
Cleveland, Ohio, told Dick B. on September 18, 1992: “They took me upstairs to
be a born-again human being and be God’s helper to alcoholics.” Similar
documentation is available from Dr. Bob’s sponsee, Clarence Snyder, who got
sober February 11, 1938. Also, from J. D. Holmes.
As to the required belief in God, see DR. BOB, 144. As to Clarence Snyder’s new birth, see Dick B., The Akron Genesis, 193-96; and Three
Clarence Snyder Sponsee Old-Timers and Their Wives, Our A.A. Legacy to the Faith Community: A Twelve-Step Guide for Those
Who Want to Believe, Dick B., comp. and ed. (Winter Park, FL: Came to
Believe Publications, 2005), 27. As to Larry Bauer’s new birth, see Dick B., The Akron Genesis, 196. As to Ed Andy’s
new birth, see Dick B., The Golden Text,
31. As to J. D. Holmes and the other three, see Dick B. A New Way In: Reaching the Heart of a Child of God in Recovery with Hi
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