unmediated through the theoretical structures which Bill W. teaching, but also as probably the closest we are ever going to get to a view of Dr. We need to take that book very seriously, not only as an example of the best kind of old-time A.A. And Ed remained in contact with these people, so he was receiving some very important and significant input as he put together the early editions of The Little Red Book. in places like Minneapolis, Detroit and Chicago.
Bob who was present, but also a number of other very important people in early midwestern A.A., including the founders of A.A. Ed Webster also attended all of the annual Founders Day Camping Trips held in Minnesota from 1944 to 1947, where it was not only Dr. Bob's continual suggestions and comments. people today who remain very loyal to the Oxford Group teaching about the Four Absolutes, we need to remember that The Little Red Book was put together with Dr. people in the two cities were looking at things from a slightly different perspective.Īlthough there are some A.A. Honesty was the only virtue which appeared on both lists, in both Cleveland and Minneapolis, so the A.A. Richmond Walker, who had been in the Oxford Group before he joined A.A., does give the list "honesty, unselfishness, love, and purity" at various points in his Twenty-Four Hours a Day, but he never describes them as "absolutes." Bill Wilson did not like this list at all, and said bluntly that "alcoholics do not do well with absolutes." In fact, it can all too easily produce a return to the kind of moralism and legalism which drives alcoholics to despair. "Is it ugly or is it beautiful?" ABSOLUTE PURITYīut the Four Absolutes were never talked about in early A.A. "How will this affect the other fellow? ABSOLUTE LOVE "Is it true or is it false?" ABSOLUTE UNSELFISHNESS In order to practice these virtues, we needed to learn to ask these fundamental questions when we were making our everyday decisions. One of its distinctive features was the stress placed upon the Oxford Group idea of the Four Absolutes and the Four Questions. But Cleveland very quickly developed its own style of A.A. started, which was only thirty miles inland. It was very close to Akron, the place where A.A. Cleveland, Ohio, was located right on Lake Erie.
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