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dickb
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 Posted - August 02 2008 : 10:38:18 PM
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August 2008 Recovery Highlights for St. Johnsbury
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact Dick B.; dickb@dickb.com; (808) 874 4876; www.DickB.com
• August 2008 Inspirations for Spiritual Recovery from Alcoholism/Addictions at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. A precursor to the national recovery month in September.
August 8, 1879: Birth on Summer Street of Robert Holbrook Smith (A.A.’s cofounder Dr. Bob).
August 9, 2008: St. Johnsbury Summerfest and new St. Johnsbury Historic Walking Tour including:
Dr. Bob’s birthplace on Summer Street
Dr. Bob’s family church, North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, on Main Street--with the new Dr. Bob Core Library in the North Congregational Church
August 12, 2008: Senator Leahy will cut the ribbon for the newly-renovated Welcome Center
• What Is Available in St. Johnsbury for the Recovery Community as Recovery Month Approaches
A New Book about Dr. Bob and St. Johnsbury: Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous: His Excellent Training in the Good Book as a Youngster in Vermont by Dick B. and Ken B.
An Earlier Book: Dr. Bob and His Library: A Major Spiritual Source by Dick B.
Free copies given to the earliest visitors at the Dr. Bob Core Library, North Congregational Church
Free access to early A.A. spiritual history and roots in Vermont: books and other historically-important materials are available at the Dr. Bob Core Library at North Congregational Church
Free access to many books and other materials at the North Congregational Church, the Athenaeum, the Academy, and the Fairbanks Museum which show St. Johnsbury’s impact on the Smith family:
The Judge Walter Smith Family, and the enormous Fairbanks family influences.
North Congregational Church worship, Sunday School, prayer meetings, Bible study.
The Christian Endeavor Society, conversion, Bible, prayer meetings, and Quiet Hour events.
The “Great Awakening” of 1875, revivals, conversions, and their impact on the community.
The YMCA lay evangelists, revivals, town-wide union church events, and YMCA building.
St. Johnsbury Academy—its curriculum, chapel, Bible study, church service requirements,
and Congregationalist and Fairbanks family emphasis.
• In a few choice phrases, St. Johnsbury’s Dr. Bob told the recovery world
“Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!”
“We believed the answer to all our problems was in the Good Book.”
“We got the basic ideas from our study of the Good Book.”
“I had refreshed my memory of the Good Book, and I had had excellent training in that as a youngster.”
“Cultivate the habit of prayer. Read the Bible.”
• May this August opportunity usher in recovery visitors to see how and why early A.A. succeeded!
Richard G. Burns, J.D.
(pen name Dick B.)
Writer, Historian, Bible Student, Retired attorney, Recovered AA
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Recovery Inspirations August 2008 in St. Johnsbury
