A comprehensive study & analysis of the origins, principles & practices of the Oxford Group (also known as "A First Century Christian Fellowship") of which A.A. was an integral part in its formative years from 1933 to 1939. How the Oxford Group's Biblical principles contributed to & impacted upon A.A.'s Big Book, Twelve Steps, & early high success rate in the 1930s. Endorsed by Oxford Group authorities Garth Lean, James & Eleanor Forde Newton, Willard Hunter, James Houck, A.A. oldtimer Geraldine D., A.A. historian Ernest Kurtz, Ph.D., & Dr. Paul Wood, President, National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence. Other Dick B. titles on A.A.'s spiritual roots: NEW LIGHT ON ALCOHOLISM: THE A.A. LEGACY FROM SAM SHOEMAKER; THE AKRON GENESIS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; DR. BOB'S LIBRARY; ANNE SMITH'S JOURNAL; THE BOOKS EARLY AA'S READ FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH; & COURAGE TO CHANGE: THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF THE TWELVE STEP MOVEMENT (with Pittman). Titles now published only by Paradise Research Publications, Good Book Publishing Company, or Baker Book House. Reviewed in LIBRARY JOURNAL, BOOKSTORE JOURNAL, FOR A CHANGE, EPISCOPAL LIFE, THE LIVING CHURCH, RECOVERY NEWS, SOBER TIMES. Interviews in Cleveland Plain Dealer, Baltimore Sun, Akron Beacon Journal. Author a recovered alcoholic, retired attorney, & Bible student who has sponsored over sixty A.A.'s in recovery.