

Father Bill W.
Father Bill W.
I’m an Episcopal (Anglican) priest in recovery from alcoholism since 1972. I've spent my career in addiction treatment focused on 12-Step spirituality and exploring the pioneer history of AA. In discovering the lost 11th Step practice of Two Way Prayer, my program underwent a life-changing transformation. As Bill Wilson said, “ something was lost from AA when we stopped emphasizing the morning meditation." My mission now is helping people in 12-Step Fellowships explore a deeper understanding of spiritual practice and how it connects us to the "Great Reality" within. -Fr. Bill W.
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Mar 15, 2023 • 42min
3. Journey to the Inner World: Susanne T. Meets Her Inner Child 2of2
Faithfully practicing Two Way Prayer for some time, Susanne built a powerful connection with God. In time, she was ready to venture still deeper into her Inner World starting an amazing dialogue with her lost inner child through a process C.G. Jung called “active imagination.” In this episode Susanne shares how she established contact with her “Kid” and reads some healing writings between her adult self and her inner child. She soon discovered the hole in the soul was being filled from within.
Show Notes:
Here are some guidelines for finding a prayer partner.
Robert A. Johnson’s book Inner Work is helpful in understanding how to gain access and begin dialoguing with our inner parts.

Mar 8, 2023 • 45min
2. Journey to the Inner World: Susanne T's Story 1of2
Father Bill begins interviewing people who’ve begun their Inner Journey with Two Way Prayer. Susanne was active in 12-Step recovery in the U.K. taking her work most seriously; but when she discovered Two Way Prayer it brought her recovery to a wholly new level. In this episode, Susanne describes the deepened relationship she found with her “Dad” as she calls her Higher Power and shares three samples of Guidance received during her morning Quiet Time. You’ll find Susanne’s writings filled with love and a real sense of “inner discovery” as both she and Father Bill share helpful tips for bringing this lost 11th Step practice to life.
Show Notes:
God Calling by Two Listeners (Edited by A.J. Russell)
Twenty Four Hour a Day Book by Richmond Walker (based on the writings of the two women in England who were members of the Oxford Group)
Prayer Partners - A pdf of suggested guidelines found on the Two Way Prayer website
Link to Big Book Awakening for Zoom Meetings in San Diego
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Mar 1, 2023 • 39min
1. Journey to the Inner World: Finding the Kid
Father Mike Falls helps us explore the Inner World of consciousness. Mike was a professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys when he heard and followed a call from his soul telling him it was time to make a change – a really big change. Mike listened and took the plunge; he discovered a whole new world awaited him. At the heart of that world, Mike discovered his soul in the form of his internally lost “Kid.” A gifted teacher and storyteller, Fr. Mike’s experience can guide us as we go in search of our own lost souls and perhaps uncover and befriend our lost inner kids. As the Big Book says, “MORE WILL BE REVEALED!”
Brene Brown quote: https://brenebrown.com/articles/2018/05/24/the-midlife-unraveling/
Christopher Morley Poem: To a Child https://allpoetry.com/poem/8519043-To-A-Child-by-Christopher-Morley/
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Feb 22, 2023 • 58min
AA's Pioneer Program: How It Really Works
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA Pioneer Program focusing on its evolution from the Oxford Group’s Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love into the 12 Steps as we know them today. This episode centers on the Ten Points distilled from Chapter Five of the Big Book. It takes us to the real depths of the transformation process.
Show Notes:
Link to the AAA Ten Points article.
Link to the Invitation to a Great Experiment article.
Gresham’s Law
Vist All Addicts Anonymous for meeting information and if you'd like to contact Matt D. send an email.

Feb 15, 2023 • 1h 9min
AA's Pioneer Program: How It Evolved
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA pioneer program focusing on its evolution from the Oxford Group’s Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love into the 12 Steps as we know them today. The discussion centers on a 1973 article by Tom Powers, Jr. titled: The Twelve Step Ladder to God Consciousness. It’s available in the Show Notes.
Show Notes:
The Twelve Step Ladder to God Consciousness by Tom Powers, Jr.
Gresham’s Law and Alcoholics Anonymous by Tom Powers. Jr.
Bill Wilson recording of Spiritual Experience vs. Spiritual Awakening
Link to the All Addicts Anonymous for meeting information. To contact Matt D. email AllAddictsAnonymous@Gmail.com
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Feb 8, 2023 • 1h 1min
AA's Pioneer Program: No Greater Love
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA pioneer program focusing on the Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. In this episode Matt and Father Bill explore the deeper meaning of Love. Each chooses a reading that may help addicts in recovery uncover new meaning in this the most challenging and perhaps most rewarding of the Four Absolutes. Readings are available in the Show Notes notes below.
Show Notes:
No Greater Love – Matt’s reading from Sadhu Sundar Singh
The Love Chapter (First Corinthians 13) – Fr. Bill’s reading from Paul
Sadu Sundar Singh Wikipedia
Rev. Sam Shoemaker Wikipedia
The Answer to Addiction by John Burns – early publication of Invitation to a Great Experiment by Tom Powers - pdf version
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis pdf version
The Greatest Thing in the world by Henry Drummond – pdf version
What Men Live By and Other Tales by Leo Tolstoy – pdf version
George MacDonald Scottish author – Wikipedia
Check out the All Addicts Anonymous website with meeting information and contact Matt D. via email

Feb 1, 2023 • 60min
AA's Pioneer Program: Free from the Bondage of Self
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA pioneer program focusing on the Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. In this episode Matt and Father Bill explore the deeper meaning of UNSELFISHNESS. It appears we have two selves, two centers of consciousness – one at the level of BODY and another at the level of SOUL. Freeing ourselves from bondage to the one brings us to the freedom of the other. The episode builds on an article from the AAA archives titled Egotism: The Disease Within the Disease. It’s a powerful read available in the Show Notes.
Show Notes:
Article: Egotism - The Disease within the Diseases
All Addicts Anonymous website with meeting information. Contact Matt D. via email.

Jan 25, 2023 • 1h 1min
AA’s Pioneer Program: Purity? You Got to be Kidding!
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA program focusing on the Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. In this episode Matt and Father Bill explore the deeper meanings of PURITY. Of the Four Absolutes, it’s probably the least understood and the most feared and often discounted. It’s also the one that may prove the dangers of “half-measures.” The episode builds on an article from the AAA archives titled Frank Buchman’s Cure. It’s a short read available in the Show Notes.
Show Notes:
· Link to Frank Buchman’s Cure article
· Link to a Wikipedia article on Frank Buchman
· Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie pdf version
· More Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie pdf version
· Link to Professor Bernard McGinn's article on Sexuality and Mysticism
Reference to Wilson putting the Four Absolutes in Steps Six and Seven:
The Four Absolutes first appear in the work of Robert E. Speer, a Presbyterian missionary and scholar who studied the life and teachings of Jesus. Speer concluded that Jesus’ own life reflected a set of absolute moral standards that could effectively serve to guide us in determining the course and content of our thoughts, decisions, and actions. Speer grouped these moral guidelines under the headings of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness and Love and they later formed the foundation of the Oxford Group program. When Bill Wilson was asked where the Absolutes could be found in his 12-Step formula, he replied, “I put them in Steps Six and Seven.”
(Ernest Kurtz, Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 242-43.)
The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous / Translated by Carmen Acevedo Butcher
https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Unknowing-Book-Privy-Counsel/dp/1590306228/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AWW4CUA4O183&keywords=the+cloud+of+unknowing+translated+by+CArmen+Acevedo+Butcher&qid=1674503347&s=books&sprefix=the+cloud+of+unknowing+translated+by+carmen+acevedo+butcher%2Cstripbooks%2C114&sr=1-1
Link to All Addicts Anonymous: alladdictsanonymous.org/
Matt D. can be reached via email at: AllAddictsAnonymous@Gmail.com

Jan 18, 2023 • 55min
AA's Pioneer Program: Connecting Honesty with Sanity
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the key building blocks of the original AA program. In this episode Matt and Father Bill begin an in-depth exploration of the Four Absolutes starting with HONESTY. The episode builds on Tom Power’s classic book Invitation to a Great Experiment along with Tom’s AA talk on “Sanity – the Heart of the Program.” It’s available in the Show Notes both in written and audio format. This is a Pioneer classic - not to be missed.
Show Notes:
Invitation to a Great Experiment by Tom Powers – see pages 10-22.
§ Sanity – the Heart of the Program by Tom P. (excerpts in written format)
§ Sanity – the Heart of the Program by Tom P. (full audio of Tom’s share known as the Blackstone Talk)
Father Bill's podcast series on The Great Experiment
Check out the All Addicts Anonymous website with meeting information here: https://alladdictsanonymous.org/
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Jan 12, 2023 • 55min
AA's Pioneer Program: The Akron Connection
Matt D. from All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) leads listeners in this series exploring the early history of the AA program. In this episode Dr. Bob’s influence is discussed along with an introduction to the Four Absolutes that Bob and many of the Pioneers saw as the heart of the program and continued using in conjunction with the 12 Steps. (Fr. Bill had some audio issues in the first half of the recording, and we’ve attempted to edit these out where possible. Matt’s sound is crystal clear and his message is important so please don’t miss this one.)
Show Notes:
A classic archive video of Dr. Bob’s Last Major Address to Alcoholics Anonymous in 1948.
A Manual for Alcoholics Anonymous – early AA publication from AA in Akron.
Check out the All Addicts Anonymous website for meeting information. If you would like to contact Matt D., send him an email! AllAddictsAnonymous@gmail.com