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findingout · 08-19-2006, 03:32 PM

Hey Sharon,

Interesting topic

When I first started to go to meetings, I did feel like others were trying to push their higher power on me. I used to be very sensitive to this and would raise the shields as soon as anyone even mentioned their higher power. I hadn't been around long enough to learn that people could talk about their higher power without having a secret or not so secret desire to convert me to their belief or that I could actually take some benefit from listening to them talk without having to believe exactly as they did.

This change in attitude on my part has been one of the great things that has happened to me as a result of my experiences in the program.

08-19-2006, 03:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
findingout Not the center of the Universe Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Orchard Lake, Michigan Posts: 909	Hey Sharon, Interesting topic When I first started to go to meetings, I did feel like others were trying to push their higher power on me. I used to be very sensitive to this and would raise the shields as soon as anyone even mentioned their higher power. I hadn't been around long enough to learn that people could talk about their higher power without having a secret or not so secret desire to convert me to their belief or that I could actually take some benefit from listening to them talk without having to believe exactly as they did. This change in attitude on my part has been one of the great things that has happened to me as a result of my experiences in the program. __________________ Yes, I am an alcoholic. But that's not all that I am...