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Before I could find my higher power, I had to be willing to believe and I had to discard all the negative cruft that had accumulated from a life time of looking for negative cruft so I didn't have to believe.
I got a lot of help and insight from listening to other people talk about their higher powers at meetings. Once I figured out that I really wasn't required to believe exactly as they did, I had to admit that they had no reason to lie to me and this opened a door to a wealth of experience.
Books other than "Alcoholics Anonymous" and "Narcotics Anonymous - Basic Text" that helped me to increase my conscious contact with my higher power (in no particular order):
"Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis
"The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle
"The Razor's Edge" by W. Somerset Maugham
"Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue" by Neale Donald Walsch
"The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People" by John Ortberg
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values" by Robert M. Pirsig
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Yes, I am an alcoholic. But that's not all that I am...
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