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We alcoholics are undisciplines. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined. Big Book page 88; sentances 5-6
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The authors are not referring to punishment when they use the term "discipline." A discipline is a body of theory and technique that must be studied and practiced if we are to master it and apply it to our lives. We adopt a new foundation for our lives. Trust and reliance upon God replaces the illusion of sef-sufficiency from which we had constructed our failed lives. For the rest of our lives, we repeatedly practice successful methods of dealing with life on life's terms. We improve our skills for living and cut the chains that bind us to our past. Awakened spiritually and restored to sanity we begin our lives anew.