The first requirement 60:16
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The first requirement was that we be convinced that any life run on self-will could hardly be a success.
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How has the way we have been living working for us? Are we not prey to misery, depression, resentment and remorse? These things are caused by the failed basis of our lives, the basis of self-will. We have lived as though the satisfaction of our instinctual desires for sex, society and security will bring us happiness and fulfillment.
When we hear that “there are no musts in AA, many of us are relieved and think that this means we will not have to do anything to recover. But when we hear that “there is no right or wrong way to work this program,” we who have admitted powerlessness over alcohol are fearful that there is nothing we can do to recover. This is a suggested program, we do not have to follow it if we do not want to. But if we do wish to follow this path there are things we must do and requirements we must meet. Should we decide to do the things that the authors did, we can expect the same results---recovery from alcoholism.