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revolutionize our
25:8

The great fact is just this, and nothing less: that we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences, which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows, and toward God's universe.

This is the author's description of a spiritual awakening. These are the results of the abandonment of one's life to the care of God and the willingness to seek and follow God's guidance in all things. So much is available to us when we are willing to pay the price which is the destruction of self-centeredness.

maintain a certain simple
26:20

He can go anywhere on this earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.

This simple attitude is described earlier in this chapter (25:8-10). Our spiritual fitness requires maintenance and our willingness is a result of our admission of powerlessness. The moment we think that we have power over alcohol and that we can manage our own lives we cease to be willing to accept spiritual help.

cast aside
27:12

Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once the guiding forces of the lives of these men are suddenly east to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.

What the great physician describes here is a change sufficient to overcome alcoholism. When Dr. Jung uses words such as "huge" he is nto describing a slight change of attitude but an entire 180 degree turn away from our failed way of viewing and reacting to life. The things in us that have caused our failure have to be utterly abandoned and an entirely new way of life adopted. The more firmly we cling to our old ways the more slowly this revolutionary change will take place in our lives.

we cannot fail
55:16

With this attitude you cannot fail.

sincerely take a position
63:1

When we sincerely took such a position, all sorts of remarkable things followed.

The position we take is one that is God centered rather than self-centered. This is the position we must assume to have God begin to work in our lives. This is the beginning of our new life and the end of our agnosticism. Reliance upon God comes as a result of our direct personal experience with this Power solving problems for us that we could never solve on our own.

new relationship with our creator
72:2

We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path.

To view those who harm us as spiritually ill, to see that the reason for our fears i that we believe we have only ourselves to rely upon and to realize that our selfishness is the cause of our sex problems, is to encompass the new attitude we have been attempting to develop. In each fourth step list we have been given suggestions for prayer. To deal with our resentments we pray to be released from the control that our anger has on us (67:5). To out grow our fear we ask God to remove our fears and direct our attention to what God would have us be (68:22). To address our sex problems we ask God to mold our ideals and give us the strength to live up to them (69:18) as well as to show us what we should do about each matter (69:23). These practical prayers are the beginning of our new relationship with God.

change of
84:5

Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.

Our attitude towards life and our view of the world based on self-centered fear are changed as a result of practicing these spiritual principles. We live our way into a new way of thinking.

it works if
86:1

It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it.

When we admit we really do need God and can not manage our own lives, we are able to seek God with a willingness that is unavailable to us for as long as we hold on to the idea that self-sufficiency will someday result in our happiness.

new
99:13

This means a new attitude and spirit around us.

requires a transformation
143:9

To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude.

saves from a living death
150:2

They have a new attitude, and they have been saved from a living death.