| One thing I am not is religous.
Diety in AA? Never seen one as a requirement, I got and stay sober in a faily small town, we have athiest, agnostics, Christians, Buddists, Jews, and muslims who have all worked the 12 steps and are happily staying sober.
The one thing none of them did was walk into the rooms and insult the beleifs of others, nor did they demand any one beleive in the way they did.
I am not a follower of any faith, nor do I beleive in any specific diety as defined by anyone else. I simply beleive there is a Power greater then me period, I call him God because it is a nice short 3 letter word and if you look up the meaning of the word God you will find that not all of the definitions indicate a beleif in any religions diety.
BTW my present sponsee is an agnostic, he just finished going through the 12 steps about a month ago, and Friday was his one year anniversary.
AA is what ever one makes of it, it never ceases to amaze me the number of athiest and agnostics I see getting sober in AA when I see other atheist and agnostics saying there is no way they could use the 12 steps. What is the difference between the 2 groups. The athiests I know have said that they were using the God deal as an excuse, once they decided they were really ready to do what ever it took to get and stay sober they easily found that one only needed to beleive in something, anything greater then them selfs.
There are a ton of other programs out there that are secular that obviously work, why not try one of those?
We all have excuses, I had a ton, but once I was willing to do what ever it took for me to get and stay sober I found a way.
BTW I never heard a single mention of any religion, diety, church or synagogue by my sponsor when we were working the steps, to be honest the only thing I know about my sponsor and religion is that he has not been to a church in 19-20 years, I think he is a Christian though....... I think. |