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Thanks Ruf. You're very right! People who knock AA do so out of fear of the concept of AA which is simply to get honest with a Higher Power, self, and another human being. In "There is a Solution" it even states:
"Almost none of us liked the self- searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation."
What is the successful consummation? Freedom from the obsession and compulsion which is brought on by the insanity of taking that first drink! Fear!!! The absence of FAITH which exists because these people won't give AA a chance. The same FEAR that kept me in the dark for so many years concerning organized religion, with which I have a new found personal relationship, giving me a peace and serenity I've never known before. But, as with AA or anything else, it takes what it takes. I had to hurt bad enough to get it. Well, I got it and I pray every day I don't lose it.
Thanks again Ruf. Love you!!
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