There is no spiritual side of the porgram. It is all spiritual, but if you want to understand the first step, I would suggest you read page 30 of the Big Book.
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I know i am powerless over alcohol, but as regards my life being unmanageable is what i have an issue with.
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To me, the two go together. If I am powerless over alcohol, and have drank too much, it makes my life unmanageable.
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Maybe i can remain sober, by carrying on the way i am. I am happy, i am loving life, i have put things into place that has turned my life around over the last year.
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Some people are just problem drinkers. I don't say that to be offensive. But many go through a phase where they drink or experiment with drugs.
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I have been looking into the Oxford Group over the last few days and come to realise that these steps have been taken directly from this group. Making amense, taking an inventory, handing your will over to God on a daily basis, even sharing in meetings, are taken from the Oxford Group.
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Very true. Not all ideas from religions are bad. We got the calendar from religion too, holidays, education etc...
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This leads me to think after i have been brought up in a religious way, do i really want to adopt a program that has it's foundings in religion?
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Everything in Western culture goes back to religion. Even the philosophy of writers like John Locke all go back to religion.
I had to get off the debate about religion when I came to AA. I am not religious today at all.