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Old 07-08-2006, 10:13 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by paulmh
I have a Higher Power since coming into AA and I remain secular. The only thing recovery has reinforced in me is that i just Don't Know. And that's ok for me now. I can hand it over, I can believe with all my heart in a power greater than myself that can restore me to sanity. I don't know what I am, but I know it's only my ego that tries to convince me that it really matters. Peace knows no bounds. It's incomparable to what I had, and if people here have the same feeling bu use different language to describe it, who am I to disagree.
They actually do have AA meetings that are entirely secular (free of religious/spiritual content). Most there reject the need for a HP. Is your HP of a secular nature?
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