Originally Posted by
scintillady 
I don't pray. I am turned off by AA because of their insistence that there is only one way to stay sober. I know they say that the higher power you believe in is whatever you perceive it to be, but it's just not for me. I applaud AA and all they have done for so many people, and I applaud anybody's decision to go that way. However, since I resist organized religions and resent anyone trying to talk me into it, AA will not be for me.
Oh dear, in over 30 years sober in AA I've never been to a meeting, 18,000+ and in many countries that state a religion is a must. I never was and am not today a church going person at all. I however do feel there is a higher power than this self centered alcoholic and I choose, for me it to be the Creator or Mother Nature. Pick your own if you want or think of yourself as that power, what ever works for the LONG run. BE WELL