Old 12-08-2005, 06:39 AM
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BeamMeUpScotty
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Originally Posted by roadie58
We consider ourselves a spiritual, but not religious program. THere is a special chapter in the AA book called 'To the Agnostic' which might help you. In a nutshell, each member discovers, as part of the twelve steps, that there is a Higher Power than themselves, and ask for help. I consider it a kind of 'designer God', where each AAer can believe as he/she wishes. It's one of the most beautiful parts of the program, that has allowed it survive for 70 years helping countless individuals with their alcohol problems. Athiests and agnostics are more than welcome. We do not discuss religion at all really. Please give it a try.

If you go to meetings for 30 days and don't like it, your misery will be cheerfully refunded. LOL
Thanks for the info. I'll look into it (now that I'm going to have a lot of time I was wasting before).
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