Can you do AA without believeing in any God or higher power?

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01-18-2014, 05:08 PM

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NoelleR

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Location: Houston, TX

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Most of my recovered (30+ years sobriety in AA) friends are atheists; so I guess it not only 'can' be done, it 'is' done.

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01-20-2014, 08:34 AM

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Boleo

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Location: Detroit, MI

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Originally Posted by jdooner

You have to believe there is something bigger than yourself. Don't get stuck in definitions and the black and white, as I did.

I went from believing in "Good Old Deity" to experiencing "Gift Of Desperation". Then later believing in "Good Orderly Direction" and now "Guider Of Decisions".

If I had a static definition of Higher Power, I doubt that I would be sober today. GOD needs to grow as my understanding grows or else I end up with a GOD in a box. No box is big enough to put my Higher Power in.