Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In.

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6. 8 years sober and a few months of AA and the chapter on accepting

I was powerless over my addiction and it worked. I accepted nature and my ancestors, as a stand in for god, as all powerful in my life and i had a good strong quit. It was weird that i had to negotiate that as i am agnostic and believe in something out there that started it all. But i did not want to make my god all powerfull. I did not want to give up the power. But the program insisted i did so i generated god to be nature and ancestors. Whatever floats your boat i guess. I think what makes the book and program so great is that it is a whole bunch of different people's narratives and a single long one not carved up to make a classic, clear story. Something in there will work for most people. It is a chaotic book as is reality.