Dan from Boston wrote:

> Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
> >
> > What happens if the alcoholic is an atheist? How would he draw on a
> > "Higher Power"?
>
> Tim, I'm an atheist and I've been sober in AA for nearly 29 years. Your
> higher power can be anything you select, and it can change over time. It is
> essentially something outside of yourself. Many people, including me, call
> AA itself their higher power, but that's up to the individual.
>
> I'm glad this woman is going to AA. She should keep going, no matter what.
> Some people 'get it' right away; others take time. I went for two years
> before getting sober, but I'm more stubborn than most (grin).

Yesterday morning, she went to a 6:30 am AA meeting by walking in the cold, as
she had lost the keys to her truck, and doesn't have a bike. When I last
talked to her, she was about to go to a 6:30 pm meeting. Fortunately, she got
new keys for her truck yesterday during the day, as she had gotten a cold from
walking in the cold.