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Old 02-05-2008, 03:46 AM
Tex
 
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Re: The 12 Steps For Alcoholics

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:27:37 -0800, Tim Bruening
<tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:

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>Dan from Boston wrote:
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>> Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
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>> > If an alcoholic happens to be an atheist, how would he apply the 12
>> > Steps?

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>> See my previous post on the subject - I'm an atheist and have had no
>> problems with the steps.

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>How were you able to turn to a "Higher Power/God" without BELIEVING in God's
>existence?


Well if amongst the literature there is the suggestion one may use the
aa group for a higher power ...no one hopefully would take the 'group'
to be *god*...though a few in the *group* might take themselves to be
*god*.