Tex wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:04:56 -0800, Tim Bruening
> <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Have any atheist alcoholics ever objected to being court ordered to attend AA
> >on the grounds that their right to not believe in God is being infringed?
>
> http://www.morerevealed.com/archives/9thCircuit.pdf

Thank you for the interesting court ruling.