The Challenges of Twelve Step Recovery for Agnostic Alcoholics

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August 13, 2020

By Andy F

Categories: Spirituality

Going to my first AA meeting at the age of thirty was the best thing that I ever did. I loved the fellowship from my very first meeting. I was someone who lived on the margins of society; alone and isolated by years of drinking. I suddenly found myself in a community of people that […]

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“A Spiritual Solution to a Mental Problem”

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June 26, 2020

By Andy F

Categories: Spirituality

“Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight, nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling. We are convinced that a spiritual mode of living is a most powerful health restorative. We, who have recovered from serious drinking, are miracles of mental health.”Big Book – Chapter nine […]

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The Spiritual Illness

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June 18, 2020

By Andy F

Categories: Spirituality

In The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson, the author of the book and one of the co-founders of AA makes the following remarkable statement. “When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically” Big Book Chapter five “How it works” p.77 – First edition. What can the idea of a […]

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