LOL:) I have a friend with a gazillion years who says that we make it seem like quantum physics when folks here do what is considered "normal" and he doenst...
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/default/en_about_aa_sub.cfm? subpageid=24&pageid=24 This link explains the different types of meetings. What it all boils ...
I would like to say that the AA organization doesn't even follow their own pamphlet on what it says on what goes on in groups and their purpose. In the pamplet...
Now I get it, another lesson learned. Admit your faults, ask forgiveness, don't do that thing again, move on. It boils down to "What is my: Motive, Purpose,...
Dr. Phil has a theory about the role two people play in their own marriage -- he says that everything they do either contributes to the success of the marriage...
Yes, Mae. That "guru" could well have killed you, just as our Big Book says she can. Evidentally is ws not God's will that she did. It could have been though....
<<Turning back to page 97, at the top, there's this sentence: "You may be aiding in his destruction rather than his recovery." I don't know if this topic was...
This seems contridictory. I'm confused. If that "guru" had killed her (or anyone else) would it have been her will and bad judgement or god's will and just...
Karen, Very good analogy. One of my favorites from the Big Big Book on living in God's will is in Jeremiah 1:7 - It simply states 'unless I tell you what to...
Seeing as getting away from judging God, determining what is right and what is wrong, and desiring knowledge of good and evil, is the ancient dilemma of...
My point was we don't know what's God's will and why sometimes but God's will WILL be whether we like it, agree with it or understand it. It's not our job to...
There was a time when I believed that everything that happened was God's will. As time passed it made belief in a Power greater than myself more difficult to...
Well put Jim. Don't know if I can add anything to that but I do agree everything that happens on this earth is not God's will. I also belive that He gives me a...
Personally, I do not believe in the Czar of the universe. You know the one: The God who sits on a cloud, points his finger and says "I think I will do this...
hey im not a big quoter the bible as such...but it does say sumthin about reapin what u sew,,,and the beeg book says sumthin about our troubles are of our own...
I believe as the Big Book says; "...a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things." One can choose to follow their own free will or to pray for...
... An example. A friend of mine was separated from her husband. She provided the supervision of the visitation between the boys and their father. I asked...
I have been reading several posts on God’s will and on finding out what God’s will is. This is very simple, as Dr. Bob put it,"What does the Good book...
Hello Hmmmm, found your post interesting. But now I have a question. Where does this leave me? I follow a pagan path. I have a Higher Power. I was told in the...
Not trying to slam anyone here but the Big Book actually says we may choose our own conception of God, not a god. Ebby told Bill: "Why don't you choose your...
That puts you in a position to have your own experience. Page 50 "In our personal stories you will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and...
Paul, the last time I posted something like that in another group I got slammed all over the place. It seems that other people want their opinions accepted and...
I think the book makes it clear where that power comes from. If we keep reading in that very paragragh you quoted on page 45, we can see that they are talking...
Our relationship with God, of our own individual understanding, is a very personal matter. I am pleased to see alot of discussion about God, our belief in a...
gods will is very clear to me not that i do it perfectly but it is very simple;don;t drink help another alcoholic and try to work the steps to the best of my...
Thanks Jim for flag. I'm sorry if I over stepped any boundries. It is a passionate subject on this board is it not? That's a good thing! ... a ... work? ... ...
I'm Christian too... but rarely talk about that in the context of the program. I found God in the rooms of AA - not church (although I attend every Sunday...
I'm a Christian as well, but when it comes to AA, I share about my spirituality, not my religion. What is germane to the program is that a power greater than...
I am finding this very interesting reading. My take on this is that I believe what worked for the boys in the beginning, is what works for me today. When asked...
Hi Jim okay, gotcha. I was not putting down Christianity, or any other religion. And I did get from a previous post where I was mistaken..it is not written...
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