THE REASON I'VE SUCCEEDED IN REMAINING SOBER USING AA AS MY
FOUNDATION
IS THAT I'VE NEVER TAKEN THE AA "GOD" ORIENTED PHILOSOPHY FROM THE
OXFORD MOVEMENT INFLUENCE SERIOUSLY.

MY AGNOSTIC SPONSOR FREED ME WHEN HE TOLD ME I DID NOT HAVE TO STAY
SOBER THE WAY THE OXFORD MOVEMENT MEMBERS DID.

REMEMBER THIS WHOLE PROGRAM OF AA WAS COBBLED TOGETHER BY THE FIRST
100
MEMBERS ALL OF WHOM WERE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY OXFORDS INFLUENCE.

I FOUND A KERNEL OF MENTAL HEALTH TRUTH IN THE STEPS AND USED IT FOR
ALL MY 34+ YEARS OF SOBRIETY.

AGNOSTIC OR NOT, I AM STILL AN EQUAL MEMBER OF AA BECAUSE I HAVE THE
ONE REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP, A DESIRE TO STOP DRINKING.

Marnin