Big Book 5:1-7
Step Two: came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
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From Alcoholics Anonymous — Original 1939 Edition by Wilson, Bill & Smith, Dr. Bob
AA's program centers on reliance upon a Power greater than oneself, which each member is free to define according to personal understanding. The Big Book insists that even the agnostic or atheist can begin with the simplest possible conception, and that willingness to believe is enough to start.
Big Book 5:1-7
Step Three: turned our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him
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We Agnostics — the choice of one's own conception of God; 'God of your understanding'
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When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe...Read in Books4Free →
Big Book 5:8-12
How It Works: 'May you find Him now!' — seeking God as we understand Him
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Bill's Story: 'Who are you to say there is no God?' — the foundation of personal conception
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Into Action: throughout the Eleventh Step, contact with God as we understood Him
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Spiritual Experience appendix clarifies the variety of personal conceptions
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