Big Book, Chapter 5 How It Works, p. 59
Steps Two, Three, and Eleven all reference 'God as we understood Him' or a Power greater than ourselves
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AA presents God as a Power greater than ourselves, deliberately leaving the conception open so each member may choose their own understanding. The only requirement is willingness to believe in a Power greater than oneself that can restore sanity and direct one's life.
Big Book, We Agnostics, p. 46-47
'When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God' — the foundational invitation to define one's own Higher Power
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'Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?' — the only required affirmation
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Ebby tells Bill 'Why don't you choose your own conception of God?' — origin of the AA approach
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Each individual's encounter with a Higher Power 'in His own way'
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Big Book, Appendix II Spiritual Experience, p. 569-570
Clarifies that personality changes come from contact with a Higher Power however conceived
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