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Addiction & Recovery

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

12. What could a higher power be??

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 04:51 PM

Mar 2013

1. nature
2. traditional God/diety
3. love
4. strength of the members of the program
5. serenity
6 peace
7. hope
8. any entity a member chooses that is larger and outside himself/herself.
9. power of helping others
10. force for good
11. kindness....
12. something like above.......

please note: NO HIGHER POWER POLICE IN AA OR.........ANY 12 STEP PROGRAM

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think I might be a drunk [View all] Bertha Venation Feb 2013 OP

not AA annabanana Feb 2013 #1

Seriously? Old Codger Feb 2013 #2

I had trouble with that too when I joined AA. The thing is a higher power can be anything. applegrove Feb 2013 #3

Amen Old Codger Feb 2013 #4

.... NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #5

I'm still libodem Feb 2013 #6

I also worked in a treatment center libodem Feb 2013 #7

You know what? I don't remember posting this thread. Bertha Venation Feb 2013 #8

.... NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #9

Yeah. Not good. Bertha Venation Feb 2013 #10

I entered AA outraged at the higher power stuff cally Feb 2013 #11

What could a higher power be?? Stuart G Mar 2013 #12

12 years sober coming up in August TommyCelt Mar 2013 #13

Sorry, I'd like to follow your rule, but AA and all the anonymous 12 step groups tavalon Jun 2013 #14

exactly libodem Jun 2013 #15