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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!factory!bruce.baer
- From: bruce.baer@factory.com (Bruce Baer)
- Newsgroups: alt.recovery
- Subject: Seeking help on "The God
- Message-ID: <1337.779.uupcb@factory.com>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 01:19:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Invention Factory's BBS - New York City, NY - 212-274-8298v.32bis
- Reply-To: bruce.baer@factory.com (Bruce Baer)
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- BC>Path: uupsi!psinntp!uunet!stanford.edu!apple!bc
- BC>From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
- BC>Newsgroups: alt.recovery
- BC>Subject: Seeking help on "The God Thing"
- BC>Message-ID: <75655@apple.apple.COM>
- BC>Date: 16 Dec 92 01:29:07 GMT
- BC>We've had a lot of bickering lately about praying, God, recovery, and
- BC>AA official opinion.
- BC>Not that I'd like to put a stop to that, but I am interested in
- BC>getting some help "finding" my higher power. Anybody got a good
- BC>reference?
- BC>I have tried to re-work the concepts and ideas into a Zen
- BC>Buddhist-like framework, but it's hard to do while I'm busy
- BC>recovering.
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- Bill,
- Talk about loaded questions. I suggest you get ready for a
- land-slide as you essentially set off a sonic boom in a falling
- rock zone by asking for a refference.
-
- I have no refference for you but I do have a suggestion. Given
- that you now appear open minded by your question I suggest that instead
- of trying to come up with something new or rework something old that
- you instead take this open mind and go back and re-examine where you
- came from. I believe open-mindedness and objectivity will allow you
- to see your old faith in a new light. You still might not wish to
- persue this path of spiritual outlook but thats O.K.. It will give
- you a point of refference from which you can plot your course.
-
- Its kinda like the building map theory. Most buildings have a
- map on every floor near the elevator and stairs which have a spot
- marked "you are here". Being a drunk is kinda like being in a
- building for a long time with maps that have no "you are here" spot
- on them. You just wander around guessing. Now, you are sober. The maps
- will have the marked spots, go relearn the building. Then if you are not
- happy with this building - move to another. You will at least now know
- what you do not want. And, may have some idea of what you do want.
- BAB
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- . SLMR 2.1a . Disaster is the only thing I can depend on....
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