Those of us who have spent much time in the world of
spiritual make believe have eventually seen the childishness of it. This dream
world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing
consciousness of the power of God in our lives…
…We have found nothing incompatible
between a powerful spiritual experience and a life of sane and happy
usefulness.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 130
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If
I hadn’t seen the practical application of spirituality practiced by the old-timers
in the Fellowship I might not have stayed. The young tend to fly off on
tangents and embrace all kinds of fanatical notions, but they either change,
grow or go elsewhere. It is sad to see the enthusiasm of newcomers warped into
dogmatism or fantastic religionism (I
just made up that word). I
know this to be true from my own experience because I might have remained sober forty years ago had not a profound
awakening been so usurped by religious adherence to a childish make-believe
world. These things could have been gotten by with if I weren't an addict or an
alcoholic, but this disease demanded a humility that would resist diverting my
attention to an unproductive spiritual dream-world. A practical and easily
understood inner-revelation that would treat my addictions was all I needed and
all I needed was what I got from paring away unnecessary beliefs and behaviors.
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