“AA is a spiritual program and Step 3 is a quintessentially spiritual Step. It is the ultimate anti-self Step. Thus, in a very real sense, we cannot practice the 12 Steps of AA merely as self-help. They are not intended… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three: gift, recipient, and giver. – p. 56” — Ray A Copy Share Image
“The truth is that we were so spiritually and morally bankrupt that we could not even see some of those lines: we stepped over… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“To know that we are not God, to know that there is a God, and to know that God, these are the Steps in… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“We arrive in the rooms tangled up in a web of complexity and confusion. Our lives are unmanageable because our minds are unmanageable.” – p. 134” — Ray A Copy Share Image
“The essence of humility in Step 3 is acknowledging and accepting our dependence on God. The essence of faith is trusting God. – p. 167” — Ray A Copy Share Image
“Yet, Step 2 and AA spirituality is about nothing if it isn’t about faith in God. Many good reasons exist why AA makes a… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“Adam and Eve had first-hand empirical evidence of God’s existence. He walked in the Garden with them. Their problem was that God told them… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“Religion became an end, rather than a means, a substitute for God. Until alcoholism intervened and forced the issue: God, or religion? – p. 125” — Ray A Copy Share Image
“When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a fake, a… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“AA is a spiritual program and Step 3 is a quintessentially spiritual Step. It is the ultimate anti-self Step. Thus, in a very real… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“In AA we don’t come to God through theology but through experience, mostly of the humbling and humiliating variety, often reluctantly, and sometimes even… — Ray A Copy Share Image
“Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three:… — Ray A Copy Share Image
