* Crossposted in SIP_AA
* Crossposted in 12_STEPS
* Crossposted in RECOVERY
Dear All,
Enclosed is a post of mine to alt.recovery.aa on the Internet -
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Subject: Re: Can you help an atheist with the Second Step?
Date: 6 Aug 1997 22:15:42 GMT
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On the subject: Re: Can you help an atheist with the Second Step -
DRINK PLENTY ... so much that you really BELIEVE that you cannot drink any
more alcohol, then listen intently in 'one to one' intense work with a
RECOVERED ALCOHOLIC who openly admits that Steps 2-9 are firmly in place and
that they live their lives in EVERY step with a ONE in it ...
1:::::::: when working with a suffering alcoholic
10:11:12: life, ONE DAY AT A TIME.
When I was a card carrying atheist, I could dismantle religions and the
silly ways of the believers - I have an IQ of at least 164 and when I turned
my synapses to being the 'cleverest atheist' in the bar or in the discussion
group I was the best - and my life got worse and worse in the only place
where I actually live ... in my heart. Externally things were good for a
while, but eventually the truth came out and the big hole of meaninglessness
eventually 'came out' through the 'in vino veritas' of my binge drinking.
I am now become an 'X' drinker and the external has changed with my
sharing about the 'X' to ETERNAL, one day at a time according to my
understanding.
May God help you as God helps me as God responded to my heartfelt plea.
Kind regards - Andrew D.
Hull - UK.
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Andrew D.                                                 6/Aug/1997 23:19 
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