Reply #66: You don't have to "buy" the God shit if that doesn't suit you...

[stlsaxman]

as far as a "higher power" that could be anyone/thing... a door stop, a sponsor,
a group, a jelly doughnut, electricity, etc... anything outside of yourself
that you feel comfortable putting faith in. The key word being "you".

and that "spiritual awakening"? well, when you stop drinking, your spirit wakes
up, don't it?

AA has helped me to lead my life the way a "normal" person would. I do
things, enjoy things and experience life with a clarity and optimism that drinking
stopped doing for me long ago. I can think of nothing that would happen to me
bad enough that would make me want to drink about it. And should something
that bad happen to me- there are things I can do to aleviate the problem...
like a normal person would.