Here are thousands of men and
women, worldly indeed. They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater
than themselves, to take a certain
attitude toward that Power, and to do
certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary
change in their way of living and
thinking. In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their human resources,
they found that a new power,
peace, happiness and sense of direction
flowed into them. This happened soon after they wholeheartedly met a few simple requirements. Once confused and
baffled by the seeming futility of
existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy
going of life. Leaving aside the drink
question, they tell why living was so unsatisfactory. They show how the change came over them. When
many hundreds of people are able to
say that the consciousness of the Presence of
God is today the most important
fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
Big Book pgs.
50&51
Reprinted with permission
A.A.W.S.
Creator help us
understand who we are in your world.
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