I remember telling a friend of mine I am no longer interested in a God of my own understanding I don’t understanding but rather to understand God as He is. Her response, “You go to AA but you’re not of AA”. All I know is Bill W. said “We realize we know little, more will be revealed….” I figured it was just the natural progression of faith, openmindedness…

The God I ended up with in Alcoholic Anonymous is the same God I started out with as a child!

Alcoholics Anonymous states “…a God of our own understanding”, not of our own preference, not of our own liking, not of our own determination…

One of an infinitesimally small number of issues I have with the steps of Alcoholics Anonymous… maybe I should say instead, the manner in which quite possibly, ensuing generations have broken away from organized religion and wrapped God around their little finger – “My God is…” basically whatever they want Him to be. I’m so grateful that the God I have chosen is the one that has thousands and thousands and thousands of pages written about Him. It plainly states in Alcoholics Anonymous that our thinking is not right -And I don’t think I would trust my own thinking when it comes to a God of my own understanding strictly.

We expect God to accept us unconditionally -just as we are, while we ourselves place conditions on our own understanding of God. 😏

I wonder what the old man (Bill W.) would think of what each of us shares and quibbles about in meetings?

•Excerpts from the books Alcoholics Anonymous and The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.