The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. Therefore, independence as A.A. practices it is really a means of gaining true independence of spirit.
At the level of everyday living, it is startling to discover how dependent we really are, and how unconcious of that dependence. Every modern house has electric wiring carrying power and light to its interior. By accepting with delight our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves personally more independent, more comfortable and secure. Power flows just where it is needed. Silently and surely, electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs.
Though we readily accept this principle of healthy dependence in many of our temporal affairs, we often fiercely resist the identical principle when asked to apply it as a means of growth in the life of the spirit. Clearly, we shall never know freedom under God until we try to seek His will for us.
The choice is ours.
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Agreed. I could never, ever have done this alone. Without my Higher Power, I would be aimless. It is in trusting HPs will for me that I became truly free, in areas of life even outside of my addictions. That faith is the only way I can face the day to day challenges, knowing that my HP has my best interest at heart no matter how I perceive it at the time. It's proven true over and over again. AA has helped keep me sober, the steps and the people--but it is God who has given that sobriety quality. thx Ryan. Chris
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