Go to Jail

[Dorian Gray]

I firmly believe (after 28 years of sobriety) that the 'higher power' stuff is a necessary fiction in view of the pathology of addiction in most cases.

Obviously, spouting this off at a meeting is contra-indicated, but there are those of us in and around the program that understand.

Ever encounter someone with a coffee mug full of 30 day chips ?? We've got enough relapsers as it is. It is less insane to go with the higher power ruse than to go down a path that leads to a resumption of active addiction.

Thank you for the thoughtful response. This is exactly the point I was trying to examine in my "Do some people really need Jesus?" thread. If you take the AA philosophy to the higher level of religion in general, is it a necessary fiction that people need to have in order to just get by?

This "understanding" makes me wonder just how many people in power understand that religion is necessary in order to keep people in line....