I was in AA for decades. When I first went I was afraid of God. I then realized why I had that fear and let that go. I also found because of my upbringing I viewed God as something I never should have and that is what led me to believe there was no God. Many of my friends found themselves in the same predicament. However, what many of us have come to believe that without God we wouldn't be alive today.
I understand what you are getting at. However, if people don't find out that they need a Power Greater Than Themselves, they will never stay sober and clean. Many of us came in afraid of this "God" concept but if you read in the first few chapters of the Big Book you see that once who submits their self will over to God then they are no longer a self will run riot.
I was in AA for decades. When I first went I was afraid of God. I then realized why I had that fear and let that go. I also found because of my upbringing I viewed God as something I never should have and that is what led me to believe there was no God. Many of my friends found themselves in the same predicament. However, what many of us have come to believe that without God we wouldn't be alive today.
For me, the key is in the argument.
I understand what you are getting at. However, if people don't find out that they need a Power Greater Than Themselves, they will never stay sober and clean. Many of us came in afraid of this "God" concept but if you read in the first few chapters of the Big Book you see that once who submits their self will over to God then they are no longer a self will run riot.