“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”

• What can we believe in?
• A.A. does not demand belief.
• Twelve Steps are only suggestions.
• Importance of an open mind.
• Variety of ways to faith.
• Substitution of A.A. as higher Power.
• Plight of the disillusioned.
• Road blocks of indifference and prejudice.
• Lost faith found in A.A.
• Problems of intellectuality and self-sufficiency.
• Negative and positive thinking.
• Self-righteousness.
• Defiance is an outstanding characteristic of alcoholics.
• Step two is a rallying point to sanity.
• Right relation to God.

Some suggested pages from As Bill Sees It

• #3:       Pain and Progress
• #4:       Can We Choose
• #6:       All or Nothing? 
• #51:     The Coming of Faith
• #141:   “Restore Us to Sanity“
• #205:   Virtue and Self-Deception,
• #304:   Single Purpose
• #310:   Learning to Trust 
• #325:   Humility Brings Hope 

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