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August 1979

A Protective Higher Power

Was it the God the theologians describe?

WHEN IN desperation I finally came to AA, I was forty-nine years old and near death. I was also an agnostic, although I had been subjected to an intensive indoctrination in traditional Christian religion; my father was a pastor of very conservative belief and practice. I had earnestly tried over the years to find God as the church presented Him, yet I had never found the certainty of sustaining faith. I had become more aware of my unresolved conflicts regarding religious matters than I was of any positive beliefs.

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