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April 1973

An Agnostic's Higher Power

Take away his bottle and there is an awesome vacuum to be filled

I TRIED the spiritual approach from the beginning, because I was afraid not to try it. I didn't think anything could help me to stop drinking, so I simply decided to try to do what the majority had done. I had no great spiritual awakening with a flash of light. It has been a very gradual wake-up, with many backslides in my spiritual health. I still consider myself lucky in having been able to try the God approach. Some have a lot more difficulty.

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