Anything Is Possible

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Many of us are content, without question, to accept Alcoholics Anonymous for what it appears to be, namely, a fellowship of alcoholics which has had extraordinary success in releasing its members from the mortifying grip of alcoholism by assisting them to lead lives socially useful and spiritually rewarding. However, some systematic analysis of factors present in the problem with which this organization deals may serve to satisfy the intellectual curiosity of those inclined to philosophical or metaphysical speculation. Such an inquiry may also be of utility and significance in revealing the possibilities and the limitations of a therapy, fundamentally psychological and spiritual. The following outline, necessarily brief, is intended to be suggestive and not conclusive, partial and not complete, tentative and not definitive.