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February 1968

Spirit of Love

. . . God as we understand Him - Beginning on this page and the next--articles on approaches to AA that work for alcoholics who are "nonbelievers

IT is interesting to see people who don't believe in God using the same spiritual approach, reciting the Steps and the Lord's Prayer, even entering into discussions pertaining to a Higher Power. I try not to be merely "tolerant" of them--tolerance smacks of superiority. I wish rather to accept their disbelief as a reality, and I do not try to convert them, partly because I recognize the futility of such a project, but mostly because I do not wish to rock the boat of their sobriety.

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