A Faith That Works

In my 61st year of sobriety, I still find it difficult to explain the spiritual side of AA. Part of this problem is that I know where others might be coming from—that they have honest doubts either about the existence of God or God's willingness to be constructively involved in our lives. They may also have had religious training which had the negative effect of turning them away from God. I've heard uncounted numbers of AAs talk about a "punishing God" who haunted their early years and drove them away from religion.