It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee - Thy will (not mine) be done." These are thoughts which must go with us constantly. We can exercise our will power along this line all we wish. It is the proper use of the will. (AA, pg 85)
There is no end to the work which men and women must endure in AA.
The "disease" of alcoholism lurks behind every corner. Those individuals who want to work this program will find that the program works them into death itself.
Imagine the kind of life which a man or a woman is called to live, according to the Twelve Steps.
This life is based on looking at oneself, looking out for faults, trying to take care of every contingency in which a man or woman may fall back into drinking, or engaging in any other perversion.
The more that I see how hollow and demanding this program really is, the more that I want to inform everyone as much as possible to stay away.
Jesus Christ did not die on the Cross to give people a program of recovery.
He died on the Cross to resurrect us from death to life, to grants us all things in Himself, that we may enjoy His standing before God the Father.
We no longer have to look at ourselves or to ourselves in order to prosper, but rather we are called to see ourselves now and forever in Christ Jesus:
"1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." (Colossians 3: 1-4)
He is our life, not an addendum, or an addition, or a supplement.
He is certainly more than a program or a plan of action.
AA places on its members nothing but demands, even though the Book claims that the whole program is a simple plan of action.
The truth is much worse. The program of action can never be done, and men and women who are suffering find themselves receiving no help, but more rules to follow, plus some sponsor whom they have to listen to, as well as the meetings which merely recycle the frustration and emptiness of the members themselves.
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