Any student of A.A history can see that some force,
or guided hand had to move certain events or pieces
of the puzzle into place, in order for the origination
to develop from a vast alcoholic doom, to what we all
are able to spiritually experience today.
The Armistice Day drunk that alas shattered
Bill Wilson's last stand of willpower. The visit
by his friend Ebby. The business trip to Akron
that failed, and yet allowed Bill to meet with Dr. Bob.
The common awareness of the Oxford Groups.
The backgrounds of Judea-Christian upbringing.
All had to basically align just right for the birth
of our fellowship to happen.
Whether we're human on spiritual paths,
or higher selves having human experiences,
the fact that A.A is all inclusive is indisputable.
The purpose behind the Twelve Traditions was to
not only limit the number of hoops we'd have
to jump through to get in, but to also provide us
with a way to love and tolerate one another.
That premise opens to door to a variety of faiths,
and creates a fellowship in which no one can be turned away.
Several recovering alcoholics have said that if believing
a particular way was a prerequisite for them to attend
their first A.A meeting that they wouldn't have made it.
And most all of them now say that the God of their understanding
is what keeps them sober. That is a what Alcoholics Anonymous
can do for a drunk willing to stay sober. That is God doing for us
what we can't.
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