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Originally Posted by flamesfever
Cheese, I'm curious as to how you would handle questions about God when talking to a recovering alcoholic who is using AA to get better?
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Not sure where you want to lead me in this question...its pretty open ended.
1. Man/Woman has addiciton to legal substance
2. Man/Woman wants to end addiction
3. Man/Woman joins AA to assist end to addiction.
4. Question of God comes up...God has helped you end your addiction...all hail the Omniscient God!
5. Alcoholic...um...where was this God when I was lying in the gutter 1 year ago?
6. Free Choice Mr Alcoholic. You chose to eliminate the sin of alcohol from your system today...not a year ago!
7. See my posts on Free choice....
Seriously for a moment..do you believe that God enables a man to quit drinking? Maybe its replacing one addiction with another?
Id like to hear your version first.
Can people quit drinking without a belief in God? Im pretty sure I know many who have and have remained drink free for many years. What if its a Muslim God...do they help people quit drinking?
Some religions use drugs or drinks to have a better vision of their God(s). How do you react to that choice?
Is AA a Christian organization? If so isnt that using those in difficulty to benefit?
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Read more on AA and found this...
AA’s solution to alcoholism involves a lot of submission to God.