tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29205162.post66053449088819416..comments2024-01-13T01:45:45.724+00:00Comments on Recovery Archive: Faith, religion and Prayer will NOT keep you sober: "Faith without WORKS is dead"An Irish Friend of Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781376087404079818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29205162.post-17363672631609115702007-06-18T20:29:00.000+01:002007-06-18T20:29:00.000+01:00I must have explained myself badly because that wa...I must have explained myself badly because that was PRECISELY the point I was TRYING to make!<BR/><BR/>I didnt mean 'Religion' - 'AA' = drunk, because thats not acually what the big book says. What I DO understand the big book to say is 'Religion' - 'unselfish, constructive action' = drunk. Which is a completely different reasoning.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for dropping by and posting John, and as it happens I wholeheartedlly agree with you!An Irish Friend of Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781376087404079818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29205162.post-35325244069642304672007-06-18T17:05:00.000+01:002007-06-18T17:05:00.000+01:00I would generally agree, butI would not say dogmat...I would generally agree, but<BR/>I would not say dogmatically that faith, religion, and prayer will "not " keep a person sober (without AA).<BR/>I have known some recovered alcoholics who have maintained quality sobriety until death who no longer attended AA but were always available to others to carry the message.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446853069986854032noreply@blogger.com