Talk:Higher Power/Archive 1

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June 2006

there realy isnt a leangthy definition of it. It is quite simple. Members of alcoholics anonymous use this definition for their new members and is a way for people who have no belief in any god to get the most out of the 12 steps.

The term "Higher Power" has much more general connotations that use in AA. I think the definition for it in relation to AA should be a subsection of a main article. Trick 17:23, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Early AA groups simply referred to God. Bill and the founders always explained this was the God of the Bible and the same God they had turned to. The original Big Book manuscript makes it clear that "a power greater than ourself" is God. They found; however, that when dealing with atheists (early on in the history of AA) it helped the atheists by using the approach found in the article. Over time, they drifted away and simply began to use the term higher power. A good site to learn about the early history of AA from one of the old timers is http://aa-history.com/

Copyediting

Did some copyediting. Article seems to suck much less now. -- Craigtalbert 04:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)