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Originally Posted by DamianJ
The power I have *over me* is greater than the power "Mother Nature" has *over me*. I *chose* to do the thing I am addicted to. Nature doesn't make me. And I cannot see how Nature would make me not do the thing I am addicted to.
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Ah ok I see where you are coming from. Agreed. That isn't the point of believing in a power greater than yourself; it's not directly related to the actual act of quitting, more to do with the ongoing process of recovery.
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Originally Posted by DamianJ
I can see how, if you are religious, it is easy to put this burden on a mythical fairytale creature. But if you are an atheist, I still can't see how it works.
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What burden? What mythical creature? Trust me, that is a markham traffic argument - so far off the mark that it's obvious you have never been to a 12 step meeting, or at least a few. I don't mean that in a 'you are markham' way, I mean that in a 'you know how far off paul is when it comes to traffic? Well it's *that* far off what 12 steps, and a higher power is, that the best thing to do is pretend you never wrote it' way
Actually that still sounds like a piss-take, it isn't though, and I'm hoping you see what I'm getting at
