“The ouija board got moving in earnest. What followed was the fairly usual experience–it was a strange melange of Aristotle, St. Francis, diverse archangels with odd names, deceased friends–some in purgatory and others doing nicely, thank you! There were malign and mischievious ones of all descriptions, telling of vices quite beyond my ken, even as former alcoholics. Then, the seemingly virtuous entities would elbow them out with messages of comfort, information, advice, and just sheer nonsense.”– –AA co-founder Bill Wilson, from his official AA biography, PASS IT ON, pg. 278
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Caveat: I realize that AA has helped many addicts, but it is false to say its founder was a Christian, because he was very much involved in occult spirituality. I would suggest Christians go there to get support leaving ADDICTION only; it is not the place to go to find the true and living God. However, God does want us sober, so I appreciate the importance of accountability in leaving addictions and the unconditional love offered to addicts from other addicts. It should be noted that some TRUE CHRISTIANS also attend AA meetings and speak about the TRUE JESUS as the highest Power of all, but that is exceptional and not the rule. My advice to an addict would be to go to AA meetings to stop drinking and learn to live a sober life; go to the Bible to find the only true, moral and kind God who heals. Though the people can get better from the AA meetings, they become addicted to the meetings without a RELATIONSHIP with the true and living God who is far more than just a "higher power" of a sinner's feeble understanding. Logically, such a power of "one's own understanding" is not a "higher" power than the person after all! It does not even make sense!
