It isn't religious, it's ridiculous!

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Submitted by BB Kate on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 17:09

I found this funny post on Stinkin' Thinkin':

“In the 12 steps that I have read, it talks about giving things out of our control over to God as we understand him. That could be God, Bhudda, Vishnu, Mohammed, Mother Nature or your favourite rock star!”
— Lily, AA zealot

Came to believe that Mick Jagger ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Admitted to Iggy Pop, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have Meat Loaf remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Billy Idol to remove our shortcomings.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with Axl Rose, praying only for knowledge of Axl’s will for us and the power to carry that out.

I would love for an AA to explain to me how Billy Idol will remove my shortcomings and answer my prayers. How does it work? Will he call me once he receives my prayer?

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lelly

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 18:54

Ha ha!

You know, BB Kate, I'm a big John Lennon fan and while in 'treatment' my one and only time I decided (in all seriousness) to have him as my required 'higher power' of sorts, just because I do find so much of his songwriting very inspiring, encouraging, comforting, honest, positive, humane, validating... (and I was finding precious little of any of that in the 12 Steps/Big Book) but no, I never regarded him as my 'higher power' in the nonsensical 12 step sense.

I remember being in my bedroom in rehab on one occasion listening to a Lennon song on my iPod called 'Nobody Told Me' with the following lyric: 'Nobody told me they'd be days like these/Nobody told me they'd be days like these/Strange days indeed/Strange days indeed...' and I suddenly thought 'Bloody hell, that's what it's like being in 'treatment' and in the programme'.

Later, when I decided to get out of AA while still struggling with self-doubt and a lack of self-confidence I took a Lennon quote - 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me' - and changed it to apply to myself thus: 'I don't believe in AA/12 Steps/Big Book, I just believe in me...' and it did actually really help.

Lelly

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

patti

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 20:02

lol, ha ha, this is hysterical!! BB Kate, I love your posts. I would pick Keith Richards to be my higher power or Steven Tyler. Lelly, wow that is so cool, that John Lennon's words had such a positive impact in your life, especially when you really needed some healthy & sane words. I went through a lot of stuff before I finally started believing in my self. It was a process & no day @ the beach. Power to the people is right.

patti

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BB Kate

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 20:13

I would choose Arnold Schwarzenegger - he is powerful!

Ripping the Big Book a new one, One Day at a Time

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dolson

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 17:21

Candidates included; Chuck Norris, Eric Clapton (They kind of looked alike in the 80's), Andre The Giant, Robo Cop, and Rambo - John J.

Go ahead, enjoy yourselves - it's getting late, much later than you think.

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avogadno

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 20:16

I always like Superman. And he was also very handsome.

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Brett

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 22:20

Souperman too

Brett

Brett

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 22:22

Souperman suffer soupism, is he a souperholic?

Brett

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Persephone In Exile

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 20:18

The 10th Doctor. Or Magneto.

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BB Kate

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 20:53

The Master could be an interesting HP

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The Professor

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 05:58

Very funny :-)

Lesson over!

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dorak nob

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 21:46

you got to have your iPod in rehab?

lelly

Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:54

By that time yes, Dorak, because I was in 'secondary care.' In 'primary care' iPods, mobile phones and the like were not allowed and they were confiscated on admission but in 'secondary care' we were allowed them but could only use them outside 'working' hours.

Lelly

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btnben

Sat, 05/12/2012 - 07:20

"There are few more culturally perplexing sights than that of a group in, say, Beverly Hills, composed largely of alcoholic Jews, having to finish a meeting with a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer."

God damn it, get me a whiskey

Bill W, Deathbed

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DeConstructor

Sat, 05/12/2012 - 21:02

is Charlie Sheen.

How would it fly with your hardcore sponsor to inform him or her that Charlie Sheen is your higher power?