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kind uh last night we were talking about a lot of the beginnings and things attended to the beginnings

of A.A. And I mentioned last night that today we would get into talking about the program.

A.A. has grown so, and it's taken so many different directions since its inception,

that I am very cognizant of the fact that a lot of people are having a hard time grasping

this program because in so many places it has been so watered down, it's hardly recognizable.

That's not a criticism, that's an observation.

And as far as I'm concerned in AA, I am a fundamentalist.

I came in a certain way and I was very fortunate in that I came in in a manner that I did.

And under the tutelage and direction of the people who took charge of me when I arrived

here because I was brought into this program with some absolutes and I was taught that there

are certain things that I should believe in and that

I should stand for. And I was further taught that if you don't stand for something, you're

very up to fall for most anything.

Last night I mentioned that while I was in the hospital, my sponsor, Doc Smith, put me on my knees and made me acknowledge that I believed in God.

It was something of a threat, or at least I took it that way, but I took it. I was not one that was in a position to argue about anything, because I was washed out.

And I see people come into A-A. today and they have an idea

or somebody gives them the idea that they can have choices on what they can do in this program.

Well, you can have choices because we are people of, that have a will of our own.

But I'll tell you one thing, we have a program of our own. But I'll tell you one thing.

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