"I heard of the
need to hit bottom, of the necessity for accepting a higher Power, of the
indispensability of humility. These were ideas which had never crossed my
professional horizon and certainly had never influenced my nonprofessional
thinking or attitudes.
Revolutionary as they were, they nevertheless made sense,
and I found myself embarked on a tour of discovery. The
individual alcoholic was always fighting an admission of being licked, of
admitting that he was powerless.
If and when he surrendered, he quit fighting,
admitted he was licked, and accepted the fact that he was powerless and needed
help. If he did not surrender, a thousand crises could hit him and nothing
constructive would happen.
The need to induce surrender became a new therapeutic
goal. The miracle of A.A. was now a little clearer, though the reason was still
obscure why the program and the fellowship of A.A. could induce a surrender
which could in turn lead to a period of no drinking."
Dr. Harry Tiebout, 1955
2001 AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 247
Dr. Harry Tiebout, 1955
2001 AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 247
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