Entangled Spirituality

The God Conflict Between the Christian Church and the Twelve Step Program

By: Bruce Dall

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

God and spirituality are depicted and represented in different ways in the Christian Church versus the Twelve Step Program. If you are an addict attending both a Christian Church and a Twelve Step Program, each being entirely spiritual organizations, you might feel a significant conflict between how each one views the concepts of God and spirituality and what is likewise expected from you to belong. The Christian Church utilizes the Niacin Creed to state what it and all of its members are expected to believe, and the Twelve Step Program uses the "twelve steps" as a guide for each individual to use at their discretion. The goals for the individual in each of these organizations are very different thus resulting in two varied and, at times, opposing set of expectations for each member.
My life time experience in the Christian Church and my decades long experience in the Twelve Step Program have introduced me to three very different types of people attending both of these organizations. The first is that person who firmly believes in the Creed belief the Christian Church offers and uses that God/Jesus as their Higher Power in the Twelve Step Program. The second type is the one who sees and hears a completely different belief message from each organization and finds themselves in a constant spiritual conflict between the two. The third is that person who decides that the Christian Church they grew up with no longer satisfies their spiritual needs and subsequently decided to use the Twelve Step Program as their religion and their "higher power" as their God.
This book is written to address the questions and concerns raised by those in the second and third groups, who are essentially in conflict with how to rectify the Niacin Creed and that God with the Twelve Steps and that Higher Power.
If you are in group one and very content with your current spiritual relationships while attending both of these spiritual organizations, this book is not for you. Either you won't get very far reading it or it will only frustrate you as you proceed.