The divinity of the NA Basic Text

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Submitted by Pennywise on Tue, 08/21/2012 - 11:12

As we all know, steppers claim that the Big Book was divinely inspired and that the 12&12 was dictated to Bill Wilson by an ancient monk named Boniface. I'm curious as to whether NA members believe similar myths about the origins of the NA Basic Text. Keeping in mind that Bill Wilson was not sober according to NA tenets because he used powerful hallucinogens to see God, did God provide divine aid to the author of the NA book, or did the author simply leech off the divinity of Bill Wilson?

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flannigan

Tue, 08/21/2012 - 13:17

I am still waiting on a response from Boniface to answer your question. Will get back to you when his reply is received by me. Until then....

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alkieanon

Tue, 08/21/2012 - 22:48

"But that is not the question. Why are we here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in this immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come."

disclosure

Tue, 08/21/2012 - 17:20

I remember all the divine inspiration talk in AA, but only went to NA once. It was too tempting with all the drugs and friendly little sporting women.