Higher Power

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High Strength is a term coined in the 1930s in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and used in other twelve-step programs. Sometimes also referred to as greater power than ourselves and often shortened to HP . This term sometimes refers to the supreme being or god, or some concept of God.

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Histori

Sources that may have contributed to the adoption of the term in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the first twelve-step group, including spirituality, the New Thought and William James's work. James, who wrote "The only remedy for dipsomania is religiomania" in The Varieties of Religious Experience, quoted in the appendix 'Spiritual Experience' from Alcoholics Anonymous (also known as " Ledger").

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Confidence correlation

Sociologist Darren Sherkat examines the beliefs of Americans with higher powers. He based his research on data from 8,000 adults surveyed by the Chicago-based National Opinion Research Center between 1988 and 2000. Among his findings was that 8% stated "I do not believe in a personal god, but I believe in a higher strength. something like that. "This is the same number as found by the 1999 Gallup national poll of Americans. Sherkat also found that 16% of Jews surveyed agreed with the statement of 'higher power', while 13.2% of liberal Protestants and 10.6% of Episcopalians also agreed with it.

The empirical-based recovery framework equates belief in higher forces for personal growth motivation as described by Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.

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Definition and usage

In the use of the current twelve-step program, a higher power can be anything that its members believe to be adequate. The reported examples include their twelve-step group, nature, consciousness, existential freedom, God, science, and Buddhism. It is often established that as long as the higher power is "greater" than the individual, then the only condition is that it must also be loving and caring.

Alcoholics Anonymous

The terms 'higher power' and 'greater power than ourselves' appear in the "Ledger", on three occasions:

• "Come to believe that a greater power than ourselves can bring us back to sanity."
• "Alcoholics at times do not have effective mental defenses against the first beverage, except in some cases neither he nor any other human beings can provide such defenses." His defense must come from the Greater Power. "
• "Follow the command of Higher Power and you will now live in a new and beautiful world, no matter what you are doing now!"

In popular culture

• The children's novel Larger Lucky Strength , who received the Newbery Medal in 2007, is the story of a child who follows the direction of his higher strength, a concept he learned from the group twelve steps.
• The Boston Rock Group recorded a song titled "Higher Power" about the drug addiction that was included in their Greatest Hits album.
• The opening statement of US President George W. Bush at a conference in June 2008 included the statement: "There must be a higher power."
• In the WWE storyline, The Undertaker confessed to following a "higher power" that was eventually revealed to be Vince McMahon.

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Criticism

Christian

Celebrate the Restoration was founded by a group of Christians who criticized the concept of higher power as too vague. In a group of twelve steps, Jesus is the only higher power that is allowed.

Gender theory

ME O'Hare-Lavin argues that the higher power concept represents the masculine perception of spiritual restoration, such as the journey of Moses hero, Gautama Buddha, Jesus, Odysseus, Icarus and Percival, and that a typical feminine heroic journey is a cunning, low and deeper; such as Persephone, Psyche, Eurydice, and Inanna. His opinion is that a higher spirituality of power is not necessarily relevant to women in recovery.

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See also

• Addiction recovery group
• Jim Burwell
• List of groups of twelve steps
• Self-help group for mental health

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References

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Further reading

• Green, L. L., Fullilove, M. T., & amp; Fullilove, R. E.; Fullilove; Fullilove (1998). "The stories of spiritual awakening: The nature of spirituality in the restoration". Treatment of Substance Abuse Journal . 15 (4): 325-331. doi: 10.1016/S0740-5472 (97) 00211-0. PMID 9650141. CS1 maint: Many names: list of authors (links)

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