From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... acquire an
immediate and overwhelming "God-consciousness" followed ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Though it was not our intention to create such an impression, many alcoholics have nevertheless concluded that in order to
recover they must acquire an immediate and overwhelming "God-consciousness" followed at once by a vast change in feeling and outlook.
2.
... acquire it,
I had only to stop ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
To acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A.'s program as enthusiastically as I could.
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