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How to Open to Spiritual Help When Past Faith Has Only Brought Disappointment

My sponsor in AA keeps talking about finding a higher power but every god I've ever known has let me down and I don't know how to believe in something that might save me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A heart broken by false promises must learn to distinguish between the human failures of religion and the possibility of genuine transcendence.

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