“The sponsor told the new man that A.A. was a Spiritual program in nature, for those who have been seeking Spiritual release from the bottle. The sponsor said he never understood that until he was delivered to A.A. feeling totally hopelessness and powerless.
His craving for alcohol was the equivalent on a low level of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: a union with God.
— Carl Jung, 1961 letter to Bill Wilson
… he has become very curious to know how you got well. Let him ask you that question, if he will. Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely.
— Page 93 Alcoholics Anonymous
