Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods! (Jeremiah 16:20)
In 1941, Jack Alexander of the Saturday Evening Post wrote the article that provided A.A. its first national publicity. Describing A.A.’s “higher power,” Alexander noted the following:
[The alcoholic] “may choose to think of his Inner Self, the miracle of growth, a tree, man’s wonderment at the physical universe, the structure of the atom, or mere mathematical infinity. Whatever form is visualized, the neophyte is taught that he must rely on it and, in his own way, to pray to the Power for strength.” [1]
Please note that Alexander’s article, with this A.A. definition of “god,” is distributed as official Alcoholics Anonymous literature.
This is Step 3 of A.A.’s 12 Steps: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”
In A.A. and the other 12 Step programs “God” can be anything from the universe to Buddha to a New Age “Christ” to a doorknob etc., etc., etc. Christians should not be involved with such a thing. (2 Cor 6:14-17, Gal 1:6-9)
There are many people who have gained sobriety without joining A.A. The problem–and it is a big one–is that Alcoholics Anonymous teaches sobriety is only possible through A.A. And, may God forgive us, the visible church has fallen for this lie. So have millions of lost people.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16)
Source Notes:
The Word Like Fire 