Big book acceptance was the answer

Q: Who wrote Acceptance is the answer in the AA Big book?

Paul O., hoping to interview him for our Intergroups newsletter. Dr. Paul is the author of the Big Book story Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict,” [Now Acceptance Was the Answer”] which contains that famous passage on acceptance on page 449 [Now 417]. A bit nervous, I dialed the number.

From page 417 of The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous:

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And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life —unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.

Shakespeare said, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” He forgot to mention that I was the chief critic. I was always able to see the flaw in every person, every situation. And I was always glad to point it out, because I knew you wanted perfection, just as I did. A.A. and acceptance have taught me that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all children of God and we each have a right to be here. When I complain about me or about you, I am complaining about God’s handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God.

Who wrote Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today?

The chapter was written by Dr. Paul Ohliger, who died Friday, May 19, 2000, in Mission Viejo, California at the age of 83. "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.

Who wrote Acceptance is the answer in the AA Big book?

Paul O., hoping to interview him for our Intergroup's newsletter. Dr. Paul is the author of the Big Book story “Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict,” [Now “Acceptance Was the Answer”] which contains that famous passage on acceptance on page 449 [Now 417]. A bit nervous, I dialed the number.