Chuck C., a beloved AA sponsor and circuit-speaker of the previous generation, whose teachings about recovery are considered by many to be almost canonical, had this to say (recorded at his legendary “Pala Mesa Retreat” in 1975 and hence transcribed in the book, A New Pair of Glasses). “The phrase ‘as we understood Him’ makes no reference to the understanding of the infinite. What it does mean is the necessity of personal experience.” In other words, when we talk about the “God of our understanding,” we are not really speaking of God but of our relationship with Him.
