I absolutely love the end of this. My sponsor reminds me often I have free will and all she can offer are suggestions. This is one of my favorite parts-I needed the freedom to connect to my higher power and see how it works out when I listen. I was free to have a god of my understanding-I was not stuck with the god I was introduced to as a kid. I’m not forced to do things in only one very specific way. Yes, this book has a wonderful foundation for me if I’m willing to go that route and I have found it to be an easier and softer way. But I get to expand and try new things too. I don’t have to be perfect, I just have to keep doing my best to practice these principals one day at a time and in doing so, I find myself trudging the road of happy destiny.
I am grateful for these people that came together almost a century ago to share this design for an entirely new way of living. 
That last paragraph is what the host reads at the end of each episode of the SoberSpeak podcast. I just love it. We are free, free to choose a surrendered life. What a price we paid to learn it, but so grateful!