Why Millions Around the World are Attracted to Our New Way of Life – Step 6

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The love we show each other attracts newcomers and strengthens us all, fueling our sense of unity and common welfare.”
(It Works, How and Why, p. 96 on attraction)

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How have you experienced joy or possibly inspired through your own spiritual practice, lately?

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Why do joy, love, and enthusiasm help people want to live a better life?

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English Analysis

Step Six emphasizes joy, love, and enthusiasm as vital elements of a new way of life. The Big Book reminds us that sobriety must contain joy. William James argued in The Varieties of Religious Experience that spiritual life should bring vitality. Without vitality, people drift away from transformation. Therefore, joy becomes not a luxury but a necessity.

Similarly, It Works, How and Why stresses the healing power of communal love. Thinkers like Martin Buber in I and Thou taught that genuine connection forms the root of human growth. Real presence between people creates spaces where dignity and safety grow. This atmosphere becomes attractive because it fulfills our deep need for belonging.

Finally, Norman Vincent Peale linked enthusiasm to reciprocity in life. His view parallels Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, which holds that virtue flourishes through habit and practice. When people act with hope, life responds with abundance. When people act with despair, they breed despair in return. Enthusiasm thus acts as both seed and harvest.

Together, these perspectives form a coherent vision. Joy breaks cynicism. Love builds community. Enthusiasm multiplies life. Each reinforces the other. Modern psychology confirms that positive emotions widen perspective and expand resilience. Therefore, this way of life becomes compelling not by force but by attraction.


Traducción al Español

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“UN PROGRAMA DE ATRACCIÓN”
“… no somos un grupo sombrío. Si los recién llegados no vieran alegría o diversión en nuestra existencia, no la querrían. Insistimos absolutamente en disfrutar la vida. Tratamos de no entregarnos al cinismo sobre el estado de las naciones, ni cargamos con los problemas del mundo en nuestros hombros.”
(El Gran Libro, p. 132)

“UNA ATMÓSFERA DE AMOR”
“Una atmósfera de amor y cuidado en nuestras reuniones ayuda a los miembros a sentirse cómodos y seguros. El amor que nos mostramos unos a otros atrae a los recién llegados y nos fortalece a todos, alimentando nuestro sentido de unidad y bienestar común.”
(Funciona: Cómo y Por Qué, p. 96)

“Si tienes entusiasmo y vitalidad atraes entusiasmo y vitalidad. La vida devuelve en la misma medida.”
— Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993), clérigo estadounidense


Análisis en Español

El Sexto Paso resalta la alegría, el amor y el entusiasmo como elementos esenciales de una nueva vida. El Gran Libro recuerda que la sobriedad debe contener alegría. William James argumentó en Las Variedades de la Experiencia Religiosa que la vida espiritual debe traer vitalidad. Sin vitalidad, las personas se alejan de la transformación. Por eso, la alegría no es lujo, sino necesidad.

De manera similar, Funciona: Cómo y Por Qué enfatiza el poder sanador del amor comunitario. Pensadores como Martin Buber en Yo y Tú enseñaron que la conexión genuina forma la raíz del crecimiento humano. La presencia real entre personas crea espacios donde florecen la dignidad y la seguridad. Esta atmósfera resulta atractiva porque satisface nuestra profunda necesidad de pertenencia.

Finalmente, Norman Vincent Peale vinculó el entusiasmo con la reciprocidad en la vida. Su visión se parece a la Ética a Nicómaco de Aristóteles, que sostiene que la virtud florece mediante hábito y práctica. Cuando actuamos con esperanza, la vida responde con abundancia. Cuando actuamos con desesperanza, generamos desesperanza. El entusiasmo funciona como semilla y cosecha.

En conjunto, estas perspectivas forman una visión coherente. La alegría rompe el cinismo. El amor construye comunidad. El entusiasmo multiplica la vida. Cada elemento refuerza al otro. La psicología moderna confirma que las emociones positivas amplían la perspectiva y la resiliencia. Por lo tanto, este estilo de vida resulta atractivo no por imposición, sino por atracción.

Pregunta: ¿Por qué la alegría, el amor y el entusiasmo ayudan a las personas a querer vivir mejor?

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Comments

4 responses to “Why Millions Around the World are Attracted to Our New Way of Life – Step 6”

  1. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    Yes I do experience Joy through my spiritual personal practice. Even though it is God who is in charge of the practice I simply do what he asks and start to take on the day. Happiness is circumstantial but true Joy comes from God I believe and I’m grateful to have a relationship with him

  2. Eli🌱🫶🏾🫡🪱 Avatar
    Eli🌱🫶🏾🫡🪱

    Bringing people joy also brings them hope. Joy itself is a reason to improve. Both to experience more and to share what you have. I believe people are intrinsically motivated to do good. They just don’t always follow that motivation. Others can set an example.

  3. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    One of the tools our disease uses to convince people in recovery to relapse is this little voice in our head that says “Drugs are fun, you will never have fun again, wow not even one drink, or puff on a long weekend….” etc. These fears can scare someone in recovery that equates partying and using to fun.

    That is the core reason why community and sober fun activities are so critical in recovery. Life is not over, it is a new beginning. We do have fun and can have as much fun as one is willing to invest into. THe recovery community is large, diverse and filled with people that have similar interests. Fun, adventure filled with smiles, laughter and good times. Being in recovery, like life, is whatever we are willing to put into it.

    Thank you for sharing recovery with me. Grateful.

  4. Elexi W.S.A. Avatar

    I’ve been inspired to meditate, do my spellwork, and even pray for a change to occur in my life to take away the things that could quite possibly harm me as well as toxic people. Spirituality gives me the hope that change can occur, and that I can develop good protocols to keep my physical being and mental states good + great.

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