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**Astro** · 06-12-2007, 09:35 AM

Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

I feel like I live Step 2 every day when I go to an AA meeting. For months in early recovery I'd look around the room and see everyone smiling, hear the laughter and the talk. It made me so angry that God wouldn't give me that happiness. "Came to believe" are the key words for me. When I took Step 3, turned my will and my life over to a God of my understanding, I opened my heart and soul to the Fellowship of AA. I was surrounded by friends, people who loved me unconditionally. That's when my sanity slowly began to be restored.

06-12-2007, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,837	Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. I feel like I live Step 2 every day when I go to an AA meeting. For months in early recovery I'd look around the room and see everyone smiling, hear the laughter and the talk. It made me so angry that God wouldn't give me that happiness. "Came to believe" are the key words for me. When I took Step 3, turned my will and my life over to a God of my understanding, I opened my heart and soul to the Fellowship of AA. I was surrounded by friends, people who loved me unconditionally. That's when my sanity slowly began to be restored. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"