I don't consider myself to be religeous, but I do consider myself to be spiritual. I think doing recovery type work makes a person question his/her own beliefs. Thankfully programs and sites like this let each of us do "higher power" in our own way.
For me (a codie) letting go and recognizing that I am not super-human, was an important part of the process. Identifying that there are things stronger than me is necessary. I cannot define my beleif in higher power and trying just gives me a headache. However one of the books I read said that the very community of a meeting, can be more powerful than you and be your source of higher power. I needed the reality check that I am not omnicent/omnipotent. I need the faith in something larger than me. BUT that doesn't have to be defined, it doesn't have to be religeous, and it doesn't have to be one-size-fits-all.
I gratefully welcome all sizes, shapes and colors of folks trying to live healthier.