I think Step 2 is the Step of "hope". I could see what others around me had, I knew their lives were as bad or worse than mine, and I wanted some of that peace and serenity.
I had no idea how I was going to get it, but I now had "hope", something I had not felt in a very long time. This program gave me a promise that if I were willing to do the "do" things, I too could find sanity again...all I had to do at this point was to "believe" that I could have it too.
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