When i first started going to meetings my GOD was the group itself. They were sober, i was not. Something was keeping them sober. GOD can mean "group of drunks"--preferably sober ones. It can also mean "Good Orderly Direction". Everything in my life at that point was disorderly and unmanageable. i couldn't get sober/stay sober on my own, but with the help of the group i was able to make it through a 24 hr period without drinking...one day at a time.