Originally Posted by
TigerLili 
Personally, if all I need to do to stay sober is believe that someting outside myself can be accessed by prayer and will help me stay sober, it's a no-brainer.
People say that belief in a prayer-accessible higher power is easy, but it really isn't. If I could choose my beliefs my life would be much easier, but that's not how it works. We don't choose our beliefs. If we could, I would just choose to believe that I don't like to drink and be done with it.