A friend of mine said his first higher power was Charmin because it kept his ass clean. lol!
Seriously though, whatever 'power greater than yourself' you can believe in will work to start out with. You might have to tweak the steps a bit (oh, I probably shouldn't call it tweaking on this site... *adjust* the steps) to fit your beliefs, but you will find that once you believe in a power greater than yourself (not necessarily God, but maybe the group, the program, or the collective conscience of mankind, etc *hint*- drugs are a power greater than you, or you wouldn't be here) your beliefs will begin to change (not saying you won't be an atheist, you just might be more aware of things and situations that are greater than yourself). Just take an idea and roll with it. If it doesn't work, you can change it later. I had to do that myself!
Atheists can and do recover in NA. Good luck!
