I am eight months sober. I didn't believe in God. I went to AA. I had to almost die in withdrawals to get sober. I prayed.
And it worked.
And then I realized that throughout my entire life I believed that with the moon and black holes and stars and babies that I did believe in a power greater than myself for a long, long time. I was just to drunk to realize it.
I don't pretend to understand God. You are only required to believe in a power greater than yourself, a power that might have created the moon and the black holes and stars and babies.
The tenant of AA states that you only have to believe in a God as you understand him.
To me, that began with the simple premise that there just might be a power greater than myself.
And I stayed sober.