My beliefs are similar yours, regarding a higher power, or god. I believe in an undefinable benevolent force in the universe, an energy, a life force, a power that I'm pretty certain exists that is much more powerful than me. Yet not a god, as god is generally defined, nor religion. For simplicity sake I just always encapsulated my beliefs into the word "god". It makes things a little more concrete and works perfectly into the steps. I agree that the steps are Christian based, yet the principles are pretty sound IMO so I have no reason to take issue with them. Just as with any other things that work for me.