Originally Posted by DoubleDragons

Hi, guys. I am a little early on this post because I have a crazy, busy weekend ahead of me. Anyway, here goes:

Step Two: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.


Luckily, for me, this is not a hard step. I know this step trips a lot of people up and keeps a lot of people away from trying the twelve step programs. I actually love this part of the steps! I consider myself a spiritual person. (not religious) I was raised in a protestant Christian church. I no longer attend church, but I don't have anything against churches either. I just don't feel a need for church (or temple or whatever else - in my opinion, there are many paths to God) to connect with my higher power. I have always relied of my faith heavily throughout my life, although my idea of and my relationship to my higher power has changed considerably as I have aged, gotten sober and matured in my thinking. I rely on my higher power on a daily basis, for sometimes even the tiniest of things. I used to think I had to come up with all of the answers (control issues, anyone??) and then pray for those answers to come true. Now, I look more forward as to what God has in store for me. In short, I trust more and I try not to look too far ahead. My faith comes from seeing how the Universe has taken care of my life so far, and even events that I had judged to be terrible things, often turned out to be the events that created the best changes and outcomes of my life.

What are your thoughts on Step 2??