Originally Posted by
Linz 
If my higher power can restore me to sanity, why would "he" let me dabble in the insanity for so long?
I'm not necessarily a religious person, but I do believe in a God (of my understanding.)
Anyhow, a pretty simple question, so there has got to be a pretty simple answer, right?
Simple answer is action speaks louder than words. The first step is merely an recognition step and involves little, if any action. There are 11 more steps for a very simple reason - Faith without works is dead. For an alcoholic - faith without results is deadly.
The remaining steps supply the action necessary to remove the obsession. Recovery is not just about not-drinking. Not-drinking is completely passive. Spiritual based recovery is about taking the actions necessary to solve the drinking problem in the most reliable way possible.
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps...". Note the word "steps" is plural.
