Hi oldsoul -- I can relate for sure. When I first got in AA, I had a hard time with some of it, specifically the Lord's Prayer (which is said at the end of my favorite weekly home group meeting). For months I was just silent during the Lord's Prayer because it didn't feel honest to participate. Now I say it because I like participating and connecting with the group .. .I haven't changed my beliefs at all, I just sort of change the words in my head to match my own beliefs.
I guess others in the group probably have a different conception of a higher power than do I ... but it really doesn't matter. We don't have to have the same beliefs at all ... we're just supporting each other to work the steps in our lives and stay sober, using whatever spiritual beliefs are right for each of us.
I think of the words as a very imperfect "shorthand" for spiritual principles, which are impossible to describe in words.