Posted: May 5, 08 11:31am
I have been in recovery from alcohol (and mood-altering drugs) for a few 24 hours using a 12-step support group. I struggled for quite a while with the spirituality of the program. I was advised to keep it simple: there is a higher power and I'm not it, and GOD can stand for Good Orderly Direction. I came to see that I needed help with my addiction for the 23 hours that I was not at a meeting, and that maybe - just maybe - trying to pray might help. I was told that trying to pray is praying. over time, I have been given the gift of faith in a higher power which I ask for help every morning when I get up and I say thank you at night for a sober day.
I am not a religeous person and never have been, but my friends in recovery have shown me the path that worked for them, and I am most grateful.








