Finding my Higher Power in Nature
This is the single sentence that finally landed and bloomed in my sot of a heart and invited me to want sobriety for myself, not to please others.…
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March 2026
Trust in a power greater than myself
I decided to surrender to this greater power, or God. In AA, I saw how different members are living their daily recovery, while retrospectively offering insight into how…
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From that moment, I was all in
Friday, August 6, 1993. I was out at a bar in San Francisco, drinking beer, alone. I wasn’t enjoying my beers. In fact, they were making me feel…
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Commanding the Shots
It was around this time that I realised that being Happy was Allowed. I did not have to feel guilty for feeling good. It was not necessary to…
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A God Wink in Bangkok
Keep going. Trust the process. Step Two feels gentle to me. It doesn’t demand certainty or perfect faith. It simply says came to believe. It suggests willingness, a…
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We were powerless: An Interview
Q: What did “coming to believe” mean to you when you first came into the fellowship? Q: Was believing, or even willingness to believe, in a Higher Power…
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We came to believe: I struggled with that idea
Prayer is like a hassle free, less time and energy consuming, easier and better version of journaling with the same results! (Definitely not knocking journaling though, which I…
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The Alchemy of Staying
When we talk about Step Two, came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, it can sound like a lightning bolt moment.…
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