AA Thought for the Day Let us continue with Steps Two,

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AA Thought for the Day
Let us continue with Steps Two, Three, and Eleven. We must turn to a Higher Power for help, because we are helpless ourselves. When we put our drinking problem in God’s hands and leave it there, we have made the most important decision of our lives. From then on, we trust God for the strength to keep sober. This takes us off the center of the universe and allows us to transfer our problems to a Power outside ourselves. By prayer and meditation, we seek to improve our conscious contact with God. We try to live each day the way we believe God wants us to live. Am I trusting God for the strength to stay sober?

Meditation for the Day
“These things have I spoken unto you, that your joy may be full.” Even a partial realization of the spiritual life brings much joy. You feel at home in the world when you are in touch with the Divine Spirit of the universe. Spiritual experience brings a definite satisfaction. Search for the real meaning of life by following spiritual laws. God wants you to have spiritual success and He intends that you have it. If you live your life as much as possible according to spiritual laws, you can expect your share of joy and peace, satisfaction and success.

Prayer for the Day
I pray that I will find happiness in doing the right thing. I pray that I will find satisfaction in obeying spiritual laws.

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It must be mentioned that one absolutely does not have to believe in, or pray to God in any form. You so not need a belief in a higher power, the one the Christians bang on about especially, to do the "next right thing", as they don't have the monopoly on what's "right".

If you're struggling with the god thing, don't. You don't need to. All you need is to admit you can't do it alone, and reach out and ask for help. Reach out to a real life human, in AA. No mysterious ways, just drunks keeping drunks sober. Your drinking problem is in YOUR hands, nobody else's. Put in some work, reach out to others who know where you're coming from, and help someone else.