AA Thought for the Day Step Two is “Came to believe

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AA Thought for the Day
Step Two is “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Step Three is “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” Step Eleven is “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” The fundamental basis of AA is a belief in some Power greater than ourselves. Let us not take this lightly. We cannot fully get the program without this venture of belief. Have I made the venture of belief in a Power greater than my own?

Meditation for the Day
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Dwell for a moment each day in a secret place, the place of communion with God, apart from the world, and thence receive strength to face the world. Material things cannot intrude upon this secret place. They cannot ever find it, because it is outside the realm of material things. When you abide in this secret place, you are under the shadow of the Almighty. God is close to you in this quiet place of communion. Each day, dwell for a while in this secret place.

Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may renew my strength in quietness. I pray that I may find rest in quiet communion with God

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I am grateful for the AA program (Big Book, meetings, sponsor, sponsees, fellowship etc).

However, the back and forth between the usage of the word God, power greater than ourselves, God as we understand Him…it can really f&ck with my head if I allow it to.

I choose to believe that this constant back and forth is used to be inclusive of all beliefs, however, if I’m not in a good head space all this God and Him stuff triggers the sh!t out of my religious radar.

It takes a lot of work for this recovering alcoholic/addict to read all of this and feel completely comfortable with it.

That being said, letting go of control, and getting help from others and powers greater than myself, has given me a sense of peace that I never had. I will continue ODAAT to work these steps to the best of my ability because it has literally saved my life