I was so resistant to some of the readings in the BB, found myself reading from the back stories after my last relapse and it’s somehow become part of my morning routine. One of my fav lines is on page 420 (irony not lost on me) “I never just sit and do nothing while waiting for Him to tell me what to do. Rather, I do whatever is in front of me to be done, and I leave the results up to Him; however it turns out, that’s His will for me”
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Without a higher power our recovery is in trouble. Thanks for this post
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I mean, that part of that reading is kinda funny to me. "However it turns out, that's his will for me"? Uh.... sounds like crazy talk. However it turns out is how it turns out, plain and simple. Nobody is pulling any strings. We just have to accept this, the outcomes, if we don't like it, as something we can't change(if we truly cannot change it).
It's 2024. People need practical help to get through this. People are dying out here. There is no sky daddy coming to save anyone . Women's shelters are full of women who trusted in "him" and got let down over and over again, their only wrongdoing was picking the wrong man. Children's hospitals are full of innocent children suffering. Is all of that gods will? If so, god is a very sick individual. If this god was a human we would not give "him" a pass on his negligence.
The power to get and stay sober absolutely does not have to be something "divine". All this capital H capital P higher power stuff is letting people down, often. We just say when we are let down, it is "his will". Come on. We can do better. Our actions got us here. Our actions are what will get us sorted out only if we work at it. . We have groups of people just like us, to reach out to, whenever we need it. We have therapy, and things of this nature. The power to do this is within us.
One of the best things the christian bible says is "faith without works is dead". This is funny to me. Faith simply doesn't exist without putting work in because without the work, there are no results! Have faith in the process of working hard at your goals. Blind faith in something that has let you down all your life is simply a bad business decision.
Higher power? Sure. I am my own higher power when I'm at my best. On my best day. When i do all the right things(or heII when I simply don't make things worse) Outside of myself, I think of higher power as Other Power. I need support from other resources. Other addicts that have been where I've been.
This is just my opinion. Please don't take my frustration as disrespect. Putting it out there for the ones who struggle with the god aspect of recovery. Ths is life or death for any of us. A religious conversion doesn't have to be part of that recovery.
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“ sky daddy” 
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Mariam, well wishes to you. I doubt the lengthy post was helpful to you. How ever your recovery works, is great, great for you. Take your path, it seems like it is the right one.
God bless you I’m so proud of you. How much time do you have???
Loll thanks Brian. Something tells me it’s less about convincing me…
Been there. 🫶