June 18 - June. 24, 2010: Step 2

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   Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 

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Questions 7, 8 and 9 are now posted

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administrator Members Profile Find Members Posts	Quote Reply Topic: June 18 - June. 24, 2010: Step 2 Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 9:33am
	Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Please read the posting guidelines for this meeting. Staying Cyber is conducting a Group Inventory and invites all members to participate. You will see the link to it directly under the Business Meeting. You must be logged in to access it. Questions 7, 8 and 9 are now posted

Paul D Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: Southern Oregon	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 5:08pm
	Step Two was for me the first glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. Of course I had a little trouble with the insanity bit, but by the time I got here I could not really argue the point...I was. As far a a power greater than myself? Heck my dog was doing better at life than I so I had absolutely no trouble with that either. I realize that for many of us this step was (is) sticking point one of many for some of us. I came into AA with the deperation of the dying, so this step only offered me hope.
	Paul

Mark W. Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: near the worlds largest cro	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 5:09pm
	Funny no one has posted here as of yet. I had done step one, which got me to an AA meeting. I so needed that power mentioned in step two. I knew nothing about AA, except the reputation that it worked. The steps were posted on the wall. I read through them and noted several I would not do. I kept coming back, and the experience, strength,and hope shared there were the miracle that I needed to go with the program in full. I did as my sponsor suggested, and did the steps. That startd in 1996. I've not had my next drink yet, and believe that I won't ever. AA has been a GODsend to this man as it has for so many others. If you are new to the program, stick around, it works when you give it the opportunity. I got into service. I was greeter, IR, GCR, Alt DCM, DCM. What are those letters? Doesn't matter, just labels that describe a function. AA saved my life. Perhaps it can save yours as well. I can never give back all I've received, but the newcomers that show at meetings I attend know they are welcome.
	Willingness, honesty and open mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable.

Mark W. Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: near the worlds largest cro	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 5:12pm
	Paul, you posted while I wrote. Good post. Mark
	Willingness, honesty and open mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable.

LeeU Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: New Hampshire	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 6:25pm
	I came in as an atheist (and proud of it) and even I managed to "get it". My spirituality has evolved in directions I could never have contemplated. I am still astounded---years later--that I was able to willingly embrace the truth of "came", "came to", "came to believe". To do that, all I had to was to "risk" become "willing to be willing to be willing". Simple, tho not easy. I accept each step at face value. I had to stop fighting, fearing, questioning, arguing, denying, and evading...and just accept. With gratitude---tho that did not come early or easily either! Edited by LeeU - 18 Jul 2010 at 6:31pm
	Psalm 91, the ultimate shield for enduring protection. LeeU

HOUND Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: PENNSLYVANIA	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 8:37pm
	Came to believe in a higher power--- This is the 4th time in the rooms and probably the hardest for me to deal with. I believe in God, and whatever my higher power is I just accept it. May be God may be a place in my good memory, but finding that Higher power is and not always have been easy for me. As of today 1 week sober, back at meetings and Step One is easy, admitting to..... Higher power everyone talks about is something each of us have to find. The sanity is always there for me or should I say the insainty, but now I accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom of my higher power to know the difference.

AngelaT Members Profile Find Members Posts	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 9:21pm
	I believe that The Higher power for me has truely guided me into recovery. I to know that I have to want to change in order to make the change.
	Angela Thomas

rsj2home Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: Louisa, VA	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 11:11pm
	My sponsor used to say, "You don't have to believe in God, just as long as you don't believe you are God." I have a Higher Power that works for me. I use prayer and meditation and those work for me. I remain open to guidance and I look for my Higher Power to work through other people. And I do not believe in God. The word "God" is almost always used to mean the concept of God espoused by Christian religions, including in the phrase "God as we understood Him". Notice the capitalized "Him", referring to the Old Wise Man in the Sky who wants us to obey his every command, is disappointed or angry if we don't, has our whole lives planned out, wants us to worship him, and wants unquestioning obedience. I don't believe in any of that stuff. So rather than confuse things by saying I believe in God, or even God as I understand "Him", I say "Higher Power." In the meeting I started recently with a few friends, we close with, "Higher Power, grant us the serenity..." and we do not use the Lord's Prayer. When newcomers show up at our meeting, we do not want them confused about AA being a spiritual and not a religious program. It is difficult for me, after going to AA meetings for years in New England, to now be going to meetings in the Bible Belt. I feel badly for the newcomers that come to meetings and hear bible quotes and talk of God and "His" will and the lord's prayer, and never come back. For years, I pretended that the word "God" was a generic word for Higher Power. But people just don't use it that way. How many times have I heard "My higher power is God"? Or "He this..." and "He that..." when talking about God? I'm done pretending and done calling my Higher Power "God". I believe in a power greater than myself that has restored me to sanity, concerning alcohol and very gradually concerning other things. Thanks for reading. Scott

azbill Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: Arizona	Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jul 2010 at 2:06am
	Step Two offered me a way out. All I had to do was believe in some power outside of myself. I have always believed in the God I learned of in Sunday schools and churches. I also believed I may have "overstepped my boundaries" some with my drinking and lost cohtact with God. This turned out not to be true....so I came, I came to, I came to believe. Love ya, Bill
	email me: AZBILL

Linda B. Members Profile Find Members Posts Location: Florida	Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jul 2010 at 3:51am
	I like step 2. The reason I like it is cause it reminds me of running in a vicious circle like a crazy person. Insanity, it's called. Linda B.
	Linda B.

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