I remember early on with my issues with the god thing, this made sense to me.

Like so much else in the program, it is freeing.

Good'un

and can you really ever connect to someone else's concept of God? Or is that the principal flaw with organized religion?

Aaah. DT, I like that angle. Thought provoking.

Thanks, G! I never had a problem with God being my Higher Power. I do know many, many people who use something other than "God" as their HP and do splendidly.

I feel for the ones I hear in the rooms who cannot grasp ANY concept of a higher power. Relapsing. Struggling. Intellectualizing. Lots of "Yeah, buts." For me, I cannot envision life without a higher power. So grateful that it was not a stumbling block for me! :)

Treadster, good one. ;)

~Chris

Bill goes on to say,
t was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. I saw that growth could start from that point. Upon a foundation of complete willingness I might build what I saw in my friend. Would I have it? Of course I would!

At the hospital I was separated from alcohol for the last time. Treatment seemed wise, for I showed signs of delirium tremens.

There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then I understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch. I have not had a drink since.

Personally I had to beaten into a state of reasonableness while sober , like you G my objections to a loving God (Hp) had to be admitted, So I could hear it and then action taken to ensure my willingness, to really a no holds bar" I Wanna get out from Under" , My pre- conceived notions of My previous life expeirence( from a baby to a boozer). That took time , but Yes!!! I was willing to follow thru....The alternative seemed less attractive :)
Billy

I could write pages on this subject, but basically God/HP led me to a new way of living, thinking, behaving which inturn led me to a far happier existance than I could ever have imagined