Mine is.

I don't try to explain it.

I am in big trouble.

My Higher Power (God) really loves me. It has taken me a long time to see that. You would think I would know that he does, but when I worked the steps I discovered that I did not. I am also learning to accept spiritual things by faith in God that he will do what is best for me. I can't explain it, but I can show you how. The only way I know how to show it is by living sober one day at a time. They tell me that more will be revealed as we go on.

Mine is also.

God - Help.
It worked...

The purpose of the 12 steps is to bring about a spiritual awakening i.e. to bring about a connection with god or a higher power. So for me the way I found a connection with a higher power is to
take the steps. It doesn't matter where we start off or what we believe or don't believe at the beginning. As long as we are open minded about spirituality and willing to believe that there is power greater than us by taking the steps we will come to the right spiritual place for us and our concept of a higher power.

For me it is not god. For lots of people it turns out to be god. You will come to the right concept for you through working the steps.

very touchy subject. Im just going to say for me there both the same.

For me my "Higher Power" was and is ...more like...the divine plan..its not a person ...its what God's will is for us..I believe everything happens for a reason...and we are on a continuous journey ...one big lifelong lesson...For me its living life as it happens and learning from it along the way...

I've always looked at the term of "Higher Power" as a way for people in AA to refer to God without being religious or implying any religious affiliation or preconceptions.

This is just the perspective from someone not in AA.

I think my HP led me when I reached the low point of my disease.....it was the point of just not being able to do things anymore. Of knowing that I needed help.

My HP walked my steps to get me to my first AA meeting and kept me going until I was able to see what it was (footprints).

My HP came in the form of Hope and Proctection.

Today my HP is so much more :)

When I was about two years sober I was at a large step 2 meeting on one of my then frequent visits to another state. I was still quite confused about what this step meant. Was I supposed to decide what my HP was so specifically so that I could describe it to others? Was he right-handed, blue-eyed and spoke Italian, or was she something invisible and unspecifiable, more like the Tao? I didn't know and I assumed I was expected to know.

Anyway, there were about thirty people at that meeting and we shared in turn around the table. I should add that in that particular town, step 3 is when you announce to your home group that you've got a therapist. So around we went. Most talked about their therapists. One lady said she'd gone back to the church she was brought up in. One guy shared that he had just gotten a new Beamer, adding, "But I don't think that's very spiritual."

With only a few minutes left, it came down to the last two to share, me and a lady named Fran B. For once I cut myself short, because I knew that Fran had been sober for 41 years, longer than about a quarter of the people in that room had been alive, and I really wanted to hear what she had to say. I decided that whatever Fran had to say about step 2 would settle it for me once and for all. As I saw it, if she didn't have the answer, nobody did.

As usual, a respectful silence descended on the room when Fran's turn came. "My name is Fran and I'm an alcoholic," she said. "And I'd like to pass this morning. I'm still working on step 2."