DAILY REFLECTIONS for June 15th

MAKING A.A. YOUR HIGHER POWER

"&hellip You can … make A.A. itself your 'higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem. … many members … have crossed the threshold just this way. … their faith broadened and deepened. … transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power. …"
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Pages 27-28

No one was greater than I, at least in my eyes, when I was drinking. Nevertheless, I couldn't smile at myself in the mirror, so I came to A.A. where, with others, I heard talk of a Higher Power. I couldn't accept the concept of a Higher Power because I believed God was cruel and unloving. In desperation I chose a table, a tree, then my A.A. group, as my Higher Power. Time passed, my life improved, and I began to wonder about this Higher Power. Gradually, with patience, humility and a lot of questions, I came to believe in God. Now my relationship with my Higher Power gives me the strength to live a happy, sober life.

Daily Reflections reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.