Step 2- Came to Believe

[sonia n]

Hi Family, :17:
Step 2- Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity. :152: This is by far my favorite step.
Please share on how this step gets you through good days or bad day?

[yukonm]

Hi Sonia,
When I think about the insane behavior I demonstrated when I was drinking and using and the amounts of both alcohol and drugs I put in my body I wonder if I can ever be sane!! I know that if my sanity is to be restored then the only one with the power to do that is GOD.
Sometimes when I do something silly or funny, I laugh and say outloud, "God, I believe you have to power to restore me to sanity, I guess you're still working on it!!" (smile)

[sioux]

I value my restoration to sanity very much. I would hate to be in a position where the physical compulsion had been relieved, but the mental obsession stayed. I know because that is what it was like for me about a year after putting down that drink.

I kept waiting for the compulsion to drink to be lifted, asked for it, prayed for it, believed if it happened for others an they were truthfully living, it would happen for me some day.

Fake it to you make it Sioux; Act as if this is going to work for you Sioux. Those are the things I had to do. That is how I came to believe that if this deal worked for others, there would be no reason it wouldn't work for me as well. Eventually the obsession dispelled and the complusion was lifted.

The other part about this step for me is the idea that I can now rest, relax and rejoice. I don't have to live in a constant state of defiance. I have confidence my Creator is interested in my recovery as much as I am. While I am not resting on my laurels, I know that my Creator sometimes does things for me that I can't do for myself, and there is comfort in that, as long as I am willing to pick up the ball when it is hit in my court and move with it.

Blessings and Peace to all!

[skyhook]

Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves...

Frankly, this was my stumbling block for years, keeping me from even considering the second part of this step, thus postponing any hope of recovery.

"a power greater than me"...puhleeeeez. :rolleyes: