Step Two

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity

Reading: Chapter 4

Ask yourself: Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe that there is a Power greater than myself? (p47)

If you have difficulty with the idea of an Higher Power, here are some things that helped us. Ask yourself, as the Big Book tells us, “Am I even willing to believe in a Power greater than me”? Then you can adopt what you think that a Higher Power might be, and make a start. Many people adopt the power of AA – whatever you think might be helping all of us in our AA group now to stay sober.

Something else that is true for some of us is that we had a faith when we came to AA, but struggled to accept that the God we believed in was interested in us and really does, as the Big Book promises, want us to be sober and happy, joyous, and free. What we did was to abandon this old conception of a harsh God and find a new Higher Power that does care for us – again, perhaps you could try the power of AA. It’s helping us!

So, ask yourself, as the Big Book tells us: “Do I believe, or am I even willing to believe that there is a Power greater than myself that can restore me to sanity?” If you can say yes, then you have taken Step Two.