Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
One of the things I was missing to be able to recover was faith. I had learned that faith comes from hearing testimony of those who have faith and also from righteousness. In the addiction, I had neither. I was isolated, so I never heard anyone testify who had any success in recovery and I really didn’t have any righteousness with my addictions.
I needed to connect with others who were in the same boat as men and see them making progress. Another form of faith that I desperately needed was faith that God loved me, warts and all and that He wanted to help me.
Working step 0 (being a part of a group) gave me all of these things and more. I got to connect with and hear the testimony of their pains and struggles that we’re just like mine. Then, over time, I heard them testify of the progress they were making. I also watched them nodding with deep understanding as I told my story. Then I saw them not turn away from me. They loved and respected me, warts and all. That gave me the faith that God could love and respect and help me too. Then I started to have faith that I could love and respect and help myself too.
This faith is the core of step 2 and it prepares me to start holding onto God instead of my addictions, one incident at a time.
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