Faith

In my experience, people who begin this way of life with an existing faith have more trouble than those who have only a willingness to acquire faith. A person without faith needs only to become willing to believe. A person with faith needs to become willing to abandon his prior faith before he can proceed.

Another observation I've made is that these 'people of faith' will often stumble on step one because of their faith. "I must... I'm required to... God won't love me if...". They believe they've got to live up to some level of perfection in order for God to help them.

I don't have more faith than I did before sobriety. In fact, I have less than ever before. The faith I do have is a different kind.

I used to believe all sorts of things about God. I had faith he would do all sorts of things.

Today, I trust he'll do with me what he wants. I believe he'll keep me in fit spiritual condition if I continue to seek him.