Wednesday July 9th, 2025

Thought of the day      
"It is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at  meetings. 

What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves." 

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 Most of us come to the program with a variety of preconceptions about what the word "God" means, many of them negative. Yet the "G" word is used very regularly, if not constantly. It occurs 92 times in the first 102 pages of our Basic Text, and appears prominently in a third of our Twelve Steps. Rather than sidestep the sensitivity many of us feel toward the word,

 let's address it head on.

It's true that our recovery  is base on a spiritual program. Our Twelve Steps offer a way to find freedom from addiction through the help of a spiritual Power greater than we are. The program, however, doesn't tell us anything about what we have to think about that Power. In fact, over and over again, in our literature and our meetings, we hear it said, "the God of our understanding"--whatever that understanding may be.

We use the word "God" because it's used in our Basic Text and because it communicates most effectively to most people a basic understanding of the Power underlying our recovery. The word, we use for the sake of convenience. The Power behind the word, however, we use for more than convenience. We use that Power to maintain our freedom from addiction and to ensure our ongoing recovery. 

Committment for the Day

 Whether I believe in "God" or not, I will use the Power that keeps 

me sober, clean and free.

 

One Day At A Time