Who is My Higher Power
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If you have read anything about narcotics anonymous/alcoholics anonymous or if you have attended their meetings then you have heard of a “higher power”. To some this is God. But what is someone who isn’t really into god supposed to do.
I have tried and tried to believe that there is a God up there but I just can’t wrap my brain around that. I can say that I believe that but I would be lying to myself and that’s not going to help me in any way. I can’t tell you how many pages of my journal have been devoted to this very topic. I was talking about this at a narcotics anonymous meeting and I was given something to think about by another member. The fellowship of narcotics anonymous is my higher power right now.
I know that I can’t do this by myself. I need to be a part of something bigger than myself to make this work. I have already tried my way and it didn’t get me anywhere accept addicted to drugs. Since I have already accepted the fact that I can’t do it alone, I’ve accepted a higher power. The higher power being narcotics anonymous.
Being part of a group that shares their wisdom and struggles with me is my higher power right now. Having a fellowship that shows me the way to a successful life in recovery is what I need and what I depend on. I heard a man say how thankful he was for the group, he said “my way got me here, your way keeps me here”. I thought that was a pretty powerful statement.
When you accept something as being greater than yourself such as narcotics anonymous or alcoholics anonymous you have accepted your higher power. Who knows, maybe someday I will have belief in a God. I never say never.
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March 24th, 2008 at 9:46 am
There is not a human that doesn’t function without immense amounts of Faith. Faith is as natural eating. That is a good example. Which burger joint do you like best? Lets say BK. You trust even a strange Bk just because you have had good experiences at them and with ever good experience you unconsciously gain more faith that the next new bk you visit will be just a good. But I know in my Town there is one BK that since their opening many years and many managers/employees later is the slowest store on the planet. I don’t Micky D’s. That is bad religion. Another example would be when you go in and sit down to eat. Why on earth would you or anyone have any faith that any particular chair, especially at a Mick D’s would support you, not letting you fall. It started when you were a baby on you mama’s lap in a chair. You don’t even remember the earliest experience, but it’s there. Positive reinforcement. If you talk to someone who has grown up in a religious home (I use the word to NOT offend some other people), They have generally had very real and personal experiences that have led them to trust. Some turn away. Those have not had enough Poss. reinforcement. But there are those who could never leave. They has Faith. The act of trusting in something that they had no reason to believe in and no discernible poss. reinforcement. They didn’t wrap their minds around God. Like trusting a big soft easy chair, they let God wrap himself around them!