First, I CAME to AA -- beaten, bankrupt in all areas of my life, and not knowing how I got to that point.
Then I CAME TO after about 3 months of 2 meetings a day and 3 on Sunday, if I hurried, and counseling with an Alcoholic Counselor who was a PHD and in recovery herself.
I CAME TO BELIEVE that the people of AA really knew what they were talking about (and it wasn't me).
I had sought a Higher Power ever since I was knee-high to a grass hopper so I had no problem with that, except I discovered I didn't believe Him/Her/It. Then I CAME TO BELIEVE A HIGHER POWER.
I had been terrified for a long time that I truly was Insane and would be locked up at any time, so you can imagine my relief when I found that this Higher Power that I had always called God, for lack of another name, COULD RESTORE ME TO SANITY. It wasn't until Step 4 that I saw that my insanity was in my drinking alcohol believing that with each new episode "it would be different".
Today I can say I have been restored to Sanity. Not by myself, only through God as we understand it and all the "eskimos" of Alcoholics Anonymous who spent hours sharing their Love, Experience, Strengths, and Hopes.
Avinz4u
