Carol Shares on Step 2

Step 2, for me, was a return to God. My childhood was spent in a religious home and one without drinking. My family attended church services, prayed, read the Bible, sang in the choir, taught Sunday school. My Dad was a lay minister; my Mom the musical director.

And their two children became drunks!

When I first attempted sobriety, I became active once more in church -- and got drunk again. Slowly I found that the God in my religion has a special face he shows only to drunks. And I found Him in the rooms of AA. He is there, shining, waiting for us to ask for his help. Faith is the foundation of my AA life.

Oh yes, my brother now has 15+ years in AA. And my date of sobriety is 4-25-89. We are not only restored to sanity by His grace, we are shown a grand new way of living.

In the spirit of fellowship,
Carol

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