When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

[MajestyJo]

...A borrowed understanding of God may do on a short haul. But in the long run, we must come to our own understanding of a Higher Power, for it is that Power which will carry us through our recovery.

Just for today: I seek a Power greater than myself that can help me grow spiritually. Today, I will examine my beliefs honestly and come to my own understanding of God.

pg. 46

The great thing for me was learning that my belief could be ever changing. My God is as He/She/It is revealed in today.

My God is Love. I need to come from a place of love for myself and others.

Written on another site in 2010

Remember people saying, "You can borrow my God until such a time as you find your own." It is okay to borrow, but you need to get back.

I also had to tell people that they could relapse if they depended on my God, because my God was personal to me.

I had a sponsee who said he wanted what I had. I co-sponsored him for three months until he found a sponsor. His sponsor relapsed, but I haven't heard from the young man from Montreal. He was a professional trained chef. I hope he is still cooking and still clean and sober. I know that he became a very firm believer in Buddhism and other oriental beliefs. He said he found them more spiritual than the teaching of the Roman Catholic religion he was raised in.

I was raised in the Gospel Halls, and found great comfort from Osho as well as Native teachings.

This is a spiritual program that makes room for all religious beliefs.