When I came to the program I had a lot of religion but I didn’t know or have God. The only real power I believed in was my power to control. I always wanted God to just zap me and take all my sex problems away. I really had to come to believe in a Power greater than myself. We had a man in our group who used to say we had to be careful about wanting a power greater than ourselves because our addiction was a power greater than ourselves, but that it was a power greater than our addiction that we needed to seek.

It was in the program that I found God because I was willing to believe He could and would help if I was willing to go to work on me and trust in Him. Over the first few years in the program I began to understand how important it was to work with Him in turning my whole life around. I came to truly believe that sobriety was the cornerstone of building the trust in God and the willingness to work on my problems.

I found God here and have come to know He is the same God I had in my religion; the difference is that my attitude has changed about Him and me. I have reaped and continue to reap great rewards in my life because of this. The most wonderful journey I have ever taken in life is the one I am on in this program and it is the most satisfying way to live.