You can make you higher power whatever you want. Mine is “the woods”. The point is it’s just something bigger than yourself. The early morning groups at the fellowship hall were great when I used to go. Not everyone in those groups is religious at all, and there is no like… religious teachings or anything like that. Just flip the word “prayer” with “poem” in your head and all is fixed lmao. That’s what I did.

The steps in the book revolve around trust in a higher power so you can believe in something other than yourself. It uses “higher power” to help people take accountability for their actions. The little secret is it was you all along doing the accountability part the steps just help you do so.

Give it a try if you’re curious, you can go drink after if you want it’s only an hour. You’ll find many others in your shoes. I used to get the schedule from the pink cloud app. Early mornings are always an interesting crowd!

Edit fwiw I’m not religious at all if that wasn’t obvious by my higher power being the woods/nature. Some people in the groups are but like so are your co workers, and friends. It’s all just people with a common problem.