# Making A.A. Your Higher Power

**URL:** <https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/making-a-a-your-higher-power/145767>\
**Category:** Recovery\
**Created:** [June 15, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/making-a-a-your-higher-power/145767 "2026-06-15T08:44:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael410470](https://forum04.loosid.cc/user_avatar/forum04.loosid.cc/michael410470/32/130769_2.png) [@michael410470](https://forum04.loosid.cc/u/michael410470)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/making-a-a-your-higher-power/145767/1 "2026-06-15T08:44:43Z")

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“. . .You can . . . make A.A. itself your ‘higher power.’ Here’s a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem. . . . many members . . . have crossed the threshold just this way. . . . their faith broadened and deepened. . . . transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power. . . .”  
— TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 27-28

No one was greater than I, at least in my eyes, when I was drinking. Nevertheless, I couldn’t smile at myself in the mirror, so I came to A.A. where, with others, I heard talk of a Higher Power. I couldn’t accept the concept of a Higher Power because I believed God was cruel and unloving. In desperation I chose a table, a tree, then my A.A. group, as my Higher Power. Time passed, my life improved, and I began to wonder about this Higher Power. Gradually, with patience, humility and a lot of questions, I came to believe in God. Now my relationship with my Higher Power gives me the strength to live a happy, sober life.