Tightrope  to the Higher Power “My sponsor was a living damper on my intolerance. But even more, he told me that it would be all right for me to doubt God, that A.A. was not a religious program and, to belong, I did not have to adhere to any set of beliefs. “He suggested that for me a good starting point would simply be recognition of the fact that I had failed in running the world—in short, acceptance of the fact that I was not God. He also suggested that I might try occasionally to act as if I believed in a Higher Power. Somewhere I had heard that it is easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting, and this made sense in the context of ‘acting as if.’” Alcoholics Anonymous, (2001) pg. 366. Access the Power of Your Higher Self (Pocket Guides to Practical Spirituality) by Elizabeth Clare Prophet Amazon books; Subscribe to Recovery Is Sexy by Email (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)