“God speaks to us in many ways at many times. If we are spiritually alert, we will know it when it happens.” – “In God’s Care*: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery,” March 13 *As We Understand God When I joined a Twelve Step program, I had no problem admitting I was powerless over food and my life was unmanageable. That took care of Step One. But as a devout atheist, I really had to read a lot, speak with many people (inside and outside of the rooms) in order to take Step Two: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. I had always been looking for hard evidence to prove the existence of God—even as an atheist! If you could prove God’s existence to me, I would have become a theist on the turn of a dime! But no one could prove God’s existence with scientific evidence. Still, I needed help with my eating disorder and had to somehow come to believe in a Power greater than myself, which the Judeo-Christian traditions called God. One of the most important ideas for me espoused in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is found … Continue reading →